Comparison

Don't get fired! vs Pocket ZONE

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

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About

Don't get fired!

A hardcore survival game where you navigate the harsh realities of the corporate world. Start as an intern with nothing and climb the company ladder to become president. Experience challenging work conditions and make your career dreams come true.

Highlights
  • Climb the company ladder
  • Start as an intern
  • Experience harsh working conditions
  • Simple controls
  • Survival gameplay
Features
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Viral sensation in Korea! 1 Million downloaded indie game! Job seekers destroyed their cell phones, and contract workers cried like little girls after they played this game! Hardcore company survival… ‘Don’t get fired!’ has finally arrived! For all job seekers!! ‘Don’t get fired!’, is a survival game where you get to play a character who has no money, no connections whatsoever. You need to make him climb up the company ladder from an ‘intern’ to the ‘president’. You can play ‘Don’t get fired!’ for free! Experience the extremely harsh working conditions in Korea with simple control! How many companies will you have to go through to become the president? To all tired, and frustrated job seekers and contract workers! Make your dream come true in this game! Until you get to the top of the ladder… Don’t. get. fired! [No matter what you expect, you will see more XD] ---------------------------------------------- Send me an email if you have any questions or requests. quick_turtle_en@naver.com

About

Pocket ZONE

Embark on a co-op survival adventure in a post-apocalyptic Chernobyl Exclusion Zone. This text quest and RPG hybrid features character customization, a detailed map, and a hardcore survival system. Trade with players and uncover the Zone's secrets.

Highlights
  • Co-op survival gameplay
  • Text quest and RPG mechanics
  • Character customization
  • Detailed Zone map
  • Player trading
  • Hardcore survival simulation
  • Random events and loot system
Features
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New co-op survival game from the developers of Pocket Survivor, Pocket Survivor 2, Pocket Survivor: Expansion has reached an unprecedented level of nuclear addicting mix in the direction of text quest and RPG, event visualization and hundreds of different character animations! A burning cocktail of unusual gameplay from the symbiosis of the Unique survival setting of the stalkers of the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone and the Role-playing System, a classic RPG in the spirit of the world of Fallout and the Wasteland! Artifacts and mutants, adventurers and bandits, endless generated events in the game with a well-thought-out role-playing system of classes and skills, as well as an indescribable atmosphere of loner survival in the brutal world of the Zone! - The zone challenges you! Can you survive in her strong embrace even for a day? - Your goal is to survive and become fabulously rich! - See the Chernobyl nuclear power plant and achieve your innermost dream with the help of the legendary Wishmaster. Or maybe you just want to get away from the gray and boring life of megalopolises and just wander through the wastelands of the earth, where a person is again left alone with an aggressive environment that dreams of devouring him? Features of the game: Create your own Hero from hundreds of visual body parts and high-quality RPG - role-playing system of character classes and their skills and abilities Large detailed map of the Zone with ten unique locations. Ability to exchange and trade found items between real players and friends. A hardcore real-life mobile survival system with the best RPG component inspired by the Fallout and Stalker series Interesting random text events, the outcome of which depends only on your choice and on external factors that directly affect your chances of survival. A complex and well-thought-out loot system, and more than a hundred random events while searching for and confronting the aggressive environment of the anomalous world of the Zone. Over 100 different types of weapons, armor, helmets, backpacks and costumes, including legendary and mythical items! Artifacts and the ability to equip them will add variability to the gameplay. Real radio stalkers in the spirit of the previous parts will help raise morale and survive in this abnormal world! Real survival simulation. You need to eat, drink, rest, sleep, and heal injuries and illnesses. Lack of a direct, linear plot, and the ability to study the world of the Zone and stalkers by indirect events. If you are a fan of games such as STALKER Shadow of Chernobyl, Call of Pripyat, Clear Sky, Metro 2033, Fallout, Exodus, then this game is definitely for you! Play as a stalker - the Hero of the Chernobyl Zone, who found himself in harsh post-apocalyptic conditions and help him survive in a world unfit for existence! We use the standard Apple Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Don't get fired!4 screens
Pocket ZONE4 screens

Verdict

The call

Don't get fired! and Pocket ZONE are too close to call on the numbers: across 10 compared parameters — price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Don't get fired! sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Pocket ZONE sells 11 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Pocket ZONE holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8.6K and 3.8K respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 84% of Don't get fired!'s written reviews are positive against 80% of Pocket ZONE's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Don't get fired! ships an update every 3 months, Pocket ZONE every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Don't get fired! versus Pocket ZONE: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDon't get fired!Pocket ZONE
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (8.6K ratings)4.7 (3.8K ratings) — better
Positive reviews84.4% of reviews — better79.9% of reviews
Number of ratings8.6K — better3.8K
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS14.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size122 MB228 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperQuickTurtle Co., Ltd.APPWILL COMPANY LTD

Customer experience

Don't get fired!

All ratings8,512 ratings
Positive88.9%
Neutral5.7%
Negative5.4%
Written reviews2,182 reviews
Positive84.4%
Neutral6.8%
Negative8.8%

Pocket ZONE

All ratings3,764 ratings
Positive95.3%
Neutral1.5%
Negative3.2%
Written reviews412 reviews
Positive79.9%
Neutral6.3%
Negative13.8%

User reviews

Don't get fired!

From 8.6K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Fun and addictive gameplay
  • 🚀 Engaging corporate ladder climbing
  • 💡 Unique and relatable concept
  • 🤗 Humorous and self-aware
  • 🔥 Challenging but rewarding progression

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Occasional crashes and bugs
  • 🕰️ Slow progression and high grind
  • 🤯 Extremely difficult to avoid getting fired
  • 💰 Monetization through ads and IAPs
  • 🤔 Lack of customization options

Pocket ZONE

From 3.8K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Great pocket version of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. games
  • 👍 Friendly community
  • 🤝 Supports developers
  • 🕹️ Unique and immersive gameplay
  • 🌆 Atmospheric and well-designed

Room to improve

  • 🔁 Repetitive and grindy progression
  • 🐛 Bugs causing loss of items
  • 🔍 Unclear tutorial and lack of guidance
  • 🔫 Unbalanced difficulty scaling
  • 💰 Premium currency tied to characters

Bugs and requests

Don't get fired!

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Inability to click on managers/higher-ups
  • Part-time job feature not working properly
  • Promotion chance resetting after failed promotions
  • Inconsistent responsiveness of UI elements

Requested features

5 requests
  • Customizable character and appearance
  • Retain promotion progress after getting fired
  • More upgrades and challenges to acquire
  • Detailed background on higher-level characters
  • Adjustable UI element sizes

Pocket ZONE

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Disappearing items in storage
  • Weapons getting deleted after repairs
  • Anomaly damage being inconsistent
  • Accuracy and hit chance issues
  • Language translation problems

Requested features

5 requests
  • More quests and story content
  • Ability to change character class
  • Improved inventory management
  • Multiplayer and co-op features
  • Ability to save progress across devices

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Don't get fired!

One-time10
  • Charging challenge count$0.99
  • Shop Purchasing Gold 1$0.99
  • Shop Purchasing Gold 2$2.99
Show 7 more
  • No Ads$2.99
  • Doubled Pension$2.99
  • Shop Purchasing Gold 3$5.99
  • Shop Purchasing Gold 4$9.99
  • Shop Purchasing Gold 5$29.99
  • Shop Purchasing Gold 6$59.99
  • Shop Purchasing Gold 7$99.99
11 purchases

Pocket ZONE

Subscriptions1
  • Premium (1 Week)$2.997 Days
One-time10
  • Buy 500 Neuro$0.99
  • Buy 50000 Bruble$0.99
  • Buy 1000 Neuro$1.99
Show 7 more
  • Buy 2000 Neuro$3.99
  • Buy 5000 Neuro$5.99
  • Buy 10000 Neuro$8.99
  • Buy 1000000 Bruble$8.99
  • Buy 50000 Neuro$64.99
  • Buy 100000 Neuro$99.99
  • Buy 10000000 Bruble$99.99

Questions

Is Don't get fired! free?
Don't get fired! is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Pocket ZONE free?
Pocket ZONE is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Don't get fired! or Pocket ZONE?
Pocket ZONE is rated higher. Don't get fired! averages 4.5 out of 5 from 8.6K ratings, while Pocket ZONE averages 4.7 from 3.8K ratings.
Do Don't get fired! or Pocket ZONE have ads?
Both Don't get fired! and Pocket ZONE show ads.
Which is updated more often, Don't get fired! or Pocket ZONE?
Don't get fired! ships an update every 3 months, and Pocket ZONE every 2 months. Most recently, Don't get fired! was updated on October 26, 2026 and Pocket ZONE on October 25, 2026.

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