Pocket Academy ZERO vs Evil Hunter Tycoon
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pocket Academy ZERO
Design and manage your dream school, from classrooms to facilities. Guide students to academic success and help them achieve their career aspirations. Engage in seasonal events and watch your students graduate.
- Build custom classrooms and facilities
- Guide students' academic and career paths
- Attract more students with excellent teaching
- Participate in seasonal school events
- Help students pass exams and placement tests
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Play the full game for free! There's also Pocket Academy 2, with more club activities and student relationships. Build a school with classrooms of your choice and help students realize their full potential and pursue the career path that's best for them! Attract more students to enroll by offering lots of different facilities and providing excellent teaching to help students pass their exams. There are special events in Summer and Fall, such as Choral Competition, Athletic Meet, and Corn Roast. They're a great chance to make new friends. If your students get good grades, they may get invited to events such as quizzes or contests. Graduating students take a placement test. Will they realize their dreams? Note: the app downloads data when you start it. Make sure you have good internet connection. Try searching for "Kairosoft" to see all of our games, or visit us at https://kairopark.jp. Be sure to check out both our free-to-play and our paid games!
Evil Hunter Tycoon
Rebuild a destroyed world by constructing a town, training powerful hunters, and battling monsters. Explore dungeons, challenge bosses, and engage in PvP to protect survivors and seek revenge against the Dark Lord.
- Town construction and management
- Hunter recruitment and training
- Equipment crafting and enhancement
- Monster hunting quests
- Dungeon exploration
- PvP battles
- Guild raids and reinforcements
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[NEW] Hell Outpost Now Open! The Dark Lord's Castle is right ahead. Time to plant your flag in the heart of Hell! ■ Build Your Outpost: Construct exclusive buildings and create a unique frontline base on the burning land. ■ Outpost Defense: 20 waves of relentless assaults are coming! Hold out to the end with your Hunter Garrison and 10 types of towers. ■ Hellfire Tempering: Forge your gear in hellfire and take it to the next level. Aim for Unique Options on top-tier equipment. ■ New NPCs: The five Armadillo Brothers and the Guardian Angel are waiting for you. - The Dark Lord has destroyed the world. Now, you must rebuild your town, raise Hunters, and prepare a counterattack. ◆ [Survivors' Town Built on Ruins] In a world shattered by the Dark Lord's invasion, rebuild a town for the survivors. Build and run a variety of facilities ranging from the Inn, Infirmary, and Tavern, all the way to the Blacksmith and Weapon Shop. ◆ [Systematic Town Management for Hunters] Hunters who visit your town use its facilities to rest, then head out to hunt again. The more Hunters demand your town, the more its income and growth increase. ◆ [Diverse Hunter Training and Equipment Crafting] Hunters with different classes, tiers, and personalities all come to your town. Send them on bounty quests, teach them skills and traits at the Training Ground and Academy, and help them grow beyond their limits through Reincarnation. Craft and enhance equipment with materials gathered from hunting to make your Hunters even stronger. ◆ [Adventures Beyond the Town] Prove your Hunters' skills in Dungeons where rare materials await, against Field Bosses you summon and challenge yourself, and in Darkness' Front Yard, where the Dark Lord's army waits beyond the portal. ◆ [Guilds That Grow Together] Form a guild with other Town Chiefs to receive Guild Buffs and grow faster. Join forces with guild members to take on powerful bosses of the Dark Lord's army. ◆ [PvP to Decide the Strongest] Compete against other Town Chiefs in the Colosseum with your own Hunter lineup and strategy. Fight for your guild's honor on the Battlefield of Victory, where the elite of each guild clash.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Evil Hunter Tycoon at 4.7 against Pocket Academy ZERO's 4.1. Evil Hunter Tycoon also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 6 months) and ratings volume (5.9K vs 107). Pocket Academy ZERO's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 15) and review sentiment (85% vs 53%). On price, ads and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Evil Hunter Tycoon sells 14 one-off in-app purchases. Pocket Academy ZERO asks for nothing beyond the download.
Evil Hunter Tycoon holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Evil Hunter Tycoon has 5.9K ratings behind it against 107, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 85% of Pocket Academy ZERO's written reviews are positive against 53% of Evil Hunter Tycoon's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Pocket Academy ZERO ships an update every 6 months, Evil Hunter Tycoon every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pocket Academy ZERO | Evil Hunter Tycoon |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (107 ratings) | 4.7 (5.9K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 84.7% of reviews — better | 53.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 107 | 5.9K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 51 MB | 329 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Kairosoft Co.,Ltd | SuperPlanet |
Customer experience
Pocket Academy ZERO
Evil Hunter Tycoon
Bugs and requests
Pocket Academy ZERO
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Evil Hunter Tycoon
Reported bugs
4 issues- Account data loss and reset issues
- Frequent connection and loading problems
- Graphical issues on certain devices
- Colosseum and PvP matchmaking bugs
Requested features
4 requests- Ability to customize hunters and chief
- Automated gear management for hunters
- Offline progression and idle mode
- Improved guild and multiplayer features
In-app purchases
Pocket Academy ZERO
No in-app purchases
Evil Hunter Tycoon
- Daily Arcane Chance$0.99
- 4th Anniversary Pack #2$1.99
- Daily Corrupted Airship Pack$1.99
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- Daily Paragon's Memory Pack$2.99
- Newbie Package$3.99
- Special Sale Pack$3.99
- VIP 7 Days$3.99
- Newbie Chief Package$5.99
- Characteristic Elixir Package$8.99
- Huge Gem Chest$8.99
- Limited Time Package #1$8.99
- VIP 30 Days$9.99
- Evil Hunter Premium 30 Days$15.99
- Grand Gem Chest$99.99
Questions
Is Pocket Academy ZERO free?
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Which has better reviews, Pocket Academy ZERO or Evil Hunter Tycoon?
Do Pocket Academy ZERO or Evil Hunter Tycoon have ads?
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