Comparison

Evil Orbs vs Hidden Stuff

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

Head to head
About

Evil Orbs

Engage in a unique blend of brick breaker and bubble shooter gameplay. Fire special balls to defeat evil orbs, utilize power-ups, and save cities across hundreds of levels. Compete with friends and unlock achievements.

Highlights
  • Brick breaker and bubble shooter gameplay
  • Over 400 levels across 132 cities
  • Over 50 power-up combinations
  • Earn Gold Medals and Trophies
  • Duel friends
  • Relax Mode for practice
  • Challenge Mode
Features
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What happens when you combine a brick breaker, a bubble popper, a pachinko machine, and evil into one game? You get Evil Orbs! Use Dr. Klaus von Hammersphere's amazing Anti-Orb apparatus to fire Anti-Orbium balls at the Evil Orbs to pop them all and free the cities of Earth from a life of total bummerness! Equip the Anti-Orb paddle with your choice of awesome power-ups for each level to match any obstacles the nefarious Orbs have placed in your path. Spin your paddle to deflect the bouncing Anti-Orbium balls to cause mass Evil Orbs-popping insanity and go for the gold medal!!! Dr. Hammersphere has asked you to help him defeat the Evil Orb menace and save the world from a life of total bummerness. What do you say? Do you want to save the world? You might just become a hero, and along your journey you may even discover the secret of the Evil Orbs and where they came from! · Over 132 Cities to save and over 400 levels! · Over 50 different power-up combinations! · Earn Gold Medals and over 120 Trophies! · Duel your friends! · Practice levels and power up combos in Relax Mode · Can you beat Challenge Mode?

About

Hidden Stuff

Discover a stylish and relaxing hidden object game. Search through artistic mosaics to find themed items, with no time limits or pressure. Enjoy beautiful illustrations and a calming puzzle experience.

Highlights
  • Artistic hidden object puzzles
  • Themed item collections
  • No time limits or attempt limits
  • Zoom functionality
  • Hint system
  • Over 700 illustrated items
Features
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► A STYLISH ANTISTRESS HIDDEN OBJECT GAME Looking for a beautiful game world to relax and have fun in? Want a simple but satisfying puzzle game that combines easily mastered mechanics with elegant, artistic design and subtle gameplay variations that enhance your playing and aesthetic experience? Then this could be exactly what you’re looking for – a uniquely stylish and original hidden object game where every single level is a gorgeous and relaxing work of art. • Hiding in the shadows: Each level of the game requires you to search through a mosaic of different items that form a silhouette, which reveals itself only once you find them all. • Variations on a theme: The items in each level are themed according to the silhouette that contains them, adding an extra element to the puzzle experience. • Always a little different: Depending on a level, you may be required to find hidden objects from the list, one by one, or by matching images. • Take your time: There are neither time limits nor limits on the number of attempts you can make, so you can keep trying to find items without any pressure for the ultimate antistress gaming experience. • Take a closer look: If you can’t see the items you need when looking at the whole artwork, zoom in on individual sections for a closer look – you’ll also be able to better appreciate the beautiful design of each single item. • For art’s sake: The exceptional quality of the artwork with each item beautifully designed, and each mosaic carefully constructed using subtle variations in colour and object size, enhances the game’s antistress qualities, making it a charming and stylish place to spend time in. • Life’s rich pageant: There’s always something new to admire with over 700 beautifully illustrated items to search for, ranging from wildlife to toys, from musical instruments to pastries and much more. • Still haven’t found what you’re looking for? If you really got stuck in finding the hidden objects in a puzzle, use the Hints tool to slowly focus in on the item you’re looking for. • Endless antistress: There are up to 1000 different puzzles to play through, each a unique work of art in its own right, ensuring you’ll always have a place to escape to and relax while searching for hidden items. ► PART PUZZLE GAME, PART ART THERAPY If you’re eager to find a puzzle game that’s genuinely relaxing, with graphics to feast your eyes on and simple mechanics that nonetheless feature enough variation to keep you engaged and entertained for hours of stress-relieving puzzle fun, then this is the game for you. If you value aesthetic beauty and a calm playing experience over constant excitement and artificial stimulation, then download the game now and discover a whole world of puzzle fun and relaxation.

Screenshots

Evil Orbs4 screens
Hidden Stuff4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Hidden Stuff at every 2 months against Evil Orbs's every 19 months. Hidden Stuff also leads on ratings volume (18K vs 8). Evil Orbs's advantage is review sentiment (67% vs 51%) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Evil Orbs sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Hidden Stuff sells 8 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for Evil Orbs against 4.6 for Hidden Stuff. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Hidden Stuff has 18K ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 67% of Evil Orbs's written reviews are positive against 51% of Hidden Stuff's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Evil Orbs ships an update every 19 months, Hidden Stuff every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Evil Orbs versus Hidden Stuff: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEvil OrbsHidden Stuff
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (8 ratings)4.6 (18K ratings) — better
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews — better51.5% of reviews
Number of ratings818K — better
Update frequencyEvery 19 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size63 MB294 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGoBit, Inc.SayGames LTD

Customer experience

Evil Orbs

All ratings8 ratings
Positive87.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative12.5%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

Hidden Stuff

All ratings18,219 ratings
Positive90.6%
Neutral6.0%
Negative3.4%
Written reviews167 reviews
Positive51.5%
Neutral16.8%
Negative31.7%

Bugs and requests

Evil Orbs

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Hidden Stuff

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Game freezing and crashing
  • Daily challenges not updating
  • Inability to progress past certain levels
  • Incorrect items being shown

Requested features

5 requests
  • Option to pay and remove ads
  • Improved monthly/daily challenge updates
  • More varied and challenging levels
  • Better item identification and descriptions
  • Volume controls

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Evil Orbs

One-time1
  • Remove Ads From Evil Orbs$1.99
8 purchases

Hidden Stuff

One-time8
  • No ADs$2.99
  • No ADs$4.99
  • 10 Hints Pack + No ADs$4.99
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  • 10 Hints Pack$4.99
  • 25 Hints Pack + No ADs$9.99
  • 25 Hints Pack$9.99
  • 140 Hints Pack + No ADs$49.99
  • 140 Hints Pack$49.99

Questions

Is Evil Orbs free?
Evil Orbs is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Hidden Stuff free?
Hidden Stuff is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Evil Orbs or Hidden Stuff?
Hidden Stuff is rated higher. Evil Orbs averages 4.5 out of 5 from 8 ratings, while Hidden Stuff averages 4.6 from 18K ratings.
Do Evil Orbs or Hidden Stuff have ads?
Both Evil Orbs and Hidden Stuff show ads.
Which is updated more often, Evil Orbs or Hidden Stuff?
Evil Orbs ships an update every 19 months, and Hidden Stuff every 2 months. Most recently, Evil Orbs was updated on October 13, 2026 and Hidden Stuff on October 18, 2026.

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