PPKP vs Circuit Hacker
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PPKP
Become a hero and rebuild a city under attack by monsters. Smash cars for materials, train in martial arts, and upgrade your abilities in the lab to defeat your foes and restore order.
- Smash cars for building materials
- Replenish strength and boost combos
- Learn martial arts and upgrade dojo
- Acquire power-ups and special goggles
- Receive hints from city inhabitants
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Suddenly the Monster Corps attacks and breaks the city. Be the hero who will revive the city while taking down monsters. - Scrapyard Get building materials by smashing old cars to pieces. - Restaurant Replenish your strength and boost your combo powers while gaining needed experience to level up. Don't worry about losing some fights; the restaurant is always open to satisfy your appetite. So go out and challenge those monsters again and again. - Dojo Ancient scrolls of martial arts are available for you to learn. Learning more martial arts allows you to upgrade the dojo and learn much more. Don't forget to check the hidden room for the forbidden techniques. - Laboratory Do you want upgrades? The laboratory has them. From special goggles that let's you see the monsters weaknesses, to power ups that will make you the best monster hunter, the laboratory has them all. Some power ups will gain experience if equipped at your house. - People Tapping on people in the city will give you some nice hints. Animals also deserve some of your tender taps.
Circuit Hacker
Engage in strategic match-3 puzzles with evolving objectives and arcade challenges. Clear corrupted circuits using power-ups and special nodes to progress through a campaign of escalating threats.
- Strategic match-3 puzzles
- Hazards and power-ups
- Special nodes
- Evolving objectives
- Arcade challenge
- Campaign mode
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Circuit Hacker combines strategic match-3 puzzles with hazards, power-ups, special nodes, evolving objectives, and an arcade challenge that changes how you play. Build powerful combinations, clear corrupted circuits, and push deeper into a campaign filled with new mechanics and escalating threats. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: PPKP at 23K against Circuit Hacker's 3. PPKP also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). Circuit Hacker's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs monthly). On price, rating, review sentiment and ads 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. PPKP sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Circuit Hacker sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for PPKP against 5.0 for Circuit Hacker. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PPKP has 23K ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 95% of PPKP's written reviews are positive against 100% of Circuit Hacker's.
PPKP ships an update monthly, Circuit Hacker weekly. Both last shipped on October 29, 2026.
| Parameter | PPKP | Circuit Hacker |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (23K ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 95.2% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 23K — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Weekly — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 44 MB | 168 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 9+ |
| Developer | SHIMADA TOSHIHIRO | Chase Tuttle |
Customer experience
PPKP
Circuit Hacker
Bugs and requests
PPKP
Reported bugs
2 issues- Occasional button/control responsiveness issues
- Game freezing/crashing on certain levels
Requested features
4 requests- More ways to earn premium currency
- Ability to save/restore progress across devices
- Additional gameplay modes (boss rush, multiplayer, etc.)
- More customization options for the protagonist
Circuit Hacker
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
PPKP
- 100Gem$0.99
- 600Gem$4.99
- 6000Gem$40.99
Circuit Hacker
- Remove Forced ads$4.991 Month
- Circuit Hacker Pro Yearly$29.991 Year
- 500 Energy Cells$1.99
- 1,500 Energy Cell$4.99
- 4,000 Energy Cells$9.99
