Comparison

Beholder vs Beholder 2

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

Head to head
About

Beholder

In a totalitarian state, you manage an apartment building while secretly spying on tenants. Your choices impact their lives and the unfolding story, leading to multiple endings. Explore a grim future where privacy is a luxury and every decision has consequences.

Highlights
  • Moral choice-driven narrative
  • Tenant surveillance and profiling
  • Multiple story endings
  • Character personality development
  • Apartment management simulation
  • Additional story content available
Features
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Welcome to a grim dystopian future. A totalitarian State controls every aspect of private and public life. Laws are oppressive. Surveillance is total. Privacy is dead. You are the State-installed manager of an apartment building. Your daily routine involves making the building a sweet spot for tenants, who will come and go. However, that is simply a facade that hides your real mission. The State has appointed you to SPY ON YOUR TENANTS! Your primary task is to covertly watch your tenants and eavesdrop on their conversations. You must BUG their apartments while they're away, SEARCH their belongings for whatever can threaten the authority of the State, and PROFILE them for your superiors. You must also REPORT anyone capable of violating the laws or plotting subversive activities against the State to the authorities. Beholder is all about making choices - choices that matter! What will you do with the information you collect? Will you report the suspicious activities of a father and orphan his children? Or will you withhold the details about his illegal activities and give him a chance to make things right? You may also choose to blackmail him to acquire the money your family desperately needs. Features: - You decide what happens: Every decision you make affects the way the story unfolds. - People aren't just objects: Each character you meet will have a thoroughly developed personality with his or her own past and present. - No decision is easy: If you are given the power to destroy the privacy of another person, should you? Or should you treat those on which you are spying the way they deserve? - You don't know where you'll end up: "Beholder" is a game of multiple endings. "Blissful Sleep" additional story is already available!** The Ministry of Introductions is honored to introduce Hector, the ex-landlord succeeded by Carl Shteyn. The time has come to tell the stories of: - the one who has fallen a victim to a horrifying mistake, and is now desperately seeking for salvation; - the ones who broke the law to find happiness and are now facing the consequences; - the one who risked his life for the State but has been left behind; - the one who had everything but lost it all; - the one who mews! Return to Krushvice 6 and serve the State and Wise Leader well! ** Available through in-app purchase • 3D Touch. Force touch will open the characters interaction menu. • iCloud. Synchronize your game across all your devices. • iMessage Stickers. Owning Beholder gives access to free pack of stickers. Meet other Beholder fans at: https://beholder-game.com https://www.facebook.com/BeholderGame https://twitter.com/Beholder_Game

About

Beholder 2

Step into the role of an intern at the Ministry and navigate a challenging career path. Make critical decisions that shape your future, from becoming a loyal officer to a ruthless careerist or even a whistleblower. Your choices determine your destiny within the state.

Highlights
  • Story-rich gameplay
  • Multiple endings
  • Career progression
  • Moral choices
  • Whistleblower mechanic
Features
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Every citizen of our great State dreams of working at the Ministry! You're lucky, intern. Your dream has come true! Though you're at the bottom of the career ladder, that's more than many of your fellow citizens will ever achieve! Have you already decided what you're going to become? Will you become a diligent and responsible officer decorated by the Wise Leader himself? Or will you become a hardline careerist capable of destroying anyone who stands between you and the Prime Minister's seat? Or maybe you're just a whistleblower? If so, who sent you? And why? Whatever the case, you are now part of the Ministry! From this moment on, no one beyond these walls has ascendance over you! You are free to shape your own future! So, what are you going to become? Enjoying Beholder2? Learn more about us at: https://beholder2.com/ https://facebook.com/beholdergame https://twitter.com/beholder_game

Screenshots

Beholder4 screens
Beholder 24 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Beholder 2 at none against Beholder's 1. Beholder 2 also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months). Beholder's advantage is price ($4.99 vs $7.99) and chart position (#87 vs unranked). On rating, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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

Beholder costs $4.99 and Beholder 2 $7.99 up front. Beholder sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Beholder 2 asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Beholder against 4.8 for Beholder 2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Beholder has 1.7K ratings behind it against 309, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 69% of Beholder's written reviews are positive against 60% of Beholder 2's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Beholder ships an update every 2 months, Beholder 2 every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Beholder versus Beholder 2: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBeholderBeholder 2
Price$4.99 — better$7.99
Rating4.8 (1.7K ratings)4.8 (309 ratings)
Positive reviews69.2% of reviews — better59.6% of reviews
Number of ratings1.7K — better309
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
Best chart rank#87 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.011.0
Further details — not scored
Size770 MB1.6 GB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperCM Games OUAlawar Entertainment, Inc

Customer experience

Beholder

All ratings1,654 ratings
Positive96.8%
Neutral1.8%
Negative1.5%
Written reviews455 reviews
Positive69.2%
Neutral11.2%
Negative19.6%

Beholder 2

All ratings309 ratings
Positive94.5%
Neutral2.6%
Negative2.9%
Written reviews151 reviews
Positive59.6%
Neutral15.9%
Negative24.5%

Bugs and requests

Beholder

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Game freezing during tutorial or conversations
  • Inability to progress past certain points
  • Inconsistent language settings
  • Tenants not appearing as expected

Requested features

5 requests
  • More randomized events and content
  • Additional locations and apartments to manage
  • Ability to delete save files
  • Improved cloud save functionality
  • Optimization for newer devices

Beholder 2

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Beholder

One-time1
  • Blissful Sleep DLC$2.99
None

Beholder 2

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Beholder free?
Beholder costs $4.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Beholder 2 free?
Beholder 2 costs $7.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Beholder or Beholder 2?
Beholder and Beholder 2 are both rated 4.8 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1.7K and 309 ratings respectively.
Do Beholder or Beholder 2 have ads?
Neither Beholder nor Beholder 2 shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Beholder or Beholder 2?
Beholder ships an update every 2 months, and Beholder 2 every 2 weeks. Most recently, Beholder was updated on October 19, 2026 and Beholder 2 on October 17, 2026.

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