A.L.I.C.E vs Idle Anomaly
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
A.L.I.C.E
This retro-style 2D platformer educates players about common cyber security threats and countermeasures. Navigate through levels, solve puzzles, and use your wits to defeat cyber threats and retrieve your stolen identity.
- Retro 2D platformer gameplay
- Cyber security threat education
- Puzzle solving
- Avatar customization
- AI assistant for tips
- 5 challenging levels
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Our online presence is growing, making Cyber Security awareness more important. As new technologies emerge, cyber criminals also develop new ways to target individuals' and companies' data. Staying safe online isn’t just a slogan anymore, it’s a necessity. To encourage UNSW students to be more aware of their actions online, UNSW has built this app to further increase awareness of common Cyber Security threats and counter measures that can be taken. A.L.I.C.E is a retro style 2D platform side scrolling game, with enemies to zap, puzzles to solve, and an overall learning experience. Players choose their avatar, and the game begins with your identity being stolen. The player journeys through 5 levels, faces numerous cyber threats, and uses their wits to solve cyber puzzles. A friendly A.I. (Artificial Intelligence) will help the player through the game, and provide tips and hints on how to defeat the final Cyber Threat boss, to retrieve their identity back.
Idle Anomaly
Build a research station to uncover the secrets of a mysterious alien Obelisk. Manage employees, defend your base from alien invaders, and upgrade heroes. Progress continues even when you're offline.
- Build and upgrade research station
- Manage employees and monitor health
- Defend base from alien attacks
- Upgrade space heroes
- Study UFOs and collect resources
- Offline progress and idle earnings
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"Build a research station around the mysterious Obelisk area and uncover all its secrets with moon pioneer in this idle clicker explore game! A group of space researchers recently came across a strange structure in the Arctic. It looks like an alien roller coaster or alien starship from the UFO theme park. This Obelisk was clearly not of our planet. In the process of building explorer home base, something strange gait of a zombie appears in the territory. But it isn´t a zombie, it is alien! They will try to attack and to interfere with the Obelisk research and building of your clicker Empire! Find the alien and hold defense idle home base with galaxy gun! Progress outside the game Your employees work tirelessly and earn money in your business simulator incremental game even when you are not playing. Just collect an idle resources when you return to the tap game! Manage a research station Click to build and upgrade equipment, hire employees and monitor their health. Moon pioneer helps you! Rational management is the key to success in research and to big profits in tycoon life! Upgrade your space heroes Exploring anomalies is dangerous area! You need experienced operatives who can protect your employees from invasion of the mysterious moon or mars creatures that guard the Obelisk. Study UFOs Find the alien, catch monsters, send them to infectonator isolation and explore the Obelisk to get resources. Join forces with the secret Ministry and discover the forbidden side of our idle world that it hides from the common people. Alien isolation You don't know what planet the monsters came from. From the Moon or Mars... But you need to click to control UFO space invasion and attack them back! Send aliens in infectonator isolation and now their planet life has become useful for the Earth. If you like Tycoon games, idle games, building games and the atmosphere of the unknown, then Anomalies Research Tycoon is for you! Make strategic decisions for development and make a profit. Unravel the secrets of the Obelisks and gain their power! Your business simulator adventure incremental game is started! ~~~~~~ Rate us in the app store and join our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/Idle-Anomalies-Research-Tycoon-105602148433539 Join our Discord community! We'll be happy to receive your feedback: https://discord.gg/bep3sN89hc
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: A.L.I.C.E at 89% against Idle Anomaly's 38%. A.L.I.C.E also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 15) and ads (none vs shown). Idle Anomaly's advantage is rating (4.7 vs 4.4) and ratings volume (364 vs 14). On price 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. Idle Anomaly sells 15 one-off in-app purchases. A.L.I.C.E asks for nothing beyond the download.
Idle Anomaly holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Idle Anomaly has 364 ratings behind it against 14, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 89% of A.L.I.C.E's written reviews are positive against 38% of Idle Anomaly's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
A.L.I.C.E ships an update every 3 months, Idle Anomaly every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 15, 2026 and September 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | A.L.I.C.E | Idle Anomaly |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (14 ratings) | 4.7 (364 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 88.9% of reviews — better | 37.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 14 | 364 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 7.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 806 MB | 249 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | The University of New South Wales | Hot Siberians |
Customer experience
A.L.I.C.E
Idle Anomaly
Bugs and requests
A.L.I.C.E
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Idle Anomaly
Reported bugs
18 issues- Reset all data
- No ads upgrade not working
- Beginner pack not received
- In-app purchases not credited
- Game keeps locking up
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- Ads appear after paying to remove them
- Paid for additional researcher, didn't work
- Game won't load
- Game freezes on loading screen
- Unwanted blackouts
- Misses payouts, especially in paraenergies
- Advertising paid to turn off, not getting bonuses
- Ad reveals later game content
- Pulled operator, never received
- Cannot go past close 1 ruptures
- Game has stopped working
- Won't load anymore
- Constant ad interruptions
Requested features
3 requests- Fix game issues or refund
- Add more content to the game
- Improve developer communication for future plans
In-app purchases
A.L.I.C.E
No in-app purchases
Idle Anomaly
- 80 Gems$0.99
- Helicopter.$4.99
- 500 Gems$4.99
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- Researcher$4.99
- Johnny Goldhand$4.99
- Beginner's Pack$6.99
- Starter pack$9.99
- Researcher$9.99
- 1200 Gems$9.99
- Dr. Massachusetts$10.99
- No ads$13.99
- Professional's Pack$13.99
- Neat Pack$19.99
- 2500 Gems$24.99
- All Inclusive Pack$35.99
Questions
Is A.L.I.C.E free?
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Do A.L.I.C.E or Idle Anomaly have ads?
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