Comparison

Hippo Profession vs Idle City Builder Tycoon

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

Head to head
About

Hippo Profession

Explore a variety of construction vehicles and machines. Operate harvesters, diggers, and robot welders in this engaging building simulation game. Discover how these powerful tools work and put them to use.

Highlights
  • Operate construction vehicles
  • Learn about building machines
  • Engaging simulation gameplay
  • Variety of tools like harvesters and diggers
  • Robot welder functionality
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Welcome to the world of building machines and mechanisms! There are a lot of interesting and useful machines in my garage. And today you will get to know a lot about them! Do you want to try harvester for timber harvesting or to work with a digger? Or maybe robot welder? Come over then. Building machines get bored without any job.

About

Idle City Builder Tycoon

Build a city from the ground up, brick by brick. Construct houses, factories, and more, then furnish and decorate them. Expand your settlement into a prosperous metropolis.

Highlights
  • Build houses brick by brick
  • Furnish and decorate buildings
  • Construct factories, marinas, and shops
  • Grow a settlement into a metropolis
  • Expand city economy
  • Beautiful game graphics
Features
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Start building a whole city brick by brick now! Dig out a foundation pit for the house, build walls and a roof, insert windows and doors, and equip the surrounding area. Yes! In our game, you can build houses brick by brick from the roof foundation. And not only at home - build factories, fountains, marinas, shops! In our game, you can not only build houses, but also equip them! Put furniture, hang pictures on the walls, and plant trees and flowers outside the houses. Having built one house, go to the next and watch how the whole city grows out of all the built buildings. Try to build up the entire island and create a huge prosperous metropolis out of a modest settlement. Expand the economy of your city to build even more new large buildings. Speed up construction to build buildings faster. The main features of the game: - Building a whole house brick by brick from start to finish - Simultaneous construction of several houses - Creation of a whole city from all built houses - Beautiful game graphics and nice background music Our game is still at the very beginning of its development, so new interesting buildings and new game mechanics will be added in the near future. We really hope you enjoy our game and look forward to your comments and suggestions for the further development of the game.

Screenshots

Hippo Profession4 screens
Idle City Builder Tycoon4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Idle City Builder Tycoon at 4.6 against Hippo Profession's 3.0. Idle City Builder Tycoon also leads on update cadence (every 3 months vs every 30 months) and ratings volume (30 vs 2). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Hippo Profession sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Idle City Builder Tycoon sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Idle City Builder Tycoon holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Idle City Builder Tycoon has 30 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Hippo Profession ships an update every 30 months, Idle City Builder Tycoon every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on June 1, 2026 and September 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Hippo Profession versus Idle City Builder Tycoon: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHippo ProfessionIdle City Builder Tycoon
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (2 ratings)4.6 (30 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings230 — better
Update frequencyEvery 30 monthsEvery 3 months — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.013.0
Further details — not scored
Size155 MB159 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperCLEAR INVEST LTDAnatoly Kochergin

Customer experience

Hippo Profession

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

Idle City Builder Tycoon

All ratings30 ratings
Positive90.0%
Neutral3.3%
Negative6.7%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Hippo Profession

One-time1
  • No ADS$1.99
3 purchases

Idle City Builder Tycoon

One-time3
  • 10 Diamonds$0.99
  • 120 Diamonds$8.99
  • 1400 Diamonds$89.99

Questions

Is Hippo Profession free?
Hippo Profession is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Idle City Builder Tycoon free?
Idle City Builder Tycoon is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Hippo Profession or Idle City Builder Tycoon?
Idle City Builder Tycoon is rated higher. Hippo Profession averages 3.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Idle City Builder Tycoon averages 4.6 from 30 ratings.
Do Hippo Profession or Idle City Builder Tycoon have ads?
Both Hippo Profession and Idle City Builder Tycoon show ads.
Which is updated more often, Hippo Profession or Idle City Builder Tycoon?
Hippo Profession ships an update every 30 months, and Idle City Builder Tycoon every 3 months. Most recently, Hippo Profession was updated on June 1, 2026 and Idle City Builder Tycoon on September 20, 2026.

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