BacteriAR vs Civilization Hex
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
BacteriAR
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How long will you survive! Defend your red blood cells from deadly bacteria with your natural defences. Strategically use antibiotics to keep them working! All in augmented reality! BacteriAR has been made in collaboration between Innovation Lab and the University of Central Lancashire's School of Dentistry. This game has been made to help raise awareness for national antibiotic awareness week 2019. In an aid to help educate younger audiences, the dangers of antibiotic resistance and the practices of over prescribing antibiotics in the UK. Developed for The NHS, UCLan School of Medicine by The Innovation Lab.
Civilization Hex
Build a thriving civilization from a small tribe to a world empire. Develop your lands, engage in diplomacy, and command armies on the battlefield. Explore new territories, research technologies, and customize your units and cities to achieve greatness.
- Build and upgrade cities and structures
- Explore open-world maps and discover new lands
- Engage in diplomacy and trade
- Command diverse military units in battles
- Extensive skill tree for technology and upgrades
- Randomly spawning enemies for unique sessions
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Do you like classic civilizational strategy? Then try a new, unique 4x RTS strategy, built on the love of classic games with lots of possibilities! Welcome to the Civilization Hex: Tribes Rise! Build your town from scratch! Start from a small tribe and go all the way to a world empire! Develop your lands, demonstrate your diplomacy abilities, and if it comes to that - show off your skills on the battlefield! Create your civilization and turn a small city into a large and powerful empire. Capture small villages and attach them to your civilization. Build farms, army barracks, mines, and more in new territories. Each building can be improved to produce more resources, gold, and accumulate military power. Help your citizens, show no mercy to your enemies, and make your kingdom thrive! How are you going to rule? Will it be a dictatorship of a frightful ruler or a democratic republic of a noble leader? It's all up to you! Discover new lands and wonders of the world to get more advantages for your Empire. Explore, find new continents in the Open World map, capture barbaric tribes, and colonize islands! Send units on expeditions and scout missions, so always know what the enemy nations are up to. Your units may clash with enemy armies. Watch how the enemies develop and build unbeatable tactics. Every action brings experience which improves your units and helps you become the strongest nation in the world. Each unit gains experience and new levels that will improve its stats, making it a true veteran of war. Cities also have their own levels, which you can upgrade by building up and improving structures. If the war is upon you, become an army commander! Send your armies to battle, control the battlefield, and win no matter the cost! Unlock new and unique units, summon them to your army to repel enemy attacks, defend your territory, and capture new ones. Complete your conquest with ease and become the grand lord of your nation! Each unit has a different skill set. Assemble an army for your playstyle: bring down all the power heads-on, or create stealthy assassins who will suddenly attack from a tuck. Don't like fighting? No problem, you can choose to develop through diplomacy. Open new trade routes, build alliances, and help your allies so they are always ready to come to your aid and protect you from new threats. But there is no progress until you know your ultimate goal! And that goal is represented via the huge and diverse skill tree. It has many branches of development and upgrades. Each branch covers different types of technologies. From fishing and farming to ship building and siege weapons. You can unlock the secrets of economics, philosophy, and military prowess to help you on your quest to greatness. - Lots of unique units. From fast infantrymen and sharp archers - to warships and catapults. - Several large maps, with randomly spawning enemies - each session will be unique - The skill tree offers extensive improvements, with tons of deep mechanics. Learn the art of building walls to protect your cities or powerful ballistas that will help you capture enemy castles quickly. - A large world to explore, in which you can find different biomes. - Different civilizations and tribes, each with their own abilities, buffs, and debuffs. - Each faction is based on real historical civilizations, with unique architecture, visuals, and culture. - The game is easy to learn but hard to master. With each new game, you will improve your skills. Only you will choose in which direction you want to develop. You can play this game the way you want, there is no definite right way! Strategize, use logic, improve your skills and you will definitely succeed! You can play this game even if you don't have internet because it has offline mode! So what are you waiting for? Download Civilization Hex: Tribes Rise right now, absolutely free, and become the ultimate ruler! Be the King!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: BacteriAR at none against Civilization Hex's 7. BacteriAR also leads on ads (none vs shown). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Civilization Hex sells 7 one-off in-app purchases. BacteriAR asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | BacteriAR | Civilization Hex |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 4.5 (247 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 5.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 247 — better |
| Update frequency | — | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 199 MB | 241 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | UCLan | MAD PIXEL |
In-app purchases
BacteriAR
No in-app purchases
Civilization Hex
- Japanese Civilization$2.99
- Germanic Civilization$2.99
- Aztec Civilization$2.99
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- Chinese Civilization$2.99
- Indian Civilization$2.99
- NO ADS$4.99
- Season Pass 1$14.99
Questions
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