Comparison

Pet Idle vs HellManager

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

Head to head
About

Pet Idle

Care for virtual dogs and cats in this life simulation game. Manage their needs, teach them tricks, and expand their home. The happier your pets, the more you earn.

Highlights
  • Virtual pet care system
  • House building and decoration
  • Teach pets tricks
  • Multiple pet breeds
  • Unique pet personalities
  • Robots and drones for assistance
Features
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Come and know a game where you can take care of various virtual pets! Build your house to be a cozy home for many pets! Pet Idle is a simulator where you need to take care of various needs that your pet will demand, such as food, thirst, sleep, bath, walks and games. Give all your love and attention to your beloved pets, be it a dog or cat. Your pet will gain levels of experience as he has a good life and will learn several tricks: Sitting, rolling, jumping and much more! The happier your pet, the more money you make! Build, expand and decorate your home, so you can have more and more pets! They will interact with each other, each with different personalities that will affect living together. With Pet Idle you have amazing mechanisms: ● Pets needs system (hunger, thirst, sleep, hygiene, walking and fun). ● 8 different pet types, dogs and cats of many different breeds. ● Each Pet has a unique personality that affects game play. ● Edit the color of each Pet. ● Build and expand the house to accommodate more pets. ● Many feature furniture: bowls, beds, tubs and toys. ● Decorate the interior of your house to become a beautiful and unique. ● Teach amazing skills: Sit, jump, run, roll and more. ● Use robots and drones to help you care for your pets. Come and create an ever better environment for your pets and show everyone how great a caregiver you are!

About

HellManager

An idle arcade game where you manage hell. Torture sinners to earn coins, upgrade buildings, and expand your infernal empire. Strategically place units and automate processes to become the ultimate boss of hell.

Highlights
  • Idle arcade gameplay
  • Sinners torture and management
  • Building upgrades and expansion
  • Strategic unit placement
  • Automated battle features
  • Empire development
Features
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Welcome to be the manager of this hell! Hell manager is an idle arcade game that tortures sinners who have fallen into hell and develops hell. Torture sinners and make them work to expand your own empire. Hell manager features: Upgraded torture! Capture sinners with whips and use various torture methods. Do you wonder what kind of torture there will be? Anyone can fight and torture sinners with a simple tap and swipe. Upgrading buildings in hell You can upgrade and expand the various buildings in the game. Spend the reward to upgrade the torture machine and the new hell station! You can hire more of hell sinners and expand various thing in the game to make enormous hell! Just focus on managing the hell! Torture hell sinners to earn coin, and run the hell strategically. You can play this idle games by placing construction unit and automation unit strategically in the game world. Bonus! With the expansion of the auto-battle feature, you have more time to focus on Hell Management. Live the Hell boss life in this idle games! Sinners work harder, and new torture option is opened, your hell will expand! Be the boss of this Hell! Now all you need to do is managing the hell and commanding your minions. Manage your hell and make a lot of money! Start your hell life in this best idle games!

Screenshots

Pet Idle4 screens
HellManager3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Pet Idle at 76% against HellManager's 37%. HellManager's advantage is rating (4.8 vs 4.5) and ratings volume (7.1K vs 1.2K). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Pet Idle sells 12 one-off in-app purchases and HellManager sells 9 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

HellManager holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: HellManager has 7.1K ratings behind it against 1.2K, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 76% of Pet Idle's written reviews are positive against 37% of HellManager's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pet Idle ships an update monthly, HellManager every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Pet Idle versus HellManager: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPet IdleHellManager
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (1.2K ratings)4.8 (7.1K ratings) — better
Positive reviews75.7% of reviews — better37.1% of reviews
Number of ratings1.2K7.1K — better
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better12.0
Further details — not scored
Size178 MB268 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperSPL GAMES LTDAAloha Factory

Customer experience

Pet Idle

All ratings1,207 ratings
Positive87.3%
Neutral5.4%
Negative7.3%
Written reviews345 reviews
Positive75.7%
Neutral10.7%
Negative13.6%

HellManager

All ratings7,100 ratings
Positive95.2%
Neutral2.6%
Negative2.2%
Written reviews62 reviews
Positive37.1%
Neutral16.1%
Negative46.8%

User reviews

Pet Idle

From 1.2K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🐶 Cute pets
  • 🕹️ Fun and addictive gameplay
  • 🏠 Customizable home
  • 🤖 Helpful automated drones
  • 🎨 Adorable graphics

Room to improve

  • 💰 Expensive pets and items
  • 🔍 Difficult to progress without spending money
  • 🔁 Repetitive tasks
  • 🛑 Glitches and bugs after updates
  • 🔊 Annoying ads

HellManager

From 7.1K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🎮 Fun gameplay
  • 👍 Engaging experience
  • 💡 Unique concept

Room to improve

  • 🔍 Too many ads
  • 🔁 Repetitive levels
  • 🐛 Progress not saved

Bugs and requests

Pet Idle

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Game freezes and becomes unplayable after receiving the panda pet
  • Pets' needs and stats get stuck in an unresponsive state
  • Drones and automated features stop working properly
  • Game resets progress after updates or device changes

Requested features

6 requests
  • Add more pet breeds
  • Implement a pet breeding feature
  • Allow moving and rotating furniture
  • Add a litter box or way to clean up pet messes
  • Improve the daily reward system
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  • Introduce mini-games or more interactive pet activities

HellManager

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Game freezes after ads
  • Inconsistent performance
  • Incorrect in-game data display

Requested features

3 requests
  • Add more levels and challenges
  • Implement an ad-free version
  • Improve save/load functionality

In-app purchases

12 purchases

Pet Idle

One-time12
  • 20.000 Coins$0.99
  • 15.000 Energy$0.99
  • 100 Gems$0.99
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  • 100.000 Coins$3.99
  • 75.000 Energy$3.99
  • 500 Gems$3.99
  • Cat Lover's Bundle$3.99
  • Starter Pack$4.99
  • Dog Lover's Bundle$7.99
  • Legendary Pets Bundle$11.99
  • Fortune Pack$24.99
  • Max Pack$49.99
9 purchases

HellManager

One-time9
  • Dollar package 1$0.99
  • RV ticket 30$1.99
  • Dollar package 2$1.99
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  • No ads$2.99
  • RV ticket 50$2.99
  • Dollar package 3$3.99
  • Dollar package 4$7.99
  • Dollar package 5$13.99
  • Dollar package 6$28.99

Questions

Is Pet Idle free?
Pet Idle is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is HellManager free?
HellManager is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Pet Idle or HellManager?
HellManager is rated higher. Pet Idle averages 4.5 out of 5 from 1.2K ratings, while HellManager averages 4.8 from 7.1K ratings.
Do Pet Idle or HellManager have ads?
Both Pet Idle and HellManager show ads.
Which is updated more often, Pet Idle or HellManager?
Pet Idle ships an update monthly, and HellManager every 3 weeks. Most recently, Pet Idle was updated on October 16, 2026 and HellManager on October 12, 2026.

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