Shark Attack vs Idle Hunt
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Shark Attack
Experience the thrill of being a powerful shark in a 3D underwater world. Hunt beach-goers, other sea creatures, and evolve your shark to dominate the food chain. Explore diverse environments and choose from various shark species.
- Play as a hungry killer shark
- Hunt beach-goers and sea creatures
- Evolve and strengthen your shark
- Compete for top of the food chain
- Choose from many shark species
- Hunt on beaches or underwater
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Play as a hungry killer shark and feast on unsuspecting beach-goers! Feast on them or scare them for fun! Make your Shark stronger and bigger by attacking beach-goers as well as other sharks and deep sea jurassic creatures. Compete against all the predators and be on top of the food chain! MANY SPECIES OF SHARKS & SEA CREATURES: Choose from a range of sharks and sea creatures like Great White, Killer Whale, Megalodon, Mosasaurus etc. SHARK ATTACK ON BEACH or HUNT UNDERWATER Play in different worlds to hunt and evolve your Shark!
Idle Hunt
Engage in a hunting simulator where you use a sniper rifle to track and hunt various animals. Earn money to upgrade your damage and aiming skills in this idle clicker game.
- Idle clicker gameplay
- Hunting simulator elements
- Sniper rifle combat
- Animal hunting
- Skill progression
- Money earning
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Welcome to Idle Hunt game! Idle Hunt - this is an amazing idle, tap and clicker game with elements of hunting simulator. By using the hunter-man and his sniper rifle you can to hunt the most different animals in the world! Hunt the animals to earn money and grow your damage and aiming skills!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Shark Attack at 4.5 against Idle Hunt's 3.1. Shark Attack also leads on ratings volume (10K vs 12) and review sentiment (60% vs 50%). Idle Hunt's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 10) and update cadence (every 9 days vs monthly). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Shark Attack sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Idle Hunt asks for nothing beyond the download.
Shark Attack holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Shark Attack has 10K ratings behind it against 12, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 60% of Shark Attack's written reviews are positive against 50% of Idle Hunt's.
Shark Attack ships an update monthly, Idle Hunt every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on September 26, 2026 and June 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Shark Attack | Idle Hunt |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (10K ratings) — better | 3.1 (12 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 60.0% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 10K — better | 12 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 219 MB | 138 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Free Pixel Games Ltd | Nikita Subachev |
Customer experience
Shark Attack
Idle Hunt
Bugs and requests
Shark Attack
Reported bugs
2 issues- Inconsistent coin rewards
- Gameplay freezes and crashes
Requested features
3 requests- Longer gameplay duration
- More varied gameplay modes
- Improved ad system
Idle Hunt
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Shark Attack
- Sack Of Coins$1.99
- Bag of Coins$2.99
- Block Ads$2.99
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- Doryaspis Chest$4.99
- Pocketful of Coins$4.99
- Saw Shark Chest$4.99
- Anglerfish Chest$9.99
- Stack of Coins$9.99
- Angel Shark Chest$9.99
- Case of Coins$24.99
Idle Hunt
No in-app purchases
Questions
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