Hideaways vs Normalz!
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Hideaways
Explore beautifully crafted worlds and discover human stories in this reimagined spot-the-difference game. Enjoy a calm challenge that exercises attention and memory while immersing yourself in atmospheric music and gentle narratives.
- Beautifully crafted worlds
- Handmade atmospheric music
- Untimed scavenger hunts
- 144 human stories
- Calming gameplay
- Attention and memory exercise
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Hideaways is an immaculate take on spot-the-difference games. It unfolds through beautifully crafted worlds, handmade atmospheric music, untimed scavengers, and 144 human stories — gently woven in, where places carry real feeling and stories are discovered, not told. Both a moment of calm and a quiet challenge, Hideaways invites you to slow your breathing, calm your mind, and wander through aesthetic and auditory pleasures — all while gently exercising attention and memory, and inviting reflection on real-life moments and stories.
Normalz!
Test your cultural awareness by predicting the most popular choice among three options. Build your streak, climb leaderboards, and tackle daily challenges across pop culture, tech, and more. See how your predictions stack up against others worldwide.
- Predict the most popular option
- Build and maintain streaks
- Climb global leaderboards
- Daily fresh challenges
- Test knowledge on trending topics
- Compare scores with friends
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Think you're in tune with what's hot? Prove it with Normalz! Normalz throws down three choices. Your mission? Pick the most popular one. It's not about your faves – it's about reading the room. Rack up your streak by nailing the crowd's vibe. Climb that leaderboard and show everyone you're the ultimate trend oracle. With fresh challenges dropping daily, Normalz keeps you on your toes across everything from viral TikToks to age-old debates. Flex your cultural IQ: Build your streak with on-point picks Dominate the leaderboard Face new challenges every day Test your knowledge on what's popping in pop culture, tech, and more See how you stack up against your squad and players worldwide Normalz serves up the questions everyone's buzzing about. Think you can predict the crowd fave? Don't sleep on this. Download Normalz now and start your streak! It's free, addictive, and the perfect way to prove you're ahead of the curve. Get ready to show the world you know what's normal. You in?
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Normalz! at 100% against Hideaways's 44%. Normalz! also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 7) and ads (none vs shown). Hideaways's advantage is ratings volume (2.4K vs 1). 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. Hideaways sells 7 one-off in-app purchases. Normalz! asks for nothing beyond the download.
Normalz! holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Hideaways has 2.4K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 44% of Hideaways's written reviews are positive against 100% of Normalz!'s.
| Parameter | Hideaways | Normalz! |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (2.4K ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 44.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2.4K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | — |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 794 MB | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | RoadRocks | Ozay Demirezen |
Customer experience
Hideaways
Normalz!
Bugs and requests
Hideaways
Reported bugs
4 issues- Game crashes during tutorial
- Differences not registering correctly
- Levels not loading properly
- Issues with screen size and layout
Requested features
4 requests- Option to disable background music
- Ability to save progress within a level
- More level variety and increased difficulty
- Cross-device syncing of progress
Normalz!
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Hideaways
- TRICKLE(5 hints)$0.99
- BREEZE(10 hints)$1.99
- DUET$1.99
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- FOUNT(20 hints)$2.99
- LUCID LENS$2.99
- DELUGE(50 hints)$4.99
- Grand W.$6.99
Normalz!
No in-app purchases
