Comparison

Hideaways vs Drawcracy

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Beautifully crafted worlds
  • Handmade atmospheric music
  • Untimed scavenger hunts
  • 144 human stories
  • Calming gameplay
  • Attention and memory exercise
Features
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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.

About

Drawcracy

A darkly humorous puzzle game where you manipulate electoral maps to ensure your party wins more seats than deserved. Learn the art of gerrymandering by drawing districts, packing opponents, and avoiding court scrutiny.

Highlights
  • Draw electoral districts
  • Manipulate precinct borders
  • Pack and crack opponent votes
  • Avoid court scrutiny
  • 12-map campaign mode
  • Endless mode with ranks
  • Unlockable tactics
Features
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You draw the districts. You decide who wins. Drawcracy is a darkly funny puzzle about gerrymandering — the real-world art of drawing electoral maps to rig who wins before a single vote is counted. Here, a fair map is a failure. The goal is to carve the districts so your side takes more seats than its share of the vote could ever deserve — and to do it without the courts noticing. The catch: the mechanic IS the abuse it's teaching. By the end you won't just know what gerrymandering is — you'll know how it's done, because you'll have done it. HOW IT PLAYS • Read the map — blue and red precincts, a target number of seats, and a vote share that says you shouldn't hit it. • Draw the lines — drag across precincts to carve contiguous districts. Pack your opponents into one throwaway seat, crack them across many, bend the borders. • Win ugly — claim a majority you never earned. • Don't get caught — a live scrutiny meter tracks how brazen your map is. Cross the line and the courts throw it out. WHAT'S INSIDE • A 12-map campaign that escalates from a quiet favour to an outright heist, each ending in a plain-spoken lesson on the real tactic you just pulled. • Endless mode — infinite, freshly generated maps and a climbing Operative Rank that never resets. • Game Center achievements and leaderboards. • A tactics tree of real-world manoeuvres to unlock and equip. THE DEAL • One price. No in-app purchases. No ads. No tracking. No accounts. Plays fully offline. Note: Drawcracy is satire. Its factions are abstract Blue and Red — no real parties, candidates, or people are depicted.

Screenshots

Hideaways4 screens
Drawcracy3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Hideaways at Free against Drawcracy's $0.99. Hideaways also leads on ratings volume (2.4K vs 2) and iOS requirement (16.6 vs 18.0). Drawcracy's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 7) and ads (none vs shown). On update cadence 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

Hideaways is free to download; Drawcracy costs $0.99 up front. Hideaways sells 7 one-off in-app purchases. Drawcracy asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Drawcracy 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 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Hideaways ships an update monthly, Drawcracy every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Hideaways versus Drawcracy: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHideawaysDrawcracy
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating4.7 (2.4K ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews44.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2.4K — better2
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 5 weeks
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.6 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size794 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRoadRocksGravityFish, LLC

Customer experience

Hideaways

All ratings2,391 ratings
Positive92.3%
Neutral3.9%
Negative3.8%
Written reviews216 reviews
Positive44.0%
Neutral13.4%
Negative42.6%

Drawcracy

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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

Drawcracy

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

7 purchases

Hideaways

One-time7
  • TRICKLE(5 hints)$0.99
  • BREEZE(10 hints)$1.99
  • DUET$1.99
Show 4 more
  • FOUNT(20 hints)$2.99
  • LUCID LENS$2.99
  • DELUGE(50 hints)$4.99
  • Grand W.$6.99
None

Drawcracy

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Hideaways free?
Hideaways is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Drawcracy free?
Drawcracy costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Hideaways or Drawcracy?
Drawcracy is rated higher. Hideaways averages 4.7 out of 5 from 2.4K ratings, while Drawcracy averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Hideaways or Drawcracy have ads?
Hideaways shows ads; Drawcracy does not.
Which is updated more often, Hideaways or Drawcracy?
Hideaways ships an update monthly, and Drawcracy every 5 weeks. Most recently, Hideaways was updated on October 29, 2026 and Drawcracy on October 13, 2026.

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