Sloboda vs Idle Hex Realms
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Sloboda
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In this game you will lead the newly formed settlement in the lands of Loca Deserta. This is a rural hostile environment located between lands of Sich and Crimea. Economy At the very beginning you have some resources that you have to invest into developing economy. Such as: building Mill, Mines, Stables. The economy is quite sophisticated. For example, to get a cossack (army unit), you have to get 1 horse, 1 firearm, gold and food. To get 1 firearm you need iron, wood and powder. To get iron you need food. To get food you need grains…you get the idea. Maps The game has two hand crafted maps: Outer map and the big Map of Sich Lands. On the outer map you can find different events, such as helping merchants, getting fur from hunting bears or even finding treasures. Keep an eye on the map each season change. Battles When your Sloboda becomes large, you will start getting more events that require large armies. You will also start using scouts to track the tartar forces and destroy them. Cossacks are trained at Shooting Range. You can train free worker to become a cossack. You cannot make him a worker after that. Each cossack requires some resources, so it is better to have a stable economy. Synchronization between devices In the main menu you can open Sync view. Provide some key that you can remember and hit Upload. The game is saved to the central server. Now open this game on another device, go to Sync view and enter your private key. Your game will be restored on this device. Pay attention to have only one game with auto sync on!
Idle Hex Realms
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Idle Hex Realms is an incremental idle game (where you progress even when you are AFK), uniting multiple genres (idle, boardgames, city building, CCG). After the collapse of the Ruon empire you find yourself in one of the three remaining kingdoms trying to make a name for yourself. Your first city starts from the small land that the ruler has given to you in exchange for your services. You will be collecting resources (food, wood, stone, and gold) in order to upgrade your settlement. Once the settlement is self-sustaining, you can venture out and found a new city to get a boost on future progress. A growing empire never sleeps. Being a leader has its own benefits, as you don't have to supervise every tiny bit to keep things running. Feel free to take breaks, production will be taken care of. Just make sure you upgrade your warehouses, so there is place to stockpile the resources. While searching for the perfect location of your new city, you will meet Lorekeepers. Lorekeepers are knowledgable people as they were in charge of the Imperial Library back in the Ruon empire. They are willing to share their knowledge with you, in the form of Unique Hexes. These are special tiles with knowledge infused, making them capable of altering the environment, acting as power-ups in your gameplay. Every new city starts with a new randomly generated map and a random draw of three starting Unique Hexes from your gathered collection to help you grow your new city in various ways. This game contains In-App Purchases. Standard Apple Terms of Use applies: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Sloboda at none against Idle Hex Realms's 1. Sloboda also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 11 months). 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. Idle Hex Realms sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $2.99 per month. Sloboda asks for nothing beyond the download.
Sloboda ships an update fortnightly, Idle Hex Realms every 11 months. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Sloboda | Idle Hex Realms |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 1.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 11 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 76 MB | 61 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Dmytro Gladkyi | Artur Nagy |
In-app purchases
Sloboda
No in-app purchases
Idle Hex Realms
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