Comparison

CyberHive vs Builderment

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

Head to head
About

CyberHive

Command a starship crewed by intelligent bees, navigating a hostile galaxy. Survive, gather resources, upgrade your vessel, and make critical choices that shape the story and influence alliances with alien races.

Highlights
  • Space exploration and survival
  • Resource gathering and management
  • Starship upgrades
  • Crew management
  • Branching narrative choices
  • Alien faction interaction
Features
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Survive, gather resources, expand your crew, improve your starship, and pave the way through outer space – full of hostile races. Your path will consist of difficult choices and everyone will have an influence on the outcome. …and perhaps you might be able to solve the mystery of this universe. FLYING AMONG THE STARS You are the commander of the “Melistar” (“The Star Bee”), and you have a swarm of intelligent anthropomorphic bees. Your ship is your home, and your mission is to keep an eye on its fighting ability to repel enemy attacks; to stay on course, and to effectively collect resources to ensure that both the Queen and soldier bees have enough food; and, of course, to keep an eye on the status of your crew, whose members strive to get into trouble or arrange it. OTHER SPECIES The ship travels through an amazing universe full of strange insectoid races. Who you’ll be forming an alliance with, and who you’ll be fighting with, is largely up to you! The Merchant Guild fights the League of Smugglers; the intelligent Ants compete with Locusts for space colonies; the sinister cult of Blood Suckers spreads across the galaxy... We’ll have to fight and trade – and every one of these decisions can be a turning point in the story. SURVIVAL AND STORYTELLING * You can try your hand at surviving. Space cycles alternate, resources run out – and the crew increases; but luck and accurate calculation are on your side! Competently upgrade your ship and set the right course – and you can stay alive for a certain amount of time, or maybe even break a record! * If you like branching plots and world exploration – boldly immerse yourself in the storyline. The CyberHive universe is a mysterious and deep setting. Collect ancient artifacts and pieces of knowledge on distant planets about the past – and discover how the world turned out to be and what misfortune it faces. Maybe you can avert it... or not. MANY EVENTS As you try to find resources and survive, you will experience many events on the ship: from intrigues within the crew and problems with passengers, to a large contraband “set-up” or a collision with the ghost of a legendary pirate starship. Some events form a story, and some occur randomly. But the choices within each event will also have to be considered... ...Subjects with the waist of a wasp and a deadly sting; predatory rivals and faction battles; exploring the farthest corners of the galaxy; dangerous challenges and responsible decisions. Welcome to the world of CyberHive! Commander, we are counting on you.

About

Builderment

Build and automate complex production lines on an alien planet. Harvest resources, craft items, and research new technologies to send goods back to Earth. Expand your factories and optimize your resource extraction.

Highlights
  • Build factories on a massive scale
  • Automate item crafting
  • Use conveyor belts for transport
  • Research new technologies
  • Harvest diverse resources
  • Expand production lines
Features
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Builderment is a factory building game at heart. It’s all about crafting and automation. You start by harvesting resources and crafting items in factories. Use those crafted items to research new technology and recipes to craft ever more complex items. Earth has run out of resources... You have been sent to a distant planet to extract its infinite resources and craft items to send back to Earth. You'll need to establish a base on this planet to build factories and production lines to automate the assembly of items. Features * Build factories on a massive scale * Use conveyor belts to transport items between factories * Craft dozens of unique items * Research technology to build more advanced buildings * Expand to harvest every resource on the map

Screenshots

CyberHive4 screens
Builderment4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Builderment at Free against CyberHive's $0.29. Builderment also leads on ratings volume (3.3K vs 3) and update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 4 months). CyberHive's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 10) and ads (none vs shown). On 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

Builderment is free to download; CyberHive costs $0.29 up front. Builderment sells 9 one-off in-app purchases. CyberHive asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

CyberHive holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Builderment has 3.3K ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 77% of CyberHive's written reviews are positive against 87% of Builderment's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

CyberHive ships an update every 4 months, Builderment every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard9 real differences · 1 level
CyberHive versus Builderment: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCyberHiveBuilderment
Price$0.29Free — better
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better4.6 (3.3K ratings)
Positive reviews76.9% of reviews87.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings33.3K — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 6 weeks — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size185 MB48 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperAleksey EvdokimovBuilderment LLC

Customer experience

CyberHive

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews13 reviews
Positive76.9%
Neutral15.4%
Negative7.7%

Builderment

All ratings3,321 ratings
Positive89.0%
Neutral3.6%
Negative7.3%
Written reviews1,203 reviews
Positive87.0%
Neutral6.0%
Negative7.0%

Bugs and requests

CyberHive

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Builderment

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Disappearing resources when moving storage
  • Conveyor belt pathing issues and clipping
  • Inconsistent resource production rates

Requested features

6 requests
  • Ability to run the game in the background
  • Multiple research labs for parallel progression
  • More varied and customizable map layouts
  • Conveyor belt color-coding or labeling
  • Overflow and smart splitter mechanics
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  • Prestige mode or new game+ options

In-app purchases

None

CyberHive

No in-app purchases

9 purchases

Builderment

One-time9
  • Pile of Gems$2.99
  • Pile of Gems$4.99
  • Bunch of Gems$6.99
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  • Bunch of Gems$9.99
  • Sack of Gems2 variants$19.99
  • Advanced World Settings$19.99
  • Chest of Gems$29.99
  • Chest of Gems$39.99
  • Vault of Gems$79.99

Questions

Is CyberHive free?
CyberHive costs $0.29, with no in-app purchases.
Is Builderment free?
Builderment is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, CyberHive or Builderment?
CyberHive is rated higher. CyberHive averages 5.0 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while Builderment averages 4.6 from 3.3K ratings.
Do CyberHive or Builderment have ads?
Builderment shows ads; CyberHive does not.
Which is updated more often, CyberHive or Builderment?
CyberHive ships an update every 4 months, and Builderment every 6 weeks. Most recently, CyberHive was updated on October 4, 2026 and Builderment on October 15, 2026.

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