Hoop Protect vs Hide the Robber
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Hoop Protect
Guide a growing crowd to block enemies and break through obstacles. Strategically expand your group to overcome challenges and achieve victory. Enjoy a simple yet engaging gameplay experience.
- Collect friendly crowds
- Block enemy crowds
- Break walls
- Strategic gameplay
- Casual experience
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Collect all the friendly crowd and close the hoop in front of the enemy crowd to stop them from clashing. Use the collected friendly crowd numbers to break the wall and just go on!
Hide the Robber
A fast-paced puzzle game where you must strategically move a robber to conceal them within a picture. Race against time as security closes in.
- Move the robber
- Hide in the picture
- Timed gameplay
- Challenging puzzles
- Security approaching
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Move the robber and hide him in the picture. Hurry up, security is approaching.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Hoop Protect at 100% against Hide the Robber's 0%. Hide the Robber's advantage is ratings volume (338 vs 5) and rating (4.4 vs 4.2). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Hide the Robber holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Hide the Robber has 338 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 100% of Hoop Protect's written reviews are positive against 0% of Hide the Robber's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Hoop Protect ships an update monthly, Hide the Robber every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 10, 2026 and September 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Hoop Protect | Hide the Robber |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (5 ratings) | 4.4 (338 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 338 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 127 MB | 106 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Manish Kumar | Upperpik Oyun Yazilim ve Pazarlama Ticaret Anonim Sirketi |
Customer experience
Hoop Protect
Hide the Robber
In-app purchases
Hoop Protect
No in-app purchases
Hide the Robber
No in-app purchases
Questions
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