Retro Battle vs HellManager
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Retro Battle
Relive classic gaming on your mobile device. Experience the nostalgia of portable consoles and challenge younger generations with a collection of retro titles. Enjoy a blast from the past anytime, anywhere.
- Portable console experience
- Challenge younger generations
- Retro game collection
- Nostalgic gameplay
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Challenge the kids with your portable console!
HellManager
An idle arcade game where you manage hell. Torture sinners to earn coins, upgrade buildings, and expand your infernal empire. Strategically place units and automate processes to become the ultimate boss of hell.
- Idle arcade gameplay
- Sinners torture and management
- Building upgrades and expansion
- Strategic unit placement
- Automated battle features
- Empire development
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Welcome to be the manager of this hell! Hell manager is an idle arcade game that tortures sinners who have fallen into hell and develops hell. Torture sinners and make them work to expand your own empire. Hell manager features: Upgraded torture! Capture sinners with whips and use various torture methods. Do you wonder what kind of torture there will be? Anyone can fight and torture sinners with a simple tap and swipe. Upgrading buildings in hell You can upgrade and expand the various buildings in the game. Spend the reward to upgrade the torture machine and the new hell station! You can hire more of hell sinners and expand various thing in the game to make enormous hell! Just focus on managing the hell! Torture hell sinners to earn coin, and run the hell strategically. You can play this idle games by placing construction unit and automation unit strategically in the game world. Bonus! With the expansion of the auto-battle feature, you have more time to focus on Hell Management. Live the Hell boss life in this idle games! Sinners work harder, and new torture option is opened, your hell will expand! Be the boss of this Hell! Now all you need to do is managing the hell and commanding your minions. Manage your hell and make a lot of money! Start your hell life in this best idle games!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: HellManager at 4.8 against Retro Battle's 4.0. HellManager also leads on ratings volume (7.1K vs 443) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). Retro Battle's advantage is review sentiment (60% vs 37%). 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. Retro Battle sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and HellManager sells 9 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
HellManager holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: HellManager has 7.1K ratings behind it against 443, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 60% of Retro Battle's written reviews are positive against 37% of HellManager's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Retro Battle ships an update monthly, HellManager every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on September 29, 2026.
| Parameter | Retro Battle | HellManager |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (443 ratings) | 4.8 (7.1K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 59.8% of reviews — better | 37.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 443 | 7.1K — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 232 MB | 268 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Yso Corp | Aloha Factory |
Customer experience
Retro Battle
HellManager
User reviews
Retro Battle
From 443 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Fun and engaging gameplay
- 🕹️ Smooth controls
- 🎨 Retro pixel art style
- 🕹️ Challenging but fair difficulty
- 🕹️ Variety of mini-games
Room to improve
- 💸 Too many ads
- 🐛 Occasional freezing/crashing issues
- 🕹️ Unresponsive controls at times
- 🕹️ Difficulty curve not always balanced
- 🕹️ Lack of solo/practice mode
HellManager
From 7.1K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🎮 Fun gameplay
- 👍 Engaging experience
- 💡 Unique concept
Room to improve
- 🔍 Too many ads
- 🔁 Repetitive levels
- 🐛 Progress not saved
Bugs and requests
Retro Battle
Reported bugs
4 issues- Freezing during battles
- Unresponsive left/right controls
- Inconsistent game performance on some devices
- Certain mini-games not functioning properly
Requested features
5 requests- Add more games and content updates
- Implement an option to remove ads for a one-time fee
- Improve responsiveness and fine-tune controls
- Introduce a solo/practice mode for players
- Enhance the difficulty balancing across levels
HellManager
Reported bugs
3 issues- Game freezes after ads
- Inconsistent performance
- Incorrect in-game data display
Requested features
3 requests- Add more levels and challenges
- Implement an ad-free version
- Improve save/load functionality
In-app purchases
Retro Battle
- Candies$0.99
- Pack of Candies$1.99
- Remove Ads$2.99
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- Mega NES Games$3.99
- Super Drive Games$3.99
- Game Kids Games$3.99
- Atary 64 Games$3.99
- Bag of Candies$4.99
- Candy Machine$9.99
- Ultimate Pack$9.99
HellManager
- Dollar package 1$0.99
- RV ticket 30$1.99
- Dollar package 2$1.99
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- No ads$2.99
- RV ticket 50$2.99
- Dollar package 3$3.99
- Dollar package 4$7.99
- Dollar package 5$13.99
- Dollar package 6$28.99
Questions
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