Monsters vs Friends vs HellManager
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Monsters vs Friends
Assemble a team of friends to battle powerful bosses threatening your town. Collect resources and strategize with your allies to defeat all enemies. Your strength grows with every companion you recruit.
- Boss battles
- Resource collection
- Team building
- Cooperative gameplay
- Town defense
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You are stronger, TOGETHER! **Fight the bosses** You will start a lonely road by yourself, but soon will have the resources available to make friends and let them help you destroy the bosses that want you & your town dead. Collect the different resources and fight the bosses together. Destroy them ALL!!
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 Monsters vs Friends's 3.1. HellManager also leads on ratings volume (7.1K vs 15). Monsters vs Friends's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 9) and update cadence (every 2 days vs every 3 weeks). On price, review sentiment, ads 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
Both are free to download. HellManager sells 9 one-off in-app purchases. Monsters vs Friends asks for nothing beyond the download.
HellManager holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: HellManager has 7.1K ratings behind it against 15, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 33% of Monsters vs Friends's written reviews are positive against 37% of HellManager's.
Monsters vs Friends ships an update every 2 days, HellManager every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Monsters vs Friends | HellManager |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.1 (15 ratings) | 4.8 (7.1K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews | 37.1% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 15 | 7.1K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 242 MB | 268 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 12+ |
| Developer | FIVE BITS, INC. | Aloha Factory |
Customer experience
Monsters vs Friends
HellManager
Bugs and requests
Monsters vs Friends
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
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
Monsters vs Friends
No in-app purchases
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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