Idle Anomaly vs Hell
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Idle Anomaly
Build a research station to uncover the secrets of a mysterious alien Obelisk. Manage employees, defend your base from alien invaders, and upgrade heroes. Progress continues even when you're offline.
- Build and upgrade research station
- Manage employees and monitor health
- Defend base from alien attacks
- Upgrade space heroes
- Study UFOs and collect resources
- Offline progress and idle earnings
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"Build a research station around the mysterious Obelisk area and uncover all its secrets with moon pioneer in this idle clicker explore game! A group of space researchers recently came across a strange structure in the Arctic. It looks like an alien roller coaster or alien starship from the UFO theme park. This Obelisk was clearly not of our planet. In the process of building explorer home base, something strange gait of a zombie appears in the territory. But it isn´t a zombie, it is alien! They will try to attack and to interfere with the Obelisk research and building of your clicker Empire! Find the alien and hold defense idle home base with galaxy gun! Progress outside the game Your employees work tirelessly and earn money in your business simulator incremental game even when you are not playing. Just collect an idle resources when you return to the tap game! Manage a research station Click to build and upgrade equipment, hire employees and monitor their health. Moon pioneer helps you! Rational management is the key to success in research and to big profits in tycoon life! Upgrade your space heroes Exploring anomalies is dangerous area! You need experienced operatives who can protect your employees from invasion of the mysterious moon or mars creatures that guard the Obelisk. Study UFOs Find the alien, catch monsters, send them to infectonator isolation and explore the Obelisk to get resources. Join forces with the secret Ministry and discover the forbidden side of our idle world that it hides from the common people. Alien isolation You don't know what planet the monsters came from. From the Moon or Mars... But you need to click to control UFO space invasion and attack them back! Send aliens in infectonator isolation and now their planet life has become useful for the Earth. If you like Tycoon games, idle games, building games and the atmosphere of the unknown, then Anomalies Research Tycoon is for you! Make strategic decisions for development and make a profit. Unravel the secrets of the Obelisks and gain their power! Your business simulator adventure incremental game is started! ~~~~~~ Rate us in the app store and join our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/Idle-Anomalies-Research-Tycoon-105602148433539 Join our Discord community! We'll be happy to receive your feedback: https://discord.gg/bep3sN89hc
Hell
Build your own hell empire and become a powerful Darkness Tycoon. Manage your infernal kingdom, upgrade punishments, and collect sinners to earn billions. Enjoy intuitive clicker mechanics and beautiful graphics, even offline.
- Build hell empire
- Idle clicker mechanics
- Upgrade punishments
- Manage hell kingdom
- Collect sinners
- AR Mode
- Offline gameplay
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Have you ever dreamed of become powerful (D)evil Master? Now you can make your dreams come true! Build your own hell empire, make billions and have fun! Use many idle clicker mechanics and become a Darkness Tycoon. Features: - Many different punishments to buy! - Enjoy beautiful graphics - Upgrade punishments - Manage your hell so everything works optimally - Get hundreds of sinners to punish and earn money - Collect gold and grow your Kingdom! - Get VIP sinner to fly on Dragon to your hell - Intuitive gameplay with clicker mechanics! - Offline game - no internet connection needed!
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Verdict
Idle Anomaly and Hell both sit at 4.7 stars, but that hides the real split: 67% of Hell's written reviews are positive against 38% of Idle Anomaly's. Idle Anomaly's advantage is update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 3 months) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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 Anomaly sells 15 one-off in-app purchases and Hell sells 14 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Idle Anomaly against 4.7 for Hell. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 364 and 370 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 38% of Idle Anomaly's written reviews are positive against 67% of Hell's.
Idle Anomaly ships an update every 5 weeks, Hell every 3 months. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Idle Anomaly | Hell |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (364 ratings) | 4.7 (370 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 37.5% of reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 364 | 370 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 3 months |
| 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 | 13.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 249 MB | 221 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Hot Siberians | Wojciech Grzesik |
Customer experience
Idle Anomaly
Hell
User reviews
Idle Anomaly
From 364 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Good game overall
- 🎨 Great design scheme
- ✨ Items change looks
- 🧘 Calming gameplay
- 💡 Interesting and fun gameplay
Room to improve
- 📉 New update makes it dip
- 💸 Hero upgrades too expensive
- 🐛 Ads still present after purchase
- 💸 In-game purchases not received
- ⏳ Purchases don't take effect
Hell
From 370 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Fun and relaxing gameplay
- 👍 Good for passing time
- 👍 Interesting underworld theme
- 👍 Easy to earn in-game currency
- 👍 No forced ads option
Room to improve
- 🔋 Very battery draining
- 🔥 Phone gets too hot
- 💸 Pay-to-play focus
- 📉 Slow progression
- 😩 Hard to upgrade
Bugs and requests
Idle Anomaly
Reported bugs
18 issues- Reset all data
- No ads upgrade not working
- Beginner pack not received
- In-app purchases not credited
- Game keeps locking up
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- Ads appear after paying to remove them
- Paid for additional researcher, didn't work
- Game won't load
- Game freezes on loading screen
- Unwanted blackouts
- Misses payouts, especially in paraenergies
- Advertising paid to turn off, not getting bonuses
- Ad reveals later game content
- Pulled operator, never received
- Cannot go past close 1 ruptures
- Game has stopped working
- Won't load anymore
- Constant ad interruptions
Requested features
3 requests- Fix game issues or refund
- Add more content to the game
- Improve developer communication for future plans
Hell
Reported bugs
3 issues- Ads for other games cannot be exited
- Rewards not received after watching ads
- Purchases do not work
Requested features
4 requests- More achievements to unlock
- More options to earn gems
- More content after initial unlocks
- Clearer instructions for game mechanics
In-app purchases
Idle Anomaly
- 80 Gems$0.99
- Helicopter.$4.99
- 500 Gems$4.99
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- Researcher$4.99
- Johnny Goldhand$4.99
- Beginner's Pack$6.99
- Starter pack$9.99
- Researcher$9.99
- 1200 Gems$9.99
- Dr. Massachusetts$10.99
- No ads$13.99
- Professional's Pack$13.99
- Neat Pack$19.99
- 2500 Gems$24.99
- All Inclusive Pack$35.99
Hell
- Gems Pack 1$1.99
- Gems Pack 2$4.99
- Offline Manager$8.99
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- No Ads$9.99
- Gems Pack 3$9.99
- Promo Pass$9.99
- Supervisor$9.99
- Promo Pass 3$14.99
- Gems Pack 4$19.99
- Promo Pass 4$19.99
- Promo Pass 5$29.99
- Gems Pack 5$49.99
- Gems Pack 6$99.99
- Promo Pass 8$99.99
Questions
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