Comparison

Idle Anomaly vs ONCOMING

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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

About

ONCOMING

Evade oncoming traffic, perform drifts, jumps, and doughnuts to escape pursuers. Earn new cars and decals to customize your style and compete with friends on the leader board.

Highlights
  • Perform drifts, jumps, and doughnuts
  • Evade oncoming traffic
  • Escape pursuers
  • Earn new cars and decals
  • Compete on leader boards
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How long can you survive on the wrong side of the road? Make cool drifts, awesome jumps, and smoking hot doughnuts to evade oncoming traffic and escape your pursuers! Play to earn new cars and decals to add more style to your drifts! Compete with friends to reach the top of the leader board!

Screenshots

Idle Anomaly4 screens
ONCOMING4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: ONCOMING at 100% against Idle Anomaly's 38%. ONCOMING also leads on ads (none vs shown). Idle Anomaly's advantage is update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 10 months). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Idle Anomaly sells 15 one-off in-app purchases and ONCOMING sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Idle Anomaly ships an update every 5 weeks, ONCOMING every 10 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Idle Anomaly versus ONCOMING: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterIdle AnomalyONCOMING
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (364 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews37.5% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings364 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks — betterEvery 10 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS13.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size249 MB651 MB
Age rating9+9+
DeveloperHot SiberiansELLIOTT GEORGE HILL

Customer experience

Idle Anomaly

All ratings364 ratings
Positive93.4%
Neutral1.4%
Negative5.2%
Written reviews32 reviews
Positive37.5%
Neutral9.4%
Negative53.1%

ONCOMING

Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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

ONCOMING

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

15 purchases

Idle Anomaly

One-time15
  • 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
10 purchases

ONCOMING

One-time10
  • Repairs x5$0.99
  • Repairs x30$4.99
  • Sophistication$5.99
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  • Hackerman$5.99
  • Street Racer$5.99
  • 'MURICA$5.99
  • Wealth$5.99
  • Repairs x140$19.99
  • Repairs x425$49.99
  • Repairs x1000$99.99

Questions

Is Idle Anomaly free?
Idle Anomaly is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ONCOMING free?
ONCOMING is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Idle Anomaly or ONCOMING have ads?
Idle Anomaly shows ads; ONCOMING does not.
Which is updated more often, Idle Anomaly or ONCOMING?
Idle Anomaly ships an update every 5 weeks, and ONCOMING every 10 months. Most recently, Idle Anomaly was updated on October 24, 2026 and ONCOMING on October 14, 2026.

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