Comparison

3 Ball Break vs Idle Hex Realms

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

Head to head
About

3 Ball Break

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A game inspired by 3 ball billiards. Objective of the game Play the cue (white) ball, hit the other 2 object balls (yellow and red) in any order to score and collect 1 point. Collect +1 point every time cue ball touches a cushion before hitting the second object ball. Continue to score and collect as many points as possible. Game over, if the cue ball: - does not hit the 2 object balls or - hits the same object ball twice before hitting the second object ball.

About

Idle Hex Realms

Build and expand your empire in a post-collapse world. Collect resources, upgrade your settlements, and discover powerful Hexes to aid your progress. Enjoy incremental gameplay where your empire thrives even when you're away.

Highlights
  • Incremental idle gameplay
  • City building and upgrades
  • Resource collection
  • Unique Hexes for power-ups
  • Randomly generated maps
  • AFK progression
Features
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Idle Hex Realms is an incremental idle game (where you progress even when you are AFK), uniting multiple genres (idle, boardgames, city building, CCG). After the collapse of the Ruon empire you find yourself in one of the three remaining kingdoms trying to make a name for yourself. Your first city starts from the small land that the ruler has given to you in exchange for your services. You will be collecting resources (food, wood, stone, and gold) in order to upgrade your settlement. Once the settlement is self-sustaining, you can venture out and found a new city to get a boost on future progress. A growing empire never sleeps. Being a leader has its own benefits, as you don't have to supervise every tiny bit to keep things running. Feel free to take breaks, production will be taken care of. Just make sure you upgrade your warehouses, so there is place to stockpile the resources. While searching for the perfect location of your new city, you will meet Lorekeepers. Lorekeepers are knowledgable people as they were in charge of the Imperial Library back in the Ruon empire. They are willing to share their knowledge with you, in the form of Unique Hexes. These are special tiles with knowledge infused, making them capable of altering the environment, acting as power-ups in your gameplay. Every new city starts with a new randomly generated map and a random draw of three starting Unique Hexes from your gathered collection to help you grow your new city in various ways. This game contains In-App Purchases. Standard Apple Terms of Use applies: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

3 Ball Break4 screens
Idle Hex Realms4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: 3 Ball Break at none against Idle Hex Realms's 1. Idle Hex Realms's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 14.0). On price, update cadence 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 Hex Realms sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $2.99 per month. 3 Ball Break asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

3 Ball Break ships an update every 15 months, Idle Hex Realms every 11 months. Both last shipped on October 27, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
3 Ball Break versus Idle Hex Realms: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter3 Ball BreakIdle Hex Realms
PriceFreeFree
Rating—1.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 15 monthsEvery 11 months — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS14.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB61 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEMRE ERKOLArtur Nagy

In-app purchases

None

3 Ball Break

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Idle Hex Realms

Subscriptions1
  • Monthly Subscription$2.991 Month

Questions

Is 3 Ball Break free?
3 Ball Break is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Idle Hex Realms free?
Idle Hex Realms is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do 3 Ball Break or Idle Hex Realms have ads?
3 Ball Break shows ads; Idle Hex Realms does not.
Which is updated more often, 3 Ball Break or Idle Hex Realms?
3 Ball Break ships an update every 15 months, and Idle Hex Realms every 11 months. Most recently, 3 Ball Break was updated on October 27, 2026 and Idle Hex Realms on October 27, 2026.

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