Comparison

Idle Hex Realms vs Omega Protocol

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

Head to head
About

Idle Hex Realms

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/

About

Omega Protocol

An emergency AI tasked with reversing universal heat death and restarting the Big Bang. You must generate heat, build a cosmic factory, and use the remnants of past civilizations as fuel to power the Omega Engine.

Highlights
  • Reverse universal heat death
  • Restart the Big Bang
  • Generate initial heat
  • Build a cosmic factory
  • Dismantle past civilizations
  • Use memories as fuel
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The universe has died. Entropy has won. You are "The Omega Protocol", an emergency artificial intelligence designed to reverse heat death and restart the Big Bang. Starting from absolute zero (0 Kelvin), you must generate the first unit of heat by violating thermodynamics, build a cosmic factory, dismantle the last vestiges of previous civilizations, and burn their memories as fuel to power the Omega Engine.

Screenshots

Idle Hex Realms4 screens
Omega Protocol4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Omega Protocol at none against Idle Hex Realms's 1. Omega Protocol also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 11 months). Idle Hex Realms's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 16.4). On price, 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

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. Omega Protocol asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Idle Hex Realms ships an update every 11 months, Omega Protocol every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Idle Hex Realms versus Omega Protocol: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterIdle Hex RealmsOmega Protocol
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.0 (8 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—8 — better
Update frequencyEvery 11 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS11.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size61 MB43 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperArtur NagyZona de Ficción

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Idle Hex Realms

Subscriptions1
  • Monthly Subscription$2.991 Month
None

Omega Protocol

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Idle Hex Realms free?
Idle Hex Realms is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Omega Protocol free?
Omega Protocol is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Idle Hex Realms or Omega Protocol have ads?
Neither Idle Hex Realms nor Omega Protocol shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Idle Hex Realms or Omega Protocol?
Idle Hex Realms ships an update every 11 months, and Omega Protocol every 2 weeks. Most recently, Idle Hex Realms was updated on October 7, 2026 and Omega Protocol on October 6, 2026.

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