Shogi Demon vs Idle Hex Realms
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Shogi Demon
Experience Japanese Chess with unique rules like piece reuse and promotion. Offers a guide for piece movement, multiple computer difficulty levels, handicaps, and a position editor.
- Piece reuse from opponent
- Piece promotion with increased movement
- Movement guide for pieces
- Four computer difficulty levels
- 22 handicap options
- Position editor
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Shogi is Japanese Chess. The difference between this and regular Chess is that the player is allowed to reuse the pieces captured from the opponent for themselves. With exceptions to the King and the Gold, any pieces that enter the zone of the opponent can be turned over to increase their range of movement. Positioning 2 or more Pawns on a vertical line is not permitted if the Pawns are not turned over. Also, although it is possible to put a King in mate with your own Pawn, it is not permitted to put a King in mate with a Pawn captured from your opponent. This is because such act is an insult to the King. - There is a guide that informs player of a possible movement of the pieces. - Four computer levels. - 22 kinds of handicaps. - Position editor.
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.
- Incremental idle gameplay
- City building and upgrades
- Resource collection
- Unique Hexes for power-ups
- Randomly generated maps
- AFK progression
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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/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Idle Hex Realms at Free against Shogi Demon's $1.99. Idle Hex Realms also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 18.0). Shogi Demon's advantage is rating (3.5 vs 1.0) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). On 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
Idle Hex Realms is free to download; Shogi Demon costs $1.99 up front. Idle Hex Realms sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $2.99 per month. Shogi Demon asks for nothing beyond the download.
Shogi Demon holds the better App Store score, 3.5 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.
Shogi Demon ships an update every 5 months, Idle Hex Realms every 11 months. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Shogi Demon | Idle Hex Realms |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 3.5 (2 ratings) — better | 1.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 40.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months — better | Every 11 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 15 MB | 61 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | NUTRACTOR | Artur Nagy |
In-app purchases
Shogi Demon
No in-app purchases
Idle Hex Realms
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