Comparison

Zombie Exodus vs It's Killing Time

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

Head to head
About

Zombie Exodus

Engage in a text-based horror adventure where your choices shape your survival story. Build your character, gather resources, and navigate a zombie-infested city to rescue your sister. Explore different paths and endings in this immersive narrative.

Highlights
  • Character customization
  • Branching narrative choices
  • Resource gathering
  • Combat and survival mechanics
  • Romance options
  • Multiple endings
Features
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Could you survive the Zombie Apocalypse? Build your character and fight your way out of a zombie-filled city to save your sister in this text-based horror fiction story. Choose to be a soldier, athlete, carpenter, minister, or scientist. Play as male or female, gay or straight, and even find romance in the Zombie Apocalypse. Gather supplies and weapons while avoiding the military, bandits, and living dead. Your choices alone control the story. Zombie Exodus includes Parts 1 and 2 for free, in which you search for your sister as the city deals with the viral outbreak turning the living into zombies. Parts 3-5 are optional additions in which you survive in the aftermath of the outbreak. Meet other survivors, scavenge for food and supplies, and make moral decisions affecting your life in the apocalypse. The full game has 750,000 words, 9 unique endings, 25 achievements, and a myriad of paths to play.

About

It's Killing Time

Engage in an ultra-violent, text-based interactive novel where you become a hired assassin. Travel the globe, make critical choices that shape your story, and build your reputation as you navigate a dangerous world of murder-for-hire.

Highlights
  • Text-based interactive novel
  • Choice-driven narrative
  • Become a hired assassin
  • Travel the world
  • Build reputation and wealth
  • Multiple character archetypes
Features
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Travel the world, meet interesting new people, and assassinate them for money! "It's Killing Time" is an ultra-violent 140,000-word interactive novel by Eric Bonholtzer, where your choices control the story. It's entirely text-based—without graphics or sound effects—and fueled by the vast, unstoppable power of your imagination. Earn respect, reputation, and wealth as a hired assassin. You'll be dressed to kill, driving an exotic car with outlandish weapons in the trunk. But in the glamorous, fast-paced world of murder-for-hire, you can never know who to trust and who's gunning to take you out. Who will betray you? Whom will you betray? Will you be a spiritual hitman or hitwoman, a ruthless assassin, a total psychopath, or a righteous killer? The choice is yours.

Screenshots

Zombie Exodus4 screens
It's Killing Time4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Zombie Exodus at Free against It's Killing Time's $4.99. Zombie Exodus also leads on ratings volume (362 vs 15) and update cadence (every 5 months vs every 13 months). It's Killing Time's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and rating (5.0 vs 4.6). On review sentiment, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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

Zombie Exodus is free to download; It's Killing Time costs $4.99 up front. Zombie Exodus sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. It's Killing Time asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

It's Killing Time holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Zombie Exodus has 362 ratings behind it against 15, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 84% of Zombie Exodus's written reviews are positive against 91% of It's Killing Time's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Zombie Exodus ships an update every 5 months, It's Killing Time every 13 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Zombie Exodus versus It's Killing Time: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterZombie ExodusIt's Killing Time
PriceFree — better$4.99
Rating4.6 (362 ratings)5.0 (15 ratings) — better
Positive reviews84.4% of reviews91.5% of reviews — better
Number of ratings362 — better15
Update frequencyEvery 5 months — betterEvery 13 months
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.012.0
Further details — not scored
Size36 MB27 MB
Age rating12+17+
DeveloperHosted Games LLCChoice of Games LLC

Customer experience

Zombie Exodus

All ratings362 ratings
Positive88.1%
Neutral5.2%
Negative6.6%
Written reviews205 reviews
Positive84.4%
Neutral7.3%
Negative8.3%

It's Killing Time

All ratings15 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews47 reviews
Positive91.5%
Neutral2.1%
Negative6.4%

Bugs and requests

Zombie Exodus

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Crashes at certain story points
  • Saved progress not loading correctly
  • Compatibility issues on older devices
  • Graphical glitches and visual bugs

Requested features

6 requests
  • Save/load functionality
  • Ability to skip/fast-forward text
  • More diverse character customization
  • Expanded storylines and endings
  • Offline mode
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  • Cloud sync across devices

It's Killing Time

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Zombie Exodus

One-time4
  • Remove Advertising$4.99
  • Part III: Cathedral$4.99
  • Part IV: Survival$4.99
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  • Part V: Resolution$4.99
None

It's Killing Time

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Zombie Exodus free?
Zombie Exodus is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is It's Killing Time free?
It's Killing Time costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Zombie Exodus or It's Killing Time?
It's Killing Time is rated higher. Zombie Exodus averages 4.6 out of 5 from 362 ratings, while It's Killing Time averages 5.0 from 15 ratings.
Do Zombie Exodus or It's Killing Time have ads?
Both Zombie Exodus and It's Killing Time show ads.
Which is updated more often, Zombie Exodus or It's Killing Time?
Zombie Exodus ships an update every 5 months, and It's Killing Time every 13 months. Most recently, Zombie Exodus was updated on October 23, 2026 and It's Killing Time on October 24, 2026.

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