Plague Inc. vs Ultimate Custom Night
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Plague Inc.
A strategic simulation game where you evolve a deadly pathogen to infect the world and end humanity. Adapt your plague against global defenses and master different disease types to achieve victory. It's a high-stakes battle of strategy against the entire planet.
- Evolve deadly global plagues
- Adapt against human defenses
- Master 12 disease types
- Infect 50+ countries
- Hundreds of traits to evolve
- Daily Diseases and Outbreak Mode
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Can you infect the world? Plague Inc. is a unique mix of high strategy and terrifyingly realistic simulation. Your pathogen has just infected 'Patient Zero'. Now you must bring about the end of human history by evolving a deadly, global Plague whilst adapting against everything humanity can do to defend itself. Brilliantly executed with innovative gameplay and built from the ground up for iPhone & iPad, Plague Inc. evolves the strategy genre and pushes mobile gaming (and you) to new levels. It’s You vs. the world - only the strongest can survive! ◈◈◈ #1 top game globally with well over a billion games played ◈◈◈ Plague Inc. is a global hit with over a million 5 star ratings and features in newspapers such as The Economist, New York Post, Boston Herald, The Guardian and London Metro! The developer of Plague Inc. was invited to speak at the CDC in Atlanta about the disease models inside the game! ▶ “The game creates a compelling world that engages the public on serious public health topics” – The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ▶ "Plague Inc: The Cure encapsulates the complexities of a global pandemic response and highlights how crucial international collaboration is needed to address such a threat.” – Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations ▶ “Best Tablet Game” - New York Daily News ▶ “Plague Inc. will snag your attention in all the right ways and keep it there” - Touch Arcade ▶ “No denying Plague Inc.'s high-level of quality” - Modojo ▶ “Plague Inc. should not be as much fun as it is” – London Metro ▶ “Will leave you hoping to destroy the world, all in the name of a bit of fun” – Pocket Lint ▶ “Plague Inc.'s gameplay is infectious” - Slide to Play ▶ Winner – “Overall Game of the Year” – Pocket Gamer ▶ “Killing billions has never been so fun” – IGN ◈◈◈ Features: ● Stunning retina graphics with a highly polished interface (Contagion guaranteed) ● Highly detailed, hyper-realistic world with advanced AI (Outbreak management) ● Comprehensive in-game help and tutorial system (I am Legendarily helpful) ● 12 different disease types with radically different strategies to master (12 Monkeys?) ● Full Save/Load functionality (28 Saves Later!) ● 50+ countries to infect, hundreds of traits to evolve and thousands of world events to adapt to (Pandemic evolved) ● Full game support for scoreboards and achievements ● Expansion updates add the mind controlling Neurax Worm, the zombie producing Necroa Virus, Speed Runs and real life Scenarios! ● Can you save the world? Take control and stop a deadly global plague in our biggest expansion yet! ● Take on Daily Diseases, earn powerful upgrades and compete against the world in Outbreak Mode! Localised in English, German, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, Italian, French, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese and Russian. (more coming soon) P.S. Give yourself a pat on the back if you got all the themed literature references! Special sale price to celebrate being one of the most popular paid iPhone games ever! ◈◈◈ Like Plague Inc. on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/PlagueInc Follow me on Twitter: www.twitter.com/NdemicCreations
Ultimate Custom Night
Survive a night in an office by fending off killer animatronics from across the Five Nights at Freddy's series. Customize your experience by selecting from 50 characters and adjusting their difficulty. Utilize various tools and traps to stay alive.
- 50 selectable animatronic characters
- Customizable character difficulty
- Office defense with doors, vents, and hoses
- Management of tools like heater, A/C, and music box
- Laser traps and item purchasing
- Themed challenge menu
- Unlockable office skins and cutscenes
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NOTE: A device with at least 2 GB of RAM is required for this game to run properly. Welcome to the ultimate FNaF mashup, where you will once again be trapped alone in an office fending off killer animatronics! Featuring 50 selectable animatronic characters spanning seven Five Nights at Freddy's games, the options for customization are nearly endless. Mix and match any assortment of characters that you like, set their difficulty from 0-20, then jump right into the action! From your office desk, you will need to manage two side doors, two vents, as well as two air hoses, all of which lead directly into your office. This time you will have to master other tools as well if you want to complete the ultimate challenges, tools such as the heater, A/C, a global music box, a power generator, and more. As if all of that weren't enough, you'll also need to set up laser traps in the vents, collect Faz-Coins, purchase items from the Prize Counter, and as always, keep a close eye on not one, but two Pirate Cove curtains! Other features also included: - Challenge menu including 16 themed challenges - Voice acting from returning favorites as well as from new arrivals to the franchise - Unlockable office skins - Unlockable cutscenes NOTE: Interface and audio in English. Subtitles in English, French, German, Dutch, Spanish (Latin America), Italian, Portuguese (Brazil), Russian, Japanese, Chinese (Simplified), Korean. #MadeWithFusion
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Plague Inc. at 168K against Ultimate Custom Night's 6.1K. Plague Inc. also leads on chart position (#1 vs #24) and price ($0.99 vs $2.99). Ultimate Custom Night's advantage is review sentiment (88% vs 76%). On rating, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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
Plague Inc. costs $0.99 and Ultimate Custom Night $2.99 up front. Plague Inc. sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Ultimate Custom Night sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Plague Inc. holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Plague Inc. has 168K ratings behind it against 6.1K, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 76% of Plague Inc.'s written reviews are positive against 88% of Ultimate Custom Night's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Plague Inc. ships an update every 2 months, Ultimate Custom Night every 4 months. Both last shipped on November 13, 2026.
| Parameter | Plague Inc. | Ultimate Custom Night |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 — better | $2.99 |
| Rating | 4.8 (168K ratings) — better | 4.6 (6.1K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 76.0% of reviews | 88.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 168K — better | 6.1K |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Best chart rank | #1 — better | #24 |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 116 MB | 208 MB |
| Age rating | +9 | 12+ |
| Developer | Ndemic Creations | CLICKTEAM LLC USA |
Customer experience
Plague Inc.
Ultimate Custom Night
User reviews
Plague Inc.
From 168K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Addictive gameplay
- 🤔 Challenging and thought-provoking
- 👍 Realistic disease simulation
- 💡 Unique scenarios and special disease types
- 🎨 Immersive graphics and audio
Room to improve
- 💰 Expensive in-app purchases
- 🕰️ Slow progression without paying
- 🐛 Inconsistent game mechanics
- 🤖 Unrealistic cure development
- 🤔 Lack of multiplayer mode
Ultimate Custom Night
From 6.1K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Great game
- 👍 Lots of features
- 🎮 Challenging gameplay
- 💯 Best FNAF game
- 🕹️ Addictive and fun
Room to improve
- 🐛 Buggy controls
- 🔍 Small buttons and hitboxes
- 🔊 Audio issues
- 🕰️ Power drains too quickly
- 🕹️ Some animatronics are too difficult
Bugs and requests
Plague Inc.
Reported bugs
4 issues- Inability to restore purchased content
- Glitches with certain disease types
- Inconsistent DNA point rewards
- Sudden difficulty spikes on normal mode
Requested features
5 requests- Multiplayer mode (player vs player)
- More realistic cure distribution and development
- Ability to customize game scenarios
- Expanded free content without paywall
- Improved progression for free-to-play users
Ultimate Custom Night
Reported bugs
5 issues- Nightmarionne mouse cursor issues
- Inconsistent button responsiveness
- Glitches with certain animatronics
- Challenges not working properly
- Progress/save data being lost
Requested features
5 requests- Add more animatronics
- Improve controls and UI
- Allow custom challenges
- Add more offices and environments
- Improve performance on older devices
In-app purchases
Plague Inc.
- Unlock Virus$0.99
- Neurax Worm Expansion Pack$1.99
- Necroa Virus Expansion Pack$1.99
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- Simian Flu Expansion Pack$1.99
- Shadow Plague Expansion Pack$1.99
- Unlock 7 Standard Plagues$2.99
- Scenario Pack$2.99
- Unlock All Genes$7.99
- Unlock Cheats$9.99
- Plague Pack$12.99
Ultimate Custom Night
- Survival Kit$4.99
Questions
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Is Ultimate Custom Night free?
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