Comparison

Alien Hive vs Idle Anomaly

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

Head to head
About

Alien Hive

This game blends match-3 and sliding tile puzzles to evolve aliens. Match tiles to hatch and evolve creatures, harvest resources, and build your ultimate alien hive. Strategically defeat villainous bots and uncover the planet's mysteries.

Highlights
  • Evolving-aliens puzzle gameplay
  • Hybrid match-3 and sliding tile puzzles
  • Match tiles to harvest resources
  • Hatch and evolve alien species
  • Defeat villainous Bots
  • BLITZ MODE for fast-action fun
  • Collect dozens of Supreme Aliens
Features
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- "Indie Showcase Top 10 Award & Best Art Award." - Casual Connect Asia 2013 - "Appxplore brings us yet another fun and addicting puzzle game that is unique to any other." - GameDynamo, EDITORS' CHOICE! - "Alien Hive looks and feels like the best puzzle game I’ve played in a very long time... It’s brilliant, addictive, and endlessly fun." - Arcade Sushi, 9/10 Stars! - "A extremely addictive and surprisingly original title in the overly-crowded match-three puzzle genre. It combines block swapping with monster-collection and breeding. Well worth your time and your IAP money!" - LittleAppPreview, Score: 9/10 - It's a winning combination, with an almost perfect relaxation-to-robot ratio - KOTAKU *Check out the BLITZ MODE Trailer - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUbjeXzooYk Alien Hive is all about evolving aliens, blending match-3 with sliding tile puzzles for a game that feels both familiar and fresh. Swipe tiles to make matches – combine eggs to hatch cute baby aliens, and then help them fully evolve into Supreme Aliens. Match resource tiles for upgrades that let you take command of the board, with the goal of building the ultimate alien hive. Strategically avoid the villainous Bots, who block your progress, by crafting power-ups to eliminate these baddies. As you advance, you will uncover the mystery of the hidden aliens… and tame the Red Planet! Alien Hive Features: * Evolving-aliens puzzle gameplay: hybrid of match-3 and sliding tile puzzles… it’s a whole new type of puzzling fun * Match tiles to harvest resources, grow new species of aliens and zap the villainous Bots * Chill out: pastel graphics and mellow soundtrack, with no time limit to harsh the vibe * Advance the alien society: collect and unleash dozens of Supreme Aliens * Additional Fast-Action Fun BLITZ MODE. * 70 Achievements to suit all styles of play * 14 Achievements for Blitz Mode * Auto save game progress * High Score and Achievements sharing on Facebook * Free to play universal app for iPad, iPhone * iCloud & Game Center Support * Over thousands of Power Boost combinations * Level up your Supreme Aliens If you face any technical issue on your device, appreciate if you can contact us prior to writing negative review. We will try to address the issue as soon as possible. For the latest news, updates, and events LIKE us on Facebook. Official http://www.appxplore.com Facebook http://www.facebook.com/appxplore Twitter http://twitter.com/appxplore

About

Idle Anomaly

Build a research station to uncover the secrets of a mysterious alien Obelisk. Manage employees, defend your base from alien invaders, and upgrade heroes. Progress continues even when you're offline.

Highlights
  • Build and upgrade research station
  • Manage employees and monitor health
  • Defend base from alien attacks
  • Upgrade space heroes
  • Study UFOs and collect resources
  • Offline progress and idle earnings
Features
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"Build a research station around the mysterious Obelisk area and uncover all its secrets with moon pioneer in this idle clicker explore game! A group of space researchers recently came across a strange structure in the Arctic. It looks like an alien roller coaster or alien starship from the UFO theme park. This Obelisk was clearly not of our planet. In the process of building explorer home base, something strange gait of a zombie appears in the territory. But it isn´t a zombie, it is alien! They will try to attack and to interfere with the Obelisk research and building of your clicker Empire! Find the alien and hold defense idle home base with galaxy gun! Progress outside the game Your employees work tirelessly and earn money in your business simulator incremental game even when you are not playing. Just collect an idle resources when you return to the tap game! Manage a research station Click to build and upgrade equipment, hire employees and monitor their health. Moon pioneer helps you! Rational management is the key to success in research and to big profits in tycoon life! Upgrade your space heroes Exploring anomalies is dangerous area! You need experienced operatives who can protect your employees from invasion of the mysterious moon or mars creatures that guard the Obelisk. Study UFOs Find the alien, catch monsters, send them to infectonator isolation and explore the Obelisk to get resources. Join forces with the secret Ministry and discover the forbidden side of our idle world that it hides from the common people. Alien isolation You don't know what planet the monsters came from. From the Moon or Mars... But you need to click to control UFO space invasion and attack them back! Send aliens in infectonator isolation and now their planet life has become useful for the Earth. If you like Tycoon games, idle games, building games and the atmosphere of the unknown, then Anomalies Research Tycoon is for you! Make strategic decisions for development and make a profit. Unravel the secrets of the Obelisks and gain their power! Your business simulator adventure incremental game is started! ~~~~~~ Rate us in the app store and join our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/Idle-Anomalies-Research-Tycoon-105602148433539 Join our Discord community! We'll be happy to receive your feedback: https://discord.gg/bep3sN89hc

Screenshots

Alien Hive4 screens
Idle Anomaly4 screens

Verdict

The call

Alien Hive and Idle Anomaly both sit at 4.6 stars, but that hides the real split: 86% of Alien Hive's written reviews are positive against 38% of Idle Anomaly's. On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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. Alien Hive sells 11 one-off in-app purchases and Idle Anomaly sells 15 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Alien Hive against 4.7 for Idle Anomaly. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 189 and 364 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 86% of Alien Hive's written reviews are positive against 38% of Idle Anomaly's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Alien Hive ships an update every 2 months, Idle Anomaly every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Alien Hive versus Idle Anomaly: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAlien HiveIdle Anomaly
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (189 ratings)4.7 (364 ratings) — better
Positive reviews86.5% of reviews — better37.5% of reviews
Number of ratings189364 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 5 weeks — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size231 MB249 MB
Age rating9+9+
DeveloperAppxplore (iCandy) Sdn. Bhd.Hot Siberians

Customer experience

Alien Hive

All ratings187 ratings
Positive91.4%
Neutral2.1%
Negative6.4%
Written reviews266 reviews
Positive86.5%
Neutral6.8%
Negative6.8%

Idle Anomaly

All ratings364 ratings
Positive93.4%
Neutral1.4%
Negative5.2%
Written reviews32 reviews
Positive37.5%
Neutral9.4%
Negative53.1%

User reviews

Alien Hive

From 189 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Unique and fun gameplay
  • 😊 Relaxing and addictive
  • 🎨 Cute and creative alien designs
  • 🕹️ Challenging and strategic

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Frequent crashes and bugs
  • 💰 Difficult to progress without in-app purchases
  • 🕰️ Frustratingly slow progress
  • 📺 Intrusive and excessive ads

Idle Anomaly

From 364 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Good game overall
  • 🎨 Great design scheme
  • ✨ Items change looks
  • 🧘 Calming gameplay
  • 💡 Interesting and fun gameplay

Room to improve

  • 📉 New update makes it dip
  • 💸 Hero upgrades too expensive
  • 🐛 Ads still present after purchase
  • 💸 In-game purchases not received
  • ⏳ Purchases don't take effect

Bugs and requests

Alien Hive

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Game freezes after watching ads
  • Blitz mode score not increasing past 2.1 billion
  • Alien evolution progress resets after updates

Requested features

4 requests
  • More difficulty levels or an easy mode
  • Ability to save progress and resume games
  • Expanded alien collection and evolution system
  • Option to pay for ad-free experience

Idle Anomaly

Reported bugs

18 issues
  • Reset all data
  • No ads upgrade not working
  • Beginner pack not received
  • In-app purchases not credited
  • Game keeps locking up
Show 13 more
  • Ads appear after paying to remove them
  • Paid for additional researcher, didn't work
  • Game won't load
  • Game freezes on loading screen
  • Unwanted blackouts
  • Misses payouts, especially in paraenergies
  • Advertising paid to turn off, not getting bonuses
  • Ad reveals later game content
  • Pulled operator, never received
  • Cannot go past close 1 ruptures
  • Game has stopped working
  • Won't load anymore
  • Constant ad interruptions

Requested features

3 requests
  • Fix game issues or refund
  • Add more content to the game
  • Improve developer communication for future plans

In-app purchases

11 purchases

Alien Hive

One-time11
  • Pile of Gold$0.99
  • Energy Amplifier$1.99
  • Gold Booster$1.99
Show 8 more
  • Pack of Sparks$1.99
  • Core Wormhole$1.99
  • Bag of Gold$3.99
  • Stack of Sparks$3.99
  • Rack of Sparks$6.99
  • Sack of Gold$9.99
  • Box of Gold$19.99
  • Chest of Gold$49.99
15 purchases

Idle Anomaly

One-time15
  • 80 Gems$0.99
  • Helicopter.$4.99
  • 500 Gems$4.99
Show 12 more
  • Researcher$4.99
  • Johnny Goldhand$4.99
  • Beginner's Pack$6.99
  • Starter pack$9.99
  • Researcher$9.99
  • 1200 Gems$9.99
  • Dr. Massachusetts$10.99
  • No ads$13.99
  • Professional's Pack$13.99
  • Neat Pack$19.99
  • 2500 Gems$24.99
  • All Inclusive Pack$35.99

Questions

Is Alien Hive free?
Alien Hive is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Idle Anomaly free?
Idle Anomaly is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Alien Hive or Idle Anomaly?
Idle Anomaly is rated higher. Alien Hive averages 4.6 out of 5 from 189 ratings, while Idle Anomaly averages 4.7 from 364 ratings.
Do Alien Hive or Idle Anomaly have ads?
Both Alien Hive and Idle Anomaly show ads.
Which is updated more often, Alien Hive or Idle Anomaly?
Alien Hive ships an update every 2 months, and Idle Anomaly every 5 weeks. Most recently, Alien Hive was updated on October 12, 2026 and Idle Anomaly on October 14, 2026.

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