Control Ultimate Edition vs The Hall
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Control Ultimate Edition
Engage in a supernatural third-person action-adventure where you wield telekinetic powers and transforming weaponry to combat an ominous enemy. Uncover the dark secrets of a secretive government agency and fight to regain control of a world under threat.
- Supernatural combat
- Transforming weaponry
- Telekinetic powers
- Uncover mysteries
- Explore hidden world
- Challenging boss fights
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A corruptive presence has invaded the Federal Bureau of Control… Only you have the power to stop it. The world is now your weapon in an epic fight to annihilate an ominous enemy through deep and unpredictable environments. Containment has failed, humanity is at stake. Will you regain control? Winner of over 80 awards, CONTROL is a visually stunning third-person action-adventure that will keep you on the edge of your seat. Blending open-ended environments with the signature world-building and storytelling of renowned developer, Remedy Entertainment, CONTROL presents an expansive and intensely gratifying gameplay experience. CONTROL Ultimate Edition has now been adapted to iOS. We have implemented touch controls and made changes to the in-game UI and game mechanics, like aiming and puzzles to provide a great experience for supported touch devices. The game renders beautifully through Metal and supports Ray Tracing on supported hardware. Key features UNCOVER THE MYSTERIES: Can you handle the bureau’s dark secrets? Unfold an epic supernatural struggle, filled with unexpected characters and bizarre events, as you search for your missing brother, and discover the truth that has brought you here. EVERYTHING IS YOUR WEAPON: Unleash destruction through transforming weaponry and telekinetic powers. Discover new ways to annihilate your enemies as you harness powerful abilities to turn everything around you into a lethal weapon. EXPLORE A HIDDEN WORLD: Delve deep into the ominous expanses of a secretive government agency. Explore the Bureau’s shifting environments only to discover that there is always more than meets the eye… FIGHT FOR CONTROL: Battle a relentless enemy through exciting missions and challenging boss fights to earn powerful upgrades that maximize abilities and customize your weaponry. CONTROL Ultimate Edition on iOS supports the following MetalFX features: MetalFX TAAU - Temporal Anti-Aliasing and upscaling MetalFX Frame Interpolation Ray-Tracing is supported on devices with M3+ or A19 Pro with 10Gb of memory.
The Hall
Experience intense first-person horror as you run down endless, procedurally generated hallways. Avoid obstacles and use limited-use shields to survive as long as possible before being caught. Compete on leaderboards and complete daily missions for rewards.
- First-person horror perspective
- Endless procedurally generated hallways
- Obstacle avoidance and evasion
- Limited-use shield mechanic
- Multiple haunted hallway environments
- Daily and weekly missions
- Leaderboards and friend rankings
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Something is in the hall with you, and it is faster than you are. THE HALL is a first-person horror runner. No weapons, no fighting, no way to win - only how far you get down the corridor before it reaches you. Every run is a chase. Every hallway is worse than the last. The only thing that ends a run is the thing behind you. INTENSE FIRST-PERSON HORROR Drag to steer between wardrobes, bookshelves and hospital beds. Swipe up to vault a chair. Swipe down to slide under a desk. Read the corridor while you still have room to answer it, because the furniture does not kill you - it trips you, and every stumble closes the gap. Drop a shield when you are cornered. It lands on the floor and glows, and running through the pool buys you a few seconds of real pace. Enough to break away, if you spend it before you need it rather than after. FIVE HAUNTED HALLWAYS The Dorm - scuffed halls and secondhand furniture. Where you started. The Hospital - white tile, blue doors, and beds that come down out of the ceiling. The Ward - two rows of cells, half the lights dead, and nobody left to lock up. The Cellar - wet brick, boarded doors, and barrels that come at you out of the dark. The Ash Wing - the floor has split open and something underneath it is still burning. Each one opens when you have run far enough to have earned it. DAILY AND WEEKLY MISSIONS New objectives every day and every week - distance to cover, runs to survive, hallways to push further into. Finishing them pays in coins, and the weekly ones pay the most. There is always something to chase besides your own best. LEADERBOARDS Every run is ranked. Daily, weekly and all-time boards for every hallway, so a good day still counts when your all-time best is months old. FRIENDS Add people by the name they chose and get a board that is just the two of you, or the ten of you. MAKE IT YOURS Five camera lenses change what the hallway looks like and how much of it you get to see - Naked Eye, VHS, Headlamp, Night Vision, and the Haunted Camera, which shows you things the others do not. Fifteen lantern colors change the light you carry down the corridor. FREE, AND HONEST ABOUT IT The Hall is free to play. Most Advertisements are optional: watch one to carry on after you are caught, or to double what a run paid. Declining never locks anything away, and every hallway, lens and lantern can be reached by playing. A one-off purchase removes the non-optional ads entirely if you would rather not see them. PLAYS OFFLINE The whole game works without a connection. Your progress is kept on your device, and Sign in with Apple is optional - it exists so your name and your scores survive a new phone. STILL BEING BUILT The Hall is updated regularly, and there is more coming: more hallways, more monsters, more to chase. The daily and weekly boards reset in the meantime, so there is a fresh run to win every morning. Pick a name you are happy for strangers to read. Everyone can see it.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: The Hall at Free against Control Ultimate Edition's $4.99. The Hall also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.0) and review sentiment (100% vs 62%). Control Ultimate Edition's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 5) and ads (none vs shown). On 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
The Hall is free to download; Control Ultimate Edition costs $4.99 up front. The Hall sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Control Ultimate Edition asks for nothing beyond the download.
The Hall holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Control Ultimate Edition has 338 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 62% of Control Ultimate Edition's written reviews are positive against 100% of The Hall's.
Control Ultimate Edition ships an update every 5 days, The Hall every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Control Ultimate Edition | The Hall |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.0 (338 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 62.3% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 338 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Best chart rank | #2 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 26.1 | 16.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 568 MB | 98 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Remedy Entertainment PLC | Derek Mahato |
Customer experience
Control Ultimate Edition
The Hall
In-app purchases
Control Ultimate Edition
No in-app purchases
The Hall
- 1,500 Coins$1.99
- Remove Ads$2.99
- 4,500 Coins$4.99
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- Survival Bundle$4.99
- 10,000 Coins$9.99
Questions
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