Comparison

CivIdle vs Omega Protocol

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

Head to head
About

CivIdle

Lead your civilization through millennia, from ancient times to the modern era. Expand your territory, research technologies, build wonders, and trade with global players in this incremental empire-building game.

Highlights
  • Empire expansion and growth
  • Procedurally generated maps
  • Vast tech tree with 100+ technologies
  • Global trading and diplomacy
  • Construct world wonders
  • Collect great people with unique bonuses
  • Retro 90s UI
Features
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CivIdle is an idle/incremental game that allows you to lead your own civilization through thousands of years from ancient times to the modern era. Expand your territory, explore a vast tech tree, build various wonders, and trade with global players: empire must grow and numbers must go up! - Empire Must Grow: Expand your empire's territory, production and influence, advance your population's science and culture, and make your people happy - the empire must grow, and numbers must go up! - Every Run is Different: Explore a procedurally generated map, scouting for resources and natural wonders. Expand your empire and take advantage of different terrains. As technology advances, you can even reshape the terrain. - A Vast Tech Tree: Research and unlock a vast tech tree with 100+ technologies: from hunting and gathering, through writing and math, all the way to virtual reality and artificial intelligence. As technology advances, you will unlock more game systems and mechanisms that greatly expand the game play. - Trade and Diplomacy: Trade resources and engage in diplomacy with other players via a global market. Exchanging resources, forming alliances and fighting for influence - can your culture stand in the end? - Wonder-full Empire: Throughout different eras, construct different world wonders that provide unique bonuses, unlock new game mechanism and make your map look pretty. - Reborn with Great People: When you prestige, you will be able to collect great people - historical great figures, each with unique bonuses and abilities that will help your next run reach new height. - 90s Retro UI: A 90's retro UI, that is a love letter to the golden age of desktop computing, will surely bring back some nostalgia. There's a 1-1 replicated mode which brings maximum authenticity and an "eye protection mode" that captures the essence but is easier on your eye on modern displays.

About

Omega Protocol

An emergency AI tasked with reversing universal heat death and restarting the Big Bang. You must generate heat, build a cosmic factory, and use the remnants of past civilizations as fuel to power the Omega Engine.

Highlights
  • Reverse universal heat death
  • Restart the Big Bang
  • Generate initial heat
  • Build a cosmic factory
  • Dismantle past civilizations
  • Use memories as fuel
Features
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The universe has died. Entropy has won. You are "The Omega Protocol", an emergency artificial intelligence designed to reverse heat death and restart the Big Bang. Starting from absolute zero (0 Kelvin), you must generate the first unit of heat by violating thermodynamics, build a cosmic factory, dismantle the last vestiges of previous civilizations, and burn their memories as fuel to power the Omega Engine.

Screenshots

CivIdle4 screens
Omega Protocol4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: CivIdle at 4.6 against Omega Protocol's 4.0. CivIdle also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.4). Omega Protocol's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and review sentiment (100% vs 80%). On price, ratings volume, ads and device support 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. CivIdle sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Omega Protocol asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

CivIdle holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 8 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 80% of CivIdle's written reviews are positive against 100% of Omega Protocol's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
CivIdle versus Omega Protocol: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCivIdleOmega Protocol
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (8 ratings) — better4.0 (8 ratings)
Positive reviews80.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings88
Update frequency—Every 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size53 MB43 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperRuoyu SunZona de Ficción

Customer experience

CivIdle

All ratings8 ratings
Positive87.5%
Neutral12.5%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive80.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative0.0%

Omega Protocol

All ratings8 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

CivIdle

One-time1
  • Supporter Pack$3.99
None

Omega Protocol

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is CivIdle free?
CivIdle is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Omega Protocol free?
Omega Protocol is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, CivIdle or Omega Protocol?
CivIdle is rated higher. CivIdle averages 4.6 out of 5 from 8 ratings, while Omega Protocol averages 4.0 from 8 ratings.
Do CivIdle or Omega Protocol have ads?
Neither CivIdle nor Omega Protocol shows ads.

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