Comparison

Patient Zero vs Live or Blank

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

Head to head
About

Patient Zero

Simulate the creation and spread of a deadly plague in this realistic apocalypse simulator. Adapt your pathogen against global efforts to stop it and decide the fate of humanity. It's a strategic test of biology and survival.

Highlights
  • Hyper-realistic virus simulation
  • Develop and adapt unique diseases
  • Global infection across all countries
  • Hundreds of evolving traits
  • Respond to thousands of world events
  • Built-in tutorials
Features
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"Patient Zero" is a terrifyingly realistic virus simulator that combines strategic gameplay with a true-to-life global crisis. This is not just another virus game—it's a fully immersive pathogen game where every decision can alter the fate of humanity. Your virus infection has just begun with "Patient Zero." Now it's your mission to develop a deadly plague and adapt against everything humanity throws at you. This is the ultimate test of survival, cunning, and biology in one of the most intense pandemic games ever made. Features: ● Hyper-realistic, highly detailed world—experience the depth of a true virus simulation ● Flash controls and intuitive interface to guide you through global domination ● Unique types of diseases—each one mutates differently in this complex disease game ● Every country on Earth is available for infection—from major cities to remote islands ● Hundreds of traits to evolve, thousands of world events to respond to ● Built-in tutorials and help system for new players of biology games or infecting games Will you save the world or watch it fall? Become the ultimate bio-strategist in this pandemic plague game. Whether you’re stopping the outbreak or accelerating the virus infection, the fate of the planet is in your hands. If you love virus infection games, pandemic simulations, or strategic infecting games, this is the virus game you’ve been waiting for. Adapt. Survive. Infect. Download "Patient Zero" now – the most addictive and realistic pandemic and disease game experience on mobile!

About

Live or Blank

Features
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Across a card table at the bottom of the sea sits the Purser, a drowned diver in a copper helmet. Between you lies a lever-action gun loaded with live shells and blanks. You know how many of each. Never the order. FIRE AT HIM, OR AT YOURSELF On your turn you fire once. A blank at yourself keeps your turn. A live shell blows out a candle. Candles are lives: two in round I, four in round II, five in round III, and the water rises with every round. NINE ITEMS FROM THE WRECK From round II, a sea chest deals items to both sides. Look through the Spyglass at the chambered shell. Pull it out with the Hook. Turn it over with the Tide Glass, so live becomes blank. Uncork the Octopus to steal one of his items and use it at once. Pack Black Powder, chain him with the Shackle, strike a Match, read the Compass, or risk the Grog. DUEL A FRIEND Play someone online: a quick match, or invite a friend with a six-letter code. The server referees every move. First to two rounds takes the night. No chat, just four emotes: nod, tip your helmet, laugh, shrug. GO DEEPER Win a night and Deeper opens: sets of random rounds for salvage. Win a set, then surface with your salvage, or dive again and it doubles. Lose one round and the sea keeps everything. Dives played online are replayed move by move by the server before they go on the board. A FAIR OPPONENT The Purser decides only from what his own seat can see. He never sees the order. Neither do you. • Tap, aim, hold: nothing fires on a single tap. • Plays offline against the Purser. Quit mid-night and the table waits for you. • Every sound is made in code. No blood: candles go out. • Reduced motion: no shake, no flash.

Screenshots

Patient Zero4 screens
Live or Blank4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Live or Blank at none against Patient Zero's 10. Live or Blank also leads on ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price 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. Patient Zero sells 7 one-off in-app purchases. Live or Blank asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Patient Zero versus Live or Blank: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPatient ZeroLive or Blank
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (5K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews26.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings5K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 months—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS17.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size225 MB17 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperBrightika, Inc.DDTechSolution

Bugs and requests

Patient Zero

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Game progress deleted due to phone dying
  • Forced ads without user permission

Requested features

2 requests
  • Ability to restart from the beginning
  • More pathogens to unlock

Live or Blank

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

7 purchases

Patient Zero

One-time7
  • Light Pack$0.99
  • Medium Pack$3.99
  • No Ads2 variants$4.99
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  • Starter Pack2 variants$4.99
  • Heavy Pack$9.99
  • No Ads VIP2 variants$14.99
  • Massive Pack$14.99
None

Live or Blank

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Patient Zero free?
Patient Zero is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Live or Blank free?
Live or Blank is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Patient Zero or Live or Blank have ads?
Patient Zero shows ads; Live or Blank does not.

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