Hacker Sim vs HackStack
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Hacker Sim
Build a digital empire through strategic hacking, trading, and mining. Manage your "Heat" level, complete contracts, and upgrade your rig. Features a new story mode where you battle a cyber threat.
- Story Mode with branching objectives
- Multi-stage hacking mechanics
- Real-time Heat management system
- Simulated cryptocurrency market trading
- In-game crypto mining
- Botnet building and management
- Hardware and skill upgrades
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Your rig is humming. The target is live. One clean breach and the Blacknet pays out. Hacker Sim is a layered hacking strategy game — not a tapper. Run live multi-stage breaches, upgrade your rig, trade a simulated crypto market, and keep your Trace low enough to stay invisible. Your operation keeps earning while you're away. RUN LIVE BREACHES Recon. Penetrate. Escalate. Extract. Cleanup. Every stage shifts your odds, payout, and Trace exposure. Push deeper for a bigger score, or abort before the grid lights up. MANAGE TRACE Every action leaves a signal. Let Trace climb and targets harden, success rates fall, and the net closes in. Cool down, lay low, and choose your moment to strike again. BUILD YOUR RIG Upgrade CPU, RAM, GPU, storage, network, and cooling. Better hardware means faster breaches, higher success rates, and stronger mining output. EARN WHILE YOU'RE AWAY Mining rigs and botnets keep working when the app is closed. Come back to stacked earnings, finished research, and a cache waiting to be claimed. TRADE THE BLACKNET Track a simulated crypto market with live price movement, volatility, and portfolio value — then unlock the Trading Desk to buy, sell, and ride the swings. COMPLETE CONTRACTS Time-boxed contract work with escalating rewards and streaks. Operator Pass members unlock the Operator Contract Board with higher-value objectives. RESEARCH NEW CAPABILITIES Develop your Research Lab to unlock new methods, skills, and permanent advantages for breaching, mining, and staying hidden. CLAIM DAILY CACHES Log in daily to build your streak and collect escalating rewards. Operator Pass unlocks a second Daily Cache Lane every day. PLAY STORY MODE Step into Aegis Sentinel's SOC in Circuit Breakers — a narrative cyber thriller where you triage threats, investigate incidents, and battle The Choir across episodic missions with branching choices. COMPETE AND PROGRESS • Earn cash, reputation, achievements, and titles • Climb Game Center leaderboards • Long-term progression that respects your time OPERATOR PASS Full Blacknet membership: the Trading Desk, Operator Contract Board, a second Daily Cache Lane, Circuit Breakers access, extra operation capacity, an extra research queue, and no ads on sponsored rewards. IMPORTANT Hacker Sim is a strategy simulation game. It does not teach, enable, or encourage real hacking. All hacking, crypto, malware, botnet, and market systems are fictional and simulated for entertainment only. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
HackStack
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Build your hacking empire from nothing. HackStack is an idle clicker set in a cybersecurity underworld. You tap to run exploits, deploy tools that earn while you sleep, research new tech, and build out your rig. It's a cyberpunk parody of the infosec world with real hacking history baked into every corner. EXECUTE exploits to earn CREDS, your in-game currency. Start with a humble Port Scanner. End up running Neural Exploits and a Digital Consciousness. Every tool you deploy keeps earning even when you close the app. RESEARCH 24 tools across 6 categories. Each one comes with an intel card covering real cybersecurity history and lore. 177 cards to find. BUILD YOUR RIG. Upgrade your CPU, RAM, GPU, Storage, Cooling, and PSU. Better hardware means faster research and access to higher-tier tools. EARN CERTIFICATIONS across three branches: Offensive, Defensive, and Management. 23 certs, 69 tiers. They shape how you play and what you can unlock. SURVIVE BREACHES. Phishing attacks, ransomware, DDoS, insider threats. They show up unannounced, they mess with your income, and you need to deal with them fast. COMPLETE DAILY OPS for XP. Quick wins, standard missions, and challenge-tier operations. Something different every day. PRESTIGE when you're ready. Wipe your progress, earn Shadow Creds, buy permanent upgrades, and come back stronger. Free to play. No pay-to-win. Made by one developer who thought Cookie Clicker needed more firmware implants.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: HackStack at weekly against Hacker Sim's every 5 weeks. Hacker Sim's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.6). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Hacker Sim sells 16 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month and HackStack sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Hacker Sim ships an update every 5 weeks, HackStack weekly. The most recent releases landed on August 1, 2026 and September 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Hacker Sim | HackStack |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (17 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 17 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 45 MB | 68 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | JOBEE DEVELOPMENTS LTD | Jacob Woodfield |
In-app purchases
Hacker Sim
- Operator Pass Monthly$6.991 Month
- Operator Pass Annual$39.991 Year
- Extra Streak Freeze$0.99
- Cash Pack (Small)$1.99
- Heat Amnesty Token$1.99
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- Recovery Kit$2.99
- Crypto Stash (Small)$2.99
- Heat Insurance (1hr)$2.99
- Field Kit$3.99
- Cash Pack (Medium)$3.99
- Black Budget Cache$4.99
- Research Boost Bundle$4.99
- Crypto Stash (Medium)$5.99
- Circuit Breakers Forever$6.99
- Cash Pack (Large)$9.99
- Lifetime Operator License$14.99
HackStack
- Remove Banner Ads$2.99
- Remove Offline Ads$2.99
- Remove Ops Ads$2.99
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- Remove All Ads$6.99








