BlackSun Net vs Neural Syndicate
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
BlackSun Net
Engage in a simulated cyberpunk hacking experience where you build and upgrade your virtual rig. Breach targets, earn rewards while offline, and compete on global leaderboards without any real-world consequences.
- Simulated cyberpunk hacking gameplay
- Virtual rig component upgrades
- Idle rewards while offline
- Interactive network map with mission tiers
- Skill trees for character progression
- Global leaderboard competition
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Jack in. Breach the network. Build a machine nothing can stop. BlackSun Net is a cyberpunk idle hacker for iPhone and iPad. Run timed breaches across a living network map, beat a mini-game to boost every payout, and turn the spoils into a rig that keeps getting faster, even while you're away. NEW IN 1.2: BEYOND TIER 5 Your hardware no longer stops at Tier 5. Five new tiers (Prototype, Military, Black-Ops, Quantum and Singularity) take every module to Tier 10. Recover rare Schematics from Tier 6 to Tier 10 missions, compile three into one of the next tier in the Fabricator, and upgrade your way to a Singularity rig. Drop odds are published in the game, and a signal meter guarantees progress through long dry streaks. BREACH • Ten mission tiers, from one-minute probes to twelve-hour deep breaches • Five mini-games that raise your rewards: Packet Injection, Memory Dump, Port Scan, Cipher Crack and Firewall Breach • Run up to four missions at once on an interactive network map BUILD • Five module types (CPU, RAM, Motherboard, NIC and Firewall) across ten tiers • Six skill trees with 90 nodes and 450 upgrades • Stats that compound, from faster missions to cheaper upgrades RUN THE ECONOMY • Data Farms that keep extracting while you're offline • A Black Market for trading resources • Overclocks for timed boosts • A Chip Shop for boosts and cosmetics COME BACK DAILY • A seven-day login streak • Three daily contracts with a completion bonus • A reward wheel and a weekly bonus rotation COMPETE • A global leaderboard with Game Center • Your own hacker handle and avatar • Every result is verified on our servers, so the rankings stay fair PRIVACY FIRST • No ads and no third-party analytics • No location tracking • Delete your account at any time from Settings Designed for iPhone, iPad and iPhone Duo. Requires iOS 18 or later and an internet connection. Privacy Policy: https://blacksun.network/privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Premium Access is an auto-renewable monthly subscription that unlocks a 4th simultaneous mission slot. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel your subscription in your Apple Account settings.
Neural Syndicate
Immerse yourself in a cyberpunk future where megacorporations rule Neo-Tokyo. Build your syndicate, run illicit operations, and navigate a dangerous underworld. Choose your faction, manage your notoriety, and outsmart your rivals to survive and thrive.
- Three rival factions
- Heat and Notoriety system
- Daily Operations and Bounty Board
- Three-currency economy
- Full Achievement system
- Text-based gameplay
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THE WORLD Neo-Tokyo, 2087. The megacorporations won. OmniCorp controls the power grid, the data vaults, the law. The streets belong to whoever is fast enough, smart enough, and ruthless enough to survive. Underground networks pulse through the neon-drenched sprawl. Encrypted channels carry intelligence, contracts, and whispered allegiances. In the shadows between corporate towers and burning districts, operatives like you run jobs, build syndicates, and carve out power one operation at a time. This is Neo-Tokyo. It doesn't forgive weakness. And it never forgets. Welcome to Neural Syndicate. Neo-Tokyo doesn't forgive mistakes. Every session begins with a secure neural link drop into the grid. Your operative is live. Your handler is watching. The clock is running. Neo-Tokyo rewards the disciplined and punishes the reckless. Manage your resources, read the intel, and execute with precision. One bad call and the city will make you pay for it. Pick a side. There are no neutrals. Three factions control Neo-Tokyo's underworld and every operative must choose one. Join OmniCorp where loyalty is currency and power flows to those who follow orders. Align with the Synth-Rebels and burn the system to the ground, decentralized, chaotic, dangerous. Disappear into The Ghost-Node, elite hackers who don't fight for territory — they own the data that controls it. Your faction defines your war. Choose wisely. Get sloppy and they'll find you. The Heat system tracks your every move. Run too many operations and your Notoriety climbs, locking you out of territories and putting a bounty on your head. Manage your Heat through cooldowns, daily resets, and strategic patience. Go dark long enough and you'll earn the ICE COLD bonus. Stay hot too long and the grid locks you out. OPSEC isn't optional. It's survival. Run ops. Stack creds. Don't get caught. The mission board never sleeps. Daily operations, rotating bounties, and faction contracts keep the grind moving. Easy runs for quick creds, Extreme ops for massive payouts and serious risk. Every mission costs Energy and Nerve. Required gear, territory locks, and success rates make every job a calculated risk. Stack Creds, mine Crypto on The Grid, spend Synth Marks when the job demands it. The city always has work. Your handler knows more than you do. Cipher is your fixer, your intelligence source, and the only voice you can trust. He monitors your operations, drops intel between missions, alerts you when bounties hit the board, and warns you when Heat is getting dangerous. Cipher doesn't sugarcoat things. Build your syndicate, earn his respect, and he'll give you access to contracts the rest of the city never sees. FEATURES — Three rival factions with unique identities and warfare mechanics — Heat and Notoriety system with real strategic consequence — Daily Operations, login streaks, and rotating Bounty Board — Three-currency economy: Creds, Crypto, and Synth Marks — Full Achievement system tracking your rise through the syndicate — Cipher, your AI handler with reactive event-driven intelligence drops — Anti-cheat time validation with no clock manipulation and no exploits — No accounts. No servers. No pay-to-win. Pure operative gameplay. Neural Syndicate is a cyberpunk RPG and text-based strategy game built for fans of crime RPGs, idle faction games, and immersive hacker simulations. If you have played Mafia Wars, Torn, or similar text RPGs and want something with more depth, atmosphere, and consequence — this is your game. THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING Phase 1 is live. The more players who join, the faster we build what comes next — Game Center leaderboards, deeper faction warfare, new territories, expanded lore, and Cipher's true origins. Get in early. When Phase 2 drops, the operatives who were here first will already own the grid. No login. No internet required. Just you and the grid. Download. Choose your faction. Start running ops. Neo-Tokyo is waiting.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Neural Syndicate at every 4 days against BlackSun Net's monthly. Neural Syndicate also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. BlackSun Net sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Neural Syndicate sells 9 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for BlackSun Net against 5.0 for Neural Syndicate. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 5 respectively.
BlackSun Net ships an update monthly, Neural Syndicate every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BlackSun Net | Neural Syndicate |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (4 ratings) | 5.0 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 5 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 84 MB | 17 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | GravityFish, LLC | Dustin Porchia |
Customer experience
BlackSun Net
Neural Syndicate
In-app purchases
BlackSun Net
- Mission Slot 4 Monthly$4.991 Month
- 100 Cache Pack$0.99
- 100 Data Pack$0.99
- 100 Chips Pack$0.99
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- 500 Cache Pack$2.99
- 500 Chips Pack$2.99
- 2500 Metal Pack$9.99
- 2500 Cache Pack$9.99
- 2500 Data Pack$9.99
- 2500 Chips Pack$9.99
Neural Syndicate
- 50 Synth Marks$0.99
- Small Tip - Buy Cipher a Coffee$0.99
- Medium Tip - Fund a Dead Drop$2.99
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- 300 Synth Marks$4.99
- Large Tip - Sponsor an Op$4.99
- 700 Synth Marks$9.99
- Massive Tip - Back the Syndicate$9.99
- Syndicate Founder Pack$9.99
- 1600 Synth Marks$19.99
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