Comparison

HACKR vs Contraband

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

Head to head
About

HACKR

Embark on a 2D simulation journey as a rookie hacker. Build your career by completing jobs, upgrading your computer, mining crypto, and engaging in skill-based mini-games. Design viruses, compete in PvP battles, and make choices that shape your hacker identity.

Highlights
  • Hacker career simulation
  • Skill-based mini-games
  • Crypto mining and economy
  • Virus builder system
  • PvP arena battles
  • Deep skill progression
  • Customizable hacker room
Features
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Enter the cyber underground and start your journey as a rookie hacker in HACKR – Hacker Simulator RPG, a deep 2D simulation game where strategy, skill and decisions shape your destiny. Build your hacker career from scratch: complete hacking jobs, upgrade your computer, mine crypto, design powerful viruses, and compete in PvP arena battles. Choose your own path — become a legendary hacker, a crypto tycoon, or a stealth master. CORE FEATURES Hacker Simulation RPG Start with nothing and grow into the most powerful hacker in the digital underground. Skill-Based Mini Games Play Snake Maze, Password Cracker and Keyboard Rush to complete real hacking operations. Crypto Mining & Economy Build your GPU rig, mine crypto, manage electricity cost, and grow your passive income empire. Virus Builder System Design custom viruses with dozens of components. Spread them, earn passive income — but avoid police detection. PvP Arena Compete in real-time hacking battles. Crack passwords faster, win tap battles, climb global rankings. Deep Progression Level up Coding, Network, Crypto, Social and Stealth skills. Unlock perks, new jobs and powerful tools. Custom Hacker Room Upgrade your hacker room, furniture and equipment. Earn passive reputation and customize your cyber base. Dynamic Crypto Market Trade crypto, track profit/loss and grow your digital portfolio. Story Campaign & Choices Make moral decisions that shape your hacker identity and unlock different paths. Play online or offline, compete globally, and dominate the cyber world. Start your hacker journey now. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.hackr.tech/privacy

About

Contraband

Engage in a fast-paced drug trading simulation across six American cities. Manage your cash, survive random events, and choose a criminal faction to maximize your profits within a 30-day limit. Your choices determine your survival and success in the game's challenging circuit.

Highlights
  • Drug trading simulation
  • Six American cities
  • 30-day survival challenge
  • Multiple criminal factions
  • Random street events
  • Health and jail mechanics
  • Banking and loan system
Features
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Twelve cities. Thirty days. One question — how much can you walk away with? Contraband is a trading game about risk. Buy low in one city, sell high in another, and stay ahead of everyone who wants what you're carrying: police, informants, rivals, and a loan shark who doesn't take excuses. THE RUN You start with a little cash and a map of twelve American cities, each with its own market. The cheapest heroin in Baltimore. The cheapest meth in Albuquerque. Cocaine moving through Miami at port prices. Those markets drift every time you travel, so the spread you planned on may not be waiting when you arrive. Thirty days. Then the clock stops and you're scored on what you built. SEVEN FACTIONS, SEVEN GAMES Choose who you run with. Your faction changes where you start, what you pay, who you owe — and what you can do when a night goes wrong. - The Mafia make a phone call. Someone downtown always owes them. - The Outlaws outrun it, and feel it in the morning. - The Cartel answer with force. It works. The city remembers. - The Yakuza negotiate. Never free, never a disaster. - The Red Network simply disappear for a day. - The Syndicate call the block — if the block is still cold. - The Independent has nothing but nerve and whatever name they've built. No two factions solve the same problem the same way. WHAT'S WORKING AGAINST YOU HEAT - Every bust raises the temperature in that city. Hot streets are dangerous streets, and heat only cools while you're somewhere else. REPUTATION - Build a name and trouble starts finding its own way around you. HEALTH - You can be hurt, badly. Carry a med pack. Carry a tourniquet for the night it saves your life. JAIL - A sentence costs you days you don't have. Draw one longer than your remaining time and the run ends behind bars. THE LOAN SHARK - Borrow when you're desperate, repay within six days. He is not a patient man. THE BANK - The only money an event can't take from you. EVERY RUN IS A STORY Hundreds of written outcomes rather than silent dice. Police chases, undercover buys, cut product, worse partners, and the occasional very good night. What happens is written from your faction's point of view, so the same bad luck reads differently depending on who you run with. Runs save automatically - close the app mid-deal and come back to it exactly where you left off. Final scores post to a global leaderboard ranked on net worth. Free to play. Two factions are free; the rest can be unlocked individually or all at once. --- All characters, organizations, markets and substances depicted are entirely fictional. Contraband is a strategy simulation and does not represent, promote or endorse real individuals, groups or activities.

Screenshots

HACKR4 screens
Contraband4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Contraband at 5.0 against HACKR's 4.5. Contraband also leads on ratings volume (8 vs 2). HACKR's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 5). On price, ads, monetization model 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. Contraband sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. HACKR asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Contraband holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 8 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
HACKR versus Contraband: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHACKRContraband
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (2 ratings)5.0 (8 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings28 — better
Update frequency—Every 8 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size75 MB82 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperTalha DemirezenIan Robinson

In-app purchases

None

HACKR

No in-app purchases

5 purchases

Contraband

One-time5
  • The Mafia$0.99
  • The Cartel$0.99
  • The Outlaws$0.99
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  • The Yakuza$0.99
  • The Red Network$0.99

Questions

Is HACKR free?
HACKR is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Contraband free?
Contraband is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, HACKR or Contraband?
Contraband is rated higher. HACKR averages 4.5 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Contraband averages 5.0 from 8 ratings.
Do HACKR or Contraband have ads?
Neither HACKR nor Contraband shows ads.

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