Comparison

Daemon Node vs ColdWire

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

Head to head
About

Daemon Node

Features
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DAEMON NODE You're a hacker. Not the movie kind. The real kind — the kind who plans an attack for weeks before pressing Enter. Cipher recruited you. AESTHETIC No cyberpunk neon. Mr. Robot — phosphor green terminal on black. IRC dialogue. Tools named like real life: nmap, john, psql, tshark. Plausible OSINT: HIBP, search engines, KvK registries, Wayback archives. GAMEPLAY - One-handed landscape play. - No keyboard input — everything is tap-based. - Five sections: Chat, OSINT, Terminal, Evidence Board, Darknet. - Tiered hint system: Cipher steps in when you're stuck (your grade pays for it). - Grades S/A/B/C/F per mission. Moral verdict tracked separately in M3. WHAT'S NOT IN THE APP - No real network connections. 100% offline. - No functional hacking tools — everything is scripted fiction. - No data collection. No ads. No IAPs. - No third-party SDKs, no trackers. LANGUAGES French and English, fully translated. ACCESSIBILITY VoiceOver compatible. Dynamic Type supported. REQUIREMENTS iPhone, iOS 18 or later, landscape mode.

About

ColdWire

Engage in a strategic cyber-heist experience on a hostile global grid. Scout targets, bypass security, and disconnect before being traced. Upgrade your operation, take on contracts, and compete with other players in asynchronous PvP raids.

Highlights
  • Terminal-noir cyber-heist strategy
  • Global grid exploration and target scouting
  • Layered security breaching mechanics
  • Operation and tool upgrades
  • Asynchronous PvP raids and defense building
  • Crew system and season leaderboards
  • Daily and live-ops content
Features
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ColdWire is a terminal-noir cyber-heist strategy game. You are an operator on a hostile global grid: scout targets, bounce your route through relays, breach layered security under a live trace, and disconnect clean before it finds you. THE RUN Every connection starts a countdown. Crack or bypass each security layer — brute force is loud and trips alarms; a quiet bypass needs recon first. Find the files, move the money, wipe the logs, get out. Get traced and you lose a cut of everything you carry. THE GRID A living world map of banks, corporate systems, academic networks, and criminal outfits. Deeper targets pay more and hunt you harder. Heat builds when you're sloppy — lay low or burn cash to rotate your identity. YOUR OPERATION - Upgrade your gateway: CPU, modem, cracker, cleaner. - Buy and level tools: ICE breakers, decryption suites, spoofers, viruses, trace trackers. - Take contracts from the jobs board — daily rotations, private approaches, multi-stage weekly Operations. - Park credits in a 7-day savings vault that compounds — and survives raids. ASYNC PVP Build a defensive subnet — walls, honeypots, tarpit traps — because other operators raid your liquid credits while you're away. Scout real players, watch raid replays, take revenge. Shields protect fresh victims; bounties mark the notorious. CREWS Found a syndicate or join one: shared tag, roster, and a season leaderboard fed by every member's clean jobs and landed raids. EVERY DAY IS DIFFERENT A daily login streak that escalates, a rotating hand of three server-picked directives, long-running background operations that pay out when you return, and live-ops content that ships without app updates. FAIR BY DESIGN The economy is fully server-authoritative — payouts, raids, and progression are validated online. Cosmetics never affect balance. No ads. Jack in. The wire is cold until you cut it.

Screenshots

Daemon Node4 screens
ColdWire4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Daemon Node at daily against ColdWire's every 2 weeks. ColdWire's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.0). On price, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Daemon Node ships an update daily, ColdWire every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 13, 2026 and September 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Daemon Node versus ColdWire: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDaemon NodeColdWire
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyDaily — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB57 MB
Age rating12+17+
DeveloperNicolas STEPHANOlamide Olufade

In-app purchases

None

Daemon Node

No in-app purchases

None

ColdWire

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Daemon Node free?
Daemon Node is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is ColdWire free?
ColdWire is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Daemon Node or ColdWire have ads?
Neither Daemon Node nor ColdWire shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Daemon Node or ColdWire?
Daemon Node ships an update daily, and ColdWire every 2 weeks. Most recently, Daemon Node was updated on September 13, 2026 and ColdWire on September 9, 2026.

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