Comparison

UPTIME vs Bee Idle

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

Head to head
About

UPTIME

Features
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Your phone is a datacenter. Keep it alive. UPTIME is an idle/incremental game with a twist: the whole screen is a real ops console. Tap to serve requests, build infrastructure for passive revenue… then drop everything when the pager rings. ACTIVE INCIDENTS — not your average idle When things break, you don't just watch. DIAGNOSE the failing service from live logs, run the RUNBOOK in the right order, then STABILIZE before uptime hits zero. Every second of downtime costs you. BUILD AND SCALE From a single bare-metal server to planet-scale: load balancers, Kubernetes, CDNs, edge, satellite uplinks and beyond. 14 tiers of infrastructure, your datacenter visualized rack by rack. CLIMB THE LADDER 13 SRE career ranks, from Junior to Uptime Immortal. Resolve incidents, earn promotions, prove yourself in SEV0 gauntlets. PRESTIGE FOREVER Migrate your architecture for permanent multipliers, then found new startups for Equity. The growth never ends. HARDCORE MODE Separate save, brutal incidents, moving QTEs, rack thermals and meltdowns. For those who want the pager from hell — with exclusive cosmetic rewards. LEGENDARY INCIDENTS Rare, named outages (BGP Hijack, Certificate Apocalypse, DNS Doomsday…) with a unique Triage Storm climax. MAKE IT YOURS 20+ unlockable themes with live effects. Game Center leaderboards and achievements. Dozens of secrets to find. FAIR BY DESIGN No pay-to-win. Ever. In-app purchases are cosmetic only; ads are opt-in and rewarded. The game plays exactly the same whether you spend or not. Built for anyone who's ever been on call — and anyone who likes watching numbers go up. Stay green.

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Bee Idle

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BeeIdle is a cozy idle game about turning a single bee into a buzzing honey empire. Tap to gather honey, let your swarm fill the combs, and sell it at your little market stall. Spend your gold on upgrades, buy more bees, and watch your hive grow – comb by comb, variety by variety. Best of all: your Night Swarm keeps working while you're offline. Come back and collect a sweet honey payday. When you're ready, ascend to a brand-new honey variety with a permanent bonus. Fourteen varieties await, from humble Blossom honey to legendary Ambrosia. Go further with a great Ascension to unlock whole new systems: a honey factory, research & breeding, trade routes, your own beekeepers, and a sprawling honey empire. FEATURES • Pure cozy idle – tap, gather, sell, upgrade, repeat • Hundreds of upgrades for combs, bees, market and research • 14 honey varieties to ascend through, each with its own look and bonus • Deep prestige layers: factory, research, logistics, operations, empire • Offline earnings – your Night Swarm keeps working while you sleep • 111 achievements, each granting a permanent Honey Blessing bonus • Handmade, buttery-smooth custom art and animation • Fully localized in English and German • No accounts, no tracking, no ads – everything stays on your device Sweet, calm, and endlessly satisfying. Grab a jar and start buzzing!

Screenshots

UPTIME4 screens
Bee Idle4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Bee Idle at none against UPTIME's 4. Bee Idle also leads on ads (none vs shown). UPTIME's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 10 days). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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. UPTIME sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Bee Idle asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

UPTIME ships an update every 4 days, Bee Idle every 10 days. Both last shipped on October 5, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 3 level
UPTIME versus Bee Idle: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterUPTIMEBee Idle
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterEvery 10 days
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMathieu VigneNathanael Sommer

In-app purchases

4 purchases

UPTIME

One-time4
  • Cyber Pack$2.99
  • Cosmic Pack$2.99
  • Cozy Pack$2.99
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  • Supporter - Enterprise Plan$3.99
None

Bee Idle

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is UPTIME free?
UPTIME is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Bee Idle free?
Bee Idle is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do UPTIME or Bee Idle have ads?
UPTIME shows ads; Bee Idle does not.
Which is updated more often, UPTIME or Bee Idle?
UPTIME ships an update every 4 days, and Bee Idle every 10 days. Most recently, UPTIME was updated on October 5, 2026 and Bee Idle on October 5, 2026.

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