Comparison

Zombie Isles vs HoppyQuest

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

Head to head
About

Zombie Isles

Engage in a thrilling zombie survival experience across multiple devices. Battle endless waves of zombies, face colossal bosses, and navigate environmental disasters. Choose from numerous game modes, each offering unique challenges and rewards.

Highlights
  • Cross-device play (Apple Watch, iPhone, iPad)
  • 14 unique game modes
  • Boss battles with unique mechanics
  • Environmental disaster survival
  • Player vs. Player (PvP) duels
  • Squad-based modes
  • Progressive difficulty and abilities
Features
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Zombie Isles is a complete survival game — now on Apple Watch, iPhone and iPad. The full game is on every device, with controls built for each one: the Digital Crown on your wrist, thumb-sized controls and a wide camera on phone and tablet. Your progress follows you across all of them. Play 14 different gamemodes including: CLASSIC Survive endless waves of zombies while going from island to island, finding unique weapons and items to use in battle. Fight bosses and zombies in battles across land and sea! Find secret items that bring your game up to the next level, show off your skills by fighting off hardcore zombies with only your fists, or even explore all nine of the islands. The possibilities are endless! ARENA Fight wave after wave of zombies in the torch-lit Arena! Every wave tests your confidence, getting harder and harder endlessly. No breaks, no chests; no one said it was going to be easy! BOSS BATTLE Face a colossal boss many times your size. A new boss takes the arena every hour, each with its own name, powers, and three escalating phases — teleports, laser beams, decoy duplicates, mega shields and more. Defeat one and claim its exclusive character skin. DEFENSE You don't just fight to survive here — wave after wave of zombies are gunning for the generator, and it's your job to stop them. It's like the Arena… except a whole lot deadlier! GAUNTLET Every floor you clear (up until floor ten) grants a new ability. Stack your powers and master your build, because after floor 10 the buffs stop… and the floors never do. How deep can you go? DISASTERS Zombies aren't the only thing to worry about. Fight the horde while steering clear of tornadoes, keep warm as the blizzard blurs your vision, or fight to stay afloat while the hurricane drags you in. Seven deadly disasters. Try to survive them all! RATED & TOURNAMENTS A 1v1 duel against a zombie of similar skill to you — your equal in size, speed, health, damage and cooldowns, so only the smarter fighter wins. They switch between bow and sword, and a well-timed shield will parry you cold. Gain rating with every victory, fight into tournaments, or challenge yourself to a 1v3, 1v5, or even a 1v10. SABOTEUR The zombies have hired YOU to find the one among them that's gone rogue. Study the crowd, track your suspects, and stop the rogue before it comes for you. One wrong kill and you lose — and the round ends by showing you exactly who it was. SHOWDOWN 100 rivals across twelve islands. Scavenge weapons, outrun the shrinking storm, and be the last one standing — and watch your back, because the zombies fight each other too. CAPTURE THE FLAG Lead your own squad as raiders push the enemy base and escorts guard you. Steal their flag and run it home — but get hit while carrying and you drop it. HORDE NIGHT Pick 3, 5 or 10 minutes and a difficulty, then hold out until dawn. The night only gets darker and the horde only gets bigger. KING OF THE ISLE Hold the crown zone while the island tries to take it back. Step outside and your reign ends. Endless — the horde just gets angrier. AND MORE Lucky mode where every chest is a gamble, a Practice mode to master the parry, and a Prize Vault full of exclusive skins. FEATURES • 14 game modes, endlessly replayable • Play on Apple Watch, iPhone and iPad — progress syncs across all of them • 46 zombie types, from shamblers to wizards to the TITAN • Rare DARK variants — stronger, deadlier, and almost never seen • 15 bosses, each with three phases and its own trophy skin • Dozens of weapons: swords, bows, spears, clubs, hammers and axes • Gadgets: dynamite, smoke bombs, frost grenades, caltrops and more • 68 collectible characters, including boss trophies and golden skins • A rating ladder and 32-fighter tournaments • 95 achievements • Daily quests, login streaks and a rotating daily world event • Plays entirely offline — no sign-up, no ads, no data collected SCAVENGE • FIGHT • SURVIVE Made by Arman Brewer

About

HoppyQuest

An endless hopper game designed for Apple Watch. Collect hundreds of unique characters, each with their own themed world. Play with flexible controls and enjoy daily rewards and a personal collection island.

Highlights
  • Endless hopper gameplay
  • Collect 1,000 characters
  • Character-themed worlds
  • Multiple control options (swipe, crown, tap)
  • Daily free spin
  • Personal collection island
Features
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Cross the road. Ride the boats. Don't get flattened. HoppyQuest is an endless hopper built for Apple Watch and nothing else. One tap, one swipe, or one turn of the Digital Crown per hop — runs that fit in the gap between two things you're actually doing. COLLECT 1,000 CHARACTERS 750 animals and 250 humans, from a plain duck to a golden astronaut. Every one is bought with coins you earn by playing, and you pick exactly which one you want. No random pulls, no surprise mechanics. EVERY CHARACTER BRINGS ITS OWN WORLD Whoever you equip decides the whole map. The camel gives you desert sand and cacti. The penguin, snow and frosted pines. The witch, a purple moor with gravestones. Same lanes, same speed, same collisions — a completely different place to die in. PLAY IT YOUR WAY Swipe, Digital Crown, tap to hop. Turn on whichever you like, in any combination, at whatever swipe length suits your wrist. KEEP COMING BACK A quest board with something to chase. One free spin every day. And an island where your whole collection lives, where you choose one character for solid ground and another for the water. No account. No ads. No in-app purchases. Nothing ever leaves your watch.

Screenshots

Zombie Isles4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: HoppyQuest at none against Zombie Isles's 2. Zombie Isles's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs monthly). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. Zombie Isles sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. HoppyQuest asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Zombie Isles against 5.0 for HoppyQuest. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 2 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Zombie Isles ships an update every 5 days, HoppyQuest monthly. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Zombie Isles versus HoppyQuest: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterZombie IslesHoppyQuest
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (5 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings5 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB2 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperPolicyZenMurphy Stein

Customer experience

Zombie Isles

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

HoppyQuest

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Zombie Isles

One-time2
  • Hero Membership$3.99
  • Superhero Membership$5.99
None

HoppyQuest

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Zombie Isles free?
Zombie Isles is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is HoppyQuest free?
HoppyQuest is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Zombie Isles or HoppyQuest?
Zombie Isles and HoppyQuest are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 5 and 2 ratings respectively.
Do Zombie Isles or HoppyQuest have ads?
Neither Zombie Isles nor HoppyQuest shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Zombie Isles or HoppyQuest?
Zombie Isles ships an update every 5 days, and HoppyQuest monthly. Most recently, Zombie Isles was updated on October 31, 2026 and HoppyQuest on October 31, 2026.

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