Comparison

Bee Idle vs SIDES

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

Head to head
About

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 โ€“ 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 โ€ข Pure cozy idle โ€“ tap, gather, sell, upgrade, repeat โ€ข Hundreds of upgrades for combs, bees, market and research โ€ข 14 honey varieties to ascend through, each with its own look and bonus โ€ข Deep prestige layers: factory, research, logistics, operations, empire โ€ข Offline earnings โ€“ your Night Swarm keeps working while you sleep โ€ข 111 achievements, each granting a permanent Honey Blessing bonus โ€ข Handmade, buttery-smooth custom art and animation โ€ข Fully localized in English and German โ€ข No accounts, no tracking, no ads โ€“ everything stays on your device Sweet, calm, and endlessly satisfying. Grab a jar and start buzzing!

About

SIDES

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You are a triangle. The arena fills. Survive sixty seconds and the boss walks in โ€” the shape with one more side than you. Beat it, and you become it. Every vertex is a weapon mount. Ascend from triangle to square to pentagon and beyond, into stars, star polygons, mandalas and the solids โ€” each form multiplies your whole arsenal, and each boss is the next you. ONE THUMB. Kite, collect, and pick your draft between rounds. Sixty-second rounds, a run in ten minutes, a deep climb in an hour. RESONANCE. Every climb pays flux; flux buys permanent Resonance โ€” sharper edges, a harder hull, faster blood. The ladder remembers your best form and lets you start from it. THREATS AND BOUNTIES. Four threat levels, a Wanted ladder that stacks handicaps for more flux, relic chests with real downsides, daily signals, seasonal skins. No account. Plays offline. Your save follows you through iCloud. Ads are optional, rewarded and never personalised. Game Center achievements and leaderboards.

Screenshots

Bee Idle4 screens
SIDES4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Bee Idle at none against SIDES's 5. Bee Idle also leads on ads (none vs shown). SIDES's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. SIDES sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Bee Idle asks for nothing beyond the download.

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Bee Idle versus SIDES: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBee IdleSIDES
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 10 daysโ€”
AdsNo โ€” betterYes
In-app purchasesNo โ€” betterYes
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod โ€” better
Requires iOS17.015.0 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size6 MB16 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperNathanael SommerShai Ankori

In-app purchases

None

Bee Idle

No in-app purchases

5 purchases

SIDES

One-time5
  • Flux Pocket$0.99
  • Founder's Pack$2.99
  • Flux Case$3.99
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  • Prism Premium$4.99
  • Flux Vault$7.99

Questions

Is Bee Idle free?
Bee Idle is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is SIDES free?
SIDES is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Bee Idle or SIDES have ads?
SIDES shows ads; Bee Idle does not.

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