Bee Idle vs SIDES
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side โ with what reviewers say about each.
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 โข Pure cozy idle โ tap, gather, sell, upgrade, repeat โข Hundreds of upgrades for combs, bees, market and research โข 14 honey varieties to ascend through, each with its own look and bonus โข Deep prestige layers: factory, research, logistics, operations, empire โข Offline earnings โ your Night Swarm keeps working while you sleep โข 111 achievements, each granting a permanent Honey Blessing bonus โข Handmade, buttery-smooth custom art and animation โข Fully localized in English and German โข No accounts, no tracking, no ads โ everything stays on your device Sweet, calm, and endlessly satisfying. Grab a jar and start buzzing!
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.
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Verdict
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
Both are free to download. SIDES sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Bee Idle asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Bee Idle | SIDES |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days | โ |
| Ads | No โ better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No โ better | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod โ better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.0 โ better |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 16 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Nathanael Sommer | Shai Ankori |
In-app purchases
Bee Idle
No in-app purchases
SIDES
- 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









