Comparison

Hoop Legend vs Idle Marathon

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

Head to head
About

Hoop Legend

Features
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You start on a cracked neighborhood court with one ball and an old shirt. The goal is simple: become the greatest basketball player alive. • TRAIN — Shooting, three-point, dribbling, passing, defense and athleticism. Every attribute raises your OVERALL, and overall wins games. • FACILITIES — From a street hoop to an AI coach, eleven facilities keep training you while you are away. • TEN LEAGUES — Street court, high school, college, second division, premier league, continental cup, world league, all-star and the Legends Tournament. Every league is a new arena and a louder crowd. • LIFESTYLE — Spend what you earn on shoes, rides, homes and jewelry. Everything you buy shows up on your player and makes you stronger. • SPONSORS — Grow your fame and sign deals, from the local sports shop to your own brand. • RETIRE A LEGEND — Hang up the jersey, earn legacy points and start a far stronger career with permanent badges. Real 3D court with a real shooting motion. No internet needed — your team keeps working while you are gone, and you collect everything when you come back. Rewarded videos are completely optional; the whole game is playable without watching a single one. Available in 13 languages.

About

Idle Marathon

Features
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An around-the-world marathon that runs itself. Your runner keeps running while the app is closed. Open it now and then, give him water, spend the coins he earned. Simple to play, with more to it than it looks. ■ Run 191 countries, one after another You start from your own country, run to the next one, then the next. All the way around the world, until one day you come home again. ■ Collect a badge for every flag One badge for each country you reach, 192 in all. See how much of the collection you can complete. ■ New scenery with every arrival City, suburb, forest, coast, mountain, desert, snow. The weather and the time of day shift as well. Built so that simply watching him run is part of it. ■ What you do is simple Give him water to restore stamina. Spend coins on Speed and Stamina. Raise your runner and send him on to the next country. ■ Can you make the target time? Every destination has its own time limit. Make it and you earn the badge; miss it and he runs the same leg again. Either way, you never lose the distance or the coins. The kind of game that is just nice to check in on. ・No account or sign-up required

Screenshots

Hoop Legend4 screens
Idle Marathon4 screens

Verdict

The call

Hoop Legend and Idle Marathon are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Hoop Legend versus Idle Marathon: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHoop LegendIdle Marathon
PriceFreeFree
Update frequency—Every 9 days
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB50 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerbatuhan bulutGOLDEN DOG, K.K.

In-app purchases

None

Hoop Legend

No in-app purchases

None

Idle Marathon

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Hoop Legend free?
Hoop Legend is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Idle Marathon free?
Idle Marathon is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Hoop Legend or Idle Marathon have ads?
Both Hoop Legend and Idle Marathon show ads.

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