# Dear, Ella - Epic Strategy RPG — Grand Journey of an Anime Girl

> Anime-style collectible RPG with tactical combat and hero collection. (iPhone/iPad app by Com2uS Holdings Corporation.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/dear-ella-epic-strategy-rpg/id1593133837 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Com2uS Holdings Corporation](https://appshunter.io/developer/646209316)
- Category: Games, Casual, Role Playing
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Rating: 4.19/5 from 174 App Store ratings · 28 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 12+
- Requires: iOS 13.0 · 1.5 GB
- Languages: English, Japanese, Korean, Chinese, Thai, Chinese
- Released: 2022-11-08
- Data updated: 2026-06-10
- Monetization: free with in-app purchases
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/dear-ella-epic-strategy-rpg/id1593133837/reviews.md

## What is Dear, Ella?

[Launch Event Rewards]
Enjoy amazing rewards for every level milestone reached!
Embark on an adventure alongside Ella!

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Princess Ella was betrayed and murdered by her uncle.
When she wakes up, she finds herself 1 year back in time!

Discover anime-themed characters and immersive cartoon strips!
Enjoy the fun of control with tactical deployment and a unique Chain Skill system!

Start your adventure now with charming band of heroes!
Get ready to immerse yourself in Dear, Ella - an anime-style collectible RPG!

[Game Overview]
■ Engage in this anime-style collectible RPG with animations and cartoon strips!
- Join Ella's adventure and help change her fate!
- Experience incredible stories with high-quality animations and cartoon strips!

■ Tactical Deployment and Unique Skill Chain
- Tactically deploy characters and develop your own band of Heroes!
- Experience the thrill of unique Skill Chains!
- You can find everything you wish for in this immersive, remarkable RPG! 

■ Build Your Own Band of Heroes with Charming Characters
- Collect over 30 Heroes with different skills!
- Enjoy their immense power every time they are upgraded!
- Get ready to be surprised as they change their looks after Awakening!

■ Various Modes That Add Excitements to Adventure
- Enjoy more than 10 Battle Modes available in Dear, Ella such as Dungeon, Arena, Raid, and more!
- Immerse yourself in Ella's journey with fascinating visual effects and breathtaking storyline!

> Visit Brand Page: https://dear-ella.c2x.world/

The game is available in 한국어, English, 日本語, 中文简体, 中文繁體, and ไทย.

Game is free to play, but offers in-app purchases. You can disable in-app purchases through your device's settings

Minimum Requirements:
iPhone 6s (iOS 13.0) / 2GB RAM
3GB or more storage space is required on devices.
Network connection is required in order to play Dear, Ella.

[Permission Guidelines]
App will request permissions in order to provide certain services.:

[Optional Permissions]
- Camera: Permission to access Camera to take pictures that can be set as your Hive profile image.
- Photo: Permission to access Photo Album to upload pictures from your photo album to set as your Hive profile image.
- Push Notifications: Permission to send you Push Notifications in the game.

※ App will run without optional permissions but certain game features may remain inaccessible.

[Manually Setting Permissions]
Follow the directions below to manually set permissions:
- Settings > Privacy > Select the Permission > Choose which permissions you want the app to have.

* COM2US Holdings Official Website: https://www.withhive.com
* For any questions, please contact us at: https://m.withhive.com/customer/inquire

## Key features

- Anime-style collectible RPG
- Tactical character deployment
- Unique Skill Chain system
- Collect over 30 heroes
- Hero upgrades and Awakening
- Multiple battle modes (Dungeon, Arena, Raid)
- High-quality animations and cartoon strips

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Start Pack | $0.99 | one-time |
| 4,125 + 825 Gems | $64.99 | one-time |
| Gem x30 (Daily) | $0.99 | one-time |
| Daily Gems (30 days) | $7.99 | one-time |
| Knight Pass | $21.99 | one-time |
| Ad Removal Pack | $7.99 | one-time |
| Launch Pack 3 | $3.99 | one-time |
| Launch Pack 5 | $0.99 | one-time |
| Surprise Summon Pack 1 | $0.99 | one-time |
| Surprise Summon Pack 2 | $0.99 | one-time |
| Daily Gems Ⅱ (30 days) | $3.99 | one-time |
| 245 + 245 Gems | $3.99 | one-time |
| Ticket Pack | $3.99 | one-time |
| Adventure Pack (Elite) | $22.99 | one-time |
| Super Sale Ticket Pack 1 | $6.99 | one-time |
| Special Level Up Ⅰ+ | $21.99 | one-time |
| Adventure Pack (Normal) | $22.99 | one-time |
| Cherry-picked Material Chest | $1.99 | one-time |
| Cherry-picked Arc Chest | $0.99 | one-time |
| Cherry-picked Potion Pack 2 | $1.99 | one-time |


## Recent user reviews (10 of 28)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/dear-ella-epic-strategy-rpg/id1593133837/reviews.md

### 5/5 — Gacha rates improved

*2023-10-12*

First day got 2 S, so better now.

### 1/5 — Doesn’t load up

*2023-06-18, version 1.6.1*

Games doesn’t load up, stays as a black screen for me :(

### 1/5 — Crap money grab

*2023-03-30*

Just another crap money grab idle game. Poop diarrhea stains

### 1/5 — Avoid at all costs

*2023-01-22*

I uninstalled this game because it wants me to allow them (the developer) to remotely manage my device meaning they would have access to all my personal information up to and including my passwords and the credit/debit cards I have on my Apple wallet.

### 1/5 — Server is busy

*2023-01-09, version 1.4.9*

9764 player in line for server. Apparently there’s a story but I wouldn’t know, as the game crashes and restarts after almost every stage. This is one of the worst games I’ve ever played - it’s slow to load, it lags and often crashes. What’s the use in having a region store when it doesn’t even work? It says that it’s a new day and to refresh the game BUT there is NO refresh and restarting the app does NOTHING. DON’T bother with this game, it’s obviously flawed and the developers NEVER fix anything with their apps - this was the VERY LAST chance that I was giving these USELESS developers and AGAIN, they’ve FAILED! I’ll NEVER play anymore of their games and I will NOT RECOMMEND any.

### 2/5 — There’s Potential, but a Long Way to Go

*2022-12-07*

The game itself is definitely well crafted; the characters are interesting enough, although at times cliché, the graphics are smooth as well as the gameplay, and the majority of the games mechanics are simple enough to make you feel right at home if this happens to be your genre.

I’ve seen a lot of complaints about the gacha rates in these reviews, but I will say that I don’t really see that as a problem. On my first pull I got an SS character, and there is a tremendous disparity between the damage output of an SS character and one of C class. But the difference there lies in the stats. The only fundamental difference between those classes are the echelon of their stats. Every character in this game starts off at C. There are no exclusive SS or SSS characters, every character will eventually be upgraded to the higher echelons. I think you guys are blowing this out of proportion without even reflecting on how this game is situated.

While I don’t see the gacha rates as a problem, at least for the present way the game is set up, there are MANY other concerns. As has been mentioned in other reviews, there are some serious problems with connectivity. This is the only mobile game I’ve ever played where I had to sit in a que to get into a server that WASN’T the day of release. Lol. The game stalls out at random points, and there are plenty of bugs. Some that I have encountered:

- Different buttons lose their function (I.e. I can get into the upgrade screen, but I can’t actually upgrade my characters; the buttons are unresponsive).

- After defeating a wave of enemies, the characters will just stand there, sometimes for a good 2-3 minutes before moving onto the next wave.

- The game will get stuck on certain in-between screens, with no indication of loading, and no error messages that pop up.

You guys really need to fix whatever is going on or no one is going to play this game; I am very close to deleting the app.

Aside from the bugs and connectivity issues (which are par for the course on recently launched games, but never quite this bad) some improvements I would suggest:

- If you are going to make developmental resources sparse during early game, allow for a reset option on characters that includes a resource refund. When trying to feel out new/different characters, you may waste a lot of resources without knowing there won’t be an immediate way to get more (without paying money, that is) in just trying to establish a decent party. If you’re really trying to make this a cash grab this early in the games life, it will be dead before anyone remembers it.

- Increase the amount of times you can enter the daily dungeons. 2 is not enough, but I’m sure you are aware of this.

- If you aren’t going to implement a better way of gaining developmental resources, and if you aren’t going to implement some kind of forgiveness function (I.e. the character reset function), then maybe nerf the stage difficulty. There is no reason people should be getting stuck on the second and third chapter of normal mode, that is inexcusable for an idle game. Come on guys, do better.

Anyway, I’ll be leaving this review at 2 stars. Hope it helps both other players as well as the devs. If things change, so will this review.

### 1/5 — Major issues even loading

*2022-12-05, version 1.4.6*

And u forgot the skip button. Seems obvious. Crashes. Gacha rate is laughable. Inscription stopped working. Unplayable. The power rating of your team is wildly inaccurate.

### 4/5 — Shows promise

*2022-12-02*

Really want to love this game and stick with it. Great graphics, nice upgrade mechanics.

However, some major things to make it painful to play:
-very slow load times on iOS (even on 14pro max)
-very sensitive to network often requiring reload
-very slow to acquire rubies to rank up heroes. You need about 8000 to go from S to SS and you can only farm a few hundred a day
-arena doesn’t let you look at top players hero lineup 
-arena progression is very slow. You can only battle players about 200 ranks higher than you. With 20k players that means after a few weeks you are still battling players that are too easy for you

### 5/5 — Beautiful Graphics, Generic and Confusing Gameplay

*2022-12-01*

This game is gorgeous. The graphics and character designs are amazing. It makes me want to play forever. However the actual gameplay is very generic/boring 5-team rpg and progressing is extremely confusing. The guide doesn’t help much and you get stuck on chapter 3 which is really early, repeating the daily quest pitfall a lot of rpgs are doing. As in, you just have to do your daily chores to level up. Nothing exciting or new. Just a new skin for the same type of game.

### 1/5 — Rubbish, Can not login

*2022-12-01, version 1.4.5*

Game crashes every time

## Frequently asked questions about Dear, Ella

### What is Dear, Ella - Epic Strategy RPG?

Dear, Ella is an anime-style collectible role-playing game where players embark on an adventure with Princess Ella. The game features tactical deployment of characters, a unique Skill Chain system, and the ability to collect and upgrade over 30 different heroes.

### What are the key features of Dear, Ella?

Key features include high-quality anime animations and cartoon strips, tactical character deployment, a unique Skill Chain system, collecting and upgrading over 30 heroes with unique skills and appearances, and over 10 different battle modes like Dungeon, Arena, and Raid.

### How much does Dear, Ella cost?

The game is free to play, but it offers in-app purchases for additional content or advantages. You can disable in-app purchases through your device's settings if you wish.

### What are the minimum requirements to play Dear, Ella?

To play Dear, Ella, you need an iPhone 6s (iOS 13.0) or later, with at least 2GB of RAM. The game also requires 3GB or more of storage space and a network connection to play.

### What are some common use cases for Dear, Ella?

Players use Dear, Ella to experience an anime-themed story, engage in strategic battles by tactically deploying heroes and utilizing their skills, collect and customize a band of heroes, and compete in various game modes like dungeons and arenas.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.6.1 — 2023-05-31

- Added Hero Awakening (Zenon)
- Added Guide Mission
- Revamped Login Event
- Bug fixes

### 1.6.0 — 2023-05-02

- Added Hero Awakening (Zenon)
- Added Guide Mission
- Revamped Login Event
- Added Knight Pass
- Bug fixes

### 1.5.9 — 2023-04-26

- Added Hero Awakening (Zenon)
- Added Guide Mission
- Revamped Login Event
- Added Knight Pass

### 1.5.8 — 2023-03-29

- New Character: Rashida
- Added Awaken Raid
- Added Nermoa Dungeons
- Expanded Hero/Account Level Caps (60 > 70)
- Regular Arena Season 4 kicked off
- Adjusted Arena balance

### 1.5.7 — 2023-03-15

- New Character: Rashida
- Added Awaken Raid
- Added Hero Awakening (Ella)
- Added Hero Traits
- Added Nermoa Dungeons
- Expanded Hero/Account Level Caps (60 > 70)
- 3 New Update Events
- Changed Exclusive Gear Craft Materials
- New Feature: Mineral Alchemy
- Expanded Inscription Level Cap (Added Level 6 Inscription Stones)
- Discontinued Language Support for Indonesian

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