Comparison

Ultimate Wolf Simulator vs Root Board Game

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

Head to head
About

Ultimate Wolf Simulator

Embark on a wild adventure as a wolf, surviving in a vast wilderness. Recruit, raise, and customize your pack, hunt for sustenance, and battle formidable foes. Experience realistic survival mechanics and build a powerful wolf family.

Highlights
  • Realistic survival mechanics (health, hunger, thirst, energy)
  • Build and customize your wolf pack
  • Breed and raise wolf pups
  • Hunt diverse wildlife
  • Level up and upgrade wolf stats and skills
  • Dynamic weather and day/night cycle
Features
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Jump into a brand new adventure as a wild Wolf! Survive in a massive world of wilderness that’s filled with new dangers and speedy prey! Recruit, raise, and customize your wolves, hunt down prey to feed your pack, and battle for your life against fierce bosses like the deadly Dire Wolf! Download the Ultimate Wolf Simulator today while it's 50% OFF for a very limited time! Brand New Features REALISTIC SIMULATOR You'll need to maintain your health, hunger, thirst, and energy if you're going to survive in the wilderness! EPIC FIGHTS Wield razor sharp teeth and piercing howl to strike fear into the heart of your foes! Deliver the killing blow by leaping through the air and pouncing on your enemy! Sic your pack on nearby prey to increase your hunting efficiency. BUILD YOUR WOLFPACK Dominate other wolves and recruit them to your pack! Play as any wolf in your pack and create a powerful family of predators! Every wolf in your pack now has health, stats, and rankings providing significantly more immersive gameplay! BREED WOLF PUPS Want to build your very own family? Breed wolf pups that will grow into powerful members of your clan! Carry them around in your mouth and even run around the den as your puppy! CUSTOMIZE YOUR WOLVES For the first time ever choose your wolves' name, gender, fur pattern, and even tint them any color of the rainbow to make the pack of your dreams! Reach Alpha status to unlock the heroic furs that show off your prowess as a wolf! LEVEL UP YOUR WOLVES Gain experience and level up your wolves to increase their health and attack damage, earn points to upgrade your wolf’s statistics, and increase the size of your pack! EARN STAT POINTS Stat Points can be used to enhance the Vitality, Strength, Dexterity, and Intelligence of your wolf. Each statistic provides bonus’s to it’s respective traits like Health, Critical Attack Chance, Run Speed, and much more! UPGRADEABLE BUFFS Buff Points can be used to upgrade your Howl and Growl Buffs, which create temporary Stat Boosting auras around your wolf when active! UNLOCKABLE SKILLS Skill Points unlock and upgrade special abilities for your wolves. Upgrade “Vicious Lunge” to unleash a devastating damage-over-time attack or invest in “Lick Your Wounds” to become a powerful healer! RAGDOLL PHYSICS Ragdoll physics make your prey dangle from your mouth as you carry them back to your den! Clamp your jaws around the carcass of larger prey and drag them into a secluded area to chow down! MASSIVE REALISTIC 3D ENVIRONMENT Rule over the largest environment we have ever created! So big we had to create three unique dens for your wolves to live in! DYNAMIC WEATHER AND DAY/NIGHT CYCLE Procedural weather system with unique storms, clouds, and celestial movement. 25 UNIQUE SPECIES Discover a massive all-new collection of wildlife! Hunt down animals like fox, deer, crocodile, bear, boar, snake, fish, crow, lynx, bison, moose, sheep and of course wolves! Travel to the far corners of the world to find biome specific prey! HD NEXT-GEN GRAPHICS From the thick fur and piercing eyes of your wolves to the towering redwoods that looks so real you will forget you’re playing a game! OPTIONAL BLOOD EFFECTS If you are of age or have your parents permission, turn on the blood effects for some added combat ferocity! GLUTEN-FREE PROMISE With all of our games you will always get the full game with no ads or additional purchases! Download the Ultimate Wolf Simulator to experience the exciting life of one the most intelligent and complex predators planet on Earth, the wild Wolf! If you liked living as a Wolf then you'll love our other animal simulators! Download our Stray Dog Simulator and live a wild life on the streets as your favorite breed, check out the Snow Leopard Simulator and pounce on your prey from high mountaintops! We plan on creating more sequels so give us a shout and let us know what you want to play next! facebook.com/glutenfreegames twitter.com/glutenfreegames

About

Root Board Game

Experience a digital adaptation of a popular tabletop board game. Engage in strategic woodland warfare as 2 to 4 players vie for control of a vast wilderness, leading diverse factions to victory.

Highlights
  • Digital board game adaptation
  • Adventure and war gameplay
  • 2-4 player battles
  • Faction control mechanics
  • Wilderness exploration
Features
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Play the digital adaptation of the beloved tabletop board game. Root is a game of adventure and war where 2 to 4 players battle for control of a vast wilderness. The nefarious Marquise de Cat has seized the great woodland, intent on harvesting its riches. Under her rule, the many creatures of the forest have banded together. This Alliance will seek to strengthen its resources and subvert the rule of Cats. In this effort, the Alliance may enlist the help of the wandering Vagabonds who are able to move through the more dangerous woodland paths. Though some may sympathize with the Alliance’s hopes and dreams, these wanderers are old enough to remember the great birds of prey who once controlled the woods. Meanwhile, at the edge of the region, the proud, squabbling Eyrie have found a new commander who they hope will lead their faction to resume their ancient birthright. The stage is set for a contest that will decide the fate of the great woodland. It is up to the players to decide which group will ultimately take root.

Screenshots

Ultimate Wolf Simulator4 screens
Root Board Game4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Ultimate Wolf Simulator at $0.99 against Root Board Game's $9.99. Ultimate Wolf Simulator also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 6) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 13.0). Root Board Game's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 50 months) and rating (4.9 vs 4.5). On review sentiment, ratings volume, ads and device support 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

Ultimate Wolf Simulator costs $0.99 and Root Board Game $9.99 up front. Root Board Game sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Ultimate Wolf Simulator asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Root Board Game holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3.9K and 5.4K respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 84% of Ultimate Wolf Simulator's written reviews are positive against 77% of Root Board Game's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Ultimate Wolf Simulator ships an update every 50 months, Root Board Game every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Ultimate Wolf Simulator versus Root Board Game: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterUltimate Wolf SimulatorRoot Board Game
Price$0.99 — better$9.99
Rating4.5 (3.9K ratings)4.9 (5.4K ratings) — better
Positive reviews83.8% of reviews — better77.1% of reviews
Number of ratings3.9K5.4K — better
Update frequencyEvery 50 monthsEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
Best chart rank#15 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size123 MB505 MB
Age rating9+9+
DeveloperGluten Free GamesDire Wolf Digital

Customer experience

Ultimate Wolf Simulator

All ratings3,947 ratings
Positive86.8%
Neutral6.0%
Negative7.3%
Written reviews480 reviews
Positive83.8%
Neutral8.1%
Negative8.1%

Root Board Game

All ratings5,424 ratings
Positive97.5%
Neutral1.1%
Negative1.3%
Written reviews393 reviews
Positive77.1%
Neutral8.4%
Negative14.5%

User reviews

Ultimate Wolf Simulator

From 3.9K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🐺 Realistic wolf simulation
  • 👍 Customizable wolf appearance
  • 🐾 Detailed wolf behaviors
  • 🌳 Immersive environments
  • 🔍 Engaging quests and challenges

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Glitches and bugs (falling through terrain, animals disappearing, etc.)
  • ⏱️ Slow leveling and progression
  • 🔍 Lack of clear instructions
  • 🌍 Limited map and exploration
  • 🐺 Difficulty in managing and growing the wolf pack

Root Board Game

From 5.4K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Faithful adaptation of the board game
  • 🎨 Charming visuals and animations
  • 🕹️ Smooth gameplay
  • 🧠 Helpful tutorials for learning the game
  • 🕹️ Great way to practice and learn the game

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Occasional crashes and bugs
  • 🕹️ AI could be improved, makes questionable decisions
  • 🕹️ Lack of undo button frustrating
  • 🕹️ Replaying opponent moves can be tedious
  • 🕹️ Animations can be slow, need option to speed up

Bugs and requests

Ultimate Wolf Simulator

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Carcasses and scent markers disappearing or being out of reach
  • Wolves falling through the ground or getting stuck in terrain
  • Inconsistent enemy behaviors (e.g., animals running through walls)
  • Quests not properly tracking progress
  • Wolves randomly switching when respawning

Requested features

8 requests
  • Larger wolf packs
  • Ability to have multiple wolf pups at once
  • More diverse prey and animal species
  • Expanded map and biomes
  • Seasonal changes and weather effects
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  • Online/multiplayer functionality
  • More detailed wolf behaviors (nursing, mating, etc.)
  • Improved graphics and animations

Root Board Game

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Crashes and freezes during gameplay
  • Issues with async game notifications and state
  • Bugs with specific faction mechanics (e.g. Vagabond)

Requested features

6 requests
  • Add undo button
  • Implement option to skip/speed up opponent moves
  • Include expansion factions and maps
  • Add match history and player stats tracking
  • Improve async game notifications and stability
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  • Add more customization options for game setup

In-app purchases

None

Ultimate Wolf Simulator

No in-app purchases

6 purchases

Root Board Game

One-time6
  • The Clockwork Expansion$5.99
  • Exiles & Partisans & Vagabonds$7.99
  • The Riverfolk Expansion$9.99
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  • Root: The Underworld Expansion$9.99
  • Root: The Marauder Expansion$9.99
  • Hirelings & Landmarks$9.99

Questions

Is Ultimate Wolf Simulator free?
Ultimate Wolf Simulator costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Root Board Game free?
Root Board Game costs $9.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Ultimate Wolf Simulator or Root Board Game?
Root Board Game is rated higher. Ultimate Wolf Simulator averages 4.5 out of 5 from 3.9K ratings, while Root Board Game averages 4.9 from 5.4K ratings.
Do Ultimate Wolf Simulator or Root Board Game have ads?
Neither Ultimate Wolf Simulator nor Root Board Game shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Ultimate Wolf Simulator or Root Board Game?
Ultimate Wolf Simulator ships an update every 50 months, and Root Board Game every 4 days. Most recently, Ultimate Wolf Simulator was updated on September 24, 2026 and Root Board Game on September 22, 2026.

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