Comparison

Rust Bucket vs Card Fall

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

Head to head
About

Rust Bucket

Embark on a turn-based dungeon crawl with simple swipe controls. Navigate treacherous environments, battle diverse monsters, and overcome deadly traps. This challenging game offers endless exploration and strategic combat, perfect for quick gaming sessions.

Highlights
  • Swipe to move and attack
  • Fast-paced gameplay
  • Puzzle traps
  • Diverse monster types
  • Endless dungeon exploration
  • Strategic combat
  • High score competition
Features
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Rust Bucket is a turn based dungeon crawler that is built with mobile in mind. Swipe to take a step, swipe into enemies to attack. It’s as simple as that, but don’t be fooled into thinking this is a casual game! • Navigate using simple swipe to move controls. • Game play is fast and death is never far away so it’s perfect for your daily commute. • Puzzle your way past deadly traps or use them to catch enemies. • Many monster types, each with their own distinctive rules to overcome. • Make your way through the levels to become a fully qualified looter • Explore an endless dungeon, with more to discover the deeper you go. • Become a master of strategic combat and reach the top scoring dungeon rooms. • Compete against your friends high scores on Game Centre Important information! This game is funded by adverts but is completely free to play with no timers or boosters to ruin your experience. There is an option to remove popup ads for a one off In app purchase. *Please note that this does not remove Cross Promotion ads for other Nitrome games* We hope you enjoy our little game. If you do please consider giving us a nice review, tell your friends and maybe try some of our other games.

About

Card Fall

Explore procedurally generated dungeons filled with monsters, traps, and treasures. Make strategic card-based moves to attack enemies and collect loot. Upgrade your character and cards to tackle increasingly challenging runs in this offline roguelite puzzle game.

Highlights
  • Procedurally generated dungeons
  • Strategic card-based gameplay
  • Roguelite progression
  • Offline play
  • Character and card upgrades
  • High replayability
Features
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Card Fall is a mix of puzzle game and roguelite. The player explores dungeons filled with monsters, traps, potions and treasures by making strategic decisions about moving and attacking different cards. The dungeons are randomly generated and constantly change thus always providing an interesting puzzle to solve. The game field consists of dungeon cards that fall on a character, and of character cards that can be used to fight back. If the monster card falls on a character it deals damage but if the weapon card falls down it is added to a character deck. There are also a lot of other card types with unique properties and abilities. The game lasts until the character dies but the ability to upgrade characters and cards makes each new run easier. There are a lot of unique dungeons, characters and cards to unlock and all the unlocks can be made with high scores. Explore magical dungeons, discover ancient treasures and free the trapped heroes in the world of Card Fall! Game features: - The game is offline (no internet connection required) - Unique game mechanics - High replayability - Runs smoothly even on the older phones

Screenshots

Rust Bucket4 screens
Card Fall4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Card Fall at 4.7 against Rust Bucket's 4.0. Card Fall also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 72%). Rust Bucket's advantage is ratings volume (180 vs 27). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

Both are free to download. Rust Bucket sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and Card Fall sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Card Fall holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Rust Bucket has 180 ratings behind it against 27, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 72% of Rust Bucket's written reviews are positive against 100% of Card Fall's.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Rust Bucket versus Card Fall: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRust BucketCard Fall
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (180 ratings)4.7 (27 ratings) — better
Positive reviews72.3% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings180 — better27
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks—
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.011.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size105 MB45 MB
Age rating9+9+
DeveloperNitromeIvan Khokhlenkov

Customer experience

Rust Bucket

All ratings177 ratings
Positive72.3%
Neutral6.2%
Negative21.5%
Written reviews311 reviews
Positive72.3%
Neutral7.4%
Negative20.3%

Card Fall

All ratings27 ratings
Positive92.6%
Neutral3.7%
Negative3.7%
Written reviews12 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Rust Bucket

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Progress reset when exiting levels
  • Level select screen locking completed levels
  • Compatibility issues on older devices
  • Clipboard copying behavior

Requested features

5 requests
  • More levels and content updates
  • Ability to save progress
  • Weapon/item upgrades and customization
  • Multiplayer or co-op mode
  • Level editor

Card Fall

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Rust Bucket

One-time4
  • Buy 50 Coins$0.99
  • Buy 200 Coins$1.99
  • Remove Ads$3.99
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  • Buy Coins 3$3.99
4 purchases

Card Fall

One-time4
  • Turn off ads$1.99
  • 10000 gold$2.99
  • 50000 gold$11.99
Show 1 more
  • 150000 gold$29.99

Questions

Is Rust Bucket free?
Rust Bucket is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Card Fall free?
Card Fall is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Rust Bucket or Card Fall?
Card Fall is rated higher. Rust Bucket averages 4.0 out of 5 from 180 ratings, while Card Fall averages 4.7 from 27 ratings.
Do Rust Bucket or Card Fall have ads?
Both Rust Bucket and Card Fall show ads.

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