Comparison

Gladiator Heroes Arena Legends vs Gladiator Manager

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

Head to head
About

Gladiator Heroes Arena Legends

Build and expand your Roman Empire, train powerful gladiators, and engage in strategic turn-based battles. Collaborate with other players in clans to dominate the empire and achieve glory in the arena.

Highlights
  • Forge an Empire
  • Develop your civilization
  • Real-Time Battles
  • Unique turn-based combat
  • Clans System
  • Clan battles and wars
Features
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Raise your kingdoms, train your Gladiators and clash against another civilization. Become the greatest Lanista of the Roman Empire, develop your civilization, train and acquire powerful gladiators to defeat your enemies in clash games. Use your gladiators to clash against enemies and collaborate to the rise of your empire. Enter the arena! *Features* Forge an Empire! Develop your civilization and expand your empire. From a tiny village to the greatest kingdom of all time. Build your city, develop trade with roman merchants, upgrade your gladiator residence and improve your armoury. Take control of the construction of your rising empire in civilization games. Real- Time Battles Unique turn-based combat mechanics. Enter the arena and fight in gladiator combats against enemies and titans. Every warrior has his own ability, you’ll need to select your combat strategy and develop your clash tactics. Clans System Join a clan of gladiators to obtain combat perks and participate in limited time events and clan battles to dominate the roman empire games. Fight in clan wars, develop your strategy and become the champion of clash games! Terms of Use: https://www.vivastudios.com/terms-and-conditions/ VIP Player Subscription is a monthly subscription service that allows you to construct two buildings at once, and cut healing times in half. The VIP Player Subscription costs 7.99 USD/month (or local equivalent) and will be charged on your iTunes Account after purchase and when the subscription renews monthly. Subscriptions will renew automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period. Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase. No cancellation of the current subscription is allowed during active subscription period. Please note that Gladiator Heroes is completely free to play, however you will have the option to buy some in-game items for real money. If you prefer not to use this feature, please disable in-app purchases in your mobile device’s settings.

About

Gladiator Manager

Manage gladiators, train them, and lead them to victory in turn-based arena battles. Navigate a corrupt ancient Roman system, making strategic decisions to rise to power. Offers deep management and tactical combat with no ads.

Highlights
  • Turn-based tactical auto-battles
  • Hire and train gladiators
  • Manage injuries and skills
  • Strategic resource management
  • Customize gear and techniques
  • Bribe, sabotage, and assassinate rivals
Features
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Level up your gladiators and dominate the arena! Manage, battle, bribe, and ascend to become Rome’s finest Lanista. Free to play. No ads. In-app purchases for more content. No pay-to-win. Gladiator Manager is a turn-based management sim set in ancient Rome, where tactical auto-battles reward smart decisions over reflexes. Hire and train gladiators with unique traits. Handle injuries, develop skills, balance egos, and survive in a corrupt arena system full of intrigue and betrayal. Win matches to gain influence, unlock better gear, and enter tougher tournaments. Lose, and your best fighters may be gone forever. - Bribe, scout, sabotage, or assassinate your rivals - Die, restart, and ascend to insane difficulties - Plan technique-based combat - Strategic resource, influence, and roster management - Customize gear, techniques, traits, and loyalty - Grow your estate and build out your influence skill tree - Undertake quests, survive raids, make hard calls Earn gems by completing in-game achievements. Use them to unlock new weapons, tournaments, buildings, quests, and features. If you’d like to speed things up, there are two optional in-app purchases: Pouch of Gems and Chest of Gems. Need help or want to share tactics? Join 9,000+ lanistas on Discord: https://discord.gg/H95dyTHJrB

Screenshots

Gladiator Heroes Arena Legends4 screens
Gladiator Manager4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Gladiator Manager at none against Gladiator Heroes Arena Legends's shown. Gladiator Manager also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 5 weeks) and review sentiment (81% vs 70%). Gladiator Heroes Arena Legends's advantage is rating (4.6 vs 4.3) and ratings volume (6K vs 263). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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

Both are free to download. Gladiator Heroes Arena Legends sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month and Gladiator Manager sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Gladiator Heroes Arena Legends holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Gladiator Heroes Arena Legends has 6K ratings behind it against 263, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 70% of Gladiator Heroes Arena Legends's written reviews are positive against 81% of Gladiator Manager's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Gladiator Heroes Arena Legends ships an update every 5 weeks, Gladiator Manager every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Gladiator Heroes Arena Legends versus Gladiator Manager: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGladiator Heroes Arena LegendsGladiator Manager
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (6K ratings) — better4.3 (263 ratings)
Positive reviews70.0% of reviews80.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings6K — better263
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size1.0 GB51 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperVIVA GAMES S.L.Rene Slump

Customer experience

Gladiator Heroes Arena Legends

All ratings6,046 ratings
Positive90.4%
Neutral4.3%
Negative5.3%
Written reviews1,759 reviews
Positive70.0%
Neutral8.1%
Negative21.9%

Gladiator Manager

All ratings261 ratings
Positive81.6%
Neutral6.9%
Negative11.5%
Written reviews161 reviews
Positive80.7%
Neutral8.7%
Negative10.6%

User reviews

Gladiator Heroes Arena Legends

From 6K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Great game
  • 👍 Decent sound effects
  • 👍 Great graphics
  • 👍 Fun and addictive
  • 👍 Good gameplay

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Crashes and freezes
  • 🐛 Bugs and glitches
  • 🐛 Game failing to load
  • 🐛 Ads issues
  • 🐛 Lost account/progress

Gladiator Manager

From 263 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Fun gameplay
  • 🚀 Addictive and engaging
  • 💎 Great value for free-to-play
  • 🎨 Beautiful visuals

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Bugs and crashes
  • ⚠️ Unbalanced difficulty
  • 🔍 Missing features compared to Android version
  • 🕹️ Clunky UI/UX

Bugs and requests

Gladiator Heroes Arena Legends

Reported bugs

6 issues
  • Game crashing during battles
  • Losing progress and account data
  • Inability to join or quit clans
  • Bugs with special events and rewards
  • Glitches with UI and menus
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  • Compatibility issues with updates

Requested features

7 requests
  • Add clan system and clan battles
  • Introduce a reset/restart option
  • Improve resource management and trading
  • Add more customization options
  • Introduce new gladiator abilities and skills
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  • Improve matchmaking and difficulty balancing
  • Enhance the overall game content and variety

Gladiator Manager

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Disappearing gladiators
  • Aqueduct construction issue
  • Crashes when viewing battle reports
  • Scaling issues on larger devices

Requested features

5 requests
  • Multiplayer mode
  • More content updates
  • Ability to customize gladiators
  • Better progression system
  • Improved balance and difficulty scaling

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Gladiator Heroes Arena Legends

Subscriptions1
  • Become VIP$6.991 Month
One-time9
  • Diamonds Pack 1$4.99
  • Unlock Gladiator Class$4.99
  • Cheaper Event Offer EO1$5.99
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  • Diamonds Pack 2$9.99
  • Limited time offer$9.99
  • Limited time offer$13.99
  • Cheaper Event Offer EO4$13.99
  • Diamonds Pack 3$19.99
  • Normal Event Offer EO5$26.99
2 purchases

Gladiator Manager

One-time2
  • Pouch of gems$3.99
  • Chest of gems$7.99

Questions

Is Gladiator Heroes Arena Legends free?
Gladiator Heroes Arena Legends is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Gladiator Manager free?
Gladiator Manager is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Gladiator Heroes Arena Legends or Gladiator Manager?
Gladiator Heroes Arena Legends is rated higher. Gladiator Heroes Arena Legends averages 4.6 out of 5 from 6K ratings, while Gladiator Manager averages 4.3 from 263 ratings.
Do Gladiator Heroes Arena Legends or Gladiator Manager have ads?
Gladiator Heroes Arena Legends shows ads; Gladiator Manager does not.
Which is updated more often, Gladiator Heroes Arena Legends or Gladiator Manager?
Gladiator Heroes Arena Legends ships an update every 5 weeks, and Gladiator Manager every 2 weeks. Most recently, Gladiator Heroes Arena Legends was updated on November 6, 2026 and Gladiator Manager on November 3, 2026.

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