MinuteFrontier vs Red Sword
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MinuteFrontier
Engage in a simple yet challenging 2D adventure where your only options are to advance or perish. Battle fierce monsters and formidable bosses, gaining experience to level up your character. This game is perfect for those moments when you have a little extra time to fill.
- One-finger gameplay
- 2D field progression
- Enemy and boss battles
- Leveling up system
- Time-killing gameplay
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MinuteFrontier is a one-finger, time-killing game! A 2D field where the only choice is to advance or die! Kill fearsome enemies, crush immense bosses, level up. If you've got a bit of pesky time to kill, why not try it out? Kill slime, kill time!
Red Sword
Engage in epic battles by enlarging your sword and unleashing a multitude of skills to defeat legions of monsters. Power up your abilities, equip numerous skills, and discover rare items to achieve ultimate strength. Explore bonus and hidden stages for an enhanced gaming experience.
- Enlarge sword for powerful attacks
- Activate numerous skills
- Equip any number of skills
- Obtain powerful weapons
- Power up abilities
- Discover rare items
- Bonus and hidden stages
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Power up the various abilities! Activate a large number of skills to defeat enemies!! ■ Game description ・Enlarge your sword and attack many enemies! ・Obtain powerful weapons to attack legions of monsters! ・Activate a large number of skills to attack many enemies! ・You can equip any number of skills! ・Obtain rare items to achieve unrivaled power! ・You can power up the various abilities! ・There are bonus stages and hidden stages!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: MinuteFrontier at none against Red Sword's 2. MinuteFrontier also leads on ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (6.0 vs 15.0). Red Sword's advantage is rating (4.8 vs 4.5) and update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks). On price, review sentiment 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
Both are free to download. Red Sword sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. MinuteFrontier asks for nothing beyond the download.
Red Sword holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 77 and 279 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 85% of MinuteFrontier's written reviews are positive against 78% of Red Sword's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
MinuteFrontier ships an update every 3 weeks, Red Sword weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 28, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MinuteFrontier | Red Sword |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (77 ratings) | 4.8 (279 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 85.0% of reviews — better | 78.2% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 77 | 279 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 6.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 29 MB | 155 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Mitsuhiro Okada | Tatsuki |
Customer experience
MinuteFrontier
Red Sword
Bugs and requests
MinuteFrontier
Reported bugs
9 issues- Audio glitch
- Not playable on iOS 17
- Mute button not working
- Volume controls buggy
- Sound effects don't mute at 0
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- Sound effects glitch on start
- Twitter icon interrupts gameplay
- No bonus healing in inn (newest version)
- Mage class extremely slow
Requested features
23 requests- Cloud save system
- Leaderboard system
- Spell checking
- Mute button fix
- Backup for files (iCloud, online saves)
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- Radar chart for stats
- Story/description for monsters, weapons, classes
- Unique weapons for all classes
- Option to pay to remove ads
- Pets evolve and store
- Make each class unique
- Add more features (spells, shops)
- Gold system
- Warp scroll
- Quicker travel
- Map or guide for temples
- Show enemy weaknesses
- Local co-op or online co-op
- Better graphics
- Online coop option
- Separate hero and job level
- Pet functionality beyond damage
- Auto-walk feature built-in
Red Sword
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
MinuteFrontier
No in-app purchases
Red Sword
- RingEx1$6.99
- playercolor1$6.99
Questions
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