Buff Knight Advanced vs Digline
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Buff Knight Advanced
Embark on an endless 2D pixel RPG adventure where your character constantly moves forward. Battle incoming enemies with swords and spells, collecting powerful artifacts and upgrading gear to become the ultimate knight. Explore diverse stages and face challenging bosses.
- 2D Pixel RPG gameplay
- Constant forward movement
- Sword and spell combat
- Artifact collection and upgrades
- Weapon and armor enhancements
- Two playable characters
- Player ranking system
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Buff Knight Advanced is a 2D Pixel RPG where a player's character is constantly on the move. Kill the incoming enemies with your sword and spells! Stronger monsters will get in the way as you progress, and eventually defeat the player. Collect artifacts and upgrade your weapon and armors to fight against them and become the most powerful knight ever! Buff Knight Advanced is the official successor to Buff Knight, a critically acclaimed mobile version with more than 2 million downloads, and the recipient of numerous awards, such as becoming the #1 paid RPG in Sweden, Japan and Taiwan, in addition to the #1 paid game in Korea. ▣ Game Features - AWESOME & EPIC 8 bit retro sounds and pixel graphics! - 12 Different stage! - 12 Different bosses! - 2 playable characters! Play as Buff Knight OR Buffy the Sorceress! - Use your sword or spells to fight the incoming monsters! - Develop your own strategies – There are tons of different ways to strengthen your character. - Collect 20 ancient artifacts with special abilities and upgrade them to strengthen their power! - You can switch your artifacts during the gameplay now! - Try out the new charge attack and special items against the enemies! - Upgrade your weapon and armors - Your gears have multiple levels of upgrades! - Player ranking system – How good are you? ▣ Special Items - Shoes : Makes you invincible and dash through enemies. - Sword : You need much less time to charge your attacks. - Mushroom : Improves your melee attack damage x2 stronger. - Magic Scroll : Calls meteor strike from the sky. - Potion : Regenerate your health and mana immediately. - Bomb : Throws powerful bombs to the enemies ahead. ▣ Game Tips! - Hold your attack button until your hero flashes and release it to use your "Charge Attack." - If you use the lightning attack when monsters are in the air, the game goes into a slow motion for a short period of time. Touch the monsters repeatly to activate your combo attack. - If your charge timing is just right, you can charge your attack while your auto-attack is active. - You can switch your artifacts during the gameplay in the pause menu.
Digline
Drill deep into a mysterious world, collecting resources and upgrading your rig. Explore diverse biomes, craft items, and uncover secrets in this relaxing, one-finger controlled simulation game. Progress over weeks with persistent tunnels and a growing map.
- One-finger portrait controls
- Multiple biomes and resources
- Workshop upgrades and crafting
- Persistent tunnels and map
- Daily Dig challenges
- Achievement collection
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Digline is a relaxed and easy to learn drilling game where every descent is a gamble between progress and risk, and the real reward lies deeper underground. Start each run in your workshop, pick your setup, and head down with limited fuel and a scrappy rig. Carve your path through shifting layers of earth, decide what to collect, and choose what to upgrade and what to trade before everything runs out. Each dive reveals new materials, rarer finds, and unexpected patterns beneath the surface. What begins as simple digging gradually turns into a careful balance between exploration, efficiency, and timing. Back at the surface, refine your strategy and improve your runs: • Upgrade your drill, fuel capacity, and efficiency • Unlock new materials with higher value and deeper placement • Optimize routes to maximize each descent Progress builds steadily, but every run carries tension. Go too safe and you leave value behind. Push too far and risk losing it all. Shape your own rhythm underground: short and efficient runs, deep high-risk dives, or a steady climb toward mastering what lies below. Top 10 casual game in the US and UK, Top 5 in Germany, Norway, and others. Come join the fun! What starts as a simple search for resources gradually becomes something stranger. Your old tunnels remain, your map expands over time, and the underground begins to feel less random and more like a place with its own history. Digline is designed to be easy to pick up, fun in short sessions, and rewarding over the long term. Quick digs, short descents, tons of relaxing fun. Features: • intuitive one-finger portrait controls • short runs that fit easily into a minute or two • persistent tunnels and a map that grows with each expedition • multiple underground regions with different materials, hazards, and surprises • resources to gather and use for crafting upgrades, and better preparation • a workshop that turns each successful run into permanent progress • a market system for trading what you bring back • progression that builds across many sessions, not just a single run • a calm, cozy atmosphere with a sense of discovery underneath it • no ads, no in-app purchases, and no pay-to-win systems • achievements and Daily Dig leaderboard competition The deeper you go, the more the mine will reveal.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Digline at 4.8 against Buff Knight Advanced's 4.4. Digline also leads on ratings volume (20 vs 5). Buff Knight Advanced's advantage is review sentiment (73% vs 55%) and price ($0.99 vs $2.99). On update cadence, ads, in-app purchases 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
Buff Knight Advanced costs $0.99 and Digline $2.99 up front. Buff Knight Advanced sells 5 one-off in-app purchases and Digline sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Digline holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 20 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 73% of Buff Knight Advanced's written reviews are positive against 55% of Digline's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Buff Knight Advanced | Digline |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 — better | $2.99 |
| Rating | 4.4 (5 ratings) | 4.8 (20 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 73.4% of reviews — better | 54.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 20 — better |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Weekly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 6.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 117 MB | 273 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Buff Studio Co.Ltd. | Luis Herskovic |
Customer experience
Buff Knight Advanced
Digline
In-app purchases
Buff Knight Advanced
- 25 gems$0.99
- 120 gems$4.99
- 350 gems$9.99
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- 800 gems$19.99
- 2250 gems$49.99
Digline
- 20 fuel to storage$0.99
- +75 fuel to storage$2.99
- +200 fuel to storage$4.99
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