Comparison

Last Explorer vs Loop Hero

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

Head to head
About

Last Explorer

Embark on a dungeon-crawling adventure, battling monsters and collecting unique gear. Explore vast, randomly generated maps and unlock new characters to prepare for the ultimate challenge. Master a wide array of skills in this immersive RPG experience.

Highlights
  • Randomly generated equips and monsters
  • Unlockable playable characters
  • Massive volume of maps
  • Extensive skill system
  • Dungeon exploration
  • Monster battling
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Last Explorer is dungeon crawling style game. You can explore dungeons, battle brutal monsters, collect unique equips, and prepare for the end. Features include: • Random generate equips and unique monsters • Unlock playable characters • Massive volume of maps and skills

About

Loop Hero

Embark on a roguelike RPG adventure where you strategically place cards to create enemy encounters, buildings, and terrain. Equip your hero with powerful loot, expand your camp, and unlock new classes and cards to break an endless cycle of despair and save a forgotten world.

Highlights
  • Randomly generated expedition loops
  • Strategic card placement for trials
  • Loot collection for hero progression
  • Camp expansion and reconstruction
  • Unlockable classes and cards
  • Retro pixel art dark fantasy story
Features
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*Try Loop Hero for free and unlock the full game for the whole adventure!* The Lich has thrown the world into a timeless loop and plunged its inhabitants into never ending chaos. In this roguelike RPG, wield an expanding deck of mystical cards to place enemies, buildings, and terrain along each unique expedition loop for the brave hero. Recover and equip powerful loot for each class of hero for their battles and expand the survivors' camp to reinforce each adventure through the loop. Unlock new classes, new cards, and devious guardians on your quest to shatter the endless cycle of despair. FEATURES - Explore an endless number of paths: bring your hero on randomly generated loops and never experience the same run twice. - Shape your expeditions into darkness: build your deck and place your cards to script your hero’s trials and tribulations. - Loot as you loop to rebuild the world: recover your memories as you collect equipment and resources to become stronger, reconstruct your camp and get your reality back. - Plunge into a gloomy universe: discover a melancholic dark fantasy story told through a retro pixel art direction and recollect the memories of this world. - Break the cycle: triumph over mighty bosses to free the world from the Lich’s neverending time loop. CAREFULLY REDESIGNED FOR MOBILE - Revamped interface – exclusive mobile UI with complete touch control - Game Center achievements - Cloud Save – Share your progress between iOS devices - Compatible with MFi controllers - iPhone 15 Optimization (including Pro Max)

Screenshots

Last Explorer3 screens
Loop Hero4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Last Explorer at none against Loop Hero's 1. Last Explorer also leads on review sentiment (97% vs 75%) and iOS requirement (7.0 vs 15.0). Loop Hero's advantage is ratings volume (3.9K vs 20). On price, rating, 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

Both are free to download. Loop Hero sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Last Explorer asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Last Explorer against 4.9 for Loop Hero. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Loop Hero has 3.9K ratings behind it against 20, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 97% of Last Explorer's written reviews are positive against 75% of Loop Hero's.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Last Explorer versus Loop Hero: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLast ExplorerLoop Hero
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (20 ratings)4.9 (3.9K ratings)
Positive reviews97.0% of reviews — better75.0% of reviews
Number of ratings203.9K — better
Update frequency—Every 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS7.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size83 MB228 MB
Age rating9+9+
DeveloperIsao NakamuraPlaydigious

Customer experience

Last Explorer

All ratings18 ratings
Positive94.4%
Neutral5.6%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews66 reviews
Positive97.0%
Neutral3.0%
Negative0.0%

Loop Hero

All ratings3,939 ratings
Positive97.4%
Neutral0.7%
Negative1.8%
Written reviews288 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral6.6%
Negative18.4%

Bugs and requests

Last Explorer

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Loop Hero

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Game crashes after defeating first boss
  • Unplayable after initial progress
  • Inability to progress past trial version

Requested features

4 requests
  • Portrait mode
  • More classes/build diversity
  • Improved UI/overlay customization
  • Chinese language support

In-app purchases

None

Last Explorer

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Loop Hero

One-time1
  • Unlock Full Game$6.99

Questions

Is Last Explorer free?
Last Explorer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Loop Hero free?
Loop Hero is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Last Explorer or Loop Hero?
Last Explorer and Loop Hero are both rated 4.9 out of 5 on the App Store, from 20 and 3.9K ratings respectively.
Do Last Explorer or Loop Hero have ads?
Neither Last Explorer nor Loop Hero shows ads.

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