Comparison

The Lost Shield vs Minetime

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

Head to head
About

The Lost Shield

Embark on an epic brick-breaking adventure as a hero tasked with returning a magical shield. Explore diverse areas, battle numerous enemies and bosses, and rescue allies with unique skills to aid your quest. Upgrade your hero and unlock new modes to save the world.

Highlights
  • Brick break gameplay with magic balls
  • Explore 6 areas with 54 stages
  • Battle 20+ enemies and 6 bosses
  • Rescue and upgrade followers
  • Unlock Arcade Mode for high scores
  • Collect achievements and treasure
Features
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The Lost Shield is a brick break/adventure game. You play as a hero who must return a powerful but dangerous magic shield to the place it belongs. Features - Fun gameplay where you destroy enemies with powerful magic balls - 6 areas with 54 stages to explore, each with different enemies, traps and secrets. - 20+ enemies and 6 bosses want to stop your journey. - 20 achievements to master - Find bonus stages and loot treasure in every stage. - Rescue followers with unique abilities and add them to your party. - Upgrade your hero to save the world. - Unlock Arcade Mode and challenge the high score of other players around the world. ----------------------------------------------------------- Facebook http://www.facebook.com/TowerofFortune Game Trailer https://youtu.be/KeAyy5PVMuk

About

Minetime

Embark on an addictive underground adventure with this engaging mining game. Explore depths, upgrade your equipment, and master a series of challenging mini-games. See how far your mining skills can take you in this fast-paced experience.

Highlights
  • Addictive mini-games
  • Underground exploration
  • Upgrade system
  • Progression-based gameplay
  • Fast-paced action
Features
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It's Minetime! Journey deep beneath the earth as you progress through a set of easy to learn, highly addicting mini games. Explore the underground, and upgrade your way to mining superiority. Fast to pick up, impossible to put down. How far can you go?

Screenshots

The Lost Shield4 screens
Minetime4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Minetime at Free against The Lost Shield's $0.99. Minetime also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.4) and in-app purchases (none vs 3). The Lost Shield's advantage is ratings volume (29 vs 5). On 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

Minetime is free to download; The Lost Shield costs $0.99 up front. The Lost Shield sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Minetime asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Minetime holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: The Lost Shield has 29 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 65% of The Lost Shield's written reviews are positive against 86% of Minetime's.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
The Lost Shield versus Minetime: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterThe Lost ShieldMinetime
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating4.4 (29 ratings)5.0 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews64.8% of reviews85.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings29 — better5
Update frequencyEvery 7 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.09.3 — better
Further details — not scored
Size64 MB14 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGame StewWes Jefferson Ong

Customer experience

The Lost Shield

All ratings29 ratings
Positive86.2%
Neutral6.9%
Negative6.9%
Written reviews54 reviews
Positive64.8%
Neutral9.3%
Negative25.9%

Minetime

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive85.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative14.3%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

The Lost Shield

One-time3
  • 1000G$0.99
  • 3000G$1.99
  • 10000G$4.99
None

Minetime

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is The Lost Shield free?
The Lost Shield costs $0.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Minetime free?
Minetime is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, The Lost Shield or Minetime?
Minetime is rated higher. The Lost Shield averages 4.4 out of 5 from 29 ratings, while Minetime averages 5.0 from 5 ratings.
Do The Lost Shield or Minetime have ads?
Neither The Lost Shield nor Minetime shows ads.

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