The Lost Shield vs Mendel's Quest
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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
Mendel's Quest
Embark on a unique running, jumping, and punching adventure with Jewish motifs. Travel through time as Mendel, an Orthodox Jew, to collect holy books and complete your mission. This game offers a fun experience with a distinct cultural theme.
- Running, jumping, and punching gameplay
- Distinct Jewish cultural motifs
- Time machine mechanic
- Collect holy books
- Engaging narrative
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Mendel's Quest is the only running-jumping-punching game that has distinct Jewish motifs. Set in 19th century Russia, you play as Mendel: an Orthodox Jew with a time machine and a mission to restore as many 'holy books' as possible. Help little Mendel complete his mission. Help him. Mendel's Quest was created by four handsome jews, of whom tried their best to make this game as fun as possible. They would love to hear about any bugs or other bad experiences -- send them an email at mendelsquestgame@gmail.com, preferably before rating the game, and they'll try to make it right :) Gevalt!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Mendel's Quest at Free against The Lost Shield's $1.99. Mendel's Quest also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 65%) and update cadence (monthly vs every 7 months). The Lost Shield's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On rating, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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
Mendel's Quest is free to download; The Lost Shield costs $1.99 up front. The Lost Shield sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Mendel's Quest sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Mendel's Quest holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 29 and 30 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 65% of The Lost Shield's written reviews are positive against 100% of Mendel's Quest's.
The Lost Shield ships an update every 7 months, Mendel's Quest monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and September 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | The Lost Shield | Mendel's Quest |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.4 (29 ratings) | 4.6 (30 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 64.8% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 29 | 30 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 64 MB | 337 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | GUAN LING WU | Rafael Hecht |
Customer experience
The Lost Shield
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In-app purchases
The Lost Shield
- 1000G$0.99
- 3000G$1.99
- 10000G$4.99
Mendel's Quest
- 500 Books$0.99
- 2000 Books$1.99
- 10000 books$3.99
Questions
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