Flat Pack vs Marginalia Hero
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Flat Pack
Experience a unique platformer that blends 2D and 3D gameplay. Navigate over 30 levels filled with challenging traps, enemies, and epic boss fights. Explore a real-world environment with the innovative AR Mode.
- 2D and 3D hybrid gameplay
- Over 30 unique levels
- AR Mode for real-world environments
- Cool traps and enemies
- Epic boss fights
- One-handed controls
- Secret stars and ending
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Flat Pack. A 2D and 3D platform mix-up! Features: • Cool traps and enemies that escape the confines of the level. • Take to the skies and explore 30+ levels each with there own unique twist. • Featuring brand new AR Mode! Manoeuvre around levels in a real world environment. • Wrap your brain around this 2D and 3D hybrid! • One handed platforming at its best. • Epic Boss Fights!!! • Explore and find all of the secret stars to unlock a secret ending!
Marginalia Hero
Embark on a unique medieval RPG adventure fighting creatures inspired by centuries-old art. Collect coins to upgrade weapons, shields, and companions. Experience challenging gameplay across 100 levels with a distinctive visual style and atmospheric music.
- Unique medieval art style graphics
- Challenging and addictive gameplay
- 100+ items for customization
- 100 levels with unique creatures
- Endless tournament mode
- One-finger controls
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Feel the real medieval weirdness! You are about to fight creatures and monsters, which were painted by real(!) medieval artists more than 5 centuries ago. Collect coins and upgrade your equipment! Lots of weapons, shields, charms and even companions! Key features: - unique looking graphics style - addictive and challenging gameplay - 100+ items for customization and upgrading - 100 levels with strange and weird creatures and monsters - endless tournament mode - one finger/tap/click controls - atmospheric music - heroic challenges and bossfight levels - 50 achievements for every taste - daily gifts and rewards
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Marginalia Hero at none against Flat Pack's shown. Marginalia Hero also leads on iOS requirement (8.0 vs 11.0). Flat Pack's advantage is rating (4.7 vs 4.5) and review sentiment (85% vs 73%). On price, ratings volume, update cadence 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
Both are free to download. Flat Pack sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Marginalia Hero sells 12 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Flat Pack holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4.4K and 1.8K respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 85% of Flat Pack's written reviews are positive against 73% of Marginalia Hero's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Flat Pack | Marginalia Hero |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (4.4K ratings) — better | 4.5 (1.8K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 85.1% of reviews — better | 72.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4.4K — better | 1.8K |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Weekly |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| 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 | 11.0 | 8.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 151 MB | 73 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Nitrome | Crescent Moon Games LLC |
Customer experience
Flat Pack
Marginalia Hero
Bugs and requests
Flat Pack
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Marginalia Hero
Reported bugs
4 issues- Coin generation issues
- Invisible target bugs
- Ads not working as expected
- Compatibility issues on newer devices
Requested features
4 requests- More character customization options
- Offline coin generation
- Difficulty balancing improvements
- Additional game modes or mechanics
In-app purchases
Flat Pack
- Remove Ads - premium$3.99
Marginalia Hero
- Wanderer's bag$1.99
- No ads basic$1.99
- Gervase$1.99
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- Gurgustius$1.99
- Citizen's savings$4.99
- Richard$4.99
- Duff$4.99
- No ads full$6.99
- Rogier$6.99
- Royal supplies$8.99
- Alingot$8.99
- Ebraucus$8.99
