Comparison

Abalon vs TABS Pocket Edition

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

Head to head
About

Abalon

Engage in tactical turn-based combat and deck-building strategy in a tabletop-inspired world. Command units, cast spells, and outwit opponents with creative combos and strategic positioning. Explore diverse biomes, collect cards, and build the perfect deck to become a legend.

Highlights
  • Turn-based tactical combat
  • Deck building strategy
  • Top-down battlefield control
  • Over 500 unique cards
  • Character-based abilities
  • Creative combo system
  • Procedurally generated world exploration
Features
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Welcome to Abalon, a legendary tactical roguelike and deck building RPG! CARDS. DICE. TACTICS. Embark on epic roguelike adventures to explore a tabletop inspired world and discover its secrets. Abalon combines turn based tactical combat with deck building strategy. Defeat monstrous hordes and powerful bosses to reap the rewards of treasures, allies, and spells. Roll the dice and become a dungeon crawling legend! COMMAND LIKE A GOD Command from a top-down perspective that gives you ultimate control over battlefield tactics. Your characters look up to you (literally) as their god to indicate they are ready to receive your orders. Commands are intuitive: Drag cards to cast spells. Drag warriors to enemies to attack. Drag healers to injured allies to heal. Play fast and fluid with 3-5 minute battles and without having to wait for animations. You can even undo failed attacks to try different approaches. Endless possibilities are at your fingertips! OUTWIT YOUR OPPONENTS Defeat overwhelming odds by mastering tactical positions, backstabbing, feinting counterattacks, knocking enemies into allies to trigger combos, leveraging traps for bonus damage and exploiting spell synergies to manipulate the battlefield in your favor. Abalon is deceptively simple to learn with an unrivaled depth of mechanics that are challenging to master. Position matters. Facing matters. Terrain matters. BUILD THE PERFECT DECK Choose compelling characters like squirrel hurling druids, menacing liche kings, psychic lizard wizards and steampunk time traveling rats. Abalon has over 500 cards including 225 hand-crafted characters with distinct strengths and weaknesses. Select your favorite summoner, build your team and construct a deck of 20 cards. Abalon differs from other role-playing games by removing grindy leveling systems in favor of fixed character stats and abilities and interchangeable gear-based upgrades. Use everyone you have and experiment to create unique strategies. UNLEASH CREATIVE COMBOS Combine your units and spells to create game-breaking synergies: Hurl a squirrel at your opponent and command your critter to bite them in the butt. Cast Animal Growth to mutate it into a super hulk squirrel. Then use Breed to multiply it into an army of hulk squirrels and decimate your opponent in the most satisfying way! Discover something new each time you play. EXPLORE. ROLL DICE. MAKE FRIENDS. Explore an ever-changing fantasy world filled with colorful woodlands, frozen peaks, barren deserts, and perilous dungeons. Abalon is rich in lore, both gritty and humorous, and each biome offers its own characters to find and mysteries to unravel. Collect and roll D20 dice to determine the outcome of fate encounters and make friends with charming bears and birthday goblins. EXPAND YOUR COLLECTION Play for free and grow your collection with paid expansions. Abalon is a premium CCG and RPG that respects your time and money. There are no ads, randomized booster packs, cards to dust, or grinding to level up. Each expansion contains a curated set of content so you know what you are paying for upfront. Like a board game hobby, Abalon’s expansions enhance your existing content. We aim to support the game’s development for the next 10 years and beyond with additional cards, challenge modifiers, game modes and more for infinite replayability. PLAY ON ANY DEVICE ANYTIME ANYWHERE Abalon offers a true cross-platform experience with support for phones, tablets, computers, TVs, portrait and landscape orientations and offline play. ABOUT D20STUDIOS We’re a passionate indie game team who aim to inspire creativity, critical thinking and positive community in people around the world. We value player-driven development, quality products and excellent customer service, and we’d love to hear how we can make your Abalon experience exceptional. Discord: https://discord.gg/d20studios Email: contact@d20studios.com

About

TABS Pocket Edition

Lead armies of wobbling characters from diverse realms in physics-based combat simulations. Create custom units and test your strategies against friends or strangers in online multiplayer battles.

Highlights
  • Lead wobbler armies
  • Physics-based combat
  • Unit creator
  • Online multiplayer
  • Campaigns
  • Sandbox mode
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Be the leader of red and blue wobblers from ancient lands, spooky places and fantasy worlds. Watch them fight in simulations made with the wobbliest physics system ever created. When you grow tired of the 100+ wobblers at your disposal you can make new ones in the unit creator. You can also send your wobblers to fight your friends or strangers in online multiplayer! Features: -Campaigns -Multiplayer -Sandbox mode -Unit Possession -A bunch of silly units

Screenshots

Abalon4 screens
TABS Pocket Edition4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Abalon at Free against TABS Pocket Edition's $4.99. Abalon also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.0) and update cadence (every 2 days vs monthly). TABS Pocket Edition's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 5) and chart position (#37 vs unranked). On ratings volume, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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

Abalon is free to download; TABS Pocket Edition costs $4.99 up front. Abalon sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. TABS Pocket Edition asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Abalon holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1K and 889 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 84% of Abalon's written reviews are positive against 63% of TABS Pocket Edition's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Abalon ships an update every 2 days, TABS Pocket Edition monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Abalon versus TABS Pocket Edition: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAbalonTABS Pocket Edition
PriceFree — better$4.99
Rating4.8 (1K ratings) — better4.0 (889 ratings)
Positive reviews84.1% of reviews — better62.5% of reviews
Number of ratings1K — better889
Update frequencyEvery 2 days — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
Best chart rank—#37 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size117 MB1.3 GB
Age rating9+12+
DeveloperD20Studios, LLCLandfall Games

Customer experience

Abalon

All ratings1,012 ratings
Positive96.9%
Neutral1.2%
Negative1.9%
Written reviews290 reviews
Positive84.1%
Neutral3.1%
Negative12.8%

TABS Pocket Edition

All ratings809 ratings
Positive73.5%
Neutral4.9%
Negative21.5%
Written reviews528 reviews
Positive62.5%
Neutral9.5%
Negative28.0%

User reviews

Abalon

From 1K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Fantastic strategy game
  • 👍 Fun game
  • 👍 Highly recommended
  • 👍 Great for busy RPG parents
  • 👍 Way better than expected

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Not recommended at the moment
  • 🐛 Very unbalanced and costs $30
  • 🐛 Game crashes after loading
  • 🐛 Koumpounophobia (fear of buttons)
  • 🐛 Controlling units is frustrating

TABS Pocket Edition

From 889 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🎮 Great gameplay
  • 💡 Awesome unit creation
  • 👍 Faithful mobile port

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Control and movement issues
  • 🔒 Restrictive account creation
  • 🔒 Limited sign-in options

Bugs and requests

Abalon

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Bugs in second chapter dungeon
  • Unable to use satchel items

Requested features

3 requests
  • Controller support for Backbone and other third party controllers
  • More variation in encounter types
  • Dark mode option

TABS Pocket Edition

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Unable to create account
  • Stuck on loading screen
  • Bot AI issues

Requested features

3 requests
  • More unit abilities
  • Customizable magic effects
  • Guest account option

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Abalon

One-time5
  • Animal Gear$3.99
  • Angels & Demons$7.99
  • Dark Legion$7.99
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  • Mean & Green$7.99
  • Space & Time$7.99
None

TABS Pocket Edition

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Abalon free?
Abalon is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is TABS Pocket Edition free?
TABS Pocket Edition costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Abalon or TABS Pocket Edition?
Abalon is rated higher. Abalon averages 4.8 out of 5 from 1K ratings, while TABS Pocket Edition averages 4.0 from 889 ratings.
Do Abalon or TABS Pocket Edition have ads?
Neither Abalon nor TABS Pocket Edition shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Abalon or TABS Pocket Edition?
Abalon ships an update every 2 days, and TABS Pocket Edition monthly. Most recently, Abalon was updated on October 29, 2026 and TABS Pocket Edition on October 28, 2026.

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