Comparison

The Arena Draft 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

The Arena Draft

Practice building Hearthstone Arena decks and save them to import into the game. Easily share your creations with friends for friendly battles. This companion tool is completely free and ad-free.

Highlights
  • Draft Arena decks
  • Save decks
  • Import decks into Hearthstone
  • Play with friends
  • Free to use
  • No ads
Features
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The Arena Draft lets you practice your deck building skills and save your Arena decks in Hearthstone to battle friends. • Draft an Arena deck using cards from your collection • Import and save your deck into Hearthstone • Use your Arena decks to play with friends • 100% free • No ads Hearthstone assets used in this app are copyrighted and/or trademarked material of Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. This app is not affiliated with Blizzard Entertainment, Inc.

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

The Arena Draft4 screens
Loop Hero4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Loop Hero at 75% against The Arena Draft's 0%. Loop Hero also leads on rating (4.9 vs 4.1) and update cadence (every 10 days vs every 4 months). The Arena Draft's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.0). On price, 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. The Arena Draft asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Loop Hero holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Loop Hero has 3.9K ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of The Arena Draft's written reviews are positive against 75% of Loop Hero's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

The Arena Draft ships an update every 4 months, Loop Hero every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
The Arena Draft versus Loop Hero: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterThe Arena DraftLoop Hero
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.1 (8 ratings)4.9 (3.9K ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews74.9% of reviews — better
Number of ratings83.9K — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 10 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS9.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size195 MB213 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperRobert BurtonPlaydigious

Customer experience

The Arena Draft

All ratings8 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Loop Hero

All ratings3,814 ratings
Positive97.5%
Neutral0.7%
Negative1.8%
Written reviews287 reviews
Positive74.9%
Neutral6.6%
Negative18.5%

Bugs and requests

The Arena Draft

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

The Arena Draft

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Loop Hero

One-time1
  • Unlock Full Game$6.99

Questions

Is The Arena Draft free?
The Arena Draft 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, The Arena Draft or Loop Hero?
Loop Hero is rated higher. The Arena Draft averages 4.1 out of 5 from 8 ratings, while Loop Hero averages 4.9 from 3.9K ratings.
Do The Arena Draft or Loop Hero have ads?
Neither The Arena Draft nor Loop Hero shows ads.
Which is updated more often, The Arena Draft or Loop Hero?
The Arena Draft ships an update every 4 months, and Loop Hero every 10 days. Most recently, The Arena Draft was updated on October 12, 2026 and Loop Hero on October 16, 2026.

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