Comparison

Idle Sword 2 vs Dungeon Life

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

Head to head
About

Idle Sword 2

Embark on an epic clicker adventure through perilous dungeons. Tap to guide your heroes, battle monsters and bosses, and collect powerful upgrades. Discover new heroes and equip them to survive the challenges of this retro RPG.

Highlights
  • Explore Dungeons
  • Battle Monsters
  • Epic Boss Battles
  • Collect Upgrades
  • Find New Heroes
  • Tap to Guide Heroes
Features
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Enjoy the #1 action tapping flash game, now in an app! Crawl through dungeons, fight monsters and epic boss battles in an all new style of roguelike RPG. Tap to guide your heroes through dungeons, find new heroes and collect powerful upgrades. See if your heroes can survive Idle Sword 2, an epic clicker and retro RPG all in one. This is an action clicker game like you’ve never seen. Straight from the intense flash game, you’ll have to battle monsters, sell equipment and upgrade your skills to go deeper into perilous dungeons. Use your God Hand tapping powers to guide your not-so idle heroes to find hidden treasure in a pixel dungeon, making sure your idle heroes have enough gear, health and items to protect them from a certain doom. Squish giant bees, attack slugs and battle monsters of every kind in this idle RPG! Idle Sword 2 Features: Explore Dungeons - Use your God Hand tapping powers to guide and assist your heroes. - Dungeons cover the land and must be explored by the idle heroes. - Each pixel dungeon has challenging monsters and even more difficult dungeon boss. - Engage in boss battles to clear the pixel dungeon! Battle Monsters - Battle monsters to survive and collect great rewards! - Squish any monster that comes your way. - Your tap quest isn’t complete until the monster is defeated!

About

Dungeon Life

Embark on an endless dungeon crawl with an infinite progression system. Collect loot and gold to unlock new skills, upgrade gear, and invest in town shops for better rewards. Your adventure awaits in the depths.

Highlights
  • Infinite progression system
  • Endless loot and gold collection
  • Unlockable skills
  • Weapon and armor upgrades
  • Town shop investments
Features
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Dungeon Life features an infinite progression system similar to the casual/idle game genre in which the player will always be able to continue to find more and more loot and gold. As the game progresses players will unlock and be given a multitude of different things to spend their gold and loot on, whether that be new skills, upgrading weapons/armor or investing in shops in town for better deals. All the glory in the world can be just one floor deeper, time to delve into the great dungeon and claim your own!

Screenshots

Idle Sword 24 screens
Dungeon Life4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Dungeon Life at none against Idle Sword 2's 12. Dungeon Life also leads on review sentiment (72% vs 52%) and update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks). Idle Sword 2's advantage is iOS requirement (8.0 vs 13.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. Idle Sword 2 sells 12 one-off in-app purchases. Dungeon Life asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.3 for Idle Sword 2 against 4.4 for Dungeon Life. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 234 and 94 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 52% of Idle Sword 2's written reviews are positive against 72% of Dungeon Life's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Idle Sword 2 ships an update every 3 weeks, Dungeon Life weekly. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Idle Sword 2 versus Dungeon Life: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterIdle Sword 2Dungeon Life
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (234 ratings)4.4 (94 ratings) — better
Positive reviews51.9% of reviews72.2% of reviews — better
Number of ratings234 — better94
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS8.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size60 MB853 MB
Age rating17+12+
DeveloperIron Horse Games LLCHappy Games LLC

Customer experience

Idle Sword 2

All ratings234 ratings
Positive82.5%
Neutral5.6%
Negative12.0%
Written reviews104 reviews
Positive51.9%
Neutral15.4%
Negative32.7%

Dungeon Life

All ratings92 ratings
Positive82.6%
Neutral5.4%
Negative12.0%
Written reviews54 reviews
Positive72.2%
Neutral13.0%
Negative14.8%

User reviews

Idle Sword 2

From 234 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Addictive gameplay
  • 👍 Enjoyable RPG mechanics
  • 💎 Generous monetization model

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Frequent crashes and bugs
  • 📱 UI issues on newer devices
  • 🕰️ Lack of updates and support

Dungeon Life

From 94 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 No ads or microtransactions
  • 💎 Free to play
  • ✨ Great concept and gameplay
  • 🎮 Fun and addictive
  • 🚀 Smooth gameplay

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Crashing issues after updates
  • 📉 Slow progression
  • ❓ Confusing mechanics
  • 😕 Tedious and boring at times
  • 💰 Loot drops are bad/unrewarding

Bugs and requests

Idle Sword 2

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Game freezes after watching ads
  • Inventory UI cuts off on iPhone X
  • Saved progress not transferring between devices

Requested features

3 requests
  • Restore purchase option
  • Leaderboards and social features
  • More content and dungeons

Dungeon Life

Reported bugs

21 issues
  • Game crashes when entering dungeons
  • Game crashes and closes after recent update
  • Auto-delving not fixed
  • Healing spell cancels in combat
  • Forced retreat at high health sends back too many levels
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  • Health meter displayed incorrectly
  • Healing skills not serving purpose due to incorrect health display
  • Randomly killed for no observable reason
  • Cannot change skin color
  • Stamina system makes no sense
  • Levels mean nothing
  • Super slow progression
  • Randomly die on a mob
  • Little to do, few choices
  • No way to access character without exiting dungeon
  • Gets randomly killed for no observable reason
  • Cannot activate spells when randomly killed
  • Daily villager perk stuck on delve deeper
  • Game runs out of steam quickly
  • Graphics blend together too much
  • Keys are not farmable

Requested features

20 requests
  • Add in-app purchases for cosmetic items
  • Implement an auto-dungeon run feature while offline
  • Add more stats and equipment variety
  • Improve auto-delving functionality
  • Add a team-based playstyle option
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  • Add more varied content
  • Implement an auto-progress to next stage option
  • Add cosmetic dungeons or a way to buy cosmetics only
  • Make X0 floor bosses more rewarding
  • Add special perks for spells
  • Improve loot drop rates and rarity system
  • Fix daily villager perk rotation
  • Make wings/pets more than just aesthetic
  • Add synergy between pets and player skills
  • Allow keys to be farmable
  • Add a 3x dungeon speed button
  • Add more base elements or town upgrades
  • Add a clearer description of item power at full upgrade
  • Add an inventory for materials
  • Add a camera style that automatically turns behind the player

In-app purchases

12 purchases

Idle Sword 2

One-time12
  • Auto Power-Up$1.99
  • Super Swiping Power!$2.99
  • Small Gem Pack$4.99
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  • Remove Ads$4.99
  • Speed Boost$4.99
  • Lush Jungle$4.99
  • XP Doubler$4.99
  • Coin Doubler$4.99
  • Medium Gem Pack$9.99
  • Start Pack for New Players$11.99
  • God Powers bundle$14.99
  • Large Gems Pack$19.99
None

Dungeon Life

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Idle Sword 2 free?
Idle Sword 2 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Dungeon Life free?
Dungeon Life is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Idle Sword 2 or Dungeon Life?
Dungeon Life is rated higher. Idle Sword 2 averages 4.3 out of 5 from 234 ratings, while Dungeon Life averages 4.4 from 94 ratings.
Do Idle Sword 2 or Dungeon Life have ads?
Neither Idle Sword 2 nor Dungeon Life shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Idle Sword 2 or Dungeon Life?
Idle Sword 2 ships an update every 3 weeks, and Dungeon Life weekly. Most recently, Idle Sword 2 was updated on October 24, 2026 and Dungeon Life on October 24, 2026.

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