Comparison

Idle Sword 2 vs Hero's Quest

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

Hero's Quest

Embark on an epic adventure as a hero, exploring a world filled with monsters and powerful bosses. Strategize your battles, level up your character, and collect gold, weapons, and equipment to enhance your stats and abilities. Discover new fighting styles and combinations in this roguelite RPG.

Highlights
  • Automatic battles
  • Hero and skin customization
  • Skill tree progression
  • Unlockable areas and bosses
  • Roguelite permanent upgrades
  • Portrait orientation gameplay
Features
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Hero's Quest is a game where you play the role of a lovely hero, go around exploring the world, and challenge your fighting ability to reach the highest level in the limited energy range. Your mission is to reach the highest level as you can to get a lot of gold coins, new weapons and equipment to improve your stats. Initially, you will have 20 energy points (EP). Trying to maintain or improve this stat so you can get high levels in the game. Every time you beat monsters and Bosses, you will get gold coins. The more monsters you beat, the more money you have and the faster you go on the adventure. The more you win, the faster you level up. The higher the level, the higher your ability to defeat the aggressive monsters encountered along the jorney. During the game, you will gradually discover your abilities and find the most effective fighting style for yourself. That's the magic, it can be very rewarding to play and discover new strategies or relics combinations. Explore the world and challenge yourself to reach the highest levels within limited energy! • Heroes and Skins • Hero’s Quest allows you to choose different characters to participate in thrilling battles, each hero have different bonus stats and wonderful pixel art skins. Heores can also be situational you'll have to chose the most suitable Hero for each scenario. • Skill Tree • Players can chose between multiple passive Skills to shape the gameplay the way they like. Skills are separated into different types ranging ranging from ofensive, defensive or utility skills. • Immersive world • Unlock multiple areas, where with powerful monsters enemies are waiting for you. Battle can be very intense the further you get. Players also need to defeat Bosses with outstanding power to unlock new Maps, Relics and Equipment. • Roguelite action • Roguelite is an evolution of the Roguelike genre, this means you still have to start the game from the beginning when the game is over, but you also have permanent upgrades to make each run easier and esiear while also making you progress further and further. The more you play, the more you progress! • Automatic battle • You'll find monsters along the map and your job is to choose the fights. Your focus should be on strategy, Hero and Relics combinations. Let the game do the rest. • Portrait orientation • Play the game anywhere with only one hand. Music by Aaron Krogh: https://soundcloud.com/aaron-anderson-11 Character Art by Ækashics: http://www.akashics.moe/

Screenshots

Idle Sword 24 screens
Hero's Quest4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Hero's Quest at 4.8 against Idle Sword 2's 4.3. Hero's Quest also leads on review sentiment (66% vs 52%) and ratings volume (1.3K vs 234). Idle Sword 2's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 15.0). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and monetization model 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 10 one-off in-app purchases and Hero's Quest sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Hero's Quest holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Hero's Quest has 1.3K ratings behind it against 234, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 52% of Idle Sword 2's written reviews are positive against 66% of Hero's Quest's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Idle Sword 2 ships an update every 3 weeks, Hero's Quest fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Idle Sword 2 versus Hero's Quest: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterIdle Sword 2Hero's Quest
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (234 ratings)4.8 (1.3K ratings) — better
Positive reviews51.9% of reviews66.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings2341.3K — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksFortnightly — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS8.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size60 MB210 MB
Age rating17+9+
DeveloperIron Horse Games LLCMurilo Bastos

Customer experience

Idle Sword 2

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

Hero's Quest

All ratings1,344 ratings
Positive94.7%
Neutral2.0%
Negative3.3%
Written reviews203 reviews
Positive66.0%
Neutral9.4%
Negative24.6%

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

Hero's Quest

From 1.3K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Fun and addictive gameplay
  • 🚀 Frequent updates and developer engagement
  • 🔒 No exploitative monetization
  • 💡 Innovative progression system

Room to improve

  • 🔁 Repetitive gameplay loop
  • 🔍 Lack of content variety
  • ⏱️ Slow progression at higher levels
  • 🔋 Battery drain issues

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

Hero's Quest

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Game crashes on startup
  • Infinite loading screen
  • Crit rate bug causing inconsistent damage

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add teleport/skip functionality
  • Implement a reset progress option
  • Improve the equipment progression curve
  • Introduce more enemy/boss variety

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Idle Sword 2

One-time10
  • Auto Power-Up$1.99
  • Super Swiping Power!$2.99
  • Small Gem Pack$4.99
Show 7 more
  • Remove Ads$4.99
  • Speed Boost$4.99
  • Lush Jungle$4.99
  • Medium Gem Pack$9.99
  • Start Pack for New Players$11.99
  • God Powers bundle$14.99
  • Large Gems Pack$19.99
10 purchases

Hero's Quest

One-time10
  • Tickets - Tiny$0.99
  • Remove Ads$1.99
  • Tickets Small$1.99
Show 7 more
  • Skin: Void Bender$1.99
  • Skin: Shadowbringer$1.99
  • Tickets - Medium$3.99
  • Tickets - Large$6.99
  • Tickets - Super$12.99
  • Tickets - Extra Large$27.99
  • Tickets - Ultra$54.99

Questions

Is Idle Sword 2 free?
Idle Sword 2 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Hero's Quest free?
Hero's Quest is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Idle Sword 2 or Hero's Quest?
Hero's Quest is rated higher. Idle Sword 2 averages 4.3 out of 5 from 234 ratings, while Hero's Quest averages 4.8 from 1.3K ratings.
Do Idle Sword 2 or Hero's Quest have ads?
Hero's Quest shows ads; Idle Sword 2 does not.
Which is updated more often, Idle Sword 2 or Hero's Quest?
Idle Sword 2 ships an update every 3 weeks, and Hero's Quest fortnightly. Most recently, Idle Sword 2 was updated on November 3, 2026 and Hero's Quest on November 7, 2026.

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