Gladiator Rising vs Bat Madness
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Gladiator Rising
Engage in strategic turn-based combat against procedurally generated opponents across five chapters. Equip and utilize a variety of items to hone your warrior skills and achieve ultimate victory in this challenging roguelike RPG.
- Procedurally generated gladiators
- Five chapters of progression
- Item buying and equipping
- Turn-based RPG combat
- Strategic gameplay
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Fight through five Chapters of constantly changing, randomly generated gladiators. Buy, equip and use items as you compete to become the ultimate warrior. Strategy is key to success in this mix of rogue-like and turn-based RPG mix.
Bat Madness
Embark on a summer-long baseball trading adventure. Buy and sell gear across different parks, play pickup games for stakes, and hunt for legendary bats. Collect trading cards of baseball legends to boost your lineup and create your own rookie card at the end of the season.
- Summer-long baseball trading adventure
- Buy and sell gear across 8 parks
- Play pickup games for stakes
- Hunt for legendary bats
- Collect baseball legend trading cards
- Create a shareable rookie card
- Retro pixel art and chiptune soundtrack
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It's summer, you've got a bike, and every park in town has its own scene — its own prices, its own pickup games, its own rumors. Legendary bats exist. You've heard about them your whole life. This is the summer you find one. Bat Madness is a baseball trading adventure. Buy gear low at one park, sell it high at another, and turn a hand-me-down bat into a collection worth bragging about. Play pickup games for sunflower seeds — or stake your gear and play for keeps. Pay off your cousin's loan before the interest eats your summer. And hunt the four legendary bats hidden across town: behind THE fence, in a lightning-struck oak, at a card-show auction, and in the hands of a kid they call The Prospect. Then there's the one nobody believes is real. Every park has a story about it. Collect every legend, win it all, and you might get to point at the fence and call your shot — and the bat that answers hits a home run every single time. Rip open wax packs to pull trading cards of all-time greats. Slot a hero as your lineup card and feel the difference. Watch the sky drift from morning blue to August gold as the days run down — and when summer ends, the game prints your own rookie card to show off. FEATURES • A whole summer to play: trade, travel, train, and battle across 8 parks • Pickup games — friendly wagers or for-keeps showdowns • Four legendary bats hidden in quest lines — plus one mythical bat that must be earned • Season goals to chase and leaderboards to climb • Trading cards of baseball legends with real lineup bonuses • A shareable rookie card when your summer ends • Retro pixel art and an original chiptune soundtrack FOR PARENTS • Free. No ads. No in-app purchases. • No chat, no free text, no photos, no personal info — ever. • Solo play needs no account, works offline, and collects nothing. • Online team play asks a neutral age question first. Players under 13 need a parent's verified permission before anything is collected. • The only "money" is sunflower seeds. It's the summer you remember, in game form.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Bat Madness at 100% against Gladiator Rising's 65%. Bat Madness also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 4) and ads (none vs shown). Gladiator Rising's advantage is ratings volume (2.6K vs 3). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Gladiator Rising sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Bat Madness asks for nothing beyond the download.
Bat Madness holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Gladiator Rising has 2.6K ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 65% of Gladiator Rising's written reviews are positive against 100% of Bat Madness's.
Gladiator Rising ships an update every 4 months, Bat Madness every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Gladiator Rising | Bat Madness |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (2.6K ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 65.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2.6K — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 99 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Happii Gamer Studios Inc. | TIMOTHY THOMAS DOLAN |
Customer experience
Gladiator Rising
Bat Madness
Bugs and requests
Gladiator Rising
Reported bugs
4 issues- Game crashes when opening ad chests
- Unable to progress past 3rd or 4th fight
- Character instantly dying when sleeping
- Inventory and skill issues on reloading
Requested features
4 requests- More character classes and abilities
- Improved save/load system
- Better in-app purchase options
- Expanded post-game content
Bat Madness
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Gladiator Rising
- Small Donation$0.99
- Remove Ads$1.99
- Medium Donation$2.99
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- Large Donation$8.99
Bat Madness
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Gladiator Rising free?
Is Bat Madness free?
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Do Gladiator Rising or Bat Madness have ads?
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