Comparison

Gladiator Rising vs Bat Madness

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Procedurally generated gladiators
  • Five chapters of progression
  • Item buying and equipping
  • Turn-based RPG combat
  • Strategic gameplay
Features
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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.

About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

Screenshots

Gladiator Rising4 screens
Bat Madness4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Gladiator Rising sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Bat Madness asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

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.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Gladiator Rising versus Bat Madness: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGladiator RisingBat Madness
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (2.6K ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews65.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings2.6K — better3
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS14.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size99 MB4 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperHappii Gamer Studios Inc.TIMOTHY THOMAS DOLAN

Customer experience

Gladiator Rising

All ratings2,570 ratings
Positive90.5%
Neutral5.4%
Negative4.1%
Written reviews317 reviews
Positive65.0%
Neutral13.2%
Negative21.8%

Bat Madness

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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

4 purchases

Gladiator Rising

One-time4
  • Small Donation$0.99
  • Remove Ads$1.99
  • Medium Donation$2.99
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  • Large Donation$8.99
None

Bat Madness

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Gladiator Rising free?
Gladiator Rising is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Bat Madness free?
Bat Madness is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Gladiator Rising or Bat Madness?
Bat Madness is rated higher. Gladiator Rising averages 4.6 out of 5 from 2.6K ratings, while Bat Madness averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do Gladiator Rising or Bat Madness have ads?
Gladiator Rising shows ads; Bat Madness does not.
Which is updated more often, Gladiator Rising or Bat Madness?
Gladiator Rising ships an update every 4 months, and Bat Madness every 2 weeks. Most recently, Gladiator Rising was updated on October 17, 2026 and Bat Madness on October 7, 2026.

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