Gladiator Rising vs Poleana
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.
Poleana
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Poleana is the Mexican classic of dice and tokens: the board game you grew up with, with its real rules and no shortcuts. Get your pieces out, go around the board and reach home before anyone else. Sounds easy until they eat you one square from the goal. THE COMPLETE RULES, NOT A SOFTENED VERSION • Mandatory priorities: if you can eat, you eat. If you don't, it's a foul and your most advanced piece goes home. • Eating grants you 10 free squares — and those 10 can land you on another capture. • Blockades that stop everyone, you included. • Police squares: if a rival stops there and you roll their number, they go back to start without costing you a die. • Bridges to cut across and safe squares where nobody can touch you. ONLINE OR OFFLINE • Find a rival instantly, or create a private room and pass the code to whoever you want. • No signal? Play the machine, with four levels. The expert doesn't forgive. • Up to four players on the same phone, taking turns. • If your connection drops, your seat waits for you: the match goes on and you can come back. TWO BOARDS • Classic: the usual match. • Express: short board, three pieces, about eight minutes. DAILY CHALLENGE A different hand-built position every day. Win it and keep your streak. CUSTOMIZE WITHOUT PAY TO WIN Pieces, boards, dice, animations and profile picture. All cosmetic: nothing you get gives you an advantage on the board. Ever. REACTIONS Tell your rival what you think without typing a word. LEARN BY PLAYING The tutorial isn't a wall of text: it's a real match with a copilot that speaks up exactly when it's needed, and gets out of the way when it isn't. You will never see an ad during a match. That's the promise.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Poleana at every 2 days against Gladiator Rising's every 4 months. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Gladiator Rising sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and Poleana sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Gladiator Rising ships an update every 4 months, Poleana every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Gladiator Rising | Poleana |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (2.6K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 65.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2.6K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 99 MB | 56 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Happii Gamer Studios Inc. | DIEGO DAVILA |
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
Poleana
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
Poleana
- 50 Diamonds$0.99
- Season Pass$0.99
- 150 Diamonds$2.99
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- 500 Diamonds$4.99
- 1200 Diamonds$9.99
- 3000 Diamonds$19.99
Questions
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