MinuteSlash vs Red Sword
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MinuteSlash
Experience a straightforward hack and slash adventure with intuitive controls. Engage in fast-paced combat using only forward and backward movements.
- Simplest hack and slash gameplay
- Forward operation only
- Backward operation only
- Fast-paced combat
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MinuteSlash is the most simplest hack and slash game. You can play with forward or backward operation only.
Red Sword
Engage in epic battles by enlarging your sword and unleashing a multitude of skills to defeat legions of monsters. Power up your abilities, equip numerous skills, and discover rare items to achieve ultimate strength. Explore bonus and hidden stages for an enhanced gaming experience.
- Enlarge sword for powerful attacks
- Activate numerous skills
- Equip any number of skills
- Obtain powerful weapons
- Power up abilities
- Discover rare items
- Bonus and hidden stages
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Power up the various abilities! Activate a large number of skills to defeat enemies!! ■ Game description ・Enlarge your sword and attack many enemies! ・Obtain powerful weapons to attack legions of monsters! ・Activate a large number of skills to attack many enemies! ・You can equip any number of skills! ・Obtain rare items to achieve unrivaled power! ・You can power up the various abilities! ・There are bonus stages and hidden stages!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: MinuteSlash at none against Red Sword's 2. MinuteSlash also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 2 days vs weekly). Red Sword's advantage is ratings volume (279 vs 79). On price, rating, review sentiment 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. Red Sword sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. MinuteSlash asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for MinuteSlash against 4.8 for Red Sword. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 79 and 279 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 85% of MinuteSlash's written reviews are positive against 78% of Red Sword's.
MinuteSlash ships an update every 2 days, Red Sword weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MinuteSlash | Red Sword |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (79 ratings) — better | 4.8 (279 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 85.1% of reviews — better | 78.2% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 79 | 279 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days — better | Weekly |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 7.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 67 MB | 155 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Mitsuhiro Okada | Tatsuki |
Customer experience
MinuteSlash
Red Sword
In-app purchases
MinuteSlash
No in-app purchases
Red Sword
- RingEx1$6.99
- playercolor1$6.99
Questions
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