Shadow Hero vs Crossbow Wizard
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Shadow Hero
Experience fast-paced, automatic combat with a focus on item collection and character growth. Discover rare items, customize your hunter, and engage in challenging match modes. The game offers endless item progression and enchanting for extreme customization.
- Automatic combat
- Item farming and random options
- Item setting and customization
- Gamble Box for rare items
- Match mode for strongest hunters
- Endless item growth
- Enchanting for extreme options
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[Game Features] - The original graphic to experience the first time! - Easy and easy to combat automatic! Crazy speed! - Item Farming! Random option! Item setting! - Look for the big hit item! Gamble Box! - Look for the strongest hunter! Match mode! - Endless item growth! Shadow Cube! - Extreme option setting! Enchanting!
Crossbow Wizard
As a young wizard, defend your village from monsters by upgrading gear, collecting gems, and mastering mystical skills. Face endless challenges and protect your homeland.
- Upgrade epic gear
- Collect and synthesize gems
- Forge powerful wizard
- Explore mystical skills
- Collect unique skill combinations
- Defend homeland from monsters
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Step into the Dark Ages, where your village is plagued and overrun by monsters. As a young wizard, you have to defend your village. A greater danger lurks ahead. Are you ready to face formidable monsters? Features: Be a Mighty Wizard! - Upgrade epic gear, collect and synthesise gems to forge a powerful wizard leading the entire battlefield. Collect your Fantasy Skills - Explore mystical skills and collect a unique combination to break free from traditional tactical limits. Take on Endless Monsters! - Embrace endless monster challenges, showcasing your wizard skills to defend our homeland.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Crossbow Wizard at 100% against Shadow Hero's 29%. Crossbow Wizard also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 10) and update cadence (daily vs every 10 days). Shadow Hero's advantage is rating (3.5 vs 2.5) and ads (none vs shown). On price 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. Shadow Hero sells 9 one-off in-app purchases. Crossbow Wizard asks for nothing beyond the download.
Shadow Hero holds the better App Store score, 3.5 against 2.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 2 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 29% of Shadow Hero's written reviews are positive against 100% of Crossbow Wizard's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Shadow Hero ships an update every 10 days, Crossbow Wizard daily. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Shadow Hero | Crossbow Wizard |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.5 (8 ratings) — better | 2.5 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 28.6% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 8 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days | Daily — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 463 MB | 87 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Day7 | Dipayon Debnath Dip |
Customer experience
Shadow Hero
Crossbow Wizard
In-app purchases
Shadow Hero
- Video ad removal gem$0.99
- Special discount gem 10002 variants$1.99
- Magic stone$3.99
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- Devil Wing Skins$3.99
- Bag SET2$8.99
- Fairy Wing Skins$8.99
- Wings of Darkness Skins$8.99
- Flame Witch pet$8.99
- 1800 Gems$26.99
Crossbow Wizard
No in-app purchases
Questions
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