GrowNecromancer vs Red Sword
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
GrowNecromancer
Embark on an adventure as a necromancer girl, reviving creatures and discovering powerful monsters to level up. This minimal RPG is perfect for filling your free time with strategic monster collection and growth.
- Revive monsters
- Discover powerful monsters
- Level up monsters
- Minimal RPG gameplay
- Idle game
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- A dangerous necromancer girl started her adventure! - Let's revive everything! - Let's find more powerful monsters and level up! - Minimal RPG! - A really good game when you have free time! CAUTION) When you delete a game your save data will be lost. Languages) English, Korean Report bugs and other comments prismathunderdev@gmail.com
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 ads: GrowNecromancer at none against Red Sword's shown. GrowNecromancer also leads on review sentiment (90% vs 78%) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 15.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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. GrowNecromancer sells 5 one-off in-app purchases and Red Sword sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for GrowNecromancer against 4.8 for Red Sword. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 371 and 278 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 90% of GrowNecromancer's written reviews are positive against 78% of Red Sword's.
GrowNecromancer ships an update every 2 weeks, Red Sword weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | GrowNecromancer | Red Sword |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (371 ratings) | 4.8 (278 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 89.7% of reviews — better | 78.2% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 371 — better | 278 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 219 MB | 155 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Minho Lee | Tatsuki |
Customer experience
GrowNecromancer
Red Sword
Bugs and requests
GrowNecromancer
Reported bugs
8 issues- Character info panel cut off on iPad and larger screens
- Auto-battle AI pathfinding fails with obstacles
- Touch controls misaligned on certain devices
- Buttons require multiple taps to register
- Monster info display overlaps and visibility issues
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- Game doesn't fill screen properly on some devices
- Skill slot remains empty with no tutorial
- Restore/reinstall loses all game progress and purchases
Requested features
14 requests- Cloud save and account synchronization
- Auto-sell feature for low-rarity monsters
- Ability to name and customize monsters
- More diverse quest types beyond kill quests
- Additional story content and character development
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- Improved auto-battle pathfinding AI
- Shorter cooldown timers for infinite dungeon
- More monster variety and skins
- Party member storage instead of deletion
- Guaranteed skill level progression system
- New stages and dungeons beyond current content
- Equipment and awakening systems
- Multiplayer or social features
- Better UI organization and responsiveness
Red Sword
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
GrowNecromancer
- Buy 100 Diamonds$0.99
- Buy only once$6.99
- Buy 800 Diamonds$7.99
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- Buy 3000 Diamonds$29.99
- Buy 10000 Diamonds$99.99
Red Sword
- RingEx1$6.99
- playercolor1$6.99
Questions
Is GrowNecromancer free?
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