Bardcard vs Immortal Rogue
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Bardcard
Embark on a card-matching roguelite adventure through a mysterious subterranean world. Explore over 40 rooms, discover unique items, battle monsters, and uncover the secrets of this realm. Can you survive the dungeon and find your brother?
- Card-matching dungeon exploration
- Over 40 rooms with secrets
- 150+ unique hand-drawn cards
- Old-school RPG elements
- Challenging roguelite system
- Persistent artifacts and companions
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Bardcard is a card-matching roguelite featuring a mysterious subterranean world to explore. Match cards to advance through the dungeon. Discover helpful equipment, battle dangerous minions, and meet magical familiars that join you on your adventure. Learn the secrets of this realm and discover the truth about the chaos that engulfs it. Can you find your brother Lukas? Who is ZUG? How far down does this dungeon go? FEATURES ========= - 40+ rooms to explore: Determine the best card-matching sequence to survive each floor. Keep on the lookout for alternate exits leading down less-traveled paths, and rare artifacts that appear when specific cards are matched. Are you exploring a dark room? In that case you’d better bring a torch! - 150+ unique, hand-drawn cards to discover: Weapons, armor, and magical items to protect you in the dungeon. Various characters that guide you, teach skills, and present puzzles. Monsters and traps to thwart your progress at every turn. There’s a lot to discover, and each game is a bit different than the last. - Old-school RPG elements set within an immersive world: Turn-based action, experience levels, quests to complete, and more. We’ve taken elements from all our favorite games of yesteryear and rolled them into Bardcard. - Beautiful soundtrack created by us: We’ve orchestrated every flute, piano, and xylophone to create a unique realm to adventure in. - Challenging rogelite system with powerful persistent artifacts: Death is likely unavoidable in this dangerous world. Lucky for you, there are special items and companions that stick with you no matter what happens in the dungeon. ACCOLADES ========== App Store Game of the Day (11/8/22) ABOUT RASCAL MAGIC ================== We are two childhood friends building a mysterious world for you to explore. Originally from Michigan and now based up and down the West Coast, we create everything from the gameplay, imagery, audio, and story, to physical apparel and collectibles. Although we charge a small price for downloading our games, we don’t have in-game advertising or in-app purchases. It’s just not our thing. Instead, you get access to the entire game and future updates. Let’s do this! We’d love to hear from you: hello@rascalmagic.com
Immortal Rogue
Embark on a challenging action roguelike adventure as a vampire who awakens every century to hunt. Your choices shape the world and its inhabitants, leading to unique combat encounters and item discoveries across different eras. Master diverse abilities and weapons in a dynamically generated world with endless replayability.
- Dynamically generated world based on choices
- Skill-based combat with mobile controls
- Over 70 unique enemies
- 30+ Vampiric abilities
- 30+ Unique weapons
- Massive replayability
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Immortal Rogue is a brutal, swipe-controlled action roguelike. You play as a vampire that wakes up every 100 years to feed. Who you choose to hunt directly impacts the future and changes the game world. Different timelines offer different enemies to defeat and unique items to discover. You can fight samurai with a rocket fist from a long lost civilization, or take out cyborgs with an enchanted katana. The combat is challenging, and defeat has consequences. But you can never truly die. The world goes on with both your allies, and your enemies, awaiting your return. Key Features: -A dynamically generated world based on your narrative choices. -Challenging, skill-based combat with mobile-friendly controls. -Over 70 unique enemies to discover -Colorful, retro-styled pixel art. -30+ Vampiric abilities to unlock -30+ Unique weapons to master -Secret bosses to discover. -Hundreds of potential characters to hunt down or turn into allies -Massive replayability with scores of possible timelines that offer their own distinct characters, challenges, and rewards.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Bardcard at 4.7 against Immortal Rogue's 4.2. Bardcard also leads on review sentiment (88% vs 63%) and price ($3.99 vs $4.99). Immortal Rogue's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs monthly) and chart position (#195 vs unranked). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model 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
Bardcard costs $3.99 and Immortal Rogue $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Bardcard holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 55 and 193 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 88% of Bardcard's written reviews are positive against 63% of Immortal Rogue's.
Bardcard ships an update monthly, Immortal Rogue every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Bardcard | Immortal Rogue |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $3.99 — better | $4.99 |
| Rating | 4.7 (55 ratings) — better | 4.2 (193 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 87.5% of reviews — better | 62.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 55 | 193 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Best chart rank | — | #195 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 8.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 188 MB | 96 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Kevin Mikles | Kyle Barrett |
Customer experience
Bardcard
Immortal Rogue
Bugs and requests
Bardcard
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Immortal Rogue
Reported bugs
13 issues- Fatal error crashes after certain progression points
- Player gets stuck in level geometry and scenery
- Blood currency system breaks when all upgrades purchased - cannot progress
- Fighter thralls don't appear despite being unlocked
- Game crashes during heavy attack tutorial on older iOS versions
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- Weapon shop offers only high-level expensive items early game
- Dash at walls causes player to become permanently stuck
- Red orb one-shot kills during Dracula dialogue sequence
- Invincible enemies that don't take damage initially
- Camera pan to boss allows nearby enemies to damage player immediately
- Movement controls unresponsive or random on iPad
- Game crashes when destroying barrels through trees with heavy attack
- Friendly fire from faction mission allies causing unexpected deaths
Requested features
14 requests- Separate volume controls for music and sound effects
- Controller/gamepad support for mobile devices
- Game restart/reset function without deleting app
- Thrall management menu to equip/unequip followers
- iCloud save sync across devices
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- Tutorial levels for new players
- More diverse enemy types and scenarios
- Historical settings (Roman era, Ancient Egypt, etc.)
- Companion thralls that join in combat
- Ability to reroll/customize house members
- Better weapon upgrade shop system with more control
- Official soundtrack release
- Multiplayer options
- More narrative outcomes and story variety
In-app purchases
Bardcard
No in-app purchases
Immortal Rogue
No in-app purchases
Questions
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