Bardcard vs Gridlock Dungeon
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
Gridlock Dungeon
Navigate a dungeon grid, clearing creatures by tracing an uninterrupted path. Solve increasingly complex puzzles, unlock new mechanics, and utilize hints to overcome challenges. Enjoy a charming art style and immersive music in this strategic puzzle adventure.
- Clear creatures by tracing paths
- Progressively complex puzzles
- Unlockable creatures and mechanics
- Helpful hint system
- Replayable puzzles
- Intuitive tap-and-drag gameplay
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Embark on a journey through the depths of Gridlock Dungeon, a captivating puzzle adventure. You, the hero, must clear creatures by traversing an uninterrupted path through the dungeon grid. Each level presents a unique challenge, with progressively complex puzzles that will test your strategy and wit. As you descend further, unlock new creatures, traps, and mechanics that add fresh layers of difficulty. Struggling with a particularly devious puzzle? Use carefully crafted hints to nudge you in the right direction. Return to previous puzzles to perfect your solutions or challenge yourself again. Featuring an intuitive tap-and-drag gameplay system, Gridlock Dungeon offers a smooth learning curve with endless replayability. Lose yourself in its atmospheric music and delightful art style, which bring the dungeon's eerie yet charming world to life. Key Features: - 100 unlockable creatures and puzzle mechanics - 500 replayable puzzles - Helpful hints if you get stuck - Immersive music and charming, hand-crafted art - Easy-to-learn, hard-to-master grid-based gameplay
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Bardcard at monthly against Gridlock Dungeon's every 4 months. Bardcard also leads on ratings volume (55 vs 12). Gridlock Dungeon's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.1). On price, rating, review sentiment and ads 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 Gridlock Dungeon $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Bardcard against 4.8 for Gridlock Dungeon. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 55 and 12 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 88% of Bardcard's written reviews are positive against 80% of Gridlock Dungeon's.
Bardcard ships an update monthly, Gridlock Dungeon every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Bardcard | Gridlock Dungeon |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $3.99 | $3.99 |
| Rating | 4.7 (55 ratings) | 4.8 (12 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 87.5% of reviews — better | 80.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 55 — better | 12 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 188 MB | 145 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Kevin Mikles | Red Hawk Games |
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In-app purchases
Bardcard
No in-app purchases
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No in-app purchases









