Comparison

Bardcard vs Ax Roguelike

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

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?

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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

About

Ax Roguelike

A turn-based deck-building roguelike where players learn skills, build powerful synergies, and prepare at a base before challenging stages. Strengthen weapons, will, skills, and equipment to overcome difficult encounters.

Highlights
  • Deck-building with over 900 skills
  • Turn-based command selection combat
  • Base preparation and upgrades
  • Weapon and skill strengthening
  • Equipment modification
  • Synergistic skill interactions
Features
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*Supported languages English/Japanese Ax Roguelike is a deck-building roguelike game. Deck-building Over 900 skills can be learned. Depending on the construction, various effects will interact in a complex manner and create synergies. Battle Progress is based on turn-based command selection. Players can connect up to three skills and activate them consecutively. Base At the base, you can prepare in advance before heading to the stage. If it is difficult to conquer, expand the functions of your base and prepare your initial equipment before trying again. Strengthening During the capture, various training is possible in the village. Strengthening weapons, strengthening will, modifying skills, modifying equipment, etc.

Screenshots

Bardcard4 screens
Ax Roguelike4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Ax Roguelike at every 2 days against Bardcard's monthly. Ax Roguelike also leads on price ($2.99 vs $3.99) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.1). Bardcard's advantage is rating (4.7 vs 4.3) and review sentiment (88% vs 75%). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Bardcard costs $3.99 and Ax Roguelike $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Bardcard holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Bardcard has 55 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 88% of Bardcard's written reviews are positive against 75% of Ax Roguelike's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Bardcard ships an update monthly, Ax Roguelike every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Bardcard versus Ax Roguelike: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBardcardAx Roguelike
Price$3.99$2.99 — better
Rating4.7 (55 ratings) — better4.3 (6 ratings)
Positive reviews87.5% of reviews — better75.0% of reviews
Number of ratings55 — better6
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.112.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size188 MB291 MB
Age rating9+12+
DeveloperKevin MiklesKatsunori Sasamoto

Customer experience

Bardcard

All ratings55 ratings
Positive92.7%
Neutral1.8%
Negative5.5%
Written reviews24 reviews
Positive87.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative12.5%

Ax Roguelike

All ratings6 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral33.3%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Bardcard

No in-app purchases

None

Ax Roguelike

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Bardcard free?
Bardcard costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Ax Roguelike free?
Ax Roguelike costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Bardcard or Ax Roguelike?
Bardcard is rated higher. Bardcard averages 4.7 out of 5 from 55 ratings, while Ax Roguelike averages 4.3 from 6 ratings.
Do Bardcard or Ax Roguelike have ads?
Neither Bardcard nor Ax Roguelike shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Bardcard or Ax Roguelike?
Bardcard ships an update monthly, and Ax Roguelike every 2 days. Most recently, Bardcard was updated on November 2, 2026 and Ax Roguelike on November 8, 2026.

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