Comparison

Card Crusade vs Wickbound

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

Head to head
About

Card Crusade

Embark on a roguelike deck-building adventure through a winding dungeon. Choose from eight character classes, assemble powerful decks, and battle monsters to level up and defeat the final boss.

Highlights
  • Roguelike deck-building gameplay
  • Eight unlockable character classes
  • Ten-floor winding dungeon exploration
  • Assemble powerful card combos
  • Battle monsters and gain experience
  • Level up characters
  • Defeat the final boss
Features
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Card Crusade is a roguelike deck building game. Unlock eight different character classes as you explore the ten floors of a winding dungeon. Assemble your deck to unleash unstoppable combos on your enemies. Fight monsters, gain experience, and level up your character to defeat the final boss and become the Card Crusader! Send feedback to feedback@pollywog.games, or in our Discord: https://discord.gg/KUMqunQ

About

Wickbound

A premium roguelike deckbuilder designed for one-handed play and short sessions. Build your deck, outlast the storm, and keep the light burning. Offers a full game unlock with a single purchase and offline play.

Highlights
  • One-handed portrait mode gameplay
  • Short 5-10 minute runs
  • Kill-safe save system
  • 76 cards across three types
  • 40 unique relics
  • Three acts with 18 enemies
  • Daily seeded runs with leaderboards
Features
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You are the last lighthouse keeper on a drowning coast. The storm has teeth, and the light is all that holds it back. Wickbound is a premium roguelike deckbuilder designed for one hand and one sitting. No ads. No subscriptions. No account. One purchase unlocks the full game forever — and it plays in airplane mode. BUILT FOR YOUR THUMB Portrait-only. Every card, every choice, every enemy sits in thumb reach. Runs take 5–10 minutes, and a kill-safe save system means you can force-quit mid-combat and resume exactly where you stood. BURN OR BULWARK • 76 cards across Flares, Wards, and Beacons • The Keeper stacks Kindle and watches enemies burn down • The Salvager (unlock by winning) turns armor into a weapon • 40 relics that bend the rules of every run THREE ACTS OF STORM Fight through the Harbor Storm and the Drowned Reach to face the Mother of Storms. 18 enemies with fully telegraphed intents — every death is your mistake, and every win is your plan working. CLIMB THE LADDER Ascension 1–5 per character. Each win unlocks a crueler storm. THE DAILY WATCH One seeded run per day — identical for every player on Earth. One attempt. Game Center leaderboard. Bragging rights until midnight UTC. Keep the light. Outlast the storm.

Screenshots

Card Crusade4 screens
Wickbound4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: Card Crusade at 2.4K against Wickbound's 1. Card Crusade also leads on monetization model (free with in-app purchases vs paid) and device support (3 vs 1). Wickbound's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 84%). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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

Both are free to download. Card Crusade sells 7 one-off in-app purchases and Wickbound sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Wickbound holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Card Crusade has 2.4K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 84% of Card Crusade's written reviews are positive against 100% of Wickbound's.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Card Crusade versus Wickbound: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCard CrusadeWickbound
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (2.4K ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews84.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings2.4K — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS12.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size103 MB71 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperPollywog GamesGreen Delta Technology LLC

Customer experience

Card Crusade

All ratings2,395 ratings
Positive97.5%
Neutral1.3%
Negative1.3%
Written reviews169 reviews
Positive84.0%
Neutral8.3%
Negative7.7%

Wickbound

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Card Crusade

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Red Knight encounter not functioning as expected
  • Inconsistent leaderboard behavior

Requested features

4 requests
  • More content (new floors, enemies, cards)
  • Ability to speed up animations
  • Retreat/escape option from battles
  • Leaderboard/progression system improvements

Wickbound

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

7 purchases

Card Crusade

One-time7
  • Unlock Viking$0.99
  • Unlock Sorceror$0.99
  • Unlock Bishop$0.99
Show 4 more
  • Unlock Soothsayer$0.99
  • Unlock Hoodlum$0.99
  • Unlock Nomad$0.99
  • Unlock All Characters$3.99
1 purchases

Wickbound

One-time1
  • Wickbound — Full Game$4.99

Questions

Is Card Crusade free?
Card Crusade is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Wickbound free?
Wickbound is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Card Crusade or Wickbound?
Wickbound is rated higher. Card Crusade averages 4.8 out of 5 from 2.4K ratings, while Wickbound averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Card Crusade or Wickbound have ads?
Neither Card Crusade nor Wickbound shows ads.

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