Comparison

StormFire vs Midgaard by SmartMonsters

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

Head to head
About

StormFire

Embark on an epic fantasy adventure as a chosen warrior. Train skills, collect gear, and explore mysterious islands and dark castles. Engage in real-time combat and conquer your way to the top.

Highlights
  • Choose from three warrior classes
  • Real-time combat system
  • Master dozens of skills, weapons, and armor
  • Explore islands and conquer buildings
  • Cross-platform progress sync
Features
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StormFire — Fantasy RPG Adventure Choose your warrior class — Strength, Intuition, or Dexterity — and forge your path through a world of epic battles and mysterious islands. Train your skills, collect powerful gear, explore dark castles and dragon islands, and fight your way to the top. - Three unique warrior classes with distinct playstyles - Real-time combat system - Dozens of skills, weapons, and armor to master - Explore islands and conquer buildings - Play on iPhone, iPad or Web — your progress syncs everywhere - Available in English and Russian Start your legend. Become the StormFire.

About

Midgaard by SmartMonsters

Experience a retro text-based MUD adventure with a focus on community and accessibility. Explore a magical world, manage your character, and interact with thousands of players globally in a friendly, blind-friendly environment.

Highlights
  • Retro text-based MUD emulation
  • Graphical character state displays
  • In-app game and account functions
  • Blind-friendly accessibility
  • Friendly and inclusive community
  • Cross-world character movement
Features
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Swords! Dragons! Castles! Magical fireballs! Inns with ale! Retro gaming at its most retro! Midgaard is our homage to the text MUDs of decades past. Running on the TriadCity platform, it's an emulation of the classic DikuMUD adventure tradition circa 1994. Midgaard is a labor of love for us. It's where many of us first encountered MUDs and were astonished by their engrossing play and extraordinary potential. It's full of clever ideas, many of which became standards as the tradition evolved. Most importantly, it's fun! It's completely FREE to play, is blind-friendly, and has more women players than men. Best of all, it's friendly! For twenty years SmartMonsters has been free of the flame wars, misogyny, and mean-spiritedness prominent in some other environments. Even our bulletin boards are safe! Visit us today - we can't wait to meet you! As a member of the SmartMonsters universe, Midgaard is one linked World among others. Your characters can move freely between Midgaard, TriadCity, Dungeon, and future Worlds all with quite different "laws of physics". Meet you there! * Simple, straightforward graphical interface with minimal controls. * All major game and account functions available in-app, without having to exit to the Web site. * Graphical displays of character state: health, energy, attributes, skills, etc. * Manage chat channels, natural language parsing, and other features. * Character maintenance: health, energy, experience, Skills. * Store login creds in the Keychain; share them among devices via iCloud. * Access the Players' Guide, FAQ, Message of the Day and other website resources directly within the app. * Create new characters. * Fully mobile: works happily over WiFi or cellular data. * Blind-friendly: thoroughly tested with Voice Over by volunteers from audiogames.net and elsewhere. * Female-friendly: we've had more women players than men for over 20 years. * Very friendly community - apparently all the mean people go to WoW 'cos we have none; even our bulletin-boards are safe! * Thousands of players from all over the world.

Screenshots

StormFire4 screens
Midgaard by SmartMonsters4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: StormFire at 50% against Midgaard by SmartMonsters's 0%. Midgaard by SmartMonsters's advantage is rating (3.5 vs 2.6) and in-app purchases (none vs 10). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and monetization model 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. StormFire sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Midgaard by SmartMonsters asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Midgaard by SmartMonsters holds the better App Store score, 3.5 against 2.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 4 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 50% of StormFire's written reviews are positive against 0% of Midgaard by SmartMonsters's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

StormFire ships an update every 10 days, Midgaard by SmartMonsters fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 9, 2026 and September 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
StormFire versus Midgaard by SmartMonsters: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStormFireMidgaard by SmartMonsters
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.6 (5 ratings)3.5 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings5 — better4
Update frequencyEvery 10 days — betterFortnightly
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better16.6
Further details — not scored
Size59 MB5 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperViacheslav TregubSmartMonsters, Inc.

Customer experience

StormFire

All ratings5 ratings
Positive40.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative60.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

Midgaard by SmartMonsters

All ratings4 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

10 purchases

StormFire

One-time10
  • Forest Warrior$0.99
  • Palladin$0.99
  • Avatar The Dark Knight$0.99
Show 7 more
  • Knight of the Order$0.99
  • Viking$0.99
  • Red Warrior$0.99
  • Mount Warrior$0.99
  • Night Necromancer$1.99
  • Warrior of Light$1.99
  • Snow Warrior$1.99
None

Midgaard by SmartMonsters

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is StormFire free?
StormFire is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Midgaard by SmartMonsters free?
Midgaard by SmartMonsters is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, StormFire or Midgaard by SmartMonsters?
Midgaard by SmartMonsters is rated higher. StormFire averages 2.6 out of 5 from 5 ratings, while Midgaard by SmartMonsters averages 3.5 from 4 ratings.
Do StormFire or Midgaard by SmartMonsters have ads?
StormFire shows ads; Midgaard by SmartMonsters does not.
Which is updated more often, StormFire or Midgaard by SmartMonsters?
StormFire ships an update every 10 days, and Midgaard by SmartMonsters fortnightly. Most recently, StormFire was updated on September 9, 2026 and Midgaard by SmartMonsters on September 8, 2026.

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