Comparison

Hero Realms vs Game Play Tracker Pro

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

Head to head
About

Hero Realms

Engage in strategic deckbuilding combat, recruiting champions and using gold to acquire new cards. Battle opponents online or cooperatively against AI, with a single-player campaign available. Level up your hero and unlock new classes and missions.

Highlights
  • Deckbuilding combat
  • Recruit champions
  • Online PVP
  • Cooperative online play
  • Single player campaign
  • Hero leveling system
Features
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Become a hero! Choose your class, perform mighty actions, and recruit powerful champions to your cause as you grow in power. Awarded Origins Fan Favorite Best Card Game. From the makers of the award-winning Star Realms® Deckbuilding Game, Hero Realms® combines the fun of deckbuilding games with the interactivity of trading card game-style combat. As you play, use Gold to add new actions and champions to your deck. When played, those actions and champions generate powerful effects, give you additional gold, and attack your opponent and their champions. If you reduce your opponent's health to zero, you win! [Non-Collectible Deck Building Game] Hero Realms does not require you to collect new cards. You start every game with a basic deck, and will acquire cards from the shared center row to build up your deck and defeat your opponent. Victory rewards skill, and not your collection of rare cards! [Level Up Your Heroes] Create a hero from one of several classes (free players start with the Fighter and Wizard available). Level them up with new skills, abilities and equipment, and take them to battle in thrilling Online PVP. Hero Realms uses fair match making, only allowing matches between equal levelled heroes. However, if you feel daring, you can choose to engage in combat against higher levelled opponents for additional XP and bragging rights. [Cooperative Online Play] Hero Realms also features online co-operative play. Battle against challenging AI bosses with another human player as a partner. Free players have access to the Pirate Lord mission, with other co-op missions available with the Base Set purchase. [Single Player Campaign] For offline play, take on the Welcome to Thandar campaign. Fight your way through scripted, story-based chapters against varied AI opponents. [Free Version] Free players will get to experience: - Addictive Deckbuilding Game with Player VS Player Combat. - Play VS the AI - Play with the Fighter and Wizard character classes - Level-up your characters up to Level 3 - Play the first 3 missions in the Welcome to Thandar campaign - Play the Pirate Lord co-op mission Purchasing the Base Set will unlock the full Hero Realms experience: - Unlocks hard AI difficulty level - Unlocks the Cleric, Ranger, and Thief character classes - Level-up your characters to Level 12 - Unlocks the entire Welcome to Thandar campaign. - Unlocks the Necromancers, Inquisition, and Orc Riot co-op missions. Please note that Hero Realms purchases are not compatible with Family Sharing.

About

Game Play Tracker Pro

Features
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Organize your board game collection with a fast, flexible manager built for serious tabletop players. GamePlayTracker Pro helps you catalog the games you own, log every play session, track favorites, manage your wishlist, and discover insights across your collection. It also supports AI shelf scanning, Dropbox backup, data export, offline access, and BoardGameGeek-powered game details. Whether you have a small shelf or a massive library, GamePlayTracker Pro makes it easy to keep everything in one place. Search and import rich game information, record plays over time, and see trends like your most-played titles, favorite categories, and play history. Key features: Track your board game collection in one organized library Log plays, play counts, favorites, and wishlisted games Scan your shelf with AI to identify and add multiple games quickly Import game data from BoardGameGeek, including player counts, categories, mechanics, and descriptions Back up your collection to Dropbox and keep it synced automatically Export your data as JSON or plain text View collection insights and trends across your library Customize your home screen and game detail views Browse your collection offline with data stored on-device Enjoy an ad-free experience focused on board gamers Built by board gamers, for board gamers, GamePlayTracker Pro gives you control over your collection without locking in your data. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Hero Realms4 screens
Game Play Tracker Pro4 screens

Verdict

The call

Hero Realms and Game Play Tracker Pro are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Hero Realms sells 13 one-off in-app purchases and Game Play Tracker Pro sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Hero Realms versus Game Play Tracker Pro: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHero RealmsGame Play Tracker Pro
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (219 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews60.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings219 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size432 MB44 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperWhite Wizard GamesRONALD LOUIS JONES JR

Bugs and requests

Hero Realms

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Crashes when trying to play online
  • Inability to access purchased content
  • Freezing and black screen issues
  • Incorrect character level progression
  • Matchmaking problems and long wait times

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add more expansions and additional content
  • Implement a friends list and social features
  • Improve the campaign mode with more levels and challenges
  • Add an option to check the contents of your deck before playing
  • Implement a turn timer to prevent players from stalling

Game Play Tracker Pro

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

13 purchases

Hero Realms

One-time13
  • 80 Gems$0.99
  • 200 gems$2.29
  • Four Journeys Campaign$3.99
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  • 500 Gems$4.99
  • Hero Realms: Call to Arms$4.99
  • Journeys Expansions$4.99
  • Journeys Promo Expansion$4.99
  • Dungeons Expansion$7.99
  • 1200 Gems$9.99
  • Hero Realms Base Set$9.99
  • 2500 Gems$19.99
  • 6500 Gems$49.99
  • 14000 Gems$99.99
2 purchases

Game Play Tracker Pro

Subscriptions2
  • GPT Pro Monthly3 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • GPT Pro Yearly3 Days trial$29.991 Year

Questions

Is Hero Realms free?
Hero Realms is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Game Play Tracker Pro free?
Game Play Tracker Pro is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Hero Realms or Game Play Tracker Pro have ads?
Neither Hero Realms nor Game Play Tracker Pro shows ads.

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