Comparison

Scratch Brigade vs BusoMeiQ

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

Head to head
About

Scratch Brigade

Embark on a JRPG-style adventure filled with dungeon crawling and treasure hunting. Assemble a unique team of characters to explore over 10 dungeons across multiple difficulties. Enjoy automatic battles and rewards even when you're away.

Highlights
  • Hire unique characters
  • Build custom teams
  • Explore 10+ dungeons
  • Multiple difficulty levels
  • Automatic rewards
  • Automatic battles
  • Gear collection
Features
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JRPG style dungeon crawling and treasure hunting game - HIRE unique character and make your own team. - 10+ dungeons and 3 difficulties. - AUTO reward while you’re away from the app. - BATTLE is automatic, quick and simple! - COLLECT tons of gears!

About

BusoMeiQ

Embark on a rogue-lite hack-and-slash adventure with strategic turn-based combat. Create unique characters, explore dungeons, collect randomized equipment, and learn powerful skills to defeat bosses and conquer endless challenges. Upgrade your hero and master synergies for ultimate power.

Highlights
  • Character creation with multiple classes
  • Dungeon crawling with events
  • Strategic turn-based combat
  • Randomized equipment drops
  • Skill learning and synergy
  • Boss battles and stage progression
  • Endless mode for replayability
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BusoMeiQ (Armed Labyrinth) is a Rogue Lite + Hack & Slash + RPG It's a smartphone RPG with easy controls and fun hacks and builds! 1. Create your character Choose from various classes such as "Warrior", "Wizard" etc. 2. Dungeon crawling Only go straight in the dungeon! Along the way, there are fountains to restore your strength and events to fight powerful enemies. 3. Command & Turn-based combat You can enjoy simple but strategic combat with equipment, passive effects, buffs, cool time etc. 4. Equipment selection Equipment is given effects at random. Choose only one piece of equipment from the drop. Old equipment is automatically discarded. 5. Learning skills You can learn various skills prepared for each class. Combine skills with other skills to create powerful synergy! 6. Boss battle Defeat the boss at the end of the dungeon to clear the stage! The next stage will be opened. 7. Upgrade Use the gold you bring back to enhance your character's status. 8. Rogue lite When you leave for the next stage, you will start with Lv1 + initial equipment + initial skills. 9. Endless mode Challenge yourself to see how deep into the dungeon you can go! There is also an endless mode where you can revive and strengthen your character even if you get wiped out. Production Tools: RPG Maker MZ

Screenshots

Scratch Brigade4 screens
BusoMeiQ4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Scratch Brigade at none against BusoMeiQ's shown. Scratch Brigade also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 13.1). BusoMeiQ's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.8). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume 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. Scratch Brigade sells 5 one-off in-app purchases and BusoMeiQ 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

BusoMeiQ holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 10 and 8 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Scratch Brigade ships an update weekly, BusoMeiQ every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 16, 2026 and June 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Scratch Brigade versus BusoMeiQ: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterScratch BrigadeBusoMeiQ
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (10 ratings)5.0 (8 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings10 — better8
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS9.0 — better13.1
Further details — not scored
Size296 MB51 MB
Age rating9+17+
DeveloperYoku TakahashiTakashi Fujisawa

Customer experience

Scratch Brigade

All ratings10 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

BusoMeiQ

All ratings8 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Scratch Brigade

One-time5
  • 12 Sorcery stones$0.99
  • 48 Sorcery stones$3.99
  • 96 Sorcery stones$7.99
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  • 480 Sorcery stones$39.99
  • 1000 Sorcery stones$79.99
1 purchases

BusoMeiQ

One-time1
  • 冒険者パック$2.99

Questions

Is Scratch Brigade free?
Scratch Brigade is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is BusoMeiQ free?
BusoMeiQ is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Scratch Brigade or BusoMeiQ?
BusoMeiQ is rated higher. Scratch Brigade averages 4.8 out of 5 from 10 ratings, while BusoMeiQ averages 5.0 from 8 ratings.
Do Scratch Brigade or BusoMeiQ have ads?
BusoMeiQ shows ads; Scratch Brigade does not.
Which is updated more often, Scratch Brigade or BusoMeiQ?
Scratch Brigade ships an update weekly, and BusoMeiQ every 2 months. Most recently, Scratch Brigade was updated on September 16, 2026 and BusoMeiQ on June 1, 2026.

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