Scratch Brigade vs HACK & SLASH Kingdom
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Hire unique characters
- Build custom teams
- Explore 10+ dungeons
- Multiple difficulty levels
- Automatic rewards
- Automatic battles
- Gear collection
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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!
HACK & SLASH Kingdom
Embark on an adventure in a world filled with wacky battles and treasure. Collect powerful, randomly generated equipment and enjoy simple, engaging combat. Play manually or automatically with one-hand operation.
- Wacky battles
- Random equipment generation
- Explore the world
- Collect powerful equipment
- One-handed operation
- Manual and automatic play
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HACK & SLASH Kingdom is a fun action RPG where you can enjoy the fun of wacky battles and careful selection of equipment with your friends in tow. Become an adventurer, explore the world, and collect powerful equipment! The battle with many dots characters moving around is fun just to watch! The performance of equipment is randomly generated, so selecting items carefully is fun! There are no complicated growth elements, daily missions, or other tedious functions! No complicated growth elements, no daily missions, and no tedious features! You can comfortably play manually or automatically with one-handed operation!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Scratch Brigade at none against HACK & SLASH Kingdom's shown. Scratch Brigade also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 71%) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 12.0). HACK & SLASH Kingdom's advantage is ratings volume (242 vs 10) and update cadence (every 3 days vs weekly). On price, rating, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Scratch Brigade sells 5 one-off in-app purchases and HACK & SLASH Kingdom sells 14 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Scratch Brigade against 4.7 for HACK & SLASH Kingdom. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: HACK & SLASH Kingdom has 242 ratings behind it against 10, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of Scratch Brigade's written reviews are positive against 71% of HACK & SLASH Kingdom's.
Scratch Brigade ships an update weekly, HACK & SLASH Kingdom every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on September 16, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Scratch Brigade | HACK & SLASH Kingdom |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (10 ratings) — better | 4.7 (242 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 70.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 10 | 242 — better |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 296 MB | 391 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Yoku Takahashi | Ryogo Oka |
Customer experience
Scratch Brigade
HACK & SLASH Kingdom
Bugs and requests
Scratch Brigade
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
HACK & SLASH Kingdom
Reported bugs
3 issues- Disappearing loot drops
- Stuck party movement
- Passive skills not working as described
Requested features
5 requests- Ability to skip ads
- Auto-repeat stage option
- Cross-device account sync
- Discord community
- More content updates
In-app purchases
Scratch Brigade
- 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
HACK & SLASH Kingdom
- Gems x50$0.99
- 3 EXP Tickets$0.99
- Arena Ticket x300$1.99
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- Ads removed$1.99
- Unlimited double speed$1.99
- Double experience$1.99
- Gems x300$1.99
- 12 EXP Tickets$1.99
- Arena Ticket x700$2.99
- Gems x700$2.99
- 26 EXP Tickets$2.99
- 60 EXP Tickets$6.99
- Arena Ticket x1500$7.99
- Gems x1500$7.99
Questions
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