Comparison

Eternal Return vs Monster Farmer

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

Head to head
About

Eternal Return

Engage in turn-based strategic battles against monsters and yokai in an anime-style fantasy world. Improve your hero, weapons, and magical pets through card collection and leveling up to restore the eternal return cycle. Enjoy an offline RPG experience with optional in-app purchases.

Highlights
  • Turn-based strategy battles
  • Hero and Kami (monster) leveling
  • Card-based weapon and magic upgrades
  • Fantasy anime-style story
  • Offline gameplay
  • Optional in-app purchases
Features
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The perpetual day has fallen upon the earth. Fight terrible monsters and yokai in the turn-based battles of Eternal Return, a turn-based strategy rpg. Use your hero's magic and your kami's (pokemon like monsters) magic to create the best strategy. Improve your weapons and magic thanks to card crawl. Eternal Return's battle system is similar to a board strategy rpg with turn-based battles. As you progress through dungeons, the monsters and bosses will become more and more powerful through almost infinite levels. Level up your hero, earn rewards and open chests to collect the game cards to improve your eternal sword and spells. This way you can choose between multiple types of weapons and attacks with the most diverse magic effects. Follow a fantasy story in a world of anime style, dystopian and with an atmosphere of japanese rpg. You’ll have to defeat the sun queen and the yokai hordes, so as to recover the eternal return cycle. Eternal Return takes the best things of other rpgs and great turn-based strategy games. You'll find multiple kami pets, magical monsters that fight for you. You can use them in turn-based battles, to defeat the most powerful monsters using their special magic. You can level up your Kami and teach them new attacks with very different effects that will allow you to define completely new fighting strategies. You can play Eternal Return as an offline casual game, as your inventory is saved offline only a couple of features require connection. All the content of the game is available and can be obtained for free, it depends on your expertise and strategy that you get to unlock all the secrets. There is no limit of stamina or energy. Purchases are optional and useful to complete your collections faster.

About

Monster Farmer

Merge monsters to discover new species and unlock powerful creatures. Upgrade your farm to speed up monster creation and explore different biomes. Can you create the ultimate monster farm?

Highlights
  • Merge monsters to create new ones
  • Unlock new zones and species
  • Upgrade farm for faster monster creation
  • Discover different biomes
  • Collect powerful Robot Monsters
Features
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Are you ready to grow the best Monster Farm in the World ? - Merge your Monsters to create new and more powerful ones - Unlock new zones and discover new species in different biomes - Upgrade your farm to get better monsters faster Monster Farmer is a fun and addicting merge game where you'll get to see incredible Monsters! Will you be able to unlock the powerful Robot Monsters?

Screenshots

Eternal Return4 screens
Monster Farmer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Eternal Return at 4.7 against Monster Farmer's 3.0. Eternal Return also leads on ratings volume (33 vs 2). Monster Farmer's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 9) and ads (none vs shown). On price and device support 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. Eternal Return sells 9 one-off in-app purchases. Monster Farmer asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Eternal Return holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Eternal Return has 33 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Eternal Return ships an update every 2 months, Monster Farmer every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Eternal Return versus Monster Farmer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEternal ReturnMonster Farmer
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (33 ratings) — better3.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings33 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 10 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size230 MB160 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperNestor Dominguez VarelaRistretto Studios

Customer experience

Eternal Return

All ratings32 ratings
Positive90.6%
Neutral3.1%
Negative6.3%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

Monster Farmer

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

In-app purchases

9 purchases

Eternal Return

One-time9
  • Fistful of crystals$1.09
  • Push Up Pack$1.99
  • Pouch of crystals$4.99
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  • Starter Pack$4.99
  • Sack of crystals$7.99
  • Sack of crystals$9.99
  • Barrel of crystals$17.99
  • Wagon of crystals$35.99
  • Mountain of crystals$54.99
None

Monster Farmer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Eternal Return free?
Eternal Return is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Monster Farmer free?
Monster Farmer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Eternal Return or Monster Farmer?
Eternal Return is rated higher. Eternal Return averages 4.7 out of 5 from 33 ratings, while Monster Farmer averages 3.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Eternal Return or Monster Farmer have ads?
Eternal Return shows ads; Monster Farmer does not.
Which is updated more often, Eternal Return or Monster Farmer?
Eternal Return ships an update every 2 months, and Monster Farmer every 10 days. Most recently, Eternal Return was updated on October 21, 2026 and Monster Farmer on October 10, 2026.

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