Comparison

eSports Legend Mobile vs Gladiator Manager

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

Head to head
About

eSports Legend Mobile

Manage and grow an amateur esports team into a world-famous club. Recruit players, strategize for competitions, and navigate realistic club management systems to achieve victory.

Highlights
  • Create and manage your esports team
  • Recruit players with unique skills
  • Compete in dozens of leagues and cups
  • Authentic hero ban and selection system
  • Realistic club management simulation
Features
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eSports Legend is an Esports club simulator. You are here to make an unknown amateur team world-famous within several seasons! Game Feature ·Create Your Team Schedule carefully. If you fail to be the top in the league's standings, the tickets to the World Tournament will just be a dream! ·Recruit Favourite members Hundreds of members with unique personalities and skills are waiting for you to recruit! ·Dozens of Competitions Else than the four major leagues, there are dozens of cups to challenge. Be the winner, win the prize and make your team legendary! ·Authentic Competition System After the members are confirmed, the game will enter the hero ban stage. Two heroes of each team will be banned, then every member can select their own hero. Which makes different lineups and effects. ·Realistic Club Management System All the simulation systems are merged with eSports, from promotion to sponsorship, from training to strategy, and from raising reputation to building community. Now, enough introduction. It's time to start your own Esports Legend! Hope this game will surprise all of you!

About

Gladiator Manager

Manage gladiators, train them, and lead them to victory in turn-based arena battles. Navigate a corrupt ancient Roman system, making strategic decisions to rise to power. Offers deep management and tactical combat with no ads.

Highlights
  • Turn-based tactical auto-battles
  • Hire and train gladiators
  • Manage injuries and skills
  • Strategic resource management
  • Customize gear and techniques
  • Bribe, sabotage, and assassinate rivals
Features
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Level up your gladiators and dominate the arena! Manage, battle, bribe, and ascend to become Rome’s finest Lanista. Free to play. No ads. In-app purchases for more content. No pay-to-win. Gladiator Manager is a turn-based management sim set in ancient Rome, where tactical auto-battles reward smart decisions over reflexes. Hire and train gladiators with unique traits. Handle injuries, develop skills, balance egos, and survive in a corrupt arena system full of intrigue and betrayal. Win matches to gain influence, unlock better gear, and enter tougher tournaments. Lose, and your best fighters may be gone forever. - Bribe, scout, sabotage, or assassinate your rivals - Die, restart, and ascend to insane difficulties - Plan technique-based combat - Strategic resource, influence, and roster management - Customize gear, techniques, traits, and loyalty - Grow your estate and build out your influence skill tree - Undertake quests, survive raids, make hard calls Earn gems by completing in-game achievements. Use them to unlock new weapons, tournaments, buildings, quests, and features. If you’d like to speed things up, there are two optional in-app purchases: Pouch of Gems and Chest of Gems. Need help or want to share tactics? Join 9,000+ lanistas on Discord: https://discord.gg/H95dyTHJrB

Screenshots

eSports Legend Mobile4 screens
Gladiator Manager4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Gladiator Manager at Free against eSports Legend Mobile's $2.99. Gladiator Manager also leads on rating (4.3 vs 3.9) and review sentiment (81% vs 49%). eSports Legend Mobile's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). On ads 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

Gladiator Manager is free to download; eSports Legend Mobile costs $2.99 up front. Gladiator Manager sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. eSports Legend Mobile asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Gladiator Manager holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Gladiator Manager has 263 ratings behind it against 15, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 49% of eSports Legend Mobile's written reviews are positive against 81% of Gladiator Manager's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

eSports Legend Mobile ships an update every 5 weeks, Gladiator Manager every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
eSports Legend Mobile versus Gladiator Manager: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParametereSports Legend MobileGladiator Manager
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating3.9 (15 ratings)4.3 (263 ratings) — better
Positive reviews48.7% of reviews80.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings15263 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size252 MB51 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperCoconut Island Games LimitedRene Slump

Customer experience

eSports Legend Mobile

All ratings15 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews189 reviews
Positive48.7%
Neutral9.5%
Negative41.8%

Gladiator Manager

All ratings261 ratings
Positive81.6%
Neutral6.9%
Negative11.5%
Written reviews161 reviews
Positive80.7%
Neutral8.7%
Negative10.6%

Bugs and requests

eSports Legend Mobile

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Gladiator Manager

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Disappearing gladiators
  • Aqueduct construction issue
  • Crashes when viewing battle reports
  • Scaling issues on larger devices

Requested features

5 requests
  • Multiplayer mode
  • More content updates
  • Ability to customize gladiators
  • Better progression system
  • Improved balance and difficulty scaling

In-app purchases

None

eSports Legend Mobile

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Gladiator Manager

One-time2
  • Pouch of gems$3.99
  • Chest of gems$7.99

Questions

Is eSports Legend Mobile free?
eSports Legend Mobile costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Gladiator Manager free?
Gladiator Manager is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, eSports Legend Mobile or Gladiator Manager?
Gladiator Manager is rated higher. eSports Legend Mobile averages 3.9 out of 5 from 15 ratings, while Gladiator Manager averages 4.3 from 263 ratings.
Do eSports Legend Mobile or Gladiator Manager have ads?
Neither eSports Legend Mobile nor Gladiator Manager shows ads.
Which is updated more often, eSports Legend Mobile or Gladiator Manager?
eSports Legend Mobile ships an update every 5 weeks, and Gladiator Manager every 2 weeks. Most recently, eSports Legend Mobile was updated on November 7, 2026 and Gladiator Manager on November 3, 2026.

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