Comparison

Castle Ramble vs Ruby's Realms

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

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About

Castle Ramble

Embark on an infinite roguelite platforming adventure to reclaim your castle from invading pigs. Train your king, upgrade weapons and armor, and battle diverse enemies across procedurally generated levels. Enjoy daily rewards, quests, and leaderboards for endless replayability.

Highlights
  • Infinite roguelite platformer
  • King training and customization
  • Weapon and armor upgrades
  • Procedurally generated levels
  • Diverse enemy types
  • Daily rewards and quests
  • Achievements and leaderboards
Features
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Castle Ramble is an infinite Roguelite Platformer for your mobile devices from the developers of Unbroken Soul! Train your king, customize it, and recover your castle from the invader pigs! - Upgrade your armor, your ranged and your melee attacks! Those pigs and their gadgets are no joke, you better prepare yourself well if you want to get a high score! - 30 Weapons, 20 Crowns and special items to gear up your king in this quest! - Useful objects will help you along the way, from potions to recover health to Inferno’s Gem to increase damage and unlock special abilities. - Fight all kinds of pigs, from mutant bombs or bats to terrifying kings or slimes. Of course, regular pigs crate pigs and cannons will be ready to make this battle a real war! - Procedurally generated levels will customize your game experience every single time, get ready for a Royal Rumble! - Storm your enemies with a legendary hammer and it’s magical powers! Simply attack or use the magical powers the gods have granted you and burn or shock your enemies until you get your castle back! - Unlimited gameplay time plus regular updates and unparalleled support, ask for something, we guarantee you will get a response and we will do our best to implement your suggestions :) - Daily Rewards will surprise you every day to improve your experience ;) - Daily Quests will give you something to do every day and incredible rewards! - 43 achievements and 7 leaderboards to compete with your friends and other players worldwide! - Purchasing the premium version, you will help us improve our products and create new amazing games. Your purchase really makes a difference! About us We are a small indie studio from Spain! At Chorrus Games, we love retro-style games so we usually stick to this style, we are the developers of popular traditional platformer Super Oscar and more recently Unbroken Soul an amazing premium adventure our users have been loving so far! We love getting your feedback so please let us know your opinion or any further improvements you would like to see, we really listen to all our users! If you enjoy Castle Ramble don’t forget to rate or review us, that really makes us happy and helps us grow :D

About

Ruby's Realms

Embark on a magical adventure as Ruby, searching for her lost mother in a mysterious, cursed realm. Explore hand-built levels, battle dark creatures, and uncover ancient secrets. Upgrade your abilities and customize your playstyle to overcome challenging puzzles and perils.

Highlights
  • Explore cursed realms
  • Battle dark creatures
  • Solve puzzles
  • Upgrade abilities
  • Customize playstyle
  • Collect XP orbs
Features
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Story So Far: Ruby finds herself in a shadowy, unknown land, her mind clouded with fragmented memories of the past and no clue how she arrived. She faintly recalls a desperate search for her mother, who vanished under strange and unexplained circumstances when Ruby was just a small child. Driven by that haunting mystery, she had stepped through a portal tucked beneath the ancient fortress of Vianden, a crumbling stronghold whispered to be cursed with tales of witchcraft and dark, forbidden magic. The air hangs heavy with an unnatural mist, and eerie symbols flicker faintly on the walls, glowing with a life of their own. As Ruby takes in her strange surroundings, a hooded figure emerges on a flickering screen, its face swallowed by shadows. A voice, cold and echoing as if from some otherworldly abyss, speaks: "Welcome, Ruby. Your destiny awaits." A chill grips her heart, and with a growing sense of dread, Ruby knows her journey has only just begun—dark secrets of this realm lie in wait, ready to be unraveled... ------- Discover a Cursed World of Mystery and Magic Awaken as Ruby in a shadowy realm where ancient portals hide dark secrets. Your mother vanished long ago. Now fragmented memories lead you beneath the fortress of Vianden into worlds twisted by witchcraft. Face hooded cultists casting spells. Battle skeletons rising from the ground. Dodge possessed birds in the gloom. Collect glowing XP orbs from defeated foes to grow stronger, and purchase upgrades from your ol' pal, Skully the barman. ------- Gameplay That Hooks You In Explore hand-built levels packed with puzzles and perils. Leap platforms, blast enemies with magic flames, and discover secrets. Each realm brings fresh challenges. Green swamps ooze with toxic sludge. Orange factories rumble with crushers and blades. Blue depths demand swimming through hidden caves. Pink alien zones twist with bizarre life. ------- Progression and Allies Gather upgrade points from blue orbs dropped by enemies or hidden sacks. Spend them at Skully's shop. This skeleton bartender becomes your buddy. He pops up on screens with tips and upgrades like extra health or faster shots. Level up to tackle tougher spots. Feel Ruby grow from lost explorer to realm-shaking force. Custom upgrades fit your playstyle. Go for speed, agility or raw power. Friendly skeletons add light moments in the dark world. Replay levels for missed collectibles. Chase full completion.

Screenshots

Castle Ramble4 screens
Ruby's Realms4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Castle Ramble at Free against Ruby's Realms's $1.99. Castle Ramble also leads on ratings volume (100 vs 2) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.0). Ruby's Realms's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 10) and rating (4.5 vs 4.1). 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

Castle Ramble is free to download; Ruby's Realms costs $1.99 up front. Castle Ramble sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Ruby's Realms asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Ruby's Realms holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Castle Ramble has 100 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 73% of Castle Ramble's written reviews are positive against 100% of Ruby's Realms's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Castle Ramble ships an update monthly, Ruby's Realms every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
Castle Ramble versus Ruby's Realms: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCastle RambleRuby's Realms
PriceFree — better$1.99
Rating4.1 (100 ratings)4.5 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews72.9% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings100 — better2
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TViPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac
Requires iOS9.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size18 MB237 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperCHORRUS GAMES S.L.Chilling Moose

Customer experience

Castle Ramble

All ratings100 ratings
Positive77.0%
Neutral6.0%
Negative17.0%
Written reviews48 reviews
Positive72.9%
Neutral6.3%
Negative20.8%

Ruby's Realms

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Castle Ramble

Reported bugs

6 issues
  • Game crashes on iPad
  • Cannot return to menu without shutting down
  • Ads are problematic (Donald Trump ads)
  • Date/time exploit for infinite gems
  • No video available for revive sometimes
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  • Game crashes

Requested features

35 requests
  • Add more enemies
  • Add more weapons
  • Add different characters with unique powers
  • Add more texture to walls
  • Add hidden secret rooms
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  • Add items for buffs (damage, health)
  • Add ability to shoot up or down
  • Add power-ups to spawn
  • Add character upgrades
  • Add backstory and cutscenes
  • Add multiplayer or versus friends mode
  • Add more ways to heal
  • Make enemies jump less
  • Add more stuff (weapons, gear, shop, skills)
  • Introduce new enemy types
  • Introduce new color palettes
  • Add more benefit to melee weapons
  • Add more challenge
  • Add Russian language support
  • Fix date/time exploit for gems
  • Clarify currency (diamonds vs. gold)
  • Add power-ups (magnet, speed boost, invincibility)
  • Fix controls
  • Fix progress loss on death
  • Fix limited revives
  • Fix difficulty spikes
  • Fix monotonous gameplay
  • Fix boring backgrounds
  • Fix unclear mechanics
  • Fix crashing issues
  • Fix ranged weapon outclassing melee
  • Fix ads (Donald Trump ads mentioned)
  • Update app icon
  • Fix ability to return to menu
  • Fix screen orientation saving

Ruby's Realms

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Castle Ramble

One-time10
  • 1000 Coins$0.99
  • 2500 Coins$1.99
  • Double Coins!$1.99
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  • No Ads + Free Revive and Heal!$2.99
  • Castle Ramble 5x Coins$2.99
  • 10000 Coins$3.99
  • 10x Coins!$4.99
  • 25000 Coins!$8.99
  • 75000 Coins$17.99
  • 250000 Coins!$44.99
None

Ruby's Realms

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Castle Ramble free?
Castle Ramble is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Ruby's Realms free?
Ruby's Realms costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Castle Ramble or Ruby's Realms?
Ruby's Realms is rated higher. Castle Ramble averages 4.1 out of 5 from 100 ratings, while Ruby's Realms averages 4.5 from 2 ratings.
Do Castle Ramble or Ruby's Realms have ads?
Neither Castle Ramble nor Ruby's Realms shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Castle Ramble or Ruby's Realms?
Castle Ramble ships an update monthly, and Ruby's Realms every 3 days. Most recently, Castle Ramble was updated on October 23, 2026 and Ruby's Realms on October 24, 2026.

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