Grow Swordmaster vs Red Sword
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Grow Swordmaster
Embark on an idle fantasy adventure where you conquer dungeons with diverse weapons and crafting. Develop your skills and unlock skins to become the ultimate swordmaster in this retro pixel art RPG.
- Idle fantasy RPG gameplay
- Dungeon conquering
- Weapon and equipment crafting
- Skill system
- Unlockable skins with abilities
- Offline play
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.Pixelstar games idle fantasy game ' Grow SwordMaster' has arrived! Conquer the dungeons through a variety of weapons and crafting and become the ultimate swordmaster [Game feature] - Fantastic Action - Various Weapon - Various Skills - Mine System - Skin systems with different abilities - Craft System(weapon, equipment) # This game that dont need wifi and play offline without internet. # This game is pixelstar game's 2d retro idle rpg game.
Red Sword
Engage in epic battles by enlarging your sword and unleashing a multitude of skills to defeat legions of monsters. Power up your abilities, equip numerous skills, and discover rare items to achieve ultimate strength. Explore bonus and hidden stages for an enhanced gaming experience.
- Enlarge sword for powerful attacks
- Activate numerous skills
- Equip any number of skills
- Obtain powerful weapons
- Power up abilities
- Discover rare items
- Bonus and hidden stages
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Power up the various abilities! Activate a large number of skills to defeat enemies!! ■ Game description ・Enlarge your sword and attack many enemies! ・Obtain powerful weapons to attack legions of monsters! ・Activate a large number of skills to attack many enemies! ・You can equip any number of skills! ・Obtain rare items to achieve unrivaled power! ・You can power up the various abilities! ・There are bonus stages and hidden stages!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Red Sword at weekly against Grow Swordmaster's every 3 weeks. Red Sword also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.6) and ratings volume (279 vs 37). Grow Swordmaster's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, review sentiment, ads 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
Both are free to download. Grow Swordmaster sells 13 one-off in-app purchases and Red Sword sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Red Sword holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Red Sword has 279 ratings behind it against 37, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 77% and 78% positive.
Grow Swordmaster ships an update every 3 weeks, Red Sword weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Grow Swordmaster | Red Sword |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (37 ratings) | 4.8 (279 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 77.4% of reviews | 78.2% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 37 | 279 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | Yes | 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 | 13.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 365 MB | 155 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | gitae park | Tatsuki |
Customer experience
Grow Swordmaster
Red Sword
In-app purchases
Grow Swordmaster
- Beginner Pack$1.99
- GEM PACK1$1.99
- Item Package$3.99
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- STARTER PACK$4.99
- ADS PACK$8.99
- LEVEL PACK$8.99
- Key Package$9.99
- LEVEL PACK2$9.99
- GOLD PACK$17.99
- SKIN PACK$17.99
- RUBY PACK$17.99
- Soul Package$17.99
- PREMIUM PACK$26.99
Red Sword
- RingEx1$6.99
- playercolor1$6.99
Questions
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