Comparison

Red Sword vs Counter Knights

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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!

About

Counter Knights

Engage in thrilling real-time counterattack battles in this action RPG. Master enemy patterns to unleash powerful counterattacks, customize your knight's growth, and equip unique weapons to suit your playstyle. Explore a rich universe with an engaging story and collect artifacts for permanent buffs.

Highlights
  • Real-time counterattack system
  • Strategic boss fights
  • Knight growth and customization
  • Weapon enhancement and skills
  • Artifact collection for buffs
  • Extensive universe and story
Features
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◈◈ Well-made Realtime counterattack action RPG!! ◈◈ ▶ Simple yet in-depth thrilling counterattack! ▶ Counterattack? Guard Break?, Life-stealing? Equip weapons tailored for your play style! ▶ Enriched environments with growth factors and collectibles! ▶ Elaborative storytelling and relics/weapons for its extensive universe! ◈◈ Game Mechanics ◈◈ ▶ Counterattack system - Breath-taking counterattack mechanics! - Analyze an enemy’s pattern to counterattack at its precise moment! - You will be invincible when you counterattack. ▶ Sensational Boss Fight - Unique attack patterns styled for each of the bosses - Analyze their attack patterns with strategies! ▶ Rich environment for growth and collectibles - Knight Growth: Growth system allows Knight to develop to match the player’s style. - Artifacts Storage: You can obtain relics upon clearing stage with 3 stars. Collect them to gain permanent buffs and reveal the world’s secrets. - Weapon Management: There are weapons inside ancient relic boxes! Customize via weapon enhancements and passive skills for your play style! ▶ Fight in your style! : Growth and weapon changes - Players can develop their character with enhancements that strengthens their play style. - Knight will learn passive skills upon certain level-ups after an attribution enhancement. - Each weapon comes with a different enhancement bonus and skills. You can equip desired weapons. Ex) For stable hunting: : Prioritize stamina level up + life-steal weapons Ex) A rampage style : Utilize weapons that converts basic attack and skills into area attacks Ex) To disarm enemies : Equip Empire weapons to fill up the enemy’s knock-down gage twice faster. ▶ Extravagant universe and breath-taking stories! - Explore deep into the story as you defeat enemies! - A story of the Knight fighting to find out the secret of the universe.

Screenshots

Red Sword4 screens
Counter Knights4 screens

Verdict

The call

Red Sword and Counter Knights both sit at 4.8 stars, but that hides the real split: 93% of Counter Knights's written reviews are positive against 78% of Red Sword's. Counter Knights also leads on iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). Red Sword's advantage is ratings volume (278 vs 66). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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. Red Sword sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and Counter Knights sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Red Sword against 4.8 for Counter Knights. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 278 and 66 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 78% of Red Sword's written reviews are positive against 93% of Counter Knights's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Red Sword ships an update weekly, Counter Knights every 2 weeks. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Red Sword versus Counter Knights: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRed SwordCounter Knights
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (278 ratings)4.8 (66 ratings) — better
Positive reviews78.2% of reviews92.9% of reviews — better
Number of ratings278 — better66
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size155 MB302 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperTatsukiYouna Kho

Customer experience

Red Sword

All ratings279 ratings
Positive95.0%
Neutral2.2%
Negative2.9%
Written reviews206 reviews
Positive78.2%
Neutral6.3%
Negative15.5%

Counter Knights

All ratings60 ratings
Positive98.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative1.7%
Written reviews56 reviews
Positive92.9%
Neutral3.6%
Negative3.6%

Bugs and requests

Red Sword

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Counter Knights

Reported bugs

10 issues
  • Cannot purchase in-app items
  • In-app purchases not working
  • Cannot open instance 3 on iPhone
  • iOS players not getting updates like Android
  • Countering boss patterns is inconsistent
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  • Game crashes or cannot play
  • Grammar and spelling errors
  • Translation is not perfect
  • Game screen not fitting iPhone notch
  • Need to restart app after watching ads

Requested features

15 requests
  • Update the game regularly
  • Add more content
  • Improve companion stats and damage
  • Add more stars or uses for extra companion materials
  • Fix in-app purchase issues
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  • Add more stages or levels
  • Improve English translations
  • Add an online system
  • Add more avatar skins
  • Add more items with new options
  • Add more things to buy with gems
  • Allow saving progress with Facebook
  • Add a feature to skip boss intro screens
  • Add more universe expansion concepts
  • Make AFK rewards unlimited

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Red Sword

One-time2
  • RingEx1$6.99
  • playercolor1$6.99
10 purchases

Counter Knights

One-time10
  • Informal Resource Requrest$0.99
  • Advertisement Removal Set$4.99
  • Resource Set - Rich merchant$9.99
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  • Large Scale Resource Request$9.99
  • Dovotion of Friar Knight$9.99
  • Golden Pickaxe Set$9.99
  • Double Resource Set$19.99
  • Resource Set - Nabob$19.99
  • The Agent of Church Set$19.99
  • The Chosen One Set$29.99

Questions

Is Red Sword free?
Red Sword is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Counter Knights free?
Counter Knights is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Red Sword or Counter Knights?
Counter Knights is rated higher. Red Sword averages 4.8 out of 5 from 278 ratings, while Counter Knights averages 4.8 from 66 ratings.
Do Red Sword or Counter Knights have ads?
Both Red Sword and Counter Knights show ads.
Which is updated more often, Red Sword or Counter Knights?
Red Sword ships an update weekly, and Counter Knights every 2 weeks. Most recently, Red Sword was updated on October 24, 2026 and Counter Knights on October 24, 2026.

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