Comparison

Red Sword vs HACK & SLASH Kingdom

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
Read full description

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

HACK & SLASH Kingdom

Embark on an adventure in a world filled with wacky battles and treasure. Collect powerful, randomly generated equipment and enjoy simple, engaging combat. Play manually or automatically with one-hand operation.

Highlights
  • Wacky battles
  • Random equipment generation
  • Explore the world
  • Collect powerful equipment
  • One-handed operation
  • Manual and automatic play
Features
Read full description

HACK & SLASH Kingdom is a fun action RPG where you can enjoy the fun of wacky battles and careful selection of equipment with your friends in tow. Become an adventurer, explore the world, and collect powerful equipment! The battle with many dots characters moving around is fun just to watch! The performance of equipment is randomly generated, so selecting items carefully is fun! There are no complicated growth elements, daily missions, or other tedious functions!  No complicated growth elements, no daily missions, and no tedious features! You can comfortably play manually or automatically with one-handed operation!

Screenshots

Red Sword4 screens
HACK & SLASH Kingdom4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: HACK & SLASH Kingdom at 12.0 against Red Sword's 15.0. On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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 HACK & SLASH Kingdom sells 14 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 4.7 for HACK & SLASH Kingdom. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 278 and 243 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 78% of Red Sword's written reviews are positive against 71% of HACK & SLASH Kingdom's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Red Sword ships an update weekly, HACK & SLASH Kingdom every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Red Sword versus HACK & SLASH Kingdom: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRed SwordHACK & SLASH Kingdom
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (278 ratings) — better4.7 (243 ratings)
Positive reviews78.2% of reviews — better71.0% of reviews
Number of ratings278 — better243
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 3 days — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size155 MB391 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTatsukiRyogo Oka

Customer experience

Red Sword

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

HACK & SLASH Kingdom

All ratings242 ratings
Positive93.4%
Neutral2.1%
Negative4.5%
Written reviews207 reviews
Positive71.0%
Neutral10.1%
Negative18.8%

Bugs and requests

Red Sword

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

HACK & SLASH Kingdom

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Disappearing loot drops
  • Stuck party movement
  • Passive skills not working as described

Requested features

5 requests
  • Ability to skip ads
  • Auto-repeat stage option
  • Cross-device account sync
  • Discord community
  • More content updates

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Red Sword

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

HACK & SLASH Kingdom

One-time14
  • Gems x50$0.99
  • 3 EXP Tickets$0.99
  • Arena Ticket x300$1.99
Show 11 more
  • Ads removed$1.99
  • Unlimited double speed$1.99
  • Double experience$1.99
  • Gems x300$1.99
  • 12 EXP Tickets$1.99
  • Arena Ticket x700$2.99
  • Gems x700$2.99
  • 26 EXP Tickets$2.99
  • 60 EXP Tickets$6.99
  • Arena Ticket x1500$7.99
  • Gems x1500$7.99

Questions

Is Red Sword free?
Red Sword is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is HACK & SLASH Kingdom free?
HACK & SLASH Kingdom is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Red Sword or HACK & SLASH Kingdom?
Red Sword is rated higher. Red Sword averages 4.8 out of 5 from 278 ratings, while HACK & SLASH Kingdom averages 4.7 from 243 ratings.
Do Red Sword or HACK & SLASH Kingdom have ads?
Both Red Sword and HACK & SLASH Kingdom show ads.
Which is updated more often, Red Sword or HACK & SLASH Kingdom?
Red Sword ships an update weekly, and HACK & SLASH Kingdom every 3 days. Most recently, Red Sword was updated on October 24, 2026 and HACK & SLASH Kingdom on October 27, 2026.

Other comparisons