bitDungeonIII vs Ultra Blade
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
bitDungeonIII
Embark on a 2D action-adventure with rogue-lite elements. Explore randomly generated worlds and dungeons, forge alliances or engage in PvP for loot. Discover powerful items and enchants to enhance your character in a world facing inevitable doom.
- Randomly generated overworld and dungeons
- Permadeath with soul retrieval
- Online co-op and PvP
- Unique weapon power attacks and stat scaling
- Character augmentation via stat runes
- Controller support
- New Game Plus for replayability
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bitDungeonIII is a 2d action adventure game with rogue-lite elements. Randomly generated overworld and dungeons. Make allies with other players or kill them for their precious inventory items. Discover random items that greatly enhance and affect your character. Save a world that can't be saved. Features: Permadeath. You get one soul and only one chance to retrieve it when you die. Killing Bosses also grant souls. Randomly pre-generated overworld, dungeons, secrets, items and humanoid npcs. Online play using P2P networking,co-op and pvp. Each weapon type has a unique power attack and stat scaling. Level up based on which weapon you use. Change weapons to start leveling up that weapon type going towards your general level. Powerful weapon enchants dropped from bosses. Augment your character through changeable stat runes collected throughout your adventure. Boss & quest weapons. Giant difficult dungeon bosses. Original soundtrack by Houzatosis & Stress_TN. Controller Support. New game plus for endless replay value.
Ultra Blade
Engage in a pixelated roguelike survival RPG where you defend humanity's final city from relentless darkness. Master simple controls to unleash devastating attacks and build unique heroes with diverse powers and weapons for dynamic gameplay sessions.
- Horde survival RPG gameplay
- Rogue-lite progression
- Unlockable heroes with unique powers
- Deep combat build customization
- One-touch controls with skill-based combat
- Endless Challenge Mode
- Offline play
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Defend Mankind's last city from the endless hordes of darkness! Ultra Blade is a horde survival RPG with rogue-lite progression elements. Build new heroes to take on new challenges while cutting through 1000s of foes at once. New heroes unlock new powers, making runs more dynamic the more you play. Drag to move and auto attack, release to execute a heavy attack. Swipe to dodge. The controls are simple, but the real complexity is in how you build your champion. Infuse flaming bolts into your bow, generate earthquakes with your slashes, or summon blizzards with your shield- the possibilities are almost limitless. Built for short, action-packed sessions. Core features Include: - One-touch control scheme and challenging, skill-based combat - Endless Challenge Mode that refreshes every hour - 27 Unique arena gauntlets to master - 12 Unique heroes to unlock by completing challenges. - 5 core classes (Bow, Shield, Greatsword, Gun, and Staff) and 100s of weapons to mix and match - 15 Meta-changing relics to unlock and upgrade - Mutating enemies that change how they fight and behave. - Fully offline - Blood-pumping soundtrack And more to come! https://twitter.com/_FoolishMortal
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Ultra Blade at 4.5 against bitDungeonIII's 4.2. Ultra Blade also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks) and ratings volume (78 vs 19). bitDungeonIII's advantage is review sentiment (81% vs 68%) and price ($1.99 vs $3.49). On ads, in-app purchases, chart position 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
bitDungeonIII costs $1.99 and Ultra Blade $3.49 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Ultra Blade holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 19 and 78 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 81% of bitDungeonIII's written reviews are positive against 68% of Ultra Blade's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
bitDungeonIII ships an update every 3 weeks, Ultra Blade weekly. Both last shipped on November 7, 2026.
| Parameter | bitDungeonIII | Ultra Blade |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 — better | $3.49 |
| Rating | 4.2 (19 ratings) | 4.5 (78 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 80.8% of reviews — better | 67.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 19 | 78 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #184 | #146 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 10.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 279 MB | 61 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 9+ |
| Developer | KintoGames LLC | Kyle Barrett |
Customer experience
bitDungeonIII
Ultra Blade
Bugs and requests
bitDungeonIII
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Ultra Blade
Reported bugs
38 issues- Game crashes after an hour
- Doesn't save progress sometimes
- XP disappears
- Menus are confusing
- Game crashed with error code
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- UI is cut off by screen edges
- Button labeled 'nper'
- Game doesn't start anymore after crash
- Error in action number 1 of Create Event for object controller 3
- Game breaks and doesn't return after first play
- Can't unlock new zones
- Notch hides health bar on iPhone 12 mini
- Game doesn't follow its own rules (damage/aiming)
- Game won't progress (completed waves not counted)
- Game is super zoomed in on iPhone 16 Pro Max
- Settings are hard to get to
- Game hangs after character dies
- Black screen error message
- Crashing every time, losing progress
- Glitch after second time trying to open the game, blank screen
- Progress reset after update
- Freezes and then error code
- Later waves cannot be efficiently navigated
- Performance issues on 13pro
- Game crashed, won't open, black screen
- Character won't unlock after meeting criteria
- Teleport item doesn't proc with staff on later levels
- App froze and wouldn't open, lost progress after uninstall
- Perk options are too similar
- Game suddenly becomes slow and hard to control
- Can't retire blade
- Equipping skull in stage stops the game
- Dying to a boss before grabbing loot, can't exit screen
- Start menu confusing, swiping on sword starts game
- Camera shake on Rebus Prime is too much
- Settings button tucked in top left corner
- Cannot see character sometimes
- Can't get past character selection screen
Requested features
17 requests- Landscape/controller support
- Streamlined menus
- More lore/dialogue
- Korean localization
- Dash button
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- Quit round option
- Return to main menu option
- Tutorial
- Joystick-like controls
- Long-term hero development
- More items
- Specific hero development
- Screen shake option
- Reroll button placement adjustment
- Grid of icons for blades
- Dark mode
- Advanced analytics dashboard
In-app purchases
bitDungeonIII
No in-app purchases
Ultra Blade
No in-app purchases
Questions
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