Monarchia vs Gladiator Manager
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Monarchia
Rule a monarchy by making critical decisions that impact your treasury, army, and authority. Engage in historical battles and manage internal affairs to maintain your position on the throne against rivals and internal threats.
- Make impactful decisions
- Manage kingdom resources
- Engage in historical battles
- Conquer new territories
- Deal with internal threats
- Balance competing demands
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Your decisions will determine how long you will be on the throne. You're the only one who can rule in the monarchy! As long as you are on the throne, everyone will have their wishes, each election will affect another power of your empire. You have to keep the balance, so you don't lose the throne. You will need to make decisions to protect your land with your throne. With simplified versions of true war tactics in history such as the conquest of Constantinople, the Battle of Thermopia, the Battle of Nigbolu, the Battle of Deligrad, and the siege of Alaşehir, you will make the conquests as commander. Every month you reign, you face a different challenge. Your elections will have consequences for the state treasury, the people, the army, and your authority. Your tactics in battles will determine whether you can conquer more territory besides the problems of your kingdom. You'll have to deal with wars, assassins, and mysterious guests. At the same time, the demands of your clergy, people, palace dynasty will offer you difficult choices. As a ruler, you must make impulsive, tolerant, cruel, or loving decisions to avoid losing power. You must make choices by considering the intrigues of the palace and prolonging your stay on the throne because there are many suitors on the throne.
Gladiator Manager
Manage, train, and battle gladiators in ancient Rome. This turn-based simulation game focuses on strategic decisions, resource management, and tactical combat. Ascend to become Rome's finest lanista by winning matches, unlocking gear, and navigating a corrupt arena system.
- Manage and train gladiators
- Turn-based tactical auto-battles
- Strategic resource and roster management
- Bribe, scout, sabotage rivals
- Customize gear, techniques, and traits
- Grow estate and influence skill tree
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Level up your gladiators and dominate the arena! Manage, battle, bribe, and ascend to become Rome’s finest Lanista. Free to play. No ads. In-app purchases for more content. No pay-to-win. Gladiator Manager is a turn-based management sim set in ancient Rome, where tactical auto-battles reward smart decisions over reflexes. Hire and train gladiators with unique traits. Handle injuries, develop skills, balance egos, and survive in a corrupt arena system full of intrigue and betrayal. Win matches to gain influence, unlock better gear, and enter tougher tournaments. Lose, and your best fighters may be gone forever. - Bribe, scout, sabotage, or assassinate your rivals - Die, restart, and ascend to insane difficulties - Plan technique-based combat - Strategic resource, influence, and roster management - Customize gear, techniques, traits, and loyalty - Grow your estate and build out your influence skill tree - Undertake quests, survive raids, make hard calls Earn gems by completing in-game achievements. Use them to unlock new weapons, tournaments, buildings, quests, and features. If you’d like to speed things up, there are two optional in-app purchases: Pouch of Gems and Chest of Gems. Need help or want to share tactics? Join 9,000+ lanistas on Discord: https://discord.gg/H95dyTHJrB
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Gladiator Manager at Free against Monarchia's $0.99. Gladiator Manager also leads on rating (4.3 vs 4.0) and review sentiment (81% vs 67%). Monarchia's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 15.0). On update cadence, 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
Gladiator Manager is free to download; Monarchia costs $0.99 up front. Gladiator Manager sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Monarchia asks for nothing beyond the download.
Gladiator Manager holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 83 and 258 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of Monarchia's written reviews are positive against 81% of Gladiator Manager's.
Monarchia ships an update weekly, Gladiator Manager every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Monarchia | Gladiator Manager |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.0 (83 ratings) | 4.3 (258 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | 80.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 83 | 258 — better |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 118 MB | 44 MB |
| Age rating | +9 | 12+ |
| Developer | Fatih Beceren | Rene Slump |
Customer experience
Monarchia
Gladiator Manager
User reviews
Monarchia
From 83 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Great concept and idea
- 💡 Unique features compared to similar games
- 👍 Fun and engaging gameplay
- 👍 Good twist on card games
- 👍 Expands on Reigns game mechanics
Room to improve
- 👎 Blatant copy of Reigns franchise
- 👎 Poor grammar makes decision-making difficult
- 👎 Military tactics don't make sense
- 👎 Waste of money
- 👎 Boring and repetitive
Gladiator Manager
From 258 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Fun gameplay
- 🚀 Addictive and engaging
- 💎 Great value for free-to-play
- 🎨 Beautiful visuals
Room to improve
- 🐛 Bugs and crashes
- ⚠️ Unbalanced difficulty
- 🔍 Missing features compared to Android version
- 🕹️ Clunky UI/UX
Bugs and requests
Monarchia
Reported bugs
5 issues- Poor grammar and story lines that don't make sense
- Annoying when going over a category and the next turn ends the game
- Grammar is incorrect, making it difficult to decode dialogue
- Assassin can come at any time, making survival a dice roll
- Game does not allow you to see what your choices will do
Requested features
25 requests- Wish for kids to continue after losing from one of the four bars
- Add Russian language support
- Add a family tree and a way to see relatives and heirs
- Dynasty system where empire stays until all family members are gone
- Knowing what effects choices will have (like Reigns)
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- Add more historical figures
- Ability to place different countries and add different time periods
- More customization and visible rewards for good decisions
- Allow moving all around the room
- Add German language support
- Dynasty system with a family tree; start over if all die
- More complex battle mechanics
- A different game type for advancement through conquest
- Next monarch should inherit land
- More choices and decisions
- Save states to save data
- Expand on treasury, army, etc.
- Make a game in Polish
- New monarch should inherit lands instead of resetting
- Improve battle choices
- Add a time element (historical periods)
- Improve affairs system
- Add playable factions (Byzantine Empire, Mamluk Sultanate, etc.)
- Add Russian language support
- Tutorial explaining how to lose the game
Gladiator Manager
Reported bugs
4 issues- Disappearing gladiators
- Aqueduct construction issue
- Crashes when viewing battle reports
- Scaling issues on larger devices
Requested features
5 requests- Multiplayer mode
- More content updates
- Ability to customize gladiators
- Better progression system
- Improved balance and difficulty scaling
In-app purchases
Monarchia
No in-app purchases
Gladiator Manager
- Pouch of gems$3.99
- Chest of gems$7.99
Questions
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