Comparison

Rogue Sword vs Apple Knight 2

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

Head to head
About

Rogue Sword

Embark on a challenging retro adventure, battling monsters and collecting treasures across diverse locations. Master strategic combat, build unique characters with rich upgrades, and face epic bosses in this fast-paced roguelite.

Highlights
  • High-difficulty fast-paced action
  • Intense and strategic battle
  • Random character generation
  • Rich weapons and spells
  • Character upgrades
  • Epic boss battles
  • Retro CRT filters
Features
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Pick up your weapon, travel through various locations, defeat the monsters blocking the way, and find ancient treasures. High-difficulty fast-paced action game. Intense and strategic battle. Control your own rhythm, hit a higher number of combos, get a lot of gold coins to buy weapons and magic to arm yourself. Challenge 7 epic bosses! **Pixel Perfect graphics **Beautiful pixel light and shadow **RogeLite **A completely random character every time (Tall? Short? As sensitive as a ninja? Even crazy...) **Different character skills **Rich weapons and spells **A large number of upgrades to create your unique character ** Lots of different enemies **Boss battle full of variables **Retro mode brings beautiful CRT filters and more difficult challenges! One More Game, Never ending.

About

Apple Knight 2

Engage in fast-paced hack-and-slash combat in this action-packed platformer. Explore dungeons, battle enemies with a variety of weapons and abilities, and uncover hidden secrets. Customize your character with unique skins and unlock helpful pets to aid you in your adventures.

Highlights
  • Hack-and-slash combat
  • Unlockable weapons and skins
  • Special abilities and pets
  • Story and Adventure modes
  • Parrying and dodging mechanics
  • Hidden secrets in levels
Features
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A fast, fluid hack-and-slash platformer packed with intense combat! Experience fast-paced action in this thrilling platformer. Battle enemies, explore dungeons, and unlock weapons, unique skins, special abilities, and pets. Every level is packed with secrets, challenges, and fun combat. Game Features: - Weapons, Skins, Abilities, and Pets Choose from a wide variety of weapons, skins, abilities, and pets with a wide variety of stats and bonuses! Each weapon has a unique special ability. Pets assist you in combat. Skins offer various passive boosts. - Multiple Game Modes Explore the Story Mode or jump into a randomized Adventure Mode. - Combat Mechanics Parry enemy melee attacks with precision and deflect projectiles using your trusty sword. - Dodging & Dashing Master the art of dodging enemy melee and ranged attacks with swift dashes. - Hidden Secrets Discover 2 secret areas in every level, packed with treasures. - Special Abilities Unlock special abilities to defeat enemies from a distance. Each sword also comes with its own unique ability as well. - Fun enemy AI: Enemies can sense the player approaching from behind, yet they are foolish enough to run into spike pits.! - Controller Support Play now!

Screenshots

Rogue Sword4 screens
Apple Knight 24 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Rogue Sword at none against Apple Knight 2's 15. Rogue Sword also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.8) and review sentiment (100% vs 89%). Apple Knight 2's advantage is ratings volume (3.5K vs 1) and update cadence (every 8 days vs every 3 weeks). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Apple Knight 2 sells 15 one-off in-app purchases. Rogue Sword asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Rogue Sword holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Apple Knight 2 has 3.5K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Rogue Sword's written reviews are positive against 89% of Apple Knight 2's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Rogue Sword ships an update every 3 weeks, Apple Knight 2 every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Rogue Sword versus Apple Knight 2: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRogue SwordApple Knight 2
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better4.8 (3.5K ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better89.4% of reviews
Number of ratings13.5K — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 8 days — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size77 MB148 MB
Age rating9+12+
Developer天旻 王Limitless LLC

Customer experience

Rogue Sword

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Apple Knight 2

All ratings3,402 ratings
Positive94.8%
Neutral3.0%
Negative2.2%
Written reviews263 reviews
Positive89.4%
Neutral3.4%
Negative7.2%

Bugs and requests

Rogue Sword

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Apple Knight 2

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Sound and music settings not working properly
  • Coin count not displaying correctly after switching items
  • Cloud save issues causing loss of progress and coins
  • Parry mechanic not registering consistently

Requested features

6 requests
  • Bring back the female character option
  • Reintroduce difficulty modes and endless mode
  • Add a restart button to the menu
  • Implement a world map feature
  • Introduce class-based gameplay (e.g., knight, mage, archer)
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  • Restore the weapon special abilities from the original game

In-app purchases

None

Rogue Sword

No in-app purchases

15 purchases

Apple Knight 2

One-time15
  • Zombie$1.99
  • Cursed Knight$1.99
  • Box of Coins$2.99
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  • Box of Crowns$2.99
  • Skelly$2.99
  • Knight$2.99
  • Roma Invictus$3.99
  • Redsteel Knight$3.99
  • Unlock Premium$4.99
  • Elite Ninja$4.99
  • Crate of Coins$9.99
  • Crate of Crowns$9.99
  • Unlock All Skins$9.99
  • Truckload of Coins!$19.99
  • Truckload of Crowns!$19.99

Questions

Is Rogue Sword free?
Rogue Sword is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Apple Knight 2 free?
Apple Knight 2 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Rogue Sword or Apple Knight 2?
Rogue Sword is rated higher. Rogue Sword averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Apple Knight 2 averages 4.8 from 3.5K ratings.
Do Rogue Sword or Apple Knight 2 have ads?
Both Rogue Sword and Apple Knight 2 show ads.
Which is updated more often, Rogue Sword or Apple Knight 2?
Rogue Sword ships an update every 3 weeks, and Apple Knight 2 every 8 days. Most recently, Rogue Sword was updated on October 24, 2026 and Apple Knight 2 on October 30, 2026.

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