Comparison

Formation Battle vs Grimoire Run

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

Head to head
About

Formation Battle

A casual RPG where you collect heroes, form strategic party formations, and engage in auto-battles. Master character types and unique skills to overcome challenging stages and bosses.

Highlights
  • Hero collection via summon
  • Strategic party formation
  • Auto-battle gameplay
  • Three character types (Attacker, Magician, Healer)
  • Unique hero skills and limit skills
  • Attribute system with weaknesses
  • Boss battles and leaderboards
Features
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Formation Battle is a simple and casual RPG. Collect heroes by summon and create a party. Form a formation on stages and battle. - Auto battle In stages, characters battle automatically. And you can change members formation. Change positions strategically. - 3 character types Characters has 3 types, 'Attacker', 'Magician', and 'Healer'. Attacker has high HP and attack power. Attacker stands front line. On front line, heroes can damage enemy with double power. Magician is not so strong. But magician can attack on center line. Replace attacker when attacker's HP became low. Healer can heal heroes on same column. - Get heroes By rewards earned on stage, you can summon heroes and get them. Get hero you don't have the type, or has attribute advantageous for stages. - Various heroes Heroes have original skills. When heroes act on stage, limit gauge gains. If limit gauge filled, hero can use limit skill. A skill damage all enemies, and a skill affects buff or debuff. Character has attribute. Attribute has weakness. Get many advantageous characters for all types of stages. - Boss On stages over normal difficulty, sometimes boss appears. If you knock down it, you can earn Dia. Collect Dia and play max rare summon. - Ranking This game is using leaderboard of Game Center. Compete the Arrival level.

About

Grimoire Run

Features
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Lead a pixel-art mage through endless monster hordes. Your spells fire on their own โ€” you move, dodge, and grow stronger. NO STAMINA. NO GACHA. PLAYS OFFLINE. Play whenever you like, for as long as you like. A run takes three minutes. THREE MAGES - Lecia, the Blue Mage: a frost aura that slows nearby enemies - Aria, the Red Mage: chain explosions and burning on every kill - Nox, the Dark Mage: a stronger ultimate the lower her HP Each mage has her own ultimate and play style. 25+ WEAPONS AND FUSIONS Pick a weapon or upgrade at every level-up, then fuse two maxed weapons into a devastating fusion. No two runs build the same. 10 WORLDS, 30 STAGES From the Dark Forest to the Throne of Chaos, every world has stages 1โ€“3, tougher and richer as you go โ€” ending in a boss rush of every fallen king. ENDLESS MODE - Endless Corridor: survive 30 minutes if you can GROW STRONGER Spend the coins you earn on permanent upgrades to attack, HP, speed and more. Available in English, Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Spanish and French.

Screenshots

Formation Battle4 screens
Grimoire Run4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Formation Battle at none against Grimoire Run's 6. Formation Battle also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 2 days vs every 5 weeks). On price and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Grimoire Run sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Formation Battle asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Formation Battle ships an update every 2 days, Grimoire Run every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences ยท 4 level
Formation Battle versus Grimoire Run: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFormation BattleGrimoire Run
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews66.7% of reviewsโ€”
Update frequencyEvery 2 days โ€” betterEvery 5 weeks
AdsNo โ€” betterYes
In-app purchasesNo โ€” betterYes
MonetizationFreeโ€”
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS9.0 โ€” better15.1
Further details โ€” not scored
Size98 MB145 MB
Age rating12+9+
DeveloperShoichi NambaAtsuki Kurihara

In-app purchases

None

Formation Battle

No in-app purchases

6 purchases

Grimoire Run

One-time6
  • 500 Coins$0.99
  • 1,290 Coins$2.99
  • 2,650 Coins$5.99
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  • 8,000 Coins$19.99
  • 19,000 Coins$39.99
  • 33,000 Coins$69.99

Questions

Is Formation Battle free?
Formation Battle is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Grimoire Run free?
Grimoire Run is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Formation Battle or Grimoire Run have ads?
Grimoire Run shows ads; Formation Battle does not.
Which is updated more often, Formation Battle or Grimoire Run?
Formation Battle ships an update every 2 days, and Grimoire Run every 5 weeks. Most recently, Formation Battle was updated on November 3, 2026 and Grimoire Run on October 31, 2026.

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