Comparison

Return to Dark Tower vs Clank!

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

Head to head
About

Return to Dark Tower

Enhance your board game experience with this companion app. It wirelessly controls the game's mechanical tower, manages virtual battles, and tracks quests and events. Bring your tabletop adventure to life.

Highlights
  • Wireless tower control
  • Virtual battle system
  • Quest and event management
  • Board game enhancement
Features
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This is a companion app for use with the Return to Dark Tower board game. Gather your warriors, complete epic quests, and assault the Tower to defeat evil once and for all. The app controls the mechanical Tower via wireless connection, runs the virtual battle system, and manages quests and events. (This is not a standalone game.)

About

Clank!

Embark on a thrilling deck-building adventure where you sneak into a dragon's lair to steal artifacts. Be quick and quiet to escape with your loot before the dragon awakens. Acquire new items and abilities to outwit your opponents and survive the dungeon.

Highlights
  • Deck-building mechanics
  • Dungeon exploration
  • Steal artifacts from dragon's lair
  • Competitive multiplayer
  • Cross-platform play
  • Tutorial and challenges
Features
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Burgle your way to adventure in the award-winning board game! A New Adventure Begins! Clank!, the iconic deck-building board game adventure, challenges daring thieves to sneak into a dragon’s lair, steal one of her precious artifacts, and escape – before you’re roasted to a crisp! Winning fans and awards around the world, Clank! is one of the most-beloved modern board games, with a wide range of expansions and adaptations for players to enjoy. How Deep will you Delve? The deeper you go, the more valuable treasures you’ll find…but the harder it will be to escape! So be quick and be quiet: One false step and – CLANK! Each careless sound risks drawing the dragon’s attention. You’re competing against your fellow thieves to claim the most valuable prize…but you can only enjoy your loot if you make it out of the depths alive! Choose Your Path You’ll need a good pair of boots, a sharp sword, and all your roguish skills to survive in the dungeon. Along the way, you’ll acquire new items, abilities, and allies that will help you achieve victory! Blending deck-building and exploration, Clank! offers a unique dungeon-delving adventure each time you play." Many Ways to Play Learn the ropes in a guided Tutorial, then hone your abilities by collecting Achievements and completing Challenges. Play cross-platform against friends, or compete in exciting new Heists that put you up against players from around the world! However you choose to enter the dungeon: Good luck!...you’re going to need it!

Screenshots

Return to Dark Tower4 screens
Clank!4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Return to Dark Tower at Free against Clank!'s $10.99. Return to Dark Tower also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 2) and review sentiment (84% vs 71%). Clank!'s advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 3 months) and ratings volume (1.5K vs 61). On 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

Return to Dark Tower is free to download; Clank! costs $10.99 up front. Clank! sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Return to Dark Tower asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Clank! holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Clank! has 1.5K ratings behind it against 61, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 84% of Return to Dark Tower's written reviews are positive against 71% of Clank!'s, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Return to Dark Tower ships an update every 3 months, Clank! every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard9 real differences · 2 level
Return to Dark Tower versus Clank!: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterReturn to Dark TowerClank!
PriceFree — better$10.99
Rating4.6 (61 ratings)4.8 (1.5K ratings) — better
Positive reviews84.0% of reviews — better70.6% of reviews
Number of ratings611.5K — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank—#27 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size276 MB477 MB
Age rating9+9+
DeveloperRestoration Games, LLCDire Wolf Digital

Customer experience

Return to Dark Tower

All ratings61 ratings
Positive91.8%
Neutral0.0%
Negative8.2%
Written reviews25 reviews
Positive84.0%
Neutral8.0%
Negative8.0%

Clank!

All ratings1,394 ratings
Positive96.8%
Neutral1.6%
Negative1.6%
Written reviews85 reviews
Positive70.6%
Neutral12.9%
Negative16.5%

Bugs and requests

Return to Dark Tower

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Clank!

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Multiplayer issues
  • Async multiplayer results not visible
  • Tutorial blocks instructions

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add expansions from board game
  • Accessibility options to increase font size
  • Option to skip/speed up animations
  • Easier invitations for private games
  • Improved AI opponents

In-app purchases

None

Return to Dark Tower

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Clank!

One-time2
  • Sunken Treasures$8.99
  • Mummy's Curse$8.99

Questions

Is Return to Dark Tower free?
Return to Dark Tower is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Clank! free?
Clank! costs $10.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Return to Dark Tower or Clank!?
Clank! is rated higher. Return to Dark Tower averages 4.6 out of 5 from 61 ratings, while Clank! averages 4.8 from 1.5K ratings.
Do Return to Dark Tower or Clank! have ads?
Neither Return to Dark Tower nor Clank! shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Return to Dark Tower or Clank!?
Return to Dark Tower ships an update every 3 months, and Clank! every 2 weeks. Most recently, Return to Dark Tower was updated on October 21, 2026 and Clank! on October 25, 2026.

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