Comparison

Blacksmith Story 2 vs MonsterVsMonster

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

Head to head
About

Blacksmith Story 2

Manage a weapon shop in a kingdom under siege, crafting and selling weapons to equip heroes. Research recipes, upgrade your workshop, and strategically outfit heroes to help them win battles and uncover the kingdom's story.

Highlights
  • Shop management
  • Weapon crafting
  • Hero equipment customization
  • RPG progression
  • Recipe research
  • Workshop development
  • Story-driven gameplay
Features
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Your shop. Their weapons. The kingdom's fate. Take over a weapon shop in a kingdom under siege and turn a humble forge into a thriving business. Blacksmith Story 2 combines shop management, crafting, strategy, and RPG progression in a colorful pixel-art world. BUILD YOUR BUSINESS Recruit employees and assign them to mining, exploration, and forging. Research more than 350 recipes, develop your workshop, and keep the right equipment ready for the next customer. EQUIP THE RIGHT HERO Every hero has a distinct personality and grows as your adventure progresses. Match weapons to each hero's strengths, experiment with dual-wield combinations, and prepare supplies for the battles ahead. WIN THROUGH YOUR DECISIONS Your heroes handle the fighting. You shape the outcome through the equipment you make and sell. Discover how weapon matchups and thoughtful preparation can help an unlikely hero overcome a powerful monster. A KINGDOM FULL OF CHARACTER Meet an eccentric cast, uncover the kingdom's story, and enjoy a blend of lighthearted humor, shopkeeping, and strategic choices. NOW WITH JAPANESE Japanese language support joins the game in this update, alongside improvements to translations across multiple languages. Explore the shop, heroes, items, and story in your preferred supported language. Light the forge, welcome your next customer, and help your heroes make their own legends.

About

MonsterVsMonster

Features
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It is a casual puzzle game where players slide monsters to attack the target, occupy all monsters and gain victory. If occupied by other monsters, the game fails. During the game, props can be used to make enemy forces unable to move for at least 5 seconds. Each victory can earn corresponding rewards, which can be used to exchange props. Clicking on the path can cancel the target in the current path and make adjustments, Monsters are divided into three types, including four factions of players. There are two types of attacks, attack 1 is the calculation of attacks between monsters, and attack 2 is the calculation of monsters against route targets Type 1 monster attack 1=1 attack 2=1 health=1 Type 2 Monster Attack 1=1 Attack 2=1 Health=2 Type 3 Monster Attack 1=2 Attack 2=2 Health=2

Screenshots

Blacksmith Story 24 screens
MonsterVsMonster4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Blacksmith Story 2 at Free against MonsterVsMonster's $0.99. MonsterVsMonster's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 10) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 15.0). 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

Blacksmith Story 2 is free to download; MonsterVsMonster costs $0.99 up front. Blacksmith Story 2 sells 8 one-off in-app purchases. MonsterVsMonster asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Blacksmith Story 2 versus MonsterVsMonster: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBlacksmith Story 2MonsterVsMonster
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating3.0 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews25.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.010.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size129 MB17 MB
Age rating9+9+
DeveloperMakeBestGame善腾 严

In-app purchases

8 purchases

Blacksmith Story 2

One-time8
  • Top valued gift parcel$4.99
  • Suprising Gift$9.99
  • Hero Gift$9.99
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  • Special offer B2 variants$9.99
  • Special offer A$9.99
  • Festival Gift$19.99
  • Festival Gift2 variants$49.99
  • Festival Gift$99.99
None

MonsterVsMonster

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Blacksmith Story 2 free?
Blacksmith Story 2 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is MonsterVsMonster free?
MonsterVsMonster costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Blacksmith Story 2 or MonsterVsMonster have ads?
Neither Blacksmith Story 2 nor MonsterVsMonster shows ads.

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