iBrogueCE vs Tapier
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
iBrogueCE
Experience a classic roguelike adventure on your iPad. This community-enhanced port offers deep tactical gameplay and challenging dungeons.
- Classic roguelike gameplay
- Community Edition enhancements
- Tactical dungeon crawling
- Challenging gameplay
- iPad optimized
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iBrogueCE is an iPad OS port of Brian Walker's rogue-like game Brogue. This is the Community Edition version, based on tmewett's development work, and Seth Howard's Objective C port to iPad OS, recently enhanced with Bryan Turner's integration work into the Community Edition repository.
Tapier
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A simple game app that lets users play by recording how many taps can they register in 10s.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: iBrogueCE at none against Tapier's shown. iBrogueCE also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 7 months) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.0). On price, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
iBrogueCE ships an update every 2 weeks, Tapier every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on September 19, 2026 and September 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | iBrogueCE | Tapier |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (23 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 23 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 7 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Robert Taylor | Pawan Gupta |
In-app purchases
iBrogueCE
No in-app purchases
Tapier
No in-app purchases
