iBrogueCE vs VELLUMWAKE Pocket Version
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.
VELLUMWAKE Pocket Version
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The floor is your weapon. Every move rewrites the fight. Vellumwake Pocket is a deterministic, turn-based tactical roguelite played on a living grid. The rune beneath your feet defines your next attack, making every step a choice between position, power, and survival. Collect stars to heal, gather persistent Ink, and unfold the page from a tight 4x4 arena into a sprawling 7x7 battlefield. Each star opens the Forge without stopping the run. Imprint a new rune, upgrade the floor, choose a final mastery, reroll your options, or keep moving while enemies close in. Between runs, return to the Archive. Spend Ink on permanent inscriptions, unlock new weapons and supplies, equip armor and relics, then challenge five increasingly dangerous Volumes. Higher Volumes introduce threats earlier and reward greater risks.
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Verdict
iBrogueCE and VELLUMWAKE Pocket Version are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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, VELLUMWAKE Pocket Version every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | iBrogueCE | VELLUMWAKE Pocket Version |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (28 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 28 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Robert Taylor | Martin Edmaier |
In-app purchases
iBrogueCE
No in-app purchases
VELLUMWAKE Pocket Version
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is iBrogueCE free?
Is VELLUMWAKE Pocket Version free?
Do iBrogueCE or VELLUMWAKE Pocket Version have ads?
Which is updated more often, iBrogueCE or VELLUMWAKE Pocket Version?
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