Comparison

Paths & Danger vs Sol Frontiers

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

Head to head
About

Paths & Danger

Lead a team of unique heroes through a dark fantasy world, engaging in tactical turn-based combat and facing treacherous challenges. Manage your characters' stats and explore procedurally generated maps with roguelike elements, including permadeath, to uncover a mysterious demonic threat.

Highlights
  • Unique characters with special abilities
  • Hero stat management
  • Strategic turn-based combat on hex grid
  • Procedural map generation
  • Roguelike elements with permadeath
  • Dark fantasy world exploration
Features
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Assemble a group of characters with unique abilities called by the town of Westwall. Travel different terrains, fight with treacherous opponents, and embark on a series of grilling events. Hope is in your hands to find salvation from a mysterious demonic force spreading throughout the land. Main Features - Lead groups of different characters, each one with unique abilities and weapons - Manage your heroes' stats to get them stronger - Deal with dangerous circumstances and quests - Solve the story of the mystery surrounding the town of Westwall - Fight in a strategic turn-based combat system on a hex grid - A deep atmospheric environment that suits different world places - Emerge in a diverse stunning dark fantasy world - Roguelike features, including permadeath - Procedural map generation giving endless replay Are you worthy of facing an uncertain fate?

About

Sol Frontiers

Embark on a sci-fi odyssey to reclaim humanity's lost home. Captain a mothership, awaken your crew, gather resources, and battle cosmic threats in an idle strategy adventure.

Highlights
  • Explore uncharted cosmos
  • Battle the Swarm and Deeper Darkness
  • Upgrade mothership and starfighters
  • Awaken and train diverse crew
  • Gather resources for repairs
  • Idle gameplay mechanics
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Millennia after our sun inexplicably began dying, the ember of humanity's hope burns anew. As the cosmos stretches out, vast and uncharted, the call of a homecoming beckons. Entrusted with the dream of reclaiming our long-lost cradle, the flagship THE CROWN OF DAHLIA set forth. But silence has shrouded its heralded journey, and now, it's gone missing. In SOL FRONTIERS you captain the JONAH'S WHALE, dispatched on a perilous mission to uncover the fate of the lost Dahlia and to piece together the fragments of a cosmic puzzle. Awaken your crew and expand your mothership. Navigate through haunting space graveyards, confront the sinister SWARM, and face the lurking DEEPER DARKNESS that threatens more than just humanity's return. Gather resources to repair your mothership With a diverse array of resources such as metal, crystals, and credits, ensure you grow your headquarters and, in turn, your reach by equipping and upgrading your crew's starfighters. Prevail over the Swarm Select from a multitude of available crew and awaken up to 18 to your roster. Explore and secure various areas of the cosmos by defeating enemy bosses. Hone your crew's skills in preparation for random enemy encounters as well as the ultimate challenge. Will you pierce the enigma and reclaim Earth? Or will the vastness of space swallow our last hopes? Allow the diverse idle gameplay to transport you into outer space and embark on a saga of discovery, destiny, and the unyielding spirit of humankind in this gripping sci-fi odyssey.

Screenshots

Paths & Danger4 screens
Sol Frontiers4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Sol Frontiers at 4.2 against Paths & Danger's 3.6. Sol Frontiers also leads on review sentiment (59% vs 20%) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 5 months). Paths & Danger's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 13.0). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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

Both are free to download. Paths & Danger sells 9 one-off in-app purchases and Sol Frontiers sells 11 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Sol Frontiers holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 3.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Sol Frontiers has 122 ratings behind it against 12, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 20% of Paths & Danger's written reviews are positive against 59% of Sol Frontiers's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Paths & Danger ships an update every 5 months, Sol Frontiers fortnightly. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Paths & Danger versus Sol Frontiers: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPaths & DangerSol Frontiers
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.6 (12 ratings)4.2 (122 ratings) — better
Positive reviews20.0% of reviews58.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings12122 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size398 MB192 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperGoldenGod Games, LdaEarly Morning Studio AB

Customer experience

Paths & Danger

All ratings12 ratings
Positive58.3%
Neutral16.7%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews10 reviews
Positive20.0%
Neutral40.0%
Negative40.0%

Sol Frontiers

All ratings120 ratings
Positive80.8%
Neutral7.5%
Negative11.7%
Written reviews75 reviews
Positive58.7%
Neutral4.0%
Negative37.3%

Bugs and requests

Paths & Danger

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Sol Frontiers

Reported bugs

16 issues
  • Save progress not working
  • Game no longer works on iPhone 12
  • Awaken 2 heroes bug
  • Crew is locked
  • Cannot save progress due to no login
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  • First quest bug (crew locked)
  • Buggy combat (0 damage rolls)
  • Promo code issues
  • Unable to open crew window
  • Game bugged after update, progress lost
  • Ad on galaxy screen stretches picture
  • Login issues after a day of playing
  • Game crashes
  • Text too small to read
  • Zooming in combat limited
  • Optimization issues (stuttering graphics)

Requested features

15 requests
  • Add skip ad feature
  • Add overview map
  • Option to buy with less/no ads
  • Add building base options
  • Add ship customization
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  • Add battle formations
  • Add unique weapons
  • Add more endgame content
  • Add more missions
  • Add permanent IAP (e.g., remove ads)
  • Add cloud save functionality
  • Add Steam version
  • Add more gold from ads
  • Add more story/backstory
  • Add voice actors for missions

In-app purchases

9 purchases

Paths & Danger

One-time9
  • Unlocks Ice Wizard$1.99
  • Unlocks War Engineer$1.99
  • Unlocks Rogue$1.99
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  • Unlocks Half-Vampire$1.99
  • Unlocks Paladin$1.99
  • Unlocks Healer$1.99
  • Unlocks Conjurer$1.99
  • Unlocks Druid$1.99
  • Unlocks All Characters$9.99
11 purchases

Sol Frontiers

One-time11
  • Packet of Credits$0.99
  • Canister of Dark Matter$2.99
  • Starter Pack$2.99
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  • Starter Bundle$4.99
  • Canister of Credits$6.99
  • Starter Package$7.99
  • Array of Credits$9.99
  • Array of Dark Matter$14.99
  • Stockpile of Credits$29.99
  • Vault of Credits$59.99
  • Vault of Dark Matter$59.99

Questions

Is Paths & Danger free?
Paths & Danger is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Sol Frontiers free?
Sol Frontiers is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Paths & Danger or Sol Frontiers?
Sol Frontiers is rated higher. Paths & Danger averages 3.6 out of 5 from 12 ratings, while Sol Frontiers averages 4.2 from 122 ratings.
Do Paths & Danger or Sol Frontiers have ads?
Sol Frontiers shows ads; Paths & Danger does not.
Which is updated more often, Paths & Danger or Sol Frontiers?
Paths & Danger ships an update every 5 months, and Sol Frontiers fortnightly. Most recently, Paths & Danger was updated on October 24, 2026 and Sol Frontiers on October 24, 2026.

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