Armor Stride vs Joel
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Armor Stride
Embark on an endless adventure through a cursed forest, battling monsters and avoiding traps with simple tap or swipe controls. Collect treasures to sell and upgrade your gear as a dark curse relentlessly pursues you. Enjoy a chiptune soundtrack and controller support for an immersive experience.
- Endless procedural levels
- Monster combat
- Trap avoidance
- Treasure collection and selling
- Simple tap/swipe controls
- Controller support
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Sir Stepsalot finds himself trapped in the Cursed Forest! Luckily, he has his trusty sword and bomb pouch to fend off dangerous monsters. He will have to travel deeper into the forest fighting monsters and avoiding traps. He may find treasure along the way to sell to the shopkeeper. Our knight can't stay in place for too long though. There's a dark curse following him! It's probably best to stay away. Features: • Endless, hand-crafted procedural levels • Fight dangerous enemies • Chiptune by RyanAvx • Simple Controls - Use tap/swipe controls or a d-pad to control Sir Stepsalot! • Controller Support
Joel
Experience a technical preview of advanced vector rendering technology by battling hundreds of zombies. This game showcases unprecedented vector rendering, ensuring crisp graphics that scale flawlessly across any resolution or device.
- Zombie battles
- Advanced vector rendering
- Scalable graphics
- High-quality animation
- Technical preview
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Battle hundreds of zombies in this technical preview of Rive’s new vector rendering technology. The Rive Renderer draws an unprecedented amount of vectors on screen. Everything animates and deforms without losing quality. Graphics remain crisp and clear regardless of scale, resolution, or device.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Joel at none against Armor Stride's 1. On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. Armor Stride sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Joel asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Armor Stride against 4.9 for Joel. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 7 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Armor Stride ships an update fortnightly, Joel every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and September 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Armor Stride | Joel |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (6 ratings) — better | 4.9 (7 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 6 | 7 — better |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 55 MB | 30 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Alberto Navarro | Rive, Inc |
Customer experience
Armor Stride
Joel
In-app purchases
Armor Stride
- Remove Ads$4.99
Joel
No in-app purchases
