Dark Blades vs Instant Armory
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Dark Blades
This tool helps you create and manage characters for the tabletop role-playing game Blades in the Dark. It provides access to all seven character types within the game's industrial fantasy setting.
- Character creation
- Character management
- All seven character types
- Tabletop RPG tool
- Blades in the Dark companion
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Character Manager for Blades in the Dark. Blades in the Dark is a tabletop fantasy role-playing game by John Harper, set in a fictional city of Doskvol, inspired by Victorian London and Gothic fiction. The default setting of Blades in the Dark, Doskvol, is a roughly 19th century level of technology combined with urban fantasy. An industrial world under perpetual night, long after some great catastrophe has relegated the sun to storybooks, and resulted in the ghosts of the dead lingering in the world. Players take the role of members of a criminal organization such as thieves, smugglers, or merchants of some illicit goods, and grind their way up the criminal underworld by seizing money, territory and infamy. Tool to create and manage your Blades in the Dark characters. All seven character types are available to you. The use of the original book is necessary.
Instant Armory
Create custom arms, armor, and equipment for fantasy tabletop RPGs with a vast library of hand-drawn art. Record descriptions and stats, then roll dice within the app or print physical cards for your games.
- Design custom fantasy equipment
- Extensive hand-drawn art library
- Record descriptions and stats
- In-app dice rolling
- Printable equipment cards
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Instant Armory allows you to design weapons, armor, and equipment for fantasy tabletop roleplaying games, such as Dungeons & Dragons or Pathfinder, using a myriad of hand-drawn art. Record a description and stats, and roll dice directly in-app or print equipment cards for use at the table.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Instant Armory at 4.7 against Dark Blades's 4.0. Instant Armory also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 10 months). Dark Blades's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 85%). 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
Both are free to download. Dark Blades sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Instant Armory sells 7 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Instant Armory holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Instant Armory has 269 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 100% of Dark Blades's written reviews are positive against 85% of Instant Armory's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Dark Blades ships an update every 10 months, Instant Armory fortnightly. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | Dark Blades | Instant Armory |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (1 ratings) | 4.7 (269 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 84.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 269 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 10 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 86 MB | 151 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Carlos Vlchez Domnguez | TrapStreet Studios |
Customer experience
Dark Blades
Instant Armory
Bugs and requests
Dark Blades
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Instant Armory
Reported bugs
3 issues- Constant crashing
- Cannot purchase items on cellular data
- Unlock all features bug (resolved)
Requested features
13 requests- More shields with varied options
- Add crossbows
- Design bard instruments
- More armor variants
- More customization options
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- More free coins/slots
- Add more 'coming soon' weapons
- Enchantments for free
- More options without paying
- Size slider for weapon pieces
- Designated 'save' button
- More color options
- More weapon parts and colors
In-app purchases
Dark Blades
- Dark Blade Premium$4.99
Instant Armory
- 1 COIN$0.49
- 5 COINS$1.99
- 10 COINS$3.99
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- Gift Unlock Content$7.99
- Gift Unlock Everything$7.99
- Unlock Content$9.99
- Unlock Everything$9.99
Questions
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