Comparison

Dark Blades vs Everweave

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Character creation
  • Character management
  • All seven character types
  • Tabletop RPG tool
  • Blades in the Dark companion
Features
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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.

About

Everweave

Embark on text-based roleplaying adventures guided by an AI Dungeon Master. Explore dynamic worlds, make choices that shape your story, and live out any fantasy, from epic quests to quiet medieval life. This evolving game offers endless possibilities for emergent storytelling.

Highlights
  • AI Dungeon Master
  • Dynamic, reactive world
  • Open-ended storytelling
  • Character creation and development
  • Fantasy and medieval settings
  • Player-driven choices
Features
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At its heart, Everweave is a next-gen text RPG inspired by the spirit of the classic tabletop roleplaying games. That means no scripts, no fixed paths - just you, your character, and a world that reacts to whatever you decide. An AI Dungeon Master guides the adventure, weaving together characters, places, and challenges that respond to you in real time. Whether you crave grand fantasy or grounded medieval life, the story follows your imagination. Want to lead armies in an epic war of gods and dragons? You can get there. Build a quiet life as a farmer, innkeeper, or wandering bard? Have at it. Hunt treasure through crumbling dungeons, or simply sit by the fire with friends? Every choice is yours to make, and every outcome is unique. This is only the beginning - Everweave is in it's early stage and still growing rapidly. Join now, explore, and help us shape the future of this new world. Terms of use: https://everweave.ai/terms

Screenshots

Dark Blades4 screens
Everweave4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Dark Blades at 100% against Everweave's 57%. Everweave's advantage is update cadence (every 10 days vs every 10 months) and ratings volume (8.6K vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Dark Blades sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Everweave sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Everweave holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Everweave has 8.6K 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 57% of Everweave's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Dark Blades ships an update every 10 months, Everweave every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
Dark Blades versus Everweave: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDark BladesEverweave
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (1 ratings)4.3 (8.6K ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better57.4% of reviews
Number of ratings18.6K — better
Update frequencyEvery 10 monthsEvery 10 days — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank—#34 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size86 MB154 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperCarlos Vlchez DomnguezEndgame Studio

Customer experience

Dark Blades

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Everweave

All ratings8,569 ratings
Positive79.7%
Neutral5.8%
Negative14.6%
Written reviews3,212 reviews
Positive57.4%
Neutral12.0%
Negative30.5%

Bugs and requests

Dark Blades

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Everweave

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Combat focus issues
  • Inventory and item recognition problems
  • Freezing and loading problems
  • Navigation and UI bugs

Requested features

4 requests
  • More free-to-play support (e.g., ad-based message boosts)
  • Expanded class and race options
  • Improved character creation and customization
  • Better integration of player gear and stats

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Dark Blades

One-time1
  • Dark Blade Premium$4.99
8 purchases

Everweave

Subscriptions5
  • Adventurer Tier 1 Month Plan$5.991 Month
  • Pathfinder Tier 1 Month Plan$17.991 Month
  • Adventurer Tier 6 Months Plan$29.996 Months
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  • Vanguard Tier 1 Month Plan$54.991 Month
  • Pathfinder 6 Months$89.996 Months
One-time3
  • 100 MESSAGES$2.99
  • 300 MESSAGES$7.99
  • 900 MESSAGES$19.99

Questions

Is Dark Blades free?
Dark Blades is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Everweave free?
Everweave is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Dark Blades or Everweave?
Everweave is rated higher. Dark Blades averages 4.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Everweave averages 4.3 from 8.6K ratings.
Do Dark Blades or Everweave have ads?
Both Dark Blades and Everweave show ads.
Which is updated more often, Dark Blades or Everweave?
Dark Blades ships an update every 10 months, and Everweave every 10 days. Most recently, Dark Blades was updated on October 14, 2026 and Everweave on October 22, 2026.

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