Ashes vs Hero Tale
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Ashes
Experience a rogue-like RPG with steady progression, where you can gain thousands of levels in a single fight. Optimize your gear to reach the end within a limited number of battles in this offline adventure. Game data is saved locally on your device.
- Exponential level progression
- Rogue-like gameplay
- Gear optimization
- Offline play
- Limited fight progression
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Rogue like, steady progression. Gain 1000 levels and more in one fight ! Offline game. An RPG in the heritage of "Inflation RPG" with his own atypical universe ! Optimise your stuff to reach the end in a limited numbers of fight ! Discord FR/ENG : https://discord.gg/6EwZx5VHAX /!\Game data is saved on your device. If you uninstall, you lose your progress. /!\
Hero Tale
Embark on a medieval fantasy island adventure. Battle enemies to grow stronger, collect loot, and customize your gear. Explore the world using an island map and develop your character through a vast skill tree.
- Idle combat and training
- Loot and equipment customization
- Questing and experience gain
- Massive skill tree
- Island exploration map
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Adventure of the boy on the medieval fantasy island. Beat enemies to become stronger, loot items from them and customize your equipment to fit to your strategy. Whenever you attack enemies you are training ranged or close combat. Do quest, gain experience and spend skill points in the massive skill tree. You can use an island map to explore the world.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Hero Tale at 4.8 against Ashes's 3.8. Hero Tale also leads on update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 6 months) and ratings volume (619 vs 14). Ashes's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, review sentiment, 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
Both are free to download. Ashes sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Hero Tale sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Hero Tale holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Hero Tale has 619 ratings behind it against 14, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 67% of Ashes's written reviews are positive against 64% of Hero Tale's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Ashes ships an update every 6 months, Hero Tale every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Ashes | Hero Tale |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (14 ratings) | 4.8 (619 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better | 63.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 14 | 619 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| 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 | 11.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 273 MB | 304 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Thibault Brouardelle | Weird Johnny Studio |
Customer experience
Ashes
Hero Tale
Bugs and requests
Ashes
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Hero Tale
Reported bugs
2 issues- Crashes and performance issues
- Compatibility problems on older devices
Requested features
4 requests- Offline/passive progression mode
- Faster combat and leveling options
- Crafting and gear customization system
- More varied enemy and boss encounters
In-app purchases
Ashes
- "Support the dev" Gem$4.99
Hero Tale
- Housekeeper Fairy$4.99
- Warrior Fairy$7.99
- Warlock Fairy$8.99
