Comparison

Gladiator Manager vs Tiny Pharaoh

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

Head to head
About

Gladiator Manager

Manage, train, and battle gladiators in ancient Rome. This turn-based simulation game focuses on strategic decisions, resource management, and tactical combat. Ascend to become Rome's finest lanista by winning matches, unlocking gear, and navigating a corrupt arena system.

Highlights
  • Manage and train gladiators
  • Turn-based tactical auto-battles
  • Strategic resource and roster management
  • Bribe, scout, sabotage rivals
  • Customize gear, techniques, and traits
  • Grow estate and influence skill tree
Features
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Level up your gladiators and dominate the arena! Manage, battle, bribe, and ascend to become Rome’s finest Lanista. Free to play. No ads. In-app purchases for more content. No pay-to-win. Gladiator Manager is a turn-based management sim set in ancient Rome, where tactical auto-battles reward smart decisions over reflexes. Hire and train gladiators with unique traits. Handle injuries, develop skills, balance egos, and survive in a corrupt arena system full of intrigue and betrayal. Win matches to gain influence, unlock better gear, and enter tougher tournaments. Lose, and your best fighters may be gone forever. - Bribe, scout, sabotage, or assassinate your rivals - Die, restart, and ascend to insane difficulties - Plan technique-based combat - Strategic resource, influence, and roster management - Customize gear, techniques, traits, and loyalty - Grow your estate and build out your influence skill tree - Undertake quests, survive raids, make hard calls Earn gems by completing in-game achievements. Use them to unlock new weapons, tournaments, buildings, quests, and features. If you’d like to speed things up, there are two optional in-app purchases: Pouch of Gems and Chest of Gems. Need help or want to share tactics? Join 9,000+ lanistas on Discord: https://discord.gg/H95dyTHJrB

About

Tiny Pharaoh

Build a thriving city in Ancient Egypt in this real-time strategy game. Construct various buildings to manage resources and achieve monumental goals like pyramids and the Sphinx. Compete with others through weekly challenges and an online leaderboard.

Highlights
  • Real-time strategy gameplay
  • Over 25 unique buildings
  • 6 resource types
  • 10+ scenarios with distinct goals
  • Weekly generated challenges
  • Online leaderboard
  • Retro pixel art design
Features
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▣ FREE REAL-TIME STRATEGY Tiny Pharaoh is a real-time strategy game set in Ancient Egypt. Become the master builder and turn the meadow into a city with a functional economy. Build houses, farms, mines, sawmills, and much more. Accumulate resources and achieve significant goals, such as building pyramids, the Great Sphinx, and many other famous buildings! Pharaoh awaits your service! ▣ GAME FEATURES - Free real-time strategy - More than 25 different buildings that generate 6 types of resources - Over 10 scenarios with distinct goals - Weekly generated challenges - Online leaderboard - Daily and weekly quests - Available in English, Spanish, German, Russian, and Czech ▣ GENERATED TILE BASED MAPS Each scenario map is divided into 100 tiles, where each tile can support a different building. Each building produces varying amounts of resources. Discover all the tiles, choose your building strategy, and achieve your goal as quickly as possible. ▣ RETRO PIXEL DESIGN Experience the beauty of Ancient Egypt translated into distinctive old-school pixel art graphics and chiptune music, all inspired by retro video games! ▣ ONLINE LEADERBOARD Compare your results with those of other players on the online leaderboard and become the fastest builder in all of Egypt! ▣ WEEKLY CHALLENGES Strive to be the best builder of the week! Compete in exclusive weekly scenarios and outperform your competitors.

Screenshots

Gladiator Manager4 screens
Tiny Pharaoh4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Tiny Pharaoh at none against Gladiator Manager's 2. Tiny Pharaoh also leads on rating (4.7 vs 4.3) and review sentiment (100% vs 81%). Gladiator Manager's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (258 vs 12). On price 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. Gladiator Manager sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Tiny Pharaoh asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Tiny Pharaoh holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Gladiator Manager has 258 ratings behind it against 12, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 81% of Gladiator Manager's written reviews are positive against 100% of Tiny Pharaoh's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Gladiator Manager ships an update every 2 weeks, Tiny Pharaoh every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on September 15, 2026 and June 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
Gladiator Manager versus Tiny Pharaoh: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGladiator ManagerTiny Pharaoh
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (258 ratings)4.7 (12 ratings) — better
Positive reviews80.7% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings258 — better12
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 3 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size44 MB70 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperRene SlumpRichard Andrysek

Customer experience

Gladiator Manager

All ratings258 ratings
Positive81.4%
Neutral7.0%
Negative11.6%
Written reviews161 reviews
Positive80.7%
Neutral8.7%
Negative10.6%

Tiny Pharaoh

All ratings12 ratings
Positive91.7%
Neutral8.3%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Gladiator Manager

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Disappearing gladiators
  • Aqueduct construction issue
  • Crashes when viewing battle reports
  • Scaling issues on larger devices

Requested features

5 requests
  • Multiplayer mode
  • More content updates
  • Ability to customize gladiators
  • Better progression system
  • Improved balance and difficulty scaling

Tiny Pharaoh

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Gladiator Manager

One-time2
  • Pouch of gems$3.99
  • Chest of gems$7.99
None

Tiny Pharaoh

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Gladiator Manager free?
Gladiator Manager is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Tiny Pharaoh free?
Tiny Pharaoh is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Gladiator Manager or Tiny Pharaoh?
Tiny Pharaoh is rated higher. Gladiator Manager averages 4.3 out of 5 from 258 ratings, while Tiny Pharaoh averages 4.7 from 12 ratings.
Do Gladiator Manager or Tiny Pharaoh have ads?
Tiny Pharaoh shows ads; Gladiator Manager does not.
Which is updated more often, Gladiator Manager or Tiny Pharaoh?
Gladiator Manager ships an update every 2 weeks, and Tiny Pharaoh every 3 days. Most recently, Gladiator Manager was updated on September 15, 2026 and Tiny Pharaoh on June 24, 2026.

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