Elemental Adventurer vs Avid Reader
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Elemental Adventurer
Embark on a casual rogue-lite ARPG adventure controlling a squad with powerful elemental abilities. Engage in thrilling, stress-relieving combat, explore randomly generated realms, and team up with friends for cooperative challenges and boss battles.
- Elemental squad combat
- Casual rogue-lite mechanics
- Co-op multiplayer
- Hero draws and rewards
- Boss challenges
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Welcome to Elemental Adventurers! This is a casual and stress-relieving rogue-lite ARPG. Step into a world brimming with danger and adventure, where you control a squad with powerful elemental abilities like fire, water, electricity, and wind. Unleash powerful skills, defeat hordes of monsters, and experience thrilling combat. Explore unknown realms and become the ultimate Elemental Adventurer! Key Features: ● Abundant Hero Draws and Rewards: Enjoy numerous hero draws and rewards in the game. ● Thrilling and Stress-Relieving Combat Experience: Face hordes of monsters, unleash powerful elemental skills, and defeat waves of enemies, enjoying the thrilling and stress-relieving combat. ● Casual Rogue-lite Mechanics: Each adventure is a new experience with randomly generated levels and challenges, ensuring endless fun. ● Fight Alongside Friends: A co-op rogue-lite game. Meet new friends and embark on new adventures together. Form guilds with your friends, challenge powerful bosses, and earn rich rewards. _____________ For more game information or to give us feedback, follow our social media accounts: Discord: https://discord.com/invite/kK47WZEk2Z
Avid Reader
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All you want to do is read but there are so many distractions. Avoid the distractions and read all the books in this quirky platformer game!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Elemental Adventurer at none against Avid Reader's shown. Elemental Adventurer also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.6). Avid Reader's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 4 weeks). On price, in-app purchases 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. Elemental Adventurer sells 14 one-off in-app purchases and Avid Reader sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Elemental Adventurer ships an update every 4 weeks, Avid Reader weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 17, 2026 and September 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Elemental Adventurer | Avid Reader |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (175 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 48.6% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 175 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 607 MB | 114 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | SkyRise Digital Pte. Ltd. | 5 Ladders Entertainment LLC |
Bugs and requests
Elemental Adventurer
Reported bugs
8 issues- Skills not equipping properly to loadout
- Game freezing after boss defeat
- Game not loading past 48%
- Character stuck in 'magic trip' stage
- Progress wiped after updates despite account linking
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- Save file corruption and deletion
- Manual aiming control pad losing direction
- Skill availability inconsistencies (e.g., Aura Skill Compress)
Requested features
10 requests- Cloud save/data backup system
- More varied game modes and quests
- Endless/timeless battle mode
- Practice mode with custom upgrades
- Ability to swap elemental upgrades mid-run
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- Better tutorial and mechanic explanations
- Portrait mode option
- Donation/support button for developers
- More unique hero abilities
- Skill farming and equipment farming systems
Avid Reader
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Elemental Adventurer
- Value Pet$0.99
- First Top-up Bonus$0.99
- 99 Token Order$0.99
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- 499 Token Order$4.99
- Monthly Card$9.99
- 999 Token Order$9.99
- 1,999 Token Order$19.99
- Lifetime Card$29.99
- 4,999 Token Order$49.99
- 9,999 Token Order$99.99
- 15,999 Token Order$159.99
- 24,999 Token Order$249.99
- 49,999 Token Order$499.99
- 99,999 Token Order$999.99
Avid Reader
- 10 Gold Stars$0.99
- Ad Free / Unlimited Stars$3.99
Questions
Is Elemental Adventurer free?
Is Avid Reader free?
Do Elemental Adventurer or Avid Reader have ads?
Which is updated more often, Elemental Adventurer or Avid Reader?
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