Comparison

Roundguard vs Dungeons of Aether

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

Head to head
About

Roundguard

This is a bouncy dungeon crawler that combines pinball physics with roguelike elements. Explore a randomized castle, battle monsters, collect loot, and master unique character classes. It offers daily challenges and weekly competitions.

Highlights
  • Pinball physics gameplay
  • Multiple playable classes
  • Procedurally generated dungeons
  • Over 200 items and trinkets
  • Daily puzzle challenges
  • Weekly leaderboards
  • Permadeath with benefits
Features
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Roundguard is a bouncy dungeon crawler with pinball physics, lots of loot, and a randomized castle full of oddballs. Highly-rated former Apple Arcade game and Mobile Game of the Year nominee! If you love roguelikes & Peggle, then Roundguard is for you. Press your luck against hordes of dangerously cute monsters and challenging roguelike elements in this all-round bouncy adventure! Bouncy Fun: Intuitive pinball physics-based gameplay like no other dungeon crawler. Multiple Classes: Play as the Warrior, the Rogue, the Wizard, or the Druid, each with their own unique skills, items, and cheeky sense of humor. Show Off Your Skills: Compete on the leaderboards and try to master all the challenging, rule-bending relics. Earn all the Encore roses in an escalating series of difficulty ranks for each hero. Daily Puzzles: A new short puzzle every day to test your skills. Weekly Runs: New special rules each week. Compete against the world on dedicated weekly leaderboards. Randomized Dungeon: Each time you play, levels are procedurally generated, and quest events and elite monsters are randomly placed. Permadeath with Benefits: When you die, you’ll have a chance to bring a special trinket with you on your next run. The more gold you grab, the better your chances to collect one of the most powerful trinkets. A Cast of Oddballs: Chat with the castle’s colorful cast to pick up quests and learn why some rats want their king dead, what’s irritating the local teenage skeleton today, or what the Warrior will do if you can’t get to a bathroom quickly enough. Lots of Loot: Over 200 items and trinkets, each with effects that present strategic choices and combo possibilities.

About

Dungeons of Aether

Embark on a challenging turn-based dungeon crawler where strategic dice drafting determines your fate. Explore diverse biomes, uncover journal entries, and master unique hero skills in a quest for treasure or an early demise.

Highlights
  • Turn-based dice drafting combat
  • Four unique heroes with special skills
  • Story mode with steampunk town exploration
  • Multiple dungeon biomes
  • Challenge dungeons for roguelike difficulty
  • Collectible journal entries
Features
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Dungeons of Aether is a turn-based dungeon crawler designed by Nikita ‘ampersandbear’ Belorusov from the Aether Studios team. Rivals of Aether is known for its intense competition and twitch skills, while Dungeons of Aether allows you to take things at your own pace - but it’s still just as challenging! Every choice you make can lead you deeper into the dungeons or to an early demise. Will you carry out a treasure chest, or be carried out in a pine box? The combat in Dungeons of Aether uses a dice draft system that ensures each battle is unique while challenging the player to adapt the pool of dice each turn. Use fortune to your favor to defeat your foes, collect treasures and shift the odds in your favor... Game Features: - Meet four NEW HEROES from the world of Aether, each with their own unique skills and memorable personalities. - Play STORY MODE and travel to the steampunk town of Julesvale and brave the sprawling caverns underneath it. - Explore each DUNGEON BIOME as you dive into Julesvale Mines, the Lava Caves, the Underground Oasis and the Mineral Deposits, collecting revealing Journal Entries along the way. - Brave the CHALLENGE DUNGEONS if you are looking for true roguelike difficulty to test your skills in the randomly generated dungeons.

Screenshots

Roundguard4 screens
Dungeons of Aether4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Dungeons of Aether at every 8 days against Roundguard's every 6 weeks. Dungeons of Aether also leads on chart position (#192 vs unranked) and review sentiment (93% vs 82%). Roundguard's advantage is ratings volume (229 vs 28). On rating, 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

Roundguard costs $6.99 and Dungeons of Aether $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Roundguard against 4.8 for Dungeons of Aether. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Roundguard has 229 ratings behind it against 28, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 82% of Roundguard's written reviews are positive against 93% of Dungeons of Aether's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Roundguard ships an update every 6 weeks, Dungeons of Aether every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
Roundguard versus Dungeons of Aether: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRoundguardDungeons of Aether
Price$6.99$4.99 — better
Rating4.9 (229 ratings) — better4.8 (28 ratings)
Positive reviews81.8% of reviews93.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings229 — better28
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 8 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
Best chart rank—#192 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.010.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size280 MB189 MB
Age rating9+9+
DeveloperWonderbelly GamesDan Fornace

Customer experience

Roundguard

All ratings226 ratings
Positive97.8%
Neutral1.8%
Negative0.4%
Written reviews11 reviews
Positive81.8%
Neutral9.1%
Negative9.1%

Dungeons of Aether

All ratings28 ratings
Positive92.9%
Neutral3.6%
Negative3.6%
Written reviews15 reviews
Positive93.3%
Neutral6.7%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Roundguard

No in-app purchases

None

Dungeons of Aether

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Roundguard free?
Roundguard costs $6.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Dungeons of Aether free?
Dungeons of Aether costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Roundguard or Dungeons of Aether?
Roundguard is rated higher. Roundguard averages 4.9 out of 5 from 229 ratings, while Dungeons of Aether averages 4.8 from 28 ratings.
Do Roundguard or Dungeons of Aether have ads?
Neither Roundguard nor Dungeons of Aether shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Roundguard or Dungeons of Aether?
Roundguard ships an update every 6 weeks, and Dungeons of Aether every 8 days. Most recently, Roundguard was updated on October 25, 2026 and Dungeons of Aether on October 30, 2026.

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