Comparison

Malic's Legacy vs RUSTLANDS

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

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About

Malic's Legacy

Embark on a classic text-based RPG adventure with multiple character classes. Level up, battle monsters, and upgrade gear in an immersive world with incremental progression. Enjoy a seamless, ad-free experience with intuitive gameplay.

Highlights
  • Choose from Knight, Mage, or Archer classes
  • Battle over 45 classic RPG monsters
  • Complete tasks for gold and experience
  • Buy, upgrade, and evolve items
  • Track progress with detailed statistics
  • Ad-free gameplay
Features
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A no-ads text RPG: pick Knight, Mage, or Archer, fight 80 monsters across eight regions, and evolve legendary gear. Malic’s Legacy is a classic incremental RPG you can play in short sessions. Fight, finish tasks, spend gold on better equipment, and watch your character grow. When you want the grind to run itself, turn on auto-fight and auto-heal. FEATURES • No ads in combat, tasks, or the Endless Tower • Three classes — Knight, Mage, and Archer • 80 monsters, eight regions, and rare shiny encounters • Repeatable tasks for gold and experience • Weapons, armor, and gems you buy, upgrade, and evolve • Bestiary completion, runes, and category masteries • Endless Tower climbs with shop buffs • Late-game artifacts you attach to your gear • Achievements, stats, and online leaderboards WHO IT IS FOR Players who want a simple fantasy RPG loop: fight, loot, upgrade, repeat. Readable on one hand, light on the battery, and built for both quick sessions and long-term progression. Start as a guest, then create an account when you want skins, leaderboards, and cloud-backed progress. Download Malic’s Legacy and begin your legacy. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

RUSTLANDS

Features
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Rust is everywhere. Legends are buried under it. Forge your weapon, topple towering bosses and dig legendaries out of deep caves in a hand-crafted open-world action RPG. Free to play. No ads. Fair, and built to last for years. RUSTLANDS is a chunky, colourful toon world of scrap heaps, oil-slick marshes, glass canyons and ember fields. Explore it on foot or in the saddle, by day and by night, and grow from a camp scavenger into a legend. FIGHT BOSSES WORTH TALKING ABOUT - The Sovereign and his golden clock, the Ashfather and his burning front, the Gorgon Queen, the Choir of Three and the Bone Tyrant - Every big hit has a fair tell: dodge, block, parry and strike back - Monsters with moves of their own, elites, named creatures and the Veil Stalker, a shadow that hunts the night 160+ FORGED WEAPONS - Six families: blades, heavy weapons, polearms, bows and crossbows, staves and claws - Fire, ice and lightning, six tiers and boss relics - Upgrade, re-forge, salvage and craft at Kessa's forge GEAR YOU CAN SEE - Forged armour sets, distinct helms and shields, and a set made for each calling with its own bonus - Everything you wear shows on your hero A WORLD TO EXPLORE - A hand-painted parchment world map that fills in as you travel - Caves with legendary rewards, lookout towers, outposts, treasure maps and a weekly map - Caravans on the roads, wayside shrines and hidden strongboxes - Day and night, weather and storms, foraging, mounts, and Rusty the camp dog YOUR HERO, YOUR PATH - Choose your calling at level 10: Warrior, Archer, Mage or Rogue - Specialize at level 30 and master your weapon family - A long road: quick first hours, then slow and fair progression past level 50 - Daily challenges, contracts, the weekly hunt and achievements PLAY WITH FRIENDS NEARBY - Team up with friends nearby over Bluetooth and Wi-Fi, up to 8 heroes, no internet needed - Private party: shared kills, gold split evenly, every item to a random member - Ping a spot, send an emote, lift a fallen friend, and trade gear and gold face to face FAIR BY DESIGN RUSTLANDS is free to play with no ads and no loot boxes. The four core callings are free, forever, and nothing you earn by playing is ever sold back to you. You get stronger the honest way. MADE FOR PHONES - Touch controls built for your thumbs, or play with a game controller - Up to 120 fps on ProMotion displays, with heat care for long sessions - Plays fully offline The rust isn't going anywhere. Neither are you. Download RUSTLANDS and start forging your legend.

Screenshots

Malic's Legacy4 screens
RUSTLANDS4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: RUSTLANDS at none against Malic's Legacy's 7. Malic's Legacy's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs monthly). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Malic's Legacy sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. RUSTLANDS asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Malic's Legacy ships an update weekly, RUSTLANDS monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Malic's Legacy versus RUSTLANDS: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMalic's LegacyRUSTLANDS
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (14 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews33.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings14 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.115.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size96 MB434 MB
Age rating9+12+
DeveloperMalic Labs LTDALior Fidelman

In-app purchases

7 purchases

Malic's Legacy

Subscriptions1
  • Promotion access - Monthly$2.991 Month
One-time6
  • Starter Pack$0.99
  • Value Pack$3.99
  • Definitive Promotion$5.99
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  • Mega Pack$9.99
  • Supreme Pack$19.99
  • Legendary Pack$34.99
None

RUSTLANDS

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Malic's Legacy free?
Malic's Legacy is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is RUSTLANDS free?
RUSTLANDS is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Malic's Legacy or RUSTLANDS have ads?
Neither Malic's Legacy nor RUSTLANDS shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Malic's Legacy or RUSTLANDS?
Malic's Legacy ships an update weekly, and RUSTLANDS monthly. Most recently, Malic's Legacy was updated on October 27, 2026 and RUSTLANDS on October 24, 2026.

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