Angel Sword® vs Hell and Back
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Angel Sword®
Embark on a classic 2D RPG adventure to recover a powerful sword forged from good and evil. Guide your hero through a world filled with challenging enemies and make choices that lead to re-playable interactive endings. Restore peace by choosing your path, whether light or dark.
- Re-playable interactive alternate endings
- Challenging animated enemies
- Auto save game progress
- Save up to 3 unique games
- Classic graphics and animation
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Classic old school RPG action! Play the original 2D release title for Angel Sword. Once upon a time two wizards ruled in peace. Until one day the Red Wizard unlocked the power of the Angel Sword, a blade forged from good and evil magic. Over time, the power of the sword filled the Red Wizard with darkness. Now you must guide your hero on the path to recover the Angel Sword and restore peace. Will you follow the light or the dark? Features: * Re-playable interactive alternate endings. * Challenging animated enemies. * Auto save your game progress. * Save up to 3 unique games. * Fun classic graphics and animation.
Hell and Back
Embark on a sci-fi roguelike RPG adventure to close a portal to hell on Mars. Fight, loot, and upgrade your gear in turn-based combat, recruiting mercenaries and making critical decisions to survive.
- Procedural and handcrafted levels
- Weapon and armor upgrades
- Mercenary recruitment
- Challenging quests and bosses
- Deep RPG progression
- Turn-based combat
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A sci‑fi roguelike RPG where you descend into hell to close the portal. A portal to hell has opened on Mars Base - and you’re the only one left to stop it. Fight, loot, upgrade, and survive in a turn‑based roguelike RPG where every run is different! - Procedural + handcrafted levels for endless replayability - Upgrade weapons and armor using power cells - Recruit mercenaries to build you squad - Challenging quests and bosses that evolve as you progress in this dungeon crawler - Deep RPG progression with stat points and gear builds - Classic roguelike tension - every decision matters - Turn based RPG action Do you have what it takes to descend into hell and come back alive?
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Hell and Back at 4.0 against Angel Sword®'s 2.9. Hell and Back also leads on update cadence (every 7 months vs every 67 months). Angel Sword®'s advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ads (none vs shown). 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
Both are free to download. Hell and Back sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Angel Sword® asks for nothing beyond the download.
Hell and Back holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 2.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Angel Sword® has 36 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 36% of Angel Sword®'s written reviews are positive against 25% of Hell and Back's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Angel Sword® ships an update every 67 months, Hell and Back every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Angel Sword® | Hell and Back |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.9 (36 ratings) | 4.0 (7 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 36.1% of reviews — better | 25.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 36 — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Every 67 months | Every 7 months — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 10 MB | 45 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 12+ |
| Developer | DVide Arts Inc. | Brandon Stecklein |
Customer experience
Angel Sword®
Hell and Back
In-app purchases
Angel Sword®
No in-app purchases
Hell and Back
- 100 Ape Coins$0.99
- Hell and Back Full Upgrade$1.99
Questions
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