Comparison

iDungeon vs Moldvay's Labyrinth

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

Head to head
About

iDungeon

Experience a classic text-based adventure game from the PDP-11 era. This app provides a playable version of the popular «Dungeon» game, running on a simplified operating system environment.

Highlights
  • Play classic text adventure
  • «Dungeon» game included
  • PDP-11 era gaming
  • RT11 operating system simulation
Currently charting
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iDungeon allows you to play the more than 40 years old text based adventure game «Dungeon» that was once popular on the PDP 11 and similar systems. The game is running on a stripped down version of the RT11 operating system.

About

Moldvay's Labyrinth

Embark on a classic dungeon-crawling adventure inspired by 1970s and 80s CRPGs. Explore over 500 rooms, battle hundreds of unique monsters, and uncover countless treasures and secrets. Adjust the difficulty to your preference for a quick or extended play session.

Highlights
  • Over 500 rooms to explore
  • 300+ unique monsters
  • Hundreds of treasures and secrets
  • 80 spells and 15 character classes
  • Adjustable difficulty
  • No ads or interruptions
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You’ve just entered another world—a world of fabulous riches, unbridled sorcery, and certain doom. Over 300 monster types lie in wait, eager to kill your characters in dozens of exotic ways. Even if the monsters don’t get you, the traps lurking in every corridor almost certainly will. Moldvay’s Labyrinth is inspired by classic tabletop and CRPG games of the 1970s and 80s, including the Basic Edition of D&D (the “Red Book”), Wizardry, and Bronze Dragon on the Apple ][+ computer. It’s designed for fast, accessible play: • Jump in and explore for a minute or stay for hours • Adjustable difficulty: go breezy or brutally old-school • Play at your pace, with no ads or interruptions Explore a vast dungeon filled with: • 500+ rooms across dozens of hand-crafted levels • 300+ monsters, each with unique attacks and personalities • Hundreds of treasures, puzzles, and secrets • 80 spells and 15 unique character classes • Tons of weapons, armor, magic items, supplies, curses, and powerful relics This is a love letter to the golden age of dungeon crawling—packed with mystery, danger, and that elusive sense of discovery.

Screenshots

iDungeon3 screens
Moldvay's Labyrinth4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Moldvay's Labyrinth at 100% against iDungeon's 68%. Moldvay's Labyrinth also leads on update cadence (every 11 days vs every 16 months) and ratings volume (15 vs 5). iDungeon's advantage is rating (4.8 vs 4.5) and chart position (#158 vs unranked). On ads, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

iDungeon costs $2.99 and Moldvay's Labyrinth $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

iDungeon holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 15 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 68% of iDungeon's written reviews are positive against 100% of Moldvay's Labyrinth's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

iDungeon ships an update every 16 months, Moldvay's Labyrinth every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 3 level
iDungeon versus Moldvay's Labyrinth: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameteriDungeonMoldvay's Labyrinth
Price$2.99 — better$4.99
Rating4.8 (5 ratings) — better4.5 (15 ratings)
Positive reviews67.6% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings515 — better
Update frequencyEvery 16 monthsEvery 11 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
Best chart rank#158 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.410.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB42 MB
Age rating9+9+
DeveloperPeter SchornCrossCut Games, Inc.

Customer experience

iDungeon

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews37 reviews
Positive67.6%
Neutral16.2%
Negative16.2%

Moldvay's Labyrinth

All ratings15 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews10 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

iDungeon

No in-app purchases

None

Moldvay's Labyrinth

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is iDungeon free?
iDungeon costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Moldvay's Labyrinth free?
Moldvay's Labyrinth costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, iDungeon or Moldvay's Labyrinth?
iDungeon is rated higher. iDungeon averages 4.8 out of 5 from 5 ratings, while Moldvay's Labyrinth averages 4.5 from 15 ratings.
Do iDungeon or Moldvay's Labyrinth have ads?
Neither iDungeon nor Moldvay's Labyrinth shows ads.
Which is updated more often, iDungeon or Moldvay's Labyrinth?
iDungeon ships an update every 16 months, and Moldvay's Labyrinth every 11 days. Most recently, iDungeon was updated on October 29, 2026 and Moldvay's Labyrinth on October 27, 2026.

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