Comparison

Dark Summoner vs AdventureQuest Dragons

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

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About

Dark Summoner

Engage in a dark fantasy world by summoning and powering up over 5,000 unique monsters. Team up with friends to defeat powerful raid bosses, form clans, and craft items to enhance your team's abilities. Play at your own pace with regular free updates and events.

Highlights
  • Summon and power up over 5,000 monsters
  • Cooperative raid boss battles
  • Form and develop clans with friends
  • Craft powerful battle items
  • Artwork by famous artists
  • Regular free events and updates
Features
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Garnering Critical Acclaim from Around the World! Dark Summoner, a Dark Fantasy Social Game Gem! Downloaded over 9 million times worldwide! Overwhelming Quality Recognized Around the Globe! *********************************************************** 【Game Introduction】 Bring about an end to the war that's plunged the world into chaos! Summon powerful Rare Monsters and power them up to be mighty warriors for your cause. Form Clans with your friends and aim for the top rank! ■Featuring artwork by many famous Japanese and international artists! A large number of artists from Japan and other countries have contributed to the game. Gorgeous illustrations and intense CG movies deepen the game experience. ■Features over 5,000 Monsters! Featuring more than 5,000 types of monsters designed by famous artists! Monsters are frequently added! Get them all to complete your collection! ■Power up your monsters! Make sacrifices to the monsters you've collected to create the strongest team. Raise epic monsters and become the best! ■Team up with friends to defeat legendary Dark Lord Raid Bosses! Summon legendary Dark Lords using items gathered from completing missions. Cooperate with friends to defeat the Dark Lords and their unbelievable power! Defeated Dark Lords will join your team! ■Form Clans with your friends! In the newly implemented Clan System, create and develop Clans with your friends to gain bonuses! Battle against your Clan mates in future in-game events! Secure your spot in history alongside your friends! ■Craft Relica that can influence the outcome of Battle! Monsters aren't the only vital part of Battles! Gather Magic Crystals to Craft powerful Items, and equip them to boost your stats! There are endless combinations! Find the one that suits your play style! ■Only have a few minutes free? That's OK! The game is playable even if you only have a few minutes to spare. Play at your own pace -- on the train to work or school, before bed, whatever fits your lifestyle! ■New free events and updates added monthly! New events and content are added to the game each month. Dark Summoner is constantly evolving! *********************************************************** ※This game is playable on iOS 15.0 and higher. ※The game may not run if your device's time and date settings are not correct. ※The game's initial load time may take a few minutes in areas with a weak network connection. In such cases, please wait for the load to complete and do not close the application. ※A Wi-Fi connection is recommended for the optimal Dark Summoner experience.

About

AdventureQuest Dragons

Hatch, evolve, and collect 12 unique dragons in an idle clicker game. Your dragons will battle, build, and destroy civilizations even when you're offline. Master the art of tapping (or not tapping) to become the ultimate Dragon Master.

Highlights
  • Hatch and evolve 12 unique dragons
  • Dragons have unique upgrades and stories
  • Unlock hundreds of dragon achievements
  • Offline progression and gameplay
  • Battle through storylines
  • Collect gems to power-up dragons
Features
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Hatch and evolve 12 Dragons in an idle game from the makers of Cookie Clicker & AdventureQuest Worlds! DRAGONS * Steampunk Dragon * Fire Dragon * Green Dragon * Shadow Dragon * Three-Headed Dragon * Evil Lava Dragon * Gold Dragon * Lightning Dragon * Faerie Dragon * Undead Dragon * Slime Dragon * Frost Dragon Become a master of Dragons. Tap dragon eggs to hatch them, and then collect gems to power-up and evolve your dragons into titanic beasts. Collect and evolve them all. FEATURES * 12 masterfully painted and animated Dragons * Each Dragon has unique upgrades and stories! * Unlock hundreds of Dragon achievements. * Your Dragons can play for you, even when the app is closed. Collect Dragons of every breed! Battle through the storylines where your Dragon will raise armies, create cities, and most likely destroy civilizations while fighting fearsome foes. From an egg to master of the multiverse! “Dragons, they’re alright.” - Orteil, creator of Cookie Clicker “Dragons are cool!” - Artix, creator of AdventureQuest Worlds FEATURING DRAGON ART BY Dage - Lead AdventureQuest Worlds Artist Thyton - Lead DragonFable/MechQuest Artist Oishii - Original AdventureQuest Artist Yergen - Bladehaven/HeroSmash Master Animator Extraordinaire - And One Handsome Devil FEATURING WRITING BY Orteil - Cookie Clicker Creator Artix - AdventureQuest Creator Opti - Cookie Clicker Administrator Cysero - DragonFable/AQworlds writer The most epic clicker game of all time! As an idle game, the point of the Dragons is to ultimately have the game play for you. Master the art of tapping and not tapping. Easy to do - difficult to master. Become the greatest Dragon Master in all of time and space by tapping (er- or rather NOT TAPPING) your way to glory! Raise your horde of dragons, Dragon Master!

Screenshots

Dark Summoner4 screens
AdventureQuest Dragons4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: AdventureQuest Dragons at none against Dark Summoner's shown. AdventureQuest Dragons also leads on rating (3.9 vs 3.6) and review sentiment (72% vs 62%). Dark Summoner's advantage is update cadence (every 3 months vs every 7 months) and ratings volume (290 vs 28). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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

Both are free to download. Dark Summoner sells 12 one-off in-app purchases and AdventureQuest Dragons sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

AdventureQuest Dragons holds the better App Store score, 3.9 against 3.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Dark Summoner has 290 ratings behind it against 28, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 62% of Dark Summoner's written reviews are positive against 72% of AdventureQuest Dragons's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Dark Summoner ships an update every 3 months, AdventureQuest Dragons every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Dark Summoner versus AdventureQuest Dragons: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDark SummonerAdventureQuest Dragons
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.6 (290 ratings)3.9 (28 ratings) — better
Positive reviews61.6% of reviews71.6% of reviews — better
Number of ratings290 — better28
Update frequencyEvery 3 months — betterEvery 7 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.08.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size100 MB134 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperAteam Entertainment Inc.Artix Entertainment LLC

Customer experience

Dark Summoner

All ratings289 ratings
Positive61.6%
Neutral10.4%
Negative28.0%
Written reviews367 reviews
Positive61.6%
Neutral6.8%
Negative31.6%

AdventureQuest Dragons

All ratings28 ratings
Positive67.9%
Neutral14.3%
Negative17.9%
Written reviews218 reviews
Positive71.6%
Neutral11.0%
Negative17.4%

User reviews

Dark Summoner

From 290 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🎨 Beautiful artwork
  • 🕹️ Addictive gameplay
  • 🤝 Helpful community
  • 🏆 Competitive events

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Frequent crashes and bugs
  • 💰 Pay-to-win mechanics
  • 🕰️ Slow loading times
  • 🤯 Overwhelming complexity
  • 📱 Screen size issues on newer devices

AdventureQuest Dragons

From 28 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Fun and addictive
  • 👍 Cute and well-designed dragons
  • 🚀 Smooth gameplay and animations
  • 👍 Humorous upgrade descriptions

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Bugs and glitches (upgrade menu issues, dragons not earning gems, crashes)
  • 🔒 Progression locked behind paywall (keys to unlock new dragons)
  • 🔋 High battery consumption
  • 🐛 Incompatibility with newer devices (iPhone X)

Bugs and requests

Dark Summoner

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Inability to log in or create account
  • Disappearing rewards and progress
  • Broken trading/gifting functionality
  • Compatibility issues with newer iOS versions

Requested features

4 requests
  • Account recovery option
  • Improved tutorial and onboarding
  • Rebalance of progression system
  • More F2P-friendly content

AdventureQuest Dragons

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Upgrade menu issues (upgrades not appearing)
  • Gems/second counter disappearing after upgrades
  • Ads causing crashes or freezes
  • Losing progress/dragons after closing the app
  • Incompatibility with newer iOS versions

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add more dragons and content updates
  • Improve offline gem earning
  • Implement a prestige/reset system
  • Add a save/load feature to sync progress across devices

In-app purchases

12 purchases

Dark Summoner

One-time12
  • 120 Soul Points$0.99
  • 365 Soul Points$2.99
  • Event Value Pack I$3.99
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  • 1000 Soul Points$7.99
  • Royal Pack C$7.99
  • 1520 Soul Points$11.99
  • Summoner's Pass$12.99
  • 3100 Soul Points$22.99
  • 4800 Soul Points$34.99
  • 8300 Soul Points$59.99
  • 11000 Soul Points$69.99
  • Value Pack! (Platinum)$79.99
4 purchases

AdventureQuest Dragons

One-time4
  • x30$1.99
  • x80$4.99
  • x200$9.99
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  • Founder Package$9.99

Questions

Is Dark Summoner free?
Dark Summoner is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is AdventureQuest Dragons free?
AdventureQuest Dragons is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Dark Summoner or AdventureQuest Dragons?
AdventureQuest Dragons is rated higher. Dark Summoner averages 3.6 out of 5 from 290 ratings, while AdventureQuest Dragons averages 3.9 from 28 ratings.
Do Dark Summoner or AdventureQuest Dragons have ads?
Dark Summoner shows ads; AdventureQuest Dragons does not.
Which is updated more often, Dark Summoner or AdventureQuest Dragons?
Dark Summoner ships an update every 3 months, and AdventureQuest Dragons every 7 months. Most recently, Dark Summoner was updated on October 29, 2026 and AdventureQuest Dragons on October 24, 2026.

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