Comparison

Swordigo vs Rogue Sword

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

Head to head
About

Swordigo

Embark on an epic adventure in a magical realm filled with challenges. Explore dungeons, battle monsters, and gain experience to level up your character. Discover powerful weapons, items, and spells to aid you in your quest.

Highlights
  • Explore a magical realm
  • Gain experience and level up
  • Find powerful weapons and spells
  • Dynamic lighting system
  • Optimized touch controls
  • Game Center achievements
  • iCloud save syncing
Features
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Run, jump and slash your way through a vast world of challenges and embark on an epic adventure! “Swordigo is a love letter to the platforming and adventure games of the past.” — SlideToPlay, 4/4 “There’s never a dull movement as you hop between platforms and slash your sword against a plethora of enemies.” — Apple’n’Apps, 4.5/5 “Honestly, if you only buy one game this week, you should choose Swordigo.” — AppAdvice A GREAT ADVENTURE • Explore a magical realm of dungeons, towns, treasures and devious monsters. • Gain experience and level up your character. MAGIC AND SWORDS • Find powerful weapons, items and spells to defeat your enemies. DYNAMIC LIGHTING • Venture into gloomy caves and dungeons illuminated by the atmospheric dynamic lighting system. OPTIMIZED GAMEPLAY • Precise touch controls designed specifically for iOS. • Customize the controls to your preference. LATEST iOS FEATURES • Game Center achievements. • Use iCloud to sync saves between the iPhone, iPod touch and iPad. • Retina display support for both the iPhone and the iPad.

About

Rogue Sword

Embark on a challenging retro adventure, battling monsters and collecting treasures across diverse locations. Master strategic combat, build unique characters with rich upgrades, and face epic bosses in this fast-paced roguelite.

Highlights
  • High-difficulty fast-paced action
  • Intense and strategic battle
  • Random character generation
  • Rich weapons and spells
  • Character upgrades
  • Epic boss battles
  • Retro CRT filters
Features
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Pick up your weapon, travel through various locations, defeat the monsters blocking the way, and find ancient treasures. High-difficulty fast-paced action game. Intense and strategic battle. Control your own rhythm, hit a higher number of combos, get a lot of gold coins to buy weapons and magic to arm yourself. Challenge 7 epic bosses! **Pixel Perfect graphics **Beautiful pixel light and shadow **RogeLite **A completely random character every time (Tall? Short? As sensitive as a ninja? Even crazy...) **Different character skills **Rich weapons and spells **A large number of upgrades to create your unique character ** Lots of different enemies **Boss battle full of variables **Retro mode brings beautiful CRT filters and more difficult challenges! One More Game, Never ending.

Screenshots

Swordigo4 screens
Rogue Sword4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Rogue Sword at none against Swordigo's 3. Rogue Sword also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 5 months) and rating (5.0 vs 4.8). Swordigo's advantage is ratings volume (7.9K vs 1). On price, review sentiment, ads 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. Swordigo sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Rogue Sword asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Rogue Sword holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Swordigo has 7.9K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 95% of Swordigo's written reviews are positive against 100% of Rogue Sword's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Swordigo ships an update every 5 months, Rogue Sword every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Swordigo versus Rogue Sword: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSwordigoRogue Sword
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (7.9K ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews94.6% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings7.9K — better1
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.011.0
Further details — not scored
Size128 MB77 MB
Age rating9+9+
DeveloperTouch Foo天旻 王

Customer experience

Swordigo

All ratings7,906 ratings
Positive94.3%
Neutral2.1%
Negative3.6%
Written reviews644 reviews
Positive94.6%
Neutral2.2%
Negative3.3%

Rogue Sword

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Swordigo

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Glitches with key items
  • Crashes on certain devices

Requested features

4 requests
  • Swordigo 2 or sequel
  • More levels and content
  • Difficulty settings
  • Expanded story and lore

Rogue Sword

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Swordigo

One-time3
  • Remove Advertisement$1.99
  • Guiding Compass$2.99
  • Coin Doubler$2.99
None

Rogue Sword

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Swordigo free?
Swordigo is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Rogue Sword free?
Rogue Sword is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Swordigo or Rogue Sword?
Rogue Sword is rated higher. Swordigo averages 4.8 out of 5 from 7.9K ratings, while Rogue Sword averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Swordigo or Rogue Sword have ads?
Both Swordigo and Rogue Sword show ads.
Which is updated more often, Swordigo or Rogue Sword?
Swordigo ships an update every 5 months, and Rogue Sword every 3 weeks. Most recently, Swordigo was updated on October 19, 2026 and Rogue Sword on October 7, 2026.

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