Sword & Glory vs Gladiator Rising
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Sword & Glory
Embark on a text-based adventure where every choice matters, leading to glory or a swift end. Experience permadeath, challenging combat, and deep character customization. Define your legacy by the causes you champion and the opponents you defeat.
- Permadeath with legacy titles
- Branching text adventures
- Challenging combat system
- Character customization
- Home village upgrades
- GameCenter leaderboards and achievements
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What would you be willing to die for? Live life by the sword. Defend the honor of you clan, amass fortunes or seek glory through defeating worthy opponents. Live your life to the fullest, for one day, as all men must, you will heed the raven's call... Permadeath You WILL die, the only question is what for. At death, your actions will be judged and you'll be awarded a title, such as “the Brave”, “the Greedy” or “the Silver King”, and more. Choose Your Cause Branching text adventures let you choose the causes for which you fight. Simple but challenging combat system The combat is a form of rock, paper and scissors combined with timing and judging the relative strenghts and weaknesses of the combatants. Customization Character creation, perks, equipment and home village upgrades provide plenty of opportunities to customize your character, your story, and your fighting style. Includes GameCenter leaderboards and achievements ***** "Sword & Glory delivers what it promises: glory to be had, and life and death by the sword." - toucharcade.com, 4.5/5 Stars "Go get Sword & Glory immediately" - PocketTactics
Gladiator Rising
Engage in strategic turn-based combat against procedurally generated opponents across five chapters. Equip and utilize a variety of items to hone your warrior skills and achieve ultimate victory in this challenging roguelike RPG.
- Procedurally generated gladiators
- Five chapters of progression
- Item buying and equipping
- Turn-based RPG combat
- Strategic gameplay
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Fight through five Chapters of constantly changing, randomly generated gladiators. Buy, equip and use items as you compete to become the ultimate warrior. Strategy is key to success in this mix of rogue-like and turn-based RPG mix.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Sword & Glory at none against Gladiator Rising's shown. Sword & Glory also leads on review sentiment (83% vs 65%). Gladiator Rising's advantage is iOS requirement (14.0 vs 16.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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. Sword & Glory sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and Gladiator Rising sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Sword & Glory against 4.6 for Gladiator Rising. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 972 and 2.6K respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 83% of Sword & Glory's written reviews are positive against 65% of Gladiator Rising's.
Sword & Glory ships an update every 6 months, Gladiator Rising every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Sword & Glory | Gladiator Rising |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (972 ratings) — better | 4.6 (2.6K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 83.5% of reviews — better | 65.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 972 | 2.6K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 4 months — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 194 MB | 99 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Ifelse Media Ltd. | Happii Gamer Studios Inc. |
Customer experience
Sword & Glory
Gladiator Rising
User reviews
Sword & Glory
From 972 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Great game
- 👍 Unique and interesting
- 👍 Addictive gameplay
- 👍 Challenging combat
- 👍 Immersive atmosphere
Room to improve
- 🐛 Bugs and glitches
- 🔋 Crashes and freezes
- 🔒 Progression loss on death
- 🔒 Unfair enemy difficulty
- 🔒 Repetitive quests
Gladiator Rising
From 2.6K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Fun gameplay
- 👍 Challenging and addictive
- 🤺 Gladiator theme
- 💎 Good value for a free game
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent crashes and bugs
- 🔨 Progression-blocking issues
- 🕹️ Unresponsive controls
- 🤯 Frustrating difficulty spikes
Bugs and requests
Sword & Glory
Reported bugs
4 issues- Outfit/equipment glitches
- Enemies clipping through terrain
- Progression loss on crashes
- Unresponsive combat controls
Requested features
7 requests- More content updates
- New weapons and armor
- Difficulty settings
- Checkpoint system
- Clan/faction expansion
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- Character customization
- Multiplayer/co-op mode
Gladiator Rising
Reported bugs
4 issues- Game crashes when opening ad chests
- Unable to progress past 3rd or 4th fight
- Character instantly dying when sleeping
- Inventory and skill issues on reloading
Requested features
4 requests- More character classes and abilities
- Improved save/load system
- Better in-app purchase options
- Expanded post-game content
In-app purchases
Sword & Glory
- 800 Epic Points$2.99
- 3000 Epic Points$7.99
- 10000 Epic Points$19.99
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- 18000 Epic Points$29.99
Gladiator Rising
- Small Donation$0.99
- Remove Ads$1.99
- Medium Donation$2.99
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- Large Donation$8.99
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