Comparison

The Executive vs A Goblin's Life

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

Head to head
About

The Executive

Engage in fast-paced martial arts combat and thrilling acrobatic stunts as a CEO fighting werewolves. Run a mining company to earn money and upgrade your abilities across 120 hand-crafted levels. Experience a cinematic action game with no ads or in-app purchases.

Highlights
  • Martial arts combat system
  • Acrobatic stunt segments
  • Mining company simulation
  • 120 hand-crafted levels
  • Dozens of abilities and skills
  • Over 50 unique enemies
  • 12 challenging bosses
Features
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Flame kick werewolves, perform thrilling acrobatic stunts, and run a trillion dollar mining company in Riverman Media’s combat-action masterpiece! The Executive is a fast-paced, cinematic martial-arts action game designed from the ground up for iPhone and iPad. You are the CEO of a company that has been infiltrated by werewolves, and it’s your job to save your employees, and eventually the entire city, from their dastardly schemes. OUR PROMISE TO YOU: No ads. No getting suckered into buying more stuff later. The whole game, for one price, for all updates, forever. The Executive combines a high-speed combat system, timing-based running and platforming, 120 hand-crafted levels, a full inventory of moves and upgrades, and a simple mining company simulation for earning money, all into one cohesive experience. The fighting engine evokes a cross between Street Fighter II and Zelda II: The Adventure of Link, with controls designed from scratch to be ideal for touch screens. The platforming (or “stunt”) segments require precise timing, similar to Elite Beat Agents but with an emphasis on visual timing instead of musical rhythm. Both of these mechanics are brought together by the SP bar, which allows you to execute gesture-based special moves like flame kicks, health restoration, and even morphing your character’s arm into a silver spike to impale foes. The Executive uses Riverman Media’s proprietary animation system to bring to life its large, hand-drawn 2D sprites with an unprecedented amount of smoothness and detail. The Executive represents the pinnacle of Riverman Media’s research and development into new 2D graphics technology. FEATURES + 120 levels, hand-crafted one pixel at a time. No randomly generated endless filler. + Dozens of abilities and skills to learn + Battle enemies and execute stunts in every level + Over 50 unique enemies, each with their own intelligence, strengths, and weaknesses + Invest in your mining company and earn money continuously + 12 Menacing bosses that will require your strategy and skill to defeat + Universal App: purchase it once, play forever on iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch + 12 Challenging achievements + High-definition “Retina” graphics for all supported devices, Retina HD graphics on iPhone 6+ + iCloud support: touch the Book icon from the main menu to transfer progress between devices! ―――――――――― Riverman Media is two brothers who have dedicated their lives to the art of 2D game making ―――――――――― * Street Fighter 2, Zelda II: The Adventure of Link, and Elite Beat Agents are not affiliated with Riverman Media or The Executive.

About

A Goblin's Life

Experience life from a goblin's perspective as you lead your squad on raids for food and trinkets. Face off against farm animals and a determined farmer's wife in this humorous adventure.

Highlights
  • Play as goblins raiding a farm
  • Lead a squad of goblins
  • Battle farm animals and humans
  • Complete missions
  • Collect points
  • Fulfill achievements
Features
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You've played games where Adventurer's beat up on goblins and other denizens. Now try it from the other point of view! Play the goblins trying to raid the family farm for food and trinkets. One problem. Pretty much everything is tougher than you. It's tough to be a goblin!! Take your squad of goblins up against snarling dogs, vicious spiders, an ill tempered rooster, and a farmer's wife with a mean fry pan! Take on missions, collect points and fulfill achievements in this humorous look at A Goblin's Life!

Screenshots

The Executive4 screens
A Goblin's Life3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: A Goblin's Life at Free against The Executive's $2.99. A Goblin's Life also leads on iOS requirement (10.2 vs 16.4). The Executive's advantage is rating (4.4 vs 3.5) and review sentiment (81% vs 50%). 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

A Goblin's Life is free to download; The Executive costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

The Executive holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: The Executive has 87 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 81% of The Executive's written reviews are positive against 50% of A Goblin's Life's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

The Executive ships an update every 5 months, A Goblin's Life every 25 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
The Executive versus A Goblin's Life: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterThe ExecutiveA Goblin's Life
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating4.4 (87 ratings) — better3.5 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews81.3% of reviews — better50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings87 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 5 months — betterEvery 25 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.410.2 — better
Further details — not scored
Size1.1 GB19 MB
Age rating9+9+
DeveloperRiverman Media LLCCharles Jennings

Customer experience

The Executive

All ratings86 ratings
Positive86.0%
Neutral4.7%
Negative9.3%
Written reviews256 reviews
Positive81.3%
Neutral4.3%
Negative14.5%

A Goblin's Life

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

Bugs and requests

The Executive

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Crashes when revisiting early levels
  • Unresponsive controls in certain situations

Requested features

4 requests
  • More enemy variety
  • Additional levels or content updates
  • Ability to reset progress or start over
  • Cloud save/sync support

A Goblin's Life

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

The Executive

No in-app purchases

None

A Goblin's Life

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is The Executive free?
The Executive costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is A Goblin's Life free?
A Goblin's Life is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, The Executive or A Goblin's Life?
The Executive is rated higher. The Executive averages 4.4 out of 5 from 87 ratings, while A Goblin's Life averages 3.5 from 2 ratings.
Do The Executive or A Goblin's Life have ads?
Neither The Executive nor A Goblin's Life shows ads.
Which is updated more often, The Executive or A Goblin's Life?
The Executive ships an update every 5 months, and A Goblin's Life every 25 months. Most recently, The Executive was updated on November 6, 2026 and A Goblin's Life on November 2, 2026.

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