Comparison

Ravensword vs The Quest

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

Head to head
About

Ravensword

Embark on an epic adventure in a vast, richly detailed 3D world. Gather powerful weapons, collect items, enhance your skills, and unravel the mysteries of a kingdom through a deep storyline. Engage in reflex-based combat, explore diverse environments, and make choices that impact your journey.

Highlights
  • Enormous 3D world to explore
  • First/Third Person camera switching
  • Hundreds of items and loot
  • Reflex and precision combat
  • Various weapon types
  • Flying and ground mounts
  • Decision-based quests
Features
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From the award winning studio that brought you Ravensword: The Fallen King and Aralon: Sword and Shadow, comes RAVENSWORD: SHADOWLANDS. Ravensword brings unprecedented visuals to the role playing and adventure genre. Explore a vast and richly detailed world, gather powerful weapons, collect hundreds of items, increase your skills, and follow a deep storyline to solve the mysteries of the Kingdom of Tyreas. Features: Enormous 3d world to explore First Person and 3rd Person on the fly switching Gorgeous and realistic scenery Ragdoll Physics Game Center Achievements iCloud support Original Soundtrack from composer Sean Beeson Hundreds of items to use Reflex and precision based combat with manual blocking and dodging Various weapon types - Bows, Crossbows, Hammers, Swords, Axes Flying Mounts Horses Tons of enemy types including huge prehistoric creatures. Lockpicking Pick Pocketing Stealth Magical Runes Item enhancement Tons of loot Plenty of armor upgrades Mounted combat Decision based, multi-part Quests Reputation and Jail System Follow us for the latest info and game news! • http://crescentmoongames.com/other-games/ • http://facebook.com/crescentmoongames • http://twitter.com/cm_games

About

The Quest

Embark on a hand-drawn open-world RPG adventure with grid-based movement and turn-based combat. Explore a vast kingdom, customize your character with various skills and gear, and make choices that shape your destiny. Uncover mysteries, face dangerous creatures, and complete quests in a world full of magic and intrigue.

Highlights
  • Hand-drawn open world exploration
  • Grid-based movement
  • Turn-based combat
  • Customizable characters and skills
  • Main story and side quests
  • Day/night cycle and weather system
  • In-game card game
Features
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The Quest is a beautifully hand-drawn open world role playing game with old school grid-based movement and turn based combat. In the kingdom of Monares trouble is brewing. The governor of Freymore is missing and the island is in tumult. The mages all prophesy a dark shadow looming over the safety of the kingdom. As an Agent of the king, it's your job to find out what is happening and avert any danger. Choose from five customizable races and an array of skills, weapons, armor and enchantments, and explore a huge world of four cities and a wilderness of mountains, caves, lakes and forests – full of mystery, magic and intriguing challenges. Meet the many inhabitants, each with its own agenda and attitude towards your character. Some will be helpful, some greedy or lascivious or just plain mean. You will have many choices, including some that may place you against the law, along your way to the dramatic ending of your own choosing. Key Features: - Pursue a long and dramatic main story and solve many optional side quests. - Create a highly customizable character and cast dazzling spells, enchant powerful items, concoct potent potions and persuade people to further your goals. - Discover an open world with interesting locales, day/night cycle, weather, fascinating people, dangerous creatures, readable books, pick-able locks, repairable items, houses that can be broken into, dungeons, traps and much more. - Play an absorbing card game with three different decks, accessible at the inns.

Screenshots

Ravensword2 screens
The Quest4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: The Quest at none against Ravensword's 7. The Quest also leads on update cadence (every 3 months vs every 10 months) and review sentiment (76% vs 59%). Ravensword's advantage is price ($6.99 vs $7.99) and iOS requirement (13.1 vs 15.6). On rating, ratings volume, 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

Ravensword costs $6.99 and The Quest $7.99 up front. Ravensword sells 7 one-off in-app purchases. The Quest asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.1 for Ravensword against 4.3 for The Quest. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 218 and 151 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 59% of Ravensword's written reviews are positive against 76% of The Quest's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Ravensword ships an update every 10 months, The Quest every 3 months. Both last shipped on October 29, 2026.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Ravensword versus The Quest: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRavenswordThe Quest
Price$6.99 — better$7.99
Rating4.1 (218 ratings)4.3 (151 ratings) — better
Positive reviews59.3% of reviews76.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings218 — better151
Update frequencyEvery 10 monthsEvery 3 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.1 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size829 MB398 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperCrescent Moon Games LLCRedshift

Customer experience

Ravensword

All ratings218 ratings
Positive76.6%
Neutral6.9%
Negative16.5%
Written reviews880 reviews
Positive59.3%
Neutral12.6%
Negative28.1%

The Quest

All ratings151 ratings
Positive78.1%
Neutral7.3%
Negative14.6%
Written reviews114 reviews
Positive76.3%
Neutral6.1%
Negative17.5%

User reviews

Ravensword

From 218 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Great graphics and gameplay
  • 🔒 Immersive open-world experience
  • 👍 Engaging story and quests
  • 💡 Potential for Skyrim-like experience on mobile

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Frequent crashes and bugs
  • 🔋 Performance issues on older devices
  • 👎 Short main story and limited content
  • 🕹️ Subpar controls and UI

The Quest

From 151 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🎮 Deep, engaging old-school RPG gameplay
  • 🗺️ Large open world with extensive exploration
  • 📖 Rich storytelling and quest variety
  • 🎨 Beautiful hand-drawn graphics and art style
  • ⏰ Massive content with hundreds of hours of playtime

Room to improve

  • 🎮 Clunky and dated movement controls
  • 🗺️ Confusing map system with limited visibility
  • 📖 Vague quest descriptions and objectives
  • 🎨 Sprite-based graphics not appealing to everyone
  • ⚔️ Monotonous turn-based combat

Bugs and requests

Ravensword

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Crashes when reading books/scrolls
  • Glitches with key items and progression
  • Compatibility issues on older iOS devices
  • Inventory and UI bugs

Requested features

5 requests
  • Multiplayer mode
  • More character customization options
  • Expanded open world and quest content
  • Improved performance optimization
  • Controller support

The Quest

Reported bugs

9 issues
  • Sound not working on some devices
  • Crashes on iPhone 12 and other devices
  • Weapon bobbing animation glitch
  • Game doesn't support iPhone X+ screen resolutions
  • Black bars on newer iPhone models
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  • Broken quests in certain areas (Vastares)
  • Quest completion not registering properly
  • Character poisoning without cure availability
  • Sound issues after iOS updates

Requested features

13 requests
  • Controller/gamepad support (MFi controllers, Bluetooth)
  • Cloud save functionality across devices
  • Language translations (Spanish, French, German, Russian, Japanese, Korean)
  • iPhone X and newer screen resolution support
  • iCloud sync for cross-device play
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  • Quest markers on map
  • Updated quest journal with descriptions
  • Enemy respawning system
  • Bulk item selling feature
  • Quick save button
  • Expansion packs in HD versions
  • Split controls for iPad (movement and attack on different sides)
  • More NPC visual variety

In-app purchases

7 purchases

Ravensword

One-time7
  • Potion of Experience$0.99
  • 3 Talent Points$1.99
  • Restoration Potion Pack$2.99
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  • Experience Potion Pack$3.99
  • Perfect Gem Pack$3.99
  • 5000 Gold$4.99
  • 25000 Gold$19.99
None

The Quest

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Ravensword free?
Ravensword costs $6.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is The Quest free?
The Quest costs $7.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Ravensword or The Quest?
The Quest is rated higher. Ravensword averages 4.1 out of 5 from 218 ratings, while The Quest averages 4.3 from 151 ratings.
Do Ravensword or The Quest have ads?
Neither Ravensword nor The Quest shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Ravensword or The Quest?
Ravensword ships an update every 10 months, and The Quest every 3 months. Most recently, Ravensword was updated on October 29, 2026 and The Quest on October 29, 2026.

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