Yomi vs Aetherium Clash
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Yomi
This digital card game simulates the mind games and strategy of fighting video games. Learn character combos, practice against AI or other players, and climb the leaderboards. It features a variety of characters and game modes.
- 10 unique character decks
- AI opponents with varying difficulty
- Survival Mode
- Online multiplayer
- Cross-platform play
- Replay saving and viewing
- Online leaderboards
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Dice Tower's Game of the Year, Tom Vasel, 2010 Yomi is a fighting game in card form. Learn your character, practice combos, and read the opponent's tendencies. 10 characters to choose from, plus 10 more expansion characters available inside the app. Yomi captures the mindgames from fighting games such as Street Fighter, and was created by the lead designer of Street Fighter HD Remix, who was also a long-time fighting game tournament player. Yomi itself is a strategy card game that has held up to many years of tournaments. Start practicing now! • 10 character decks (10 more expansion also available) • AI opponents, including a pretty difficult AI • Survival Mode to play many AI opponents in a row • Tutorial to get you started • Online play, cross-platform with the web version at www.fantasystrike.com • Online leaderboards: start in the Student ranks and work up to Master ranks • Save replays of your games and watch replays from any other player, including top leaderboard players From the makers of Puzzle Strike, Flash Duel, and Pandante. Follow us on Facebook or Twitter: www.facebook.com/SirlinGames @SirlinGames Visit the tabletop store: www.sirlingames.com
Aetherium Clash
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Aetherium Clash is a tactical card game built around one idea: play a card to the 3×3 grid, beat the number on an adjacent enemy card, and flip it to your side. When the board fills, whoever owns more cards wins. You'll learn it in a single match and still be finding new lines a hundred matches later. Most of the game is yours alone. A STORY CAMPAIGN Fight across distinct worlds, each with its own map of encounters and a boss holding the road forward. Beat the boss, open the next world. THE GAUNTLET A roster of AI challengers, each with a real deck and a style you have to actually solve — not difficulty sliders, opponents. A COLLECTION WORTH BUILDING 110 cards across four rarities, in a painted JRPG style. Earn packs by playing, disenchant duplicates into shards, and tune decks around what you've actually got. NO POP-UP ADS. NO IN-APP PURCHASES. NO ENERGY TIMERS. Nothing is sold to you. There is no second currency behind a paywall and nothing runs out while you wait. No ad ever interrupts a match — the only ones in the game are optional videos you can choose to watch for extra Shards, and you can ignore them forever. AND WHEN YOU WANT A HUMAN Ranked quick match against other players, or a private duel with a friend by code or QR scan. Trade cards with other players in the marketplace. Entirely optional — the campaign and the Gauntlet never ask you to go online for a match. FEATURES • Story campaign — worlds, maps, bosses, built for solo play • The Gauntlet — AI challengers with distinct decks and personalities • 110 collectible cards across four rarities • Guardian Forces — mythological summons as showcase card art • Deck builder with sorting by power and rarity • Player marketplace — trade cards for Shards • Optional PvP — ranked quick match, or private duels by friend code / QR • Cloud sync — sign in with Apple or Google, keep your collection across devices Place. Flip. Conquer the grid.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Aetherium Clash at Free against Yomi's $9.99. Aetherium Clash also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 10). Yomi's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (13.0.0 vs 15.0). On update cadence 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
Aetherium Clash is free to download; Yomi costs $9.99 up front. Yomi sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Aetherium Clash asks for nothing beyond the download.
Yomi ships an update every 3 weeks, Aetherium Clash fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Yomi | Aetherium Clash |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $9.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.3 (19 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 84.1% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 19 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 573 MB | 80 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Sirlin Games | KGW Software AB |
Bugs and requests
Yomi
Reported bugs
11 issues- Character 'Ram' cannot use 'Poker Flourish'
- Card images show up wrong on iPhone 6+
- Card art appears randomly applied
- Latest patch causing wrong artwork on cards
- iPad controls are terrible (flipping, skipping, selecting)
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- Login screen loses user info
- Cannot continue match because cannot tap pass
- Versus option not working
- Glitchy controls
- Took several attempts to create an account
- Email address not accepted for new account creation
Requested features
8 requests- Keep updating the app
- Remove weird scan lines in tutorial
- Single player campaign with goals
- Korean language support
- High score list and statistics
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- Campaign against AI for learning
- Another music track or dynamic music
- Ability to view decks and character offerings
Aetherium Clash
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Yomi
- Yomi: EX Grave$0.99
- Yomi: EX Setsuki$0.99
- Yomi: EX Valerie$0.99
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- Yomi: EX Onimaru$0.99
- Yomi: EX Gwen$0.99
- Yomi: EX Vendetta$0.99
- 2 Yomi inscribed card packs$2.99
- Expansion Characters 10 Pack$9.99
- 8 Yomi inscribed card packs$9.99
- 18 Yomi inscribed card packs$19.99
Aetherium Clash
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Yomi free?
Is Aetherium Clash free?
Do Yomi or Aetherium Clash have ads?
Which is updated more often, Yomi or Aetherium Clash?
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