Mosaic River vs Ax Roguelike
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Mosaic River
Read full descriptionHide full description
On each turn, you'll sail your boat across the river and downstream, picking the mosaic tile to collect. Then place the tiles into a mosaic, trying to make melds (like straights and flushes) to score points.
Ax Roguelike
A turn-based deck-building roguelike where players learn skills, build powerful synergies, and prepare at a base before challenging stages. Strengthen weapons, will, skills, and equipment to overcome difficult encounters.
- Deck-building with over 900 skills
- Turn-based command selection combat
- Base preparation and upgrades
- Weapon and skill strengthening
- Equipment modification
- Synergistic skill interactions
Read full descriptionHide full description
*Supported languages English/Japanese Ax Roguelike is a deck-building roguelike game. Deck-building Over 900 skills can be learned. Depending on the construction, various effects will interact in a complex manner and create synergies. Battle Progress is based on turn-based command selection. Players can connect up to three skills and activate them consecutively. Base At the base, you can prepare in advance before heading to the stage. If it is difficult to conquer, expand the functions of your base and prepare your initial equipment before trying again. Strengthening During the capture, various training is possible in the village. Strengthening weapons, strengthening will, modifying skills, modifying equipment, etc.
Screenshots
Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Mosaic River at Free against Ax Roguelike's $2.99. Ax Roguelike's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 2 days vs weekly). On in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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
Mosaic River is free to download; Ax Roguelike costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Mosaic River ships an update weekly, Ax Roguelike every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Mosaic River | Ax Roguelike |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $2.99 |
| Rating | — | 4.3 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 75.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 6 — better |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 41 MB | 291 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | David Turner | Katsunori Sasamoto |
In-app purchases
Mosaic River
No in-app purchases
Ax Roguelike
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Mosaic River free?
Is Ax Roguelike free?
Do Mosaic River or Ax Roguelike have ads?
Which is updated more often, Mosaic River or Ax Roguelike?
Other comparisons
