Comparison

Elderand vs Letter Launch

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

Head to head
About

Elderand

Embark on a brutal, skill-based action platformer in a Lovecraftian world. Wield diverse weapons and customize your character with RPG elements to battle terrifying creatures and explore a dark, hand-drawn pixel environment. Collect loot to upgrade your arsenal and uncover the land's secrets.

Highlights
  • Skill-based combat
  • Metroidvania exploration
  • Lovecraftian horror themes
  • RPG character customization
  • Diverse weapon arsenal
  • Hand-drawn pixel art
  • Loot collection and crafting
Features
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Become the hero of an epic quest in Elderand, a metroidvania that will test your will and skill. Heads will literally roll in this gruesome, retro-inspired action platformer, where only the strong will survive in brutal, skill-based combat against terrifying creatures. Through the darkness and madness, promised glory awaits. Wield a variety of killing instruments and abilities to test your metal against towering, bone-chilling bosses. Explore a twisted Lovecraftian world shrouded in darkness and madness. RPG elements allow you to customize your battle experience to your liking, from your character’s appearance to skills, stats, and weapons. Slay or be slain as you collect glory and treasure in this nightmarish 2D world. Glory and riches await those who can spill the required blood and guts to collect it. KEY FEATURES: •Wield an arsenal of killing devices, including whips, swords, daggers, axes, bows, and more. From a magical staff that shoots bursts of energy to a giant sword, different weapons have different stats and capabilities, so find the ones that you enjoy battling beasts with the most! •Satisfying Metroidvania-style exploration meets terrifying Lovecraftian creatures in this detailed hand-drawn pixel world with glorious gothic aesthetics and handcrafted level design. •RPG elements let you customize your experience to best suit your play style, from your character’s appearance to their skills, stats, and weapons. Collect loot from exploration and fallen enemies and then use it to upgrade your weapons via crafting. •Travel to the many corners of this perilous land, such as an inviting village with merchants, a forest, a temple prison, floating islands, a cursed Cathedral, and the hellscape that is Elderand itself. •More than 60 different enemy types and around a dozen bosses for your slaying pleasure. •Collect lost letters and other correspondence from the poor souls who came before you to learn more about the darkness taking hold of this grim land.

About

Letter Launch

A unique platformer and word-guessing game for mobile and tablet. Fling yourself through vibrant worlds, utilizing physics-based mechanics and collecting abilities to overcome challenges and defeat robotic foes. Experience classic and action-packed gameplay modes.

Highlights
  • Physics-based platforming
  • Word guessing mechanics
  • Unlockable abilities
  • Unique stage mechanics
  • Boss battles
  • Challenge levels
  • Classic and Action game modes
Currently charting
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NO ADS, NO IN-APP PURCHASES. Platformer and word guessing game handmade for mobile and tablet! Fling yourself through 4 unique worlds, unlocking abilities and creatively using stage mechanics to make it through. Test your action skills or your word guessing skills. Your new word building game. Includes an endless mode to try and make it on the leaderboard. Robots have taken everything. It's up to you - an egg - to unlock all 100 stage doors and smash the Robo-Super-Boss into bits. FEATURES - Special Cards: Abilities you collect that can only be used one time for a single level. - Boss Battles: Each world ends with a boss battle where there are no guesses - you must collect all the letters to blast them to pieces. - Endless Run: Play forever mode to try to beat the most levels in a row without losing. - Challenges: Complete the world challenges and unlock extra challenge levels to get more special cards. Hit birds, finish levels in one life and countless others. - Stage Mechanics: Each world has multiple devices: vortexes, cannons, moving platforms and many more. GAME MODES - Classic: Use your three lives to fling yourself across the levels collecting letters and guessing the word each life. - Action: No word guessing, you have to figure out what word you're spelling to decide where to launch across the screen. All action, all creative platforming. Unlocked on finishing the game in Classic mode. This is a solo hand crafted game made by Nat Russell and I'm trying to bring back what phone games were really about - buying a game for a small price and playing it. Human made - no A.I. was used in any way, ever.

Screenshots

Elderand4 screens
Letter Launch4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Letter Launch at $0.99 against Elderand's $6.99. Letter Launch also leads on review sentiment (90% vs 74%) and chart position (#169 vs unranked). Elderand's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks) and ratings volume (36 vs 4). On rating, 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

Elderand costs $6.99 and Letter Launch $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Elderand holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Elderand has 36 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 74% of Elderand's written reviews are positive against 90% of Letter Launch's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Elderand ships an update weekly, Letter Launch every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Elderand versus Letter Launch: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterElderandLetter Launch
Price$6.99$0.99 — better
Rating4.2 (36 ratings) — better4.0 (4 ratings)
Positive reviews73.7% of reviews90.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings36 — better4
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
Best chart rank—#169 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size818 MB340 MB
Age rating12+9+
DeveloperPlug In DigitalNat Russell

Customer experience

Elderand

All ratings36 ratings
Positive77.8%
Neutral11.1%
Negative11.1%
Written reviews38 reviews
Positive73.7%
Neutral7.9%
Negative18.4%

Letter Launch

All ratings4 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews10 reviews
Positive90.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative10.0%

Bugs and requests

Elderand

Reported bugs

11 issues
  • Permanent crashes
  • Character spawning underneath level
  • R button for subweapon not working on Steelseries Nimbus
  • Dash function not working
  • Game freezing for a moment
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  • Bosses getting stuck in attack animations
  • Campfire menu broken (cannot select options)
  • Lost save data after updates
  • D-pad moves on screen and becomes unusable
  • Joystick teleports to random spots
  • Virtual joystick bug with attack key

Requested features

7 requests
  • Full controller remapping for bindings
  • Multiplayer PvP 'Invasions' system
  • Cloud saves (iCloud)
  • Adjustable button layout and size
  • Ability to track materials acquired
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  • New game+ option
  • Boss replayability

Letter Launch

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Elderand

No in-app purchases

None

Letter Launch

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Elderand free?
Elderand costs $6.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Letter Launch free?
Letter Launch costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Elderand or Letter Launch?
Elderand is rated higher. Elderand averages 4.2 out of 5 from 36 ratings, while Letter Launch averages 4.0 from 4 ratings.
Do Elderand or Letter Launch have ads?
Neither Elderand nor Letter Launch shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Elderand or Letter Launch?
Elderand ships an update weekly, and Letter Launch every 3 weeks. Most recently, Elderand was updated on October 25, 2026 and Letter Launch on October 27, 2026.

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