Orbadrone vs Orthanc
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Orbadrone
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You're an Orb-shaped drone with the ability to repel and attract objects, awakened in a strange cave-like structure in a post-apocalypse scenario. Discover strange materials with unusual properties and use them to navigate in this dangerous and mysterious place. Features: ● 50 levels to complete ● 3 types of difficulties ● 4 mini-games ● Customize the drone with skins that have different abilities ● 2D physics mechanics ● 2D light effects and environments ● Control customization to choose your preference Controls Use a joystick to navigate and 2 buttons to control your abilities.
Orthanc
Embark on an adventure in this faithful recreation of a classic 1970s graphic dungeon crawl RPG. Explore, defeat monsters, and gather treasure using the touchscreen interface. Experience a challenging yet addictive gameplay loop inspired by early computer games.
- Faithful recreation of a 1970s RPG
- Dungeon crawl gameplay
- Monster combat and treasure hunting
- Touchscreen controls
- Inspired by early computer games
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This game is a faithful recreation of "Orthanc", one of the first graphic dungeon crawl role-playing games developed for the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign's PLATO computer in the 1970s. The original was played on a PLATO terminal with a keyboard. (The PLATO version of "Orthanc" was inspired by "pedit5", which you can learn more about in Wikipedia.) The original PLATO terminals used plasma panels only capable of displaying orange and black. There is no sound. This implementation uses the touchscreen for all gameplay. You are an adventurer gaining experience and treasure by defeating monsters. Orthanc is easy to start but hard to put down.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Orthanc at Free against Orbadrone's $1.99. Orthanc also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 11 months). Orbadrone's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.0). 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
Orthanc is free to download; Orbadrone costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Orbadrone ships an update every 11 months, Orthanc every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Orbadrone | Orthanc |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | — | 4.0 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 6 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 11 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 93 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Carlos Saoud | Paul Resch |
In-app purchases
Orbadrone
No in-app purchases
Orthanc
No in-app purchases
