Comparison

Warshovel vs Glory Frontline

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

Head to head
About

Warshovel

Embark on an idle RPG adventure in a vast fantasy world. Master crafting, customize your hero with elemental skills, and build a thriving town. Engage in guild battles and trade with players in a real-time marketplace.

Highlights
  • Explore a vast fantasy world
  • Master six crafting masteries
  • Equip and customize your hero
  • Master elemental skills
  • Join or create a guild
  • Real-time player marketplace
  • Build and upgrade your town
Features
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Embark on the Ultimate Idle RPG Adventure! Discover an immersive fantasy world filled with exciting challenges, breathtaking locations, and endless opportunities to grow stronger. Whether you’re an active player or prefer the idle experience, this game offers something for everyone. Key Features: 1. Explore a Vast Fantasy World Travel across multiple unique locations, each brimming with secrets, enemies, and treasures to uncover. 2. Master the Art of Crafting Craft powerful equipment and consumables through six distinct masteries: - Alchemy: Brew potions with magical effects - Cooking: Prepare dishes that empower your character - Jewelry: Create enchanted accessories - Smithing: Forge weapons and armor - Woodworking: Build bows and staves -Tailoring: Sew garments and light armor 3. Equip and Customize Your Hero Find and equip powerful gear with unique stats, affixes, and rarities to create the ultimate build. 4. Master Elemental Skills Learn and upgrade skills from six elemental categories: Water, Fire, Rock, Thunder, Nature, and Dark. Experiment to discover synergies that dominate the battlefield! 5. Join or Create a Guild Team up with friends or lead your own guild. Build a guild camp, engage in epic battles against rival guilds, and take on enormous beasts for glorious rewards. 6. Real-Time Marketplace Trade items with other players in a dynamic economy. Buy, sell, and barter your way to success. 7. Build Your Town Construct a thriving town for your citizens, unlocking permanent boosts to empower your hero on every adventure. 8. Conquer the Mysterious Maze Dive into an ever-changing maze to uncover rare treasures and rewards. 9. Battle Fearsome Enemies Face a variety of foes, from dungeon guards to invasion bosses. Only the strongest will survive! 10. Level Up Your Hero Gain experience, grow stronger, and unlock new abilities as you progress through your journey. Are you ready to forge your path in this idle RPG adventure? The world is waiting—join the fight now! Terms of Use: https://warshovel.com/terms-and-conditions

About

Glory Frontline

Engage in futuristic warfare with advanced command dashboards and holographic combat simulations. Battle through challenging deep-sea invasions and treacherous fortresses, collecting divine relics and competing for glory. Recruit allies and earn rewards in this evolving battlefield.

Highlights
  • Holographic combat sandtables
  • Deep-sea invasion battles
  • Cataclysm Fortress survival mode
  • Divine Relics treasure hunting
  • Ally recruitment system
  • First recharge diamond reset
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Glory Frontline 2.0 biggest ever transformation is here — Future Battlefield opens, your move first! Command Nexus: Dimensional Leap "Not a tweak — a dimensional leap!" General MacArthur's virtual command echoes; Glory Frontline enters a new visual era. Deep-sea smoke rises, holographic sandbox activated, battlefield rebuilt — future warfare redefined! This time, not just fighting — dominating; This time, not just upgrading — evolving! Ready for Battle New visuals, disruptive systems, revolutionary command — all set. Steel legions await your order! Rule the future battlefield! 【FarewelltoRoughSketches—WelcometotheFutureWarRoom】 Military-gradeprecisiondashboards—everydatapointdecidesvictory. Floatingholographiccombatsandtables—real-timesimulations,fullbattlefield control. Reconstructedinformationhierarchy—criticalintelcapturedataglance,eveninthe heatofbattle. Youarenolongerjustasoldier.Youarethetheatercommanderwhodecidesthe war. 【WrathoftheSeaAnnihilation—TheDeepIsYourTrialGround】 Time:Daily11:00–23:00(UTC+8),invasionsonthehour.Warstartsontime. “High-riskbossesoccupysunkenwarships.Top-priorityorderissued:Eliminatethem all.” ClearLoneHero–Stage4toinstantlyunlock30minutesofextremeteamcombat. Fivebossdifficultytiersrotaterandomly—nobattleeverrepeats. Bosskillsgrantrewardsautomatically—nodistractions,nodelays. Upto5rewardopportunitiesperday—howfarcanyoursquadgo? Thenewfollowsystemislive:assemble,deploy,crush. Atrueteamdoesn’twait. 【CataclysmFortress—OneSoldier,OneGun,FacetheAbyss】 “Outsidethewallslieslight.Inside…humanity’slasthope.” Noretries.Noretreat. Everystepisunknown.Everyfloorislifeordeath. FromReapers,toAnnihilators,totheelusiveExecutioners—eachenemydemands tacticaldestruction. Andmorethanthat—The“FirstAscenderProgram”IsLiveAcrossAllServers Thefirstplayertobreakthroughdesignatedfloorswillnotonlyunlockglobalrewards, buthavetheirnameeternallyengravedinthehistorymonumentofGloryFrontline. Thisisyourchancetobecomethelegenditself. 【DivineRelics—InsaneDropRates,EndlessRewards】 Abrand-newtreasurehuntingsystemarriveswithexplosiveimpact. Rareitemsareeverywhere. Ultra-highdropratedesign—youmayevenclearanentirefloor’srewardsinasingle draw. UseRelicTicketsorDiamondstopulltreasures—everyfloorhidespricelessloot. Limited-timeGoldexchangeforRelicTickets—fairaccessforeverywarrior. Sprinttherankings.Claimyourmedals. Top50playersearnmassivemedalrewards. Samefloor?Firsttoreachwins. Speedispower. 【Multi-DimensionalEventsErupt—RewardsFloodtheBattlefield Commander’sSecretOrder:MedalSeizure】 IndividuallydefeatbossesinWrathoftheSeaAnnihilationtoearnraremedals. Onlyskillmattershere—notbackground. RallyAllies,ReclaimGlory Shareyourinvitelink. Successfullyrecruitalliesandreceivetieredrarerewards. Theeraoffightingsidebysidehasreturned. 【MajorBenefits—FirstRechargeDoubleDiamondsRESET】 Whetheryou’veclaimedfirst-rechargebonusesbeforeornot— alltiersarefullyreset.Onemorechance. Thisopportunitycomesonlyonce. Loadyourammo.Thewarhasbegun. 【ChristmasSurvivalAssault—FireworksLighttheNight】 Duringtheevent,participateinSquadAssaultandSurvivalEliminationmodes. DefeatnormalenemiesforachancetodropWelcomeGift. DefeatbossesforachancetoobtaintheLuckyStartPack. Forfulleventdetails,pleasecheckin-gameannouncements. 【FinalUltimatum—TheWarHasChanged.WhatAreYouWaitingFor?】 Whenenemymarkersfirstflashacrosstheholographicsandtable, whendeep-seabeastsroarandshakethedeck, whendarknessintheCataclysmFortressdevoursthelastlight— Youwillrealizethistruth:Theoldbattlefieldisdead.Aneweraisbeingborninyour hands. Everyinterfaceflicker.Everyoceansurge.Everyheartbeatinthedepthsofthe fortress—Allscreamthesamecommand:Login.Command.Conquer. Thescreenfades.Hologramsrecalibrate.MacArthur’svoicethundersoncemore: “Allunits—gearup,formranks,advanceintoGloryFrontline!” Areyoureadytofacethefuture? Clicktologinandentertheneweraofwarnow. GloryFrontline—Therearenodrillshere.Onlyvictory.

Screenshots

Warshovel4 screens
Glory Frontline4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Warshovel at 4.7 against Glory Frontline's 3.8. Warshovel also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 3 months) and review sentiment (81% vs 66%). Glory Frontline's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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

Both are free to download. Warshovel sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Glory Frontline sells 8 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Warshovel holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Warshovel has 735 ratings behind it against 48, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 81% of Warshovel's written reviews are positive against 66% of Glory Frontline's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Warshovel ships an update every 2 weeks, Glory Frontline every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Warshovel versus Glory Frontline: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWarshovelGlory Frontline
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (735 ratings) — better3.8 (48 ratings)
Positive reviews81.0% of reviews — better66.2% of reviews
Number of ratings735 — better48
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 3 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size185 MB443 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperKamil Rykowski北京心智互动科技有限公司

Customer experience

Warshovel

All ratings735 ratings
Positive93.1%
Neutral4.8%
Negative2.2%
Written reviews116 reviews
Positive81.0%
Neutral6.0%
Negative12.9%

Glory Frontline

All ratings47 ratings
Positive70.2%
Neutral12.8%
Negative17.0%
Written reviews71 reviews
Positive66.2%
Neutral8.5%
Negative25.4%

User reviews

Warshovel

From 735 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Immersive and engaging gameplay
  • 👍 Offline collection of resources
  • 👍 Accessible for blind players
  • 👍 Frequent updates and fixes
  • 👍 Large-scale trading system

Room to improve

  • 🔍 Frustrating crystal spin/wait mechanics
  • 🔍 Minimal sound effects
  • 🔍 Character customization not accessible for blind players
  • 🔍 Offline timer issues

Glory Frontline

From 48 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Enjoyable game
  • 💡 Good ideas

Room to improve

  • 🤕 Finger fatigue from constant shooting
  • 🎮 Difficult controls, especially for turning and using items
  • 🗣️ Cluttered global chat with no translation

Bugs and requests

Warshovel

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Dungeon feature not working
  • Offline timer inaccuracies

Requested features

3 requests
  • Self-direct training with other players
  • Increased sound effects and audio feedback
  • Improved character customization accessibility

Glory Frontline

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Issues with monthly/weekly pass activation and rewards
  • Weapon switching problems and inability to progress past certain levels
  • Login and account creation problems

Requested features

3 requests
  • External keyboard or controller support
  • Separate language channels or real-time translation for global chat
  • Adjustable difficulty levels

In-app purchases

9 purchases

Warshovel

Subscriptions1
  • Premium Pack$4.991 Month
One-time8
  • Starter Offer$1.99
  • Crystals$1.99
  • Jar of Crystals$3.99
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  • Crystal Stack$9.99
  • Basket of Crystals$22.99
  • Starter Pack$22.99
  • Crystals Barrel$44.99
  • Crystal Box$79.99
8 purchases

Glory Frontline

One-time8
  • 60 Diamonds.$0.99
  • Weekly Card$0.99
  • 300 Diamonds$3.99
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  • Monthly Card$3.99
  • 680 Diamonds$9.99
  • 1280 Diamonds$19.99
  • 3280 Diamonds$49.99
  • 6480 Diamonds$99.99

Questions

Is Warshovel free?
Warshovel is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Glory Frontline free?
Glory Frontline is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Warshovel or Glory Frontline?
Warshovel is rated higher. Warshovel averages 4.7 out of 5 from 735 ratings, while Glory Frontline averages 3.8 from 48 ratings.
Do Warshovel or Glory Frontline have ads?
Warshovel shows ads; Glory Frontline does not.
Which is updated more often, Warshovel or Glory Frontline?
Warshovel ships an update every 2 weeks, and Glory Frontline every 3 months. Most recently, Warshovel was updated on November 7, 2026 and Glory Frontline on November 5, 2026.

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