Gargoyles vs Thistle's Path
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Gargoyles
Command a strategic army of gargoyles to defend against attacking automatons and predators. Evolve your gargoyles through unique trees, harvest pixies, and follow a compelling story to uncover the source of the attacks. Features include diverse enemies, randomly assigned gargoyle perks, and in-game achievements.
- Strategic gargoyle army placement
- Pixie harvesting and resource management
- Gargoyle evolution with multiple trees
- Defeat diverse enemies and automatons
- Engaging story campaign
- Randomly assigned gargoyle perks
- 22 in-game achievements
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Lulu ported a gargoyle from the Between. She had last seen a gargoyle when she was ten. Her grandmother had brought her to the forest, and helped her feed a pixie to the strange unmoving creature. This gargoyle, too, ate a pixie from Lulu’s careful hand. It sang a pure note of pleasure. Then it spoke into Lulu’s mind. At that moment the automatons attacked. Place your gargoyle army strategically to harvest pixies and defeat the hordes of attacking automatons and predators. Level your gargoyles, evolving them into more-powerful forms in three different evolution trees. Try a tanky Boulder for defense and a Black Mage for ranged vapor-type damage—or maybe experiment with the Lure ability of the multirow Manticore. In the main campaign, follow Lulu and her companion gargoyle Poe to discover the source of the automatons and how to stop them. Your gargoyle army stays with you as you proceed through each battle of the campaign. With your favorite evolutions and best battle tactics, you might make it to victory. FEATURES • 24 distinct enemies including vaporwolves, tetrapods, and lightbats • every gargoyle pup is different because of its randomly assigned perks (some rare!) • 22 in-game achievements • pause the combat at any time • save and load the game at any time • tutorial, game tips, and an “easy” difficulty setting are available if wanted • optional story mode • original music by Joel Roston • no in-app purchases or ads
Thistle's Path
Engage in strategic battles by catching, trading, and fighting Nyxians. Utilize a unique pool-inspired combat system to outmaneuver opponents.
- Catch Nyxians
- Battle Nyxians
- Trade Nyxians
- Pool-inspired battle system
- Strategic combat
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Catch, battle, and trade the resonance of Nyxians to fight them against one another in a pool-inspired battle system.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Thistle's Path at Free against Gargoyles's $1.99. Thistle's Path also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 8 months). Gargoyles's advantage is ratings volume (5 vs 1). 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
Thistle's Path is free to download; Gargoyles costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Gargoyles against 5.0 for Thistle's Path. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Gargoyles has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Gargoyles ships an update every 8 months, Thistle's Path every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Gargoyles | Thistle's Path |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 5.0 (5 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 8 months | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 52 MB | 77 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Karl Voskuil | Lance Davis |
Customer experience
Gargoyles
Thistle's Path
In-app purchases
Gargoyles
No in-app purchases
Thistle's Path
No in-app purchases









