Partywheel vs Aether Bastion
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Partywheel
This app offers a fun and interactive way to enhance social gatherings with a variety of games and challenges. Spin a wheel to determine the next activity, from dance-offs to truth-or-dare, ensuring an engaging experience for all participants.
- Interactive game wheel
- Spin to determine actions
- Variety of challenges
- Easy setup and play
- Suitable for social events
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One spin picks what you play together next. Partywheel brings 14 group games to Apple TV, iPhone and iPad, with no player names to enter and no ads. The cropped wheel reveals your next game. Its rules stay on screen until you spin again, so you can jump straight into playing together. All 14 classics are included for free. A one-time purchase of Partywheel Premium lets you disable individual games and add, edit or delete your own games with a title, emoji and description. With iCloud, your personal game selection syncs across your devices. On iPhone and iPad, you can also save your own games locally without iCloud. Editing on Apple TV requires an available iCloud connection; games already saved there can also be played offline. One Premium purchase works on iPhone, iPad and Apple TV using the same Apple Account for purchases. If you previously purchased the ad-free option, Premium is included without another purchase. The interface and classic games are available in English, German, French and Spanish. Your own game descriptions stay just as you wrote them. Sound and supported haptics can be switched off separately.
Aether Bastion
Defend a growing rift against swarms. Strategically expand your keep and spend resources to bring cores home. Enjoy live co-op multiplayer for up to four players.
- Idle rift defense gameplay
- Strategic keep growth
- Resource management
- Live co-op multiplayer (2-4 players)
- Seasonal events
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You don't aim. You grow. Aether Bastion is idle rift defense. One lattice. A swarm on the ring. Grow the keep, spend scrap in the run, and bring cores home. • Seasonal tides bring new events to the keep. • Live co-op for 2 to 4 keepers through Game Center, each on their own device (no couch co-op). • No ads. The optional Circle subscription adds an extra Forge, 1.25× cores, and daily gems. Founder packs are gems only. Play on iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple TV. Plays on iPhone Duo, in portrait on the outer screen and landscape on the unfolded inner screen. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Aether Bastion at 100% against Partywheel's 50%. Aether Bastion also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.2) and iOS requirement (17.0 vs 27.0). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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
Both are free to download. Partywheel sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Aether Bastion sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Aether Bastion holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 13 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Partywheel's written reviews are positive against 100% of Aether Bastion's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Partywheel | Aether Bastion |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.2 (5 ratings) | 5.0 (13 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 13 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV |
| Requires iOS | 27.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 165 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Johannes Bauer | NoffTech LLC |
Customer experience
Partywheel
Aether Bastion
In-app purchases
Partywheel
- Remove Ads$1.99
Aether Bastion
- Bastion Circle7 Days trial$7.991 Month
- Handful of Gems$0.99
- Ember Theme$1.99
- Awakening Pack$2.99
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- Ember Pack$2.99
- Purse of Gems$4.99
- Founder’s Sigil$4.99
- Chest of Gems$9.99
- Vault of Gems$19.99
- Treasury of Gems$49.99
Questions
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