Comparison

Ax Roguelike vs DOWNIT!

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

Head to head
About

Ax Roguelike

A turn-based deck-building roguelike where players learn skills, build powerful synergies, and prepare at a base before challenging stages. Strengthen weapons, will, skills, and equipment to overcome difficult encounters.

Highlights
  • Deck-building with over 900 skills
  • Turn-based command selection combat
  • Base preparation and upgrades
  • Weapon and skill strengthening
  • Equipment modification
  • Synergistic skill interactions
Features
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*Supported languages English/Japanese Ax Roguelike is a deck-building roguelike game. Deck-building Over 900 skills can be learned. Depending on the construction, various effects will interact in a complex manner and create synergies. Battle Progress is based on turn-based command selection. Players can connect up to three skills and activate them consecutively. Base At the base, you can prepare in advance before heading to the stage. If it is difficult to conquer, expand the functions of your base and prepare your initial equipment before trying again. Strengthening During the capture, various training is possible in the village. Strengthening weapons, strengthening will, modifying skills, modifying equipment, etc.

About

DOWNIT!

Navigate procedurally generated dungeons, strategically using items and the environment to defeat monsters and reach the exit. This addictive rogue-like offers challenging, one-handed gameplay perfect for experts seeking a strategic challenge.

Highlights
  • Tile-based dungeon crawling
  • Strategic combat and item usage
  • Randomly generated levels
  • Swipe controls for one-handed play
  • Increasing difficulty
Features
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Do you have what it takes to conquer the dungeon? In DOWNIT, every move counts! Plan your route through each dungeon to grab the key and get to the exit. Fight enemies, use items, and break a path to the end on every floor! This addictive tile-based rogue-like will keep you on your toes! Prepare to face monsters of all shapes and sizes as you journey through different randomized levels. Will you find the right items and strategies to outsmart them? Only the true Dungeon Masters will make it deep! Key Features: - Simple Controls: Use swipe controls to play comfortably with one hand. - Strategic Gameplay: Use the environment, weapons, and items to plan the perfect route to the exit. - Randomly Generated Gameplay: Each run is completely different from the last! - Brutal Gameplay: Each floor gets harder as the game progresses- watch out! (Perfect for experts)

Screenshots

Ax Roguelike4 screens
DOWNIT!4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: DOWNIT! at 4.8 against Ax Roguelike's 4.3. DOWNIT! also leads on review sentiment (92% vs 75%) and price ($0.99 vs $2.99). On ratings volume, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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

Ax Roguelike costs $2.99 and DOWNIT! $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

DOWNIT! holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 14 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 75% of Ax Roguelike's written reviews are positive against 92% of DOWNIT!'s.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Ax Roguelike ships an update every 2 days, DOWNIT! daily. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Ax Roguelike versus DOWNIT!: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAx RoguelikeDOWNIT!
Price$2.99$0.99 — better
Rating4.3 (6 ratings)4.8 (14 ratings) — better
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews92.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings614 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 daysDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS12.08.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size291 MB408 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperKatsunori SasamotoMauro Reyes

Customer experience

Ax Roguelike

All ratings6 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral33.3%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative0.0%

DOWNIT!

All ratings14 ratings
Positive92.9%
Neutral7.1%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews13 reviews
Positive92.3%
Neutral7.7%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Ax Roguelike

No in-app purchases

None

DOWNIT!

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Ax Roguelike free?
Ax Roguelike costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is DOWNIT! free?
DOWNIT! costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Ax Roguelike or DOWNIT!?
DOWNIT! is rated higher. Ax Roguelike averages 4.3 out of 5 from 6 ratings, while DOWNIT! averages 4.8 from 14 ratings.
Do Ax Roguelike or DOWNIT! have ads?
Neither Ax Roguelike nor DOWNIT! shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Ax Roguelike or DOWNIT!?
Ax Roguelike ships an update every 2 days, and DOWNIT! daily. Most recently, Ax Roguelike was updated on November 8, 2026 and DOWNIT! on November 4, 2026.

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