Comparison

Battle Gem Ponies vs DOWNIT!

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

Head to head
About

Battle Gem Ponies

Engage in strategic turn-based combat with shapeshifting ponies. Explore a vast world, power up your companions, and customize your team with unique moves and forms. Collect badges and uncover the secrets of legendary creatures to save the world.

Highlights
  • Turn-based strategic combat
  • Shapeshifting pony forms
  • Fully animated battles
  • Vast world exploration
  • Pony customization and growth
  • Collectible ponies and moves
  • Story-driven quests
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Command a pony that alternates between 3 different forms to outsmart the opponent in strategic turn-based combat. Fully Animated Battle RPG! Every single pony and attack is uniquely animated to bring these pixel art battles to life! Explore a Vast World! An enormous, vibrant region awaits! Travel through deserts, mountains, forests, graveyards, and underwater temples on your quest through the Pinto region. Power Up Your Pony! Form a powerful bond with your shapeshifting pony companion and watch it grow stronger, learn awesome new moves, and take on the toughest of enemies. Travel with Your Pony! Surf across oceans and lakes with swift-swimming ponies. Dig up hidden treasures. Teleport to the nearest Crystal Stable whenever you need to heal up. Even have your pony smash or push any boulders in your path! Customize Your Team! Choose who you take into battle from a selection of 60 Ponies and their Ultra Forms. You can alter their moves, stats, and equipment to become an unbeatable tamer! Hundreds of Different Moves! Using attacks grouped into Light, Heavy, Status, and Tutor slots that make you think more carefully about which moves to take into battle. Discover the Secrets of the Legendary Alicorns! Powerful, winged unicorns that embody the Sun and Moon are said to be the strongest ponies to ever live. People have wanted to harness their power for personal gain since ancient times. With recent advancements in technology, however, it might be easier than ever for their power to fall into the wrong hands... Collect Badges and Save The World! You’ll have your skills tested by expert Mavens to qualify for the Pinto League Championships and fight for your life against the evil Paragon Cartel that aims to use power of the Alicorns to weaponize natural disasters.

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

Battle Gem Ponies4 screens
DOWNIT!4 screens

Verdict

The call

Battle Gem Ponies and DOWNIT! both sit at 4.7 stars, but that hides the real split: 92% of DOWNIT!'s written reviews are positive against 74% of Battle Gem Ponies's. DOWNIT! also leads on price ($0.99 vs $4.99) and update cadence (daily vs every 4 days). On rating, ratings volume, 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

Battle Gem Ponies costs $4.99 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

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Battle Gem Ponies against 4.8 for DOWNIT!. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 27 and 14 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 74% of Battle Gem Ponies's written reviews are positive against 92% of DOWNIT!'s.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Battle Gem Ponies ships an update every 4 days, DOWNIT! daily. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Battle Gem Ponies versus DOWNIT!: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBattle Gem PoniesDOWNIT!
Price$4.99$0.99 — better
Rating4.7 (27 ratings)4.8 (14 ratings) — better
Positive reviews73.7% of reviews92.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings27 — better14
Update frequencyEvery 4 daysDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS16.08.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size626 MB408 MB
Age rating9+12+
DeveloperYotes Games, LLCMauro Reyes

Customer experience

Battle Gem Ponies

All ratings27 ratings
Positive88.9%
Neutral11.1%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews19 reviews
Positive73.7%
Neutral26.3%
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

Battle Gem Ponies

No in-app purchases

None

DOWNIT!

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Battle Gem Ponies free?
Battle Gem Ponies costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is DOWNIT! free?
DOWNIT! costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Battle Gem Ponies or DOWNIT!?
DOWNIT! is rated higher. Battle Gem Ponies averages 4.7 out of 5 from 27 ratings, while DOWNIT! averages 4.8 from 14 ratings.
Do Battle Gem Ponies or DOWNIT! have ads?
Neither Battle Gem Ponies nor DOWNIT! shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Battle Gem Ponies or DOWNIT!?
Battle Gem Ponies ships an update every 4 days, and DOWNIT! daily. Most recently, Battle Gem Ponies was updated on October 23, 2026 and DOWNIT! on October 9, 2026.

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