Lost Mastery vs Bitmap Bay
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Lost Mastery
A roguelike deckbuilder where your memory is key to winning strategic battles. Explore diverse landscapes, collect powerful cards, and uncover secrets. This game offers innovative recall-based gameplay with multiple modes and a vibrant pixel art style.
- Recall-based gameplay
- Roguelike deckbuilding
- Strategic card battles
- Multiple game modes
- Colorful pixel art
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Lost Mastery: A Roguelike Deckbuilder that tests your ability to remember your lost fighting skills! Dive into Lost Mastery, the unique card battler where your recall is your greatest weapon. Navigate through diverse landscapes, engage in strategic battles, and collect powerful cards and items to enhance your journey. Test your skills and uncover the secrets of your Lost Mastery. Are you ready to rise to the challenge? Features - Innovative gameplay where your battle success depends on your recall - 3 different game modes to challenge your skill - Colourful pixel art style No ads, no in-app purchases, and no internet connection required.
Bitmap Bay
Embark on a retro pirate adventure with a handcrafted pixel art world. Engage in skillful cannon battles, face legendary captains, and recruit your crew in this roguelite experience. Enjoy endless replayability with a full save system, playable completely offline.
- Handmade pixel art
- Challenge legendary pirates
- Endlessly replayable voyages
- Skillful cannon battles
- Recruit your crew
- Full save and load system
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"A bold new retro take... quite the intriguing one" – Pocket Gamer. Welcome to Bitmap Bay - a pixel-art pirate adventure. Explore the low-res high seas, build your legacy, and test your cannon-firing reflexes against legendary historical captains. • Authentic Pixel Art: A charming, low-res retro world created by an artist. • Legendary Pirates: Challenge over 40 real historical captains, each with unique, hand-drawn portraits. • Tactical Cannon Battles: Combat is simple to learn but hard to master. Time your shots perfectly to claim victory. • Recruit Your Crew: Hire a loyal crew of sailors, specialists, and scoundrels. • Endlessly Replayable: Encounter a wide range of random events – duels, storms, thieves, and mysteries. • Premium Experience: Playable completely offline with zero ads and zero in-app purchases. About the Developer: Bitmap Bay is the creation of Grandom Games, the solo dev studio of a visual artist and designer. It is built with a passion for classic retro gaming and offered as a true premium mobile experience.
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Verdict
Lost Mastery and Bitmap Bay both sit at 4.3 stars, but that hides the real split: 83% of Bitmap Bay's written reviews are positive against 50% of Lost Mastery's. Bitmap Bay also leads on price ($0.99 vs $2.99). Lost Mastery's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On rating, 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
Lost Mastery costs $2.99 and Bitmap Bay $0.99 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 — 4.3 for Lost Mastery against 4.3 for Bitmap Bay. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 8 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 50% of Lost Mastery's written reviews are positive against 83% of Bitmap Bay's.
Lost Mastery ships an update every 5 days, Bitmap Bay every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on August 31, 2026 and September 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Lost Mastery | Bitmap Bay |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | $0.99 — better |
| Rating | 4.3 (4 ratings) | 4.3 (8 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 82.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 8 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 756 MB | 102 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 12+ |
| Developer | RIINA PAULIINA KUJALA | NICHOLAS GENTRY |
Customer experience
Lost Mastery
Bitmap Bay
In-app purchases
Lost Mastery
No in-app purchases
Bitmap Bay
No in-app purchases
