Numeric Equalizer vs Mateforge
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Numeric Equalizer
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A roguelike card game where you win by landing exact HP! Calculate your card’s power perfectly—and keep the turns coming! Your mental math will improve before you know it. ◆ System Use the four cards dealt each turn to hit enemy HP exactly. Bring them to zero to earn an extra turn! But beware—if you overshoot, you'll take the excess damage yourself. Clear all enemies to win new cards! Build a strategic deck of varied powers, think about enemy abilities, and adapt your plays to overcome every foe!
Mateforge
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Mateforge is a single-player chess roguelike deckbuilder. Command an army of chess pieces, cast powerful spell cards, and survive an ever-collapsing board across an endless run of battles. Each round the board crumbles beneath you — capture every enemy before it does. Between fights, draft upgrades, recruit and merge pieces, forge your deck, and grow stronger for the boss waiting ahead. FEATURES - Chess meets roguelike — pieces move by real chess rules, but the board falls apart every turn - Build your deck — craft custom decks from 29 spell cards: lightning, meteors, freezes, teleports and more - Evolve your pieces — defeat bosses to permanently evolve your army through 3 tiers of power - Merge & recruit — fuse pieces into stronger ones and expand your squad - Boss battles — face bosses with shields, swift moves and spawning, scaling in difficulty - Daily challenge — a new rule-bending mutator every day - Meta progression — earn shards and unlock permanent perks that carry across runs - Endless runs — no two are ever the same - 6 languages — English, Türkçe, Deutsch, Français, Español, Italiano How far can you get before the board swallows you?
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Mateforge at every 5 days against Numeric Equalizer's every 5 months. On price, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Numeric Equalizer ships an update every 5 months, Mateforge every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Numeric Equalizer | Mateforge |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 139 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Tsutomu Kawanishi | Salih Eksioglu |
In-app purchases
Numeric Equalizer
No in-app purchases
Mateforge
No in-app purchases









