Comparison

Pack Tactics vs Duellum

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

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About

Pack Tactics

Engage in a deep, tactical card battler where strategic deckbuilding and smart decisions are key to survival. Draft new cards, adapt to evolving threats, and outplay rivals through creature synergies and faction interactions in auto-battler combat.

Highlights
  • Strategic deckbuilding
  • Auto-battler combat
  • Unique creatures with abilities
  • Multiple interacting factions
  • Escalating difficulty
  • High replayability
Features
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Pack Tactics is a deep, tactical card battler where smart decisions matter. Build a deck of creatures, adapt to evolving threats, and outplay rival packs through drafting and synergy. Each run challenges you to draft new cards, refine your strategy, and survive increasingly dangerous encounters. Cards interact in powerful and surprising ways — factions, abilities, and raw stats, combine to create emergent outcomes that reward careful planning. Combat unfolds automatically, but every animal you decide to keep or discard before the fight counts. Features • Strategic deckbuilding • Auto-battler combat • Unique creatures with distinct abilities and synergies • Multiple factions that interact in powerful ways • Escalating difficulty and high replayability • Clean, readable UI built for mobile play Pack Tactics is designed for players who enjoy thoughtful strategy, clever combinations, and mastering complex systems over time. Build your pack. Learn the tactics. Survive the arena.

About

Duellum

Engage in strategic turn-based combat as you build and refine your Roman legion's deck. Outwit opponents in head-to-head matches or conquer challenges solo. Rise through military ranks and compete on global leaderboards.

Highlights
  • Strategic deck-building
  • Turn-based multiplayer
  • Solo AI challenges
  • Ranked progression system
  • Global leaderboards
  • Over 20 achievements
Features
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Step into the arena. Duellum is a fast-paced deck-building card game set in ancient Rome, where every decision shapes your path to victory. BUILD YOUR LEGION Start each battle with a basic hand of soldiers and coins. Spend gold to recruit powerful new cards from the market -- fierce warriors, cunning tacticians, and devastating war machines. Every card you add transforms your deck into a unique fighting force. Will you build a lean, efficient strike team or a sprawling army that overwhelms your rival? FIGHT FOR GLORY Deploy your cards to deal damage, generate gold, draw reinforcements, and unleash devastating combos. Banish weak cards to sharpen your deck. Time your attacks carefully -- a well-built engine can end a battle in just a few turns, but one wrong move and the tide turns against you. PLAY YOUR WAY Challenge the AI across three difficulty levels -- Easy, Medium, and Hard -- each with its own tactical personality. Or take the fight online and battle a friend head-to-head via Game Center with turn-based multiplayer. Take your turn whenever it suits you -- during a coffee break, on the bus, or late at night. Your rival will be notified when it's their move. EARN YOUR RANK Rise through the Roman military ranks as you rack up victories. Start as a humble soldier, earn the title of Decanus at 10 wins, command as a Centurion at 50, lead as a Legatus at 100, rule as Imperator at 500, and achieve the ultimate honour -- Caesar -- at 1,000 victories. How far can you climb? COMPETE ON THE LEADERBOARDS Track your Total Wins against players worldwide. Race up the Weekly Wins leaderboard in fierce seven-day competitions. Or prove your tactical mastery on the Fastest Victory board -- can you end a battle in record time? UNLOCK ACHIEVEMENTS Over 20 achievements reward skilful play and daring strategies. Pull off a Flawless Victory by winning without a scratch. Trigger a devastating Overkill with 10+ damage in a single strike. Master the Comeback Kid by clawing back from the brink of defeat. Deploy the mighty Elephantus. Execute a lethal Sicarius Kill with a perfectly timed piercing attack. And many more surprises waiting to be discovered... FEATURES - Strategic deck-building with meaningful choices every turn - Three AI difficulty levels for solo play - Turn-based online multiplayer via Game Center - Three leaderboards: Total Wins, Weekly Wins, and Fastest Victory - 20+ achievements with hidden surprises to unlock - Roman-themed cards, ranks, and military progression - Quick matches that fit into any schedule - No ads. No pay-to-win. Just pure strategy. The arena awaits. Build your deck. Crush your rival. Earn your place in history.

Screenshots

Pack Tactics4 screens
Duellum4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Duellum at none against Pack Tactics's 10. Duellum also leads on ads (none vs shown). Pack Tactics's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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

Both are free to download. Pack Tactics sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Duellum asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Pack Tactics against 5.0 for Duellum. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pack Tactics ships an update fortnightly, Duellum weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Pack Tactics versus Duellum: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPack TacticsDuellum
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyFortnightlyWeekly — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size304 MB82 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperNevergreen Games LLCNicholas Thompson

Customer experience

Pack Tactics

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Duellum

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Pack Tactics

One-time10
  • Small Relic Pack$0.99
  • Small Crown Pack$0.99
  • Tropical Wasteland$1.99
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  • Medium Crown Pack$2.99
  • Medium Relic Pack$4.99
  • Lunar Outpost$4.99
  • Large Crown Pack$5.99
  • Lunar Outpost$9.99
  • Large Relic Pack$19.99
  • Large Relic Pack$39.99
None

Duellum

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pack Tactics free?
Pack Tactics is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Duellum free?
Duellum is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Pack Tactics or Duellum?
Pack Tactics and Duellum are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Pack Tactics or Duellum have ads?
Pack Tactics shows ads; Duellum does not.
Which is updated more often, Pack Tactics or Duellum?
Pack Tactics ships an update fortnightly, and Duellum weekly. Most recently, Pack Tactics was updated on October 11, 2026 and Duellum on October 19, 2026.

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