Comparison

Phantom Tower vs Vanta Wing

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

Head to head
About

Phantom Tower

Embark on a challenging roguelike adventure within a mysterious tower. Battle creatures, collect resources to craft gear, and unlock powerful abilities to ascend 100 floors. Every playthrough offers a new experience as you strive to conquer the unknown.

Highlights
  • Action roguelike gameplay
  • RPG elements
  • Elemental combat system
  • Crafting weapons and armor
  • Unlockable glyphs
  • 100-floor tower ascent
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An ancient Tower shrouded in mystery and forgotten knowledge. Whatever you're looking for, the tower promises to offer: Wealth, Fame or Power. Many ventured the Tower in seach of treasures, but only few were able to return to tell the tale. Prepare to face the unknown, battle mysterious creatures and to forge your destiny. The Phantom Tower is calling, will you answer? Phantom Tower is a fast-paced action roguelike game that combines roguelike and RPG elements. Your ultimate goal is to be able to climb all 100 floors of the Tower, what awaits you at the top? No one knows. Along the way you'll unlock Tower Blessings to aid you in battle, harvest materials from fallen monster to forge new gear and grow stronger with each attempt. Every run is a fresh challenge. Will you conquer the Tower, or become one of its many phantoms? Key Features and tips: - Elemental Dominion: Each class have access to different elements, combine them to trigger powerful reactions, in the early stage of the game reactions will be decisive for defeating your foes, try to use reactions whenever you can! - Glyphs: Unlock mysterious glyphs to enhance your character and unleash hidden powers. - Craft weapons, armors and artifacts to boost your character stats, each piece has its own ability. You can see all the available gear from the Blacksmith.

About

Vanta Wing

Features
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Vanta Wing is a fast neon arcade space shooter built for quick score runs. Drag to dodge, fire automatically, collect power-ups, survive enemy waves, and crack giant orbital bosses in a retro-styled combat lane. Every sortie starts immediately. Learn the bullet patterns, ride the multiplier, protect your shields, and push one more run for a better score. The full game keeps your pilot callsign, best score, sortie history, reduced-motion preference, and a larger hangar of generated retro-future art. Vanta Wing is free to play with fair sponsor breaks only at natural run transitions. There are no ads during active gameplay, no ads in the App Clip sampler, and no paid random loot. The optional Remove Ads Forever purchase removes sponsor breaks from the full game. Gameplay, scoring, and continues stay fair for everyone. Works with iPhone Duo. The mission, combat display and App Clip adapt to the available screen, keeping the playfield and controls together.

Screenshots

Phantom Tower4 screens
Vanta Wing4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Phantom Tower at every 10 days against Vanta Wing's every 2 months. Phantom Tower also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Phantom Tower sells 7 one-off in-app purchases and Vanta Wing sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Phantom Tower ships an update every 10 days, Vanta Wing every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Phantom Tower versus Vanta Wing: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPhantom TowerVanta Wing
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (123 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews71.1% of reviews—
Number of ratings123 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 10 days — betterEvery 2 months
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size664 MB37 MB
Age rating12+9+
DeveloperHorien StudioRob Rightmyer

Bugs and requests

Phantom Tower

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Enemies spawning outside of room
  • UI text readability issues

Requested features

4 requests
  • Controller support
  • Ability to choose starting class
  • Teleport to boss room option
  • Gear unequip functionality

Vanta Wing

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

7 purchases

Phantom Tower

One-time7
  • Standard Bag$0.99
  • Archer Starter Pack$1.99
  • Warrior Starter Pack$1.99
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  • Mage Starter Pack$1.99
  • Advanced Bag$1.99
  • Premium Bag$2.99
  • Full Game Unlock$9.99
1 purchases

Vanta Wing

One-time1
  • Remove Ads Forever$2.99

Questions

Is Phantom Tower free?
Phantom Tower is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Vanta Wing free?
Vanta Wing is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Phantom Tower or Vanta Wing have ads?
Both Phantom Tower and Vanta Wing show ads.
Which is updated more often, Phantom Tower or Vanta Wing?
Phantom Tower ships an update every 10 days, and Vanta Wing every 2 months. Most recently, Phantom Tower was updated on November 5, 2026 and Vanta Wing on October 31, 2026.

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