Comparison

NOBANOVA vs Drop Duchy

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

Head to head
About

NOBANOVA

Features
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A Universe in Your Hands! Colorful Nova Fusion Challenge Colorful novas are raining down! Merge them with matching colors and send them soaring into the cosmos! Stay vigilant! Purple Dark Matter threatens the stars… You must intercept it before it causes damage! Playing is a breeze! Simply spin the on-screen gear to rotate the star and strategically collide the falling novas. Stay focused! If a nova or piece of Dark Matter escapes the blue safety zone for just a moment, the game ends! Easy to grasp, but with surprising depth! Strive for the ultimate high score and keep coming back for more! Buy once, play forever! Enjoy ad-free gaming without interruptions. Play anytime, anywhere! No online leaderboards mean you can relax and enjoy the game at your own speed. ----Using AI for translation.----

About

Drop Duchy

Experience a unique blend of deckbuilding, puzzle, and rogue-lite gameplay. Build a realm by strategically placing tiles, gather resources, and lead your troops to reclaim enemy territory. Each run offers a fresh challenge with procedural generation and meta-progression.

Highlights
  • Deckbuilding, puzzle, and rogue-lite gameplay mix
  • Strategic tile placement for resource maximization
  • Real-time strategy combat and territory reclamation
  • Procedurally generated game experiences
  • Meta-progression with over 90 challenges
  • Over 110 unique cards for deck building
  • Three playable factions: The Duchy, The Order, The Republic
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[TRY BEFORE YOU BUY!] A beloved PC game, now coming to mobile. Metacritic: 83. Very Positive on STEAM - 90%. Drop Duchy takes the iconic geometric puzzle gameplay we all know and love and gives it a fresh perspective: instead of simply clearing lines, you build a realm. A mix of deckbuilding, puzzle and rogue-lite, designed to hone your appetite as a block-stacking tactician. Place tile pieces as you would in a block-dropping game, but align them to maximize their activation rules. Set the right structures next to lush forests, wild rivers and grassy plains to pull out maximum resources and units. Then gather your troops, reclaim the regions under enemy control, and storm the enemy fortress along branching, decision-filled paths. Let your castle take too much damage and the run ends - but defeat is not the end: jump straight back in with a new strategy, and use the experience gained to unlock even more content. Grow in power with over 110 unique cards, trade with markets and guilds, and climb a meta progression of over 90 missions tied to three playable factions: The Duchy, The Order and The Republic. Adapt, conquer, and keep the action moving! FEATURES * An original mix of puzzle gameplay and real-time strategy * A brand new game experience with each run thanks to procedural generation * Play with Factions: The Duchy, The Order, The Republic * Meta progression: over 90 challenges designed to help you through your journey * Build the perfect deck with over 110 unique cards * An elegant and charming art direction to please your eyes * An engaging and ever-evolving soundtrack to please your ears * Choose your path between lakes, glades, forests, villages, guilds… and more!

Screenshots

NOBANOVA4 screens
Drop Duchy4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Drop Duchy at Free against NOBANOVA's $0.99. Drop Duchy also leads on device support (4 vs 2). NOBANOVA's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Drop Duchy is free to download; NOBANOVA costs $0.99 up front. Drop Duchy sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. NOBANOVA asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

NOBANOVA ships an update every 6 days, Drop Duchy weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and November 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
NOBANOVA versus Drop Duchy: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNOBANOVADrop Duchy
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating—4.6 (81 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—60.9% of reviews
Number of ratings—81 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 days — betterWeekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size115 MB1.1 GB
Age rating4+9+
Developerkohei suzukiDoghowl Games Ltd.

In-app purchases

None

NOBANOVA

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Drop Duchy

One-time2
  • Base Game Offer$8.99
  • Base Game$9.99

Questions

Is NOBANOVA free?
NOBANOVA costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Drop Duchy free?
Drop Duchy is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do NOBANOVA or Drop Duchy have ads?
Neither NOBANOVA nor Drop Duchy shows ads.
Which is updated more often, NOBANOVA or Drop Duchy?
NOBANOVA ships an update every 6 days, and Drop Duchy weekly. Most recently, NOBANOVA was updated on November 8, 2026 and Drop Duchy on November 14, 2026.

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