Comparison

DepthDrift vs Apple Knight 3

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

Head to head
About

DepthDrift

Explore mysterious caves and build a team of unique characters in this idle RPG. Your team battles and collects treasure even while you're offline. Craft gear, research technology, and upgrade your base for permanent progression.

Highlights
  • Idle exploration and combat
  • Six unique character classes
  • Base building and facility upgrades
  • Equipment crafting and enhancement
  • Research for permanent bonuses
  • No ads or pay-to-win mechanics
Features
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Dive deep into mysterious underground caves in DepthDrift — the idle RPG where your team explores, battles, and collects treasure even while you sleep. Recruit 6 unique character classes. Craft powerful gear. Research ancient technology. How deep can you go? EXPLORE THE DEPTHS Send your team of explorers on expeditions into forgotten caverns. They'll fight monsters, find rare loot, and push deeper — all on their own. Come back to discover what they've uncovered. 6 CHARACTER CLASSES Build the perfect team from six distinct classes: - Warrior: Tanky front-line defender - Mage: Elemental magic damage dealer - Scout: Fast explorer with treasure-finding bonuses - Healer: Keep your team alive in the deep - Engineer: Crafting specialist with equipment bonuses - Summoner: Command mystical creatures IDLE PROGRESSION THAT NEVER STOPS Your expedition continues while you're away. Close the app, go to sleep, live your life — and return to find treasure, experience, and surprises waiting for you. Real progress with zero pressure. BUILD & UPGRADE YOUR BASE Invest resources into 6 upgradeable facilities: - Laboratory for permanent research bonuses - Forge for crafting and enhancing equipment - Warehouse for expanded storage - Trading Post to buy, sell, and exchange - And more to discover as you go deeper CRAFT POWERFUL EQUIPMENT Gather rare ores and materials from cave expeditions. Forge weapons, armor, and accessories. Enhance your gear to push past previously impossible depths. RESEARCH & PERMANENT UPGRADES Unlock permanent bonuses through the research system. Every discovery makes your team stronger — not just for one run, but forever. NO ADS. NO PRESSURE. DepthDrift is designed to respect your time. No forced ads, no energy timers, no pay-to-win walls. Just a calm, rewarding idle RPG that fits into your life. Start your expedition today. The caves are waiting.

About

Apple Knight 3

Embark on an action-packed platforming adventure in a vast, interconnected world. Battle enemies, master abilities, and explore dangerous dungeons with smooth controls and fast-paced combat. Customize your hero with unique skins, pets, and mounts.

Highlights
  • Interconnected world exploration
  • Fast action-platforming
  • Hack-and-slash combat
  • Dungeons and secrets
  • Special abilities and weapons
  • Character customization
  • Pets and mounts
Features
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Apple Knight is back with interconnected worlds and tons of new features! No ads or in-app purchases. Run, jump, and slash your way through a fast-paced action platformer full of secrets, mounts, and farm life. Some of the things to do in Apple Knight 3: • Explore 2 worlds (with more to come) and discover new mounts and dungeons • Track your journey on the world map • Run and jump through fast, fluid action-platforming • Switch between side-scrolling adventure and a top-down farm • Battle hordes of enemies with hack-and-slash combat and powerful special abilities • Find secret areas, hidden treasures, and hidden mounts • Collect 10 mounts, each with its own stats. At least 8 more are coming in future updates! • Grow crops on your farm and feed them to your mounts to level them up, or sell them for coins • Collect items and manage your inventory • Adopt a pet dog that gives you +1 heart • Sleep in your own house • Visit your friendly neighbor, Tobin, and his animals to buy or sell seeds and wheat, or just to chat • Feed the chickens on your farm or Tobin's to get a special bonus for 3 days • Experience a day/night cycle. Even the chickens go to bed at night! • Learn new moves in the training cave • Buy weapons at Torren's weapon shop. More branches with more weapons are opening soon! • Clear weeds from your farm • Choose your jump style: classic Apple Knight or the new variable jump height • Play with a game controller And much more to come!

Screenshots

DepthDrift4 screens
Apple Knight 34 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Apple Knight 3 at 44% against DepthDrift's 0%. Apple Knight 3 also leads on rating (4.1 vs 1.0) and ratings volume (11 vs 1). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model 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

DepthDrift costs $3.99 and Apple Knight 3 $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Apple Knight 3 holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Apple Knight 3 has 11 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of DepthDrift's written reviews are positive against 44% of Apple Knight 3's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

DepthDrift ships an update every 5 days, Apple Knight 3 every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
DepthDrift versus Apple Knight 3: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDepthDriftApple Knight 3
Price$3.99$2.99 — better
Rating1.0 (1 ratings)4.1 (11 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews44.4% of reviews — better
Number of ratings111 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 daysEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
Best chart rank—#40 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.518.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB229 MB
Age rating9+12+
DeveloperTakumi KanzakiLimitless LLC

Customer experience

DepthDrift

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Apple Knight 3

All ratings8 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral12.5%
Negative12.5%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive44.4%
Neutral11.1%
Negative44.4%

In-app purchases

None

DepthDrift

No in-app purchases

None

Apple Knight 3

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is DepthDrift free?
DepthDrift costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Apple Knight 3 free?
Apple Knight 3 costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, DepthDrift or Apple Knight 3?
Apple Knight 3 is rated higher. DepthDrift averages 1.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Apple Knight 3 averages 4.1 from 11 ratings.
Do DepthDrift or Apple Knight 3 have ads?
Neither DepthDrift nor Apple Knight 3 shows ads.
Which is updated more often, DepthDrift or Apple Knight 3?
DepthDrift ships an update every 5 days, and Apple Knight 3 every 2 days. Most recently, DepthDrift was updated on October 8, 2026 and Apple Knight 3 on October 29, 2026.

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