Comparison

Drop Duchy vs Fairway Rogue

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

Head to head
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
Features
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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!

About

Fairway Rogue

This is a unique bounce-golf roguelite where your score is based on distance and bounces, not strokes. Collect cards and clubs to strategize your shots through procedurally generated courses. Unlock new content and characters as you progress.

Highlights
  • Bounce-golf gameplay
  • Deckbuilding mechanics
  • Procedurally generated courses
  • Unlockable content
  • Multiple characters
  • Score based on distance and bounces
Features
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Bounce your way down the fairway. Fairway Rogue is a bounce-golf roguelite. Your score isn't strokes, it's distance times bounces, so the ball you ricochet off four walls beats the one that rolls straight at the cup. Sink it and that score becomes gold. Blow the par and it costs you a Save. When the Saves run out, the run is over. DRAG, PREVIEW, COMMIT Tap and drag from the ball to aim and set power. Use the preview to aim, but be quick, the shot clock is ticking. A DECK THAT REBUILDS EVERY STROKE Wall bounces deal you cards mid-hole. Play them or pocket them for when they're needed. More than 40 cards, 15 clubs, and 12 balls await you on the Fairway. RUNS THAT BRANCH Each course is an 18-hole seeded map under fog of war, with elite holes, Pro Shops, and rest stops to route between. Three courses, procedurally generated every run: spirals, switchbacks, doglegs, dissolving walls, water, sand, and magnets. Pick from five characters, each with a rule of their own. Share a seed link and a friend plays the same run. EARN THE REST Much of the roster starts locked. More than 80 unlocks open up through milestones and feats: clubs, balls, cards, characters, ball skins, aim trails, and Tours, a difficulty ladder that strips away your safety net one rule at a time. Built for phones. Optional haptics and a generative music bed that plays your bounces back to you. TRY IT TODAY The front nine of The Grounds is free to play, no account, no timers. To keep going, unlock other courses with a one-time pack (The Breakaway or The Coil) or take everything with the Fairway Rogue Unlimited subscription. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://arid.me/fairway-rogue/privacy/

Screenshots

Drop Duchy4 screens
Fairway Rogue4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Fairway Rogue at 100% against Drop Duchy's 61%. Fairway Rogue also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6). Drop Duchy's advantage is monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and ratings volume (50 vs 7). On price, ads, in-app purchases and iOS requirement 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. Drop Duchy sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and Fairway Rogue sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Fairway Rogue holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Drop Duchy has 50 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 61% of Drop Duchy's written reviews are positive against 100% of Fairway Rogue's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Drop Duchy ships an update weekly, Fairway Rogue fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Drop Duchy versus Fairway Rogue: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDrop DuchyFairway Rogue
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (50 ratings)5.0 (7 ratings) — better
Positive reviews60.9% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings50 — better7
Update frequencyWeekly — betterFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.6
Further details — not scored
Size1.1 GB4 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperDoghowl Games Ltd.Joshua Cartmell

Customer experience

Drop Duchy

All ratings36 ratings
Positive86.1%
Neutral5.6%
Negative8.3%
Written reviews23 reviews
Positive60.9%
Neutral8.7%
Negative30.4%

Fairway Rogue

All ratings7 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Drop Duchy

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

Fairway Rogue

Subscriptions1
  • Fairway Rogue Unlimited$0.991 Month
One-time2
  • The Breakaway$2.99
  • The Coil$2.99

Questions

Is Drop Duchy free?
Drop Duchy is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Fairway Rogue free?
Fairway Rogue is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Drop Duchy or Fairway Rogue?
Fairway Rogue is rated higher. Drop Duchy averages 4.6 out of 5 from 50 ratings, while Fairway Rogue averages 5.0 from 7 ratings.
Do Drop Duchy or Fairway Rogue have ads?
Neither Drop Duchy nor Fairway Rogue shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Drop Duchy or Fairway Rogue?
Drop Duchy ships an update weekly, and Fairway Rogue fortnightly. Most recently, Drop Duchy was updated on October 28, 2026 and Fairway Rogue on October 9, 2026.

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