Corebound vs Frontier Bound
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Corebound
Explore a vast underground world filled with robotic enemies. Collect parts from defeated foes to upgrade your character and enhance your abilities. Discover unique zones and fuse parts for even greater power.
- Explore distinct underground zones
- Collect and equip unique robot parts
- Fuse parts to enhance power
- Battle diverse robotic enemies
- Upgrade character with collected parts
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Descend into a vast underground world of machines and fight your way through endless hordes of enemies! Collect parts from the robots you destroy to upgrade yourself and become more powerful! Key Features: • Discover many distinct underground zones, each featuring unique visuals and dangers • Collect and equip dozens of unique parts to refine your build and playstyle • Fuse parts together to make them even stronger • Encounter and battle a variety of unique robotic foes Contact us at: admin@overcurve.com
Frontier Bound
Recruit adventurers, build a trading guild, and embark on expeditions through a perilous frontier in this turn-based strategy RPG. Permanent death means your guild's legacy grows stronger with each run, offering new stories and challenges.
- Recruit and customize adventurers
- Build and manage a trading guild
- Send expeditions through a dangerous frontier
- Hundreds of hand-crafted encounters
- Permanent progression and upgrades
- Offline play
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Will you dive into the ancient ruins to find an enchanted amulet...or maybe death? Frontier Bound is a text-based strategy RPG where you recruit adventurers, build a trading guild, and send expeditions through a dangerous frontier. Death is permanent but your guild will live on. Every run tells a new story and every defeat leaves your guild stronger. BUILD YOUR CREW Hire mercenaries with unique stats, traits, and backstories. Customize them with specializations and artifacts. Watch them grow into legends or bury them in the frontier. RUN THE FRONTIER Face hundreds of hand-crafted encounters across escalating stages: ambushes, trade negotiations, rival showdowns, ancient ruins, and the Warlord boss. Roll the dice. Live with the result. GROW YOUR GUILD Between expeditions, manage your guild hub: upgrade facilities, stock provisions, trade cargo for profit, and recruit your next roster. Permanent progression means every run advances your legacy. BECOME A LEGEND Unlock three specialization paths: Merchant, Warlord, or Explorer. Earn titles and traits for your adventurers and conquer the Frontier. — Offline play, no internet required — Roguelite progression: permanent upgrades survive every run — No pay-to-win: deep strategy, fair progression — Game is now fully playable in: English, Spanish, Japanese, Korean, Chinese, Russian
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Corebound at Free against Frontier Bound's $0.99. Corebound also leads on rating (4.9 vs 3.0) and review sentiment (89% vs 50%). Frontier Bound's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 5) and ads (none vs shown). On 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
Corebound is free to download; Frontier Bound costs $0.99 up front. Corebound sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Frontier Bound asks for nothing beyond the download.
Corebound holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Corebound has 1K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 89% of Corebound's written reviews are positive against 50% of Frontier Bound's.
Corebound ships an update every 8 days, Frontier Bound every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and September 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Corebound | Frontier Bound |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $0.99 |
| Rating | 4.9 (1K ratings) — better | 3.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 89.0% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1K — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 8 days — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 260 MB | 280 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Overcurve | Luis Herskovic |
Customer experience
Corebound
Frontier Bound
In-app purchases
Corebound
- Starter Pack$3.99
- 375 Shards$4.99
- 805 Shards$9.99
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- 1650 Shards$19.99
- 4200 Shards$49.99
Frontier Bound
No in-app purchases









