Comparison

Audible Kungfu vs Dark Frequency

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

Head to head
About

Audible Kungfu

Experience a living Wuxia world with true sandbox freedom and meaningful emotional bonds. Your choices reshape combat, relationships, and the martial world. Craft your unique fighting style and forge your own legend in a dynamically evolving Jianghu.

Highlights
  • Living Wuxia open-world
  • Dynamically evolving Jianghu
  • Multi-dimensional trait system
  • Martial arts loadout system
  • Choice-driven narrative
  • One-handed combat controls
Features
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Audible Kungfu: A Living Wuxia World – Your Saga, Unscripted. Tired of scripted journeys and repetitive combat in martial arts games? Audible Kungfu breaks the mold. We don't tell a pre-written story—we offer a world for you to live your own legend. This is a groundbreaking Wuxia open-world game that deeply merges sandbox freedom, hardcore action, and meaningful emotional bonds. Every choice you make doesn't just alter the story; it reshapes your combat style, defines relationships, and shifts the very balance of the martial world. Forget what you know about Wuxia games. No linear plots. No repetitive routines. Audible Kungfu pioneers a "Dynamically Evolving Jianghu" – a world that truly lives and breathes around you. Your decisions reshape the landscape of heroes and villains; every strike you throw defines your legacy. Key Features: 【A World Without Borders: Your Will, Your Way】 Experience true path freedom. Walk the righteous path, earning the people's respect, or embrace the dark side, dealing swift vengeance. Our unique "Multi-Dimensional Trait System" – covering Charisma, Fortune, Knowledge, and Courage – goes beyond dialogue, directly influencing martial arts mastery, unlocking hidden areas, and shaping how NPCs treat you. You are no mere pawn in a story; you are the central force changing the Jianghu. 【Unleash Your Style: A Combat System You Craft】 We've scrapped the traditional skill tree. Instead, our innovative "Martial Arts Loadout System" lets you freely combine 6 schools of combat. Mix 4 active skills with your dodge to create 10+ unique combos. Enhance your style with passive skills and an Awakening state, mastering breaks, controls, and interrupts. The breakthrough? Your martial prowess is tied to your choices. The righteous path yields grand, powerful techniques; the dark path offers swift, ruthless moves. Charisma can enhance visual effects, while Fortune might trigger hidden combo chains. There's no single "best build"—only the fighting style that fits you. 【A World That Responds: Your Choices Drive the Narrative】 A truly multi-threaded Jianghu awaits, filled with 200+ interactive NPCs, 7 major life skills, and hundreds of secret techniques and tools. Choose between broad righteous or evil main storylines, but discover the real story in the side quests. Build relationships to unlock hidden maps, exclusive weapons, or even reverse story outcomes. Your traits unlock new exploration avenues: high Charisma might let you talk down a boss; high Courage could force open secret chambers; vast Knowledge may help you decipher lost techniques from ancient texts. Life skills are more than a pastime: work jobs, enter competitions, forge your own divine weapons… These activities directly power up your character. A self-crafted blade could turn the tide of battle. 【Revolutionary Controls: One-Handed Combat Feast】 We've fused simplified controls, inspired by games like "Black Myth: Wukong," with deep, hardcore mechanics: Tap and swipe to execute dazzling combos. Easy to pick up with a sky-high skill ceiling. The Chain Slash system ramps up damage with each consecutive hit. Feel every impact with crisp sound effects and controller vibration. Includes specialized audio cues for visually impaired players, striving for true fair play for all. 【Bonds Beyond Battle: Deep Connections】 Moving beyond shallow MMO social features, we present a three-tier relationship system: Sworn Companions: Form a trio, bind your skills, and conquer PVE/PVP challenges together. Share resources and build unbreakable bonds. Faction Warfare: Faction battles aren't just about strength. They test your strategy, coordination, and honor. Every member's contribution matters. Realm-vs-Realm Conflict: Join a cross-server ideological war. Meet like-minded heroes and compete for the title of ultimate martial arts master.

About

Dark Frequency

Battle corrupted beasts with a celestial hammer in a dark, mythic world. This roguelite action survival game features endless waves of enemies, stackable upgrades, and permanent progression. Every run offers a unique challenge, making you stronger with each death.

Highlights
  • Roguelite action survival gameplay
  • Intense hammer combat mechanics
  • Endless waves of enemies
  • Stackable upgrade system
  • Permanent progression with Sigils
  • Unique Boons for altered gameplay
Features
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The Forge has shattered. The Glass-Beasts have risen. And you are the only thing standing between the world and eternal darkness. You are Crucible-Born, a being of molten glass and beast-soul, hammered into existence by The Ancient One. Armed with a celestial hammer, you must fight through endless trials of corrupted Glass-Beasts, reclaim the scattered Shards, and rekindle the Forge before the world goes cold forever. Every run is different. Every death makes you stronger. Forge your own path through a brutal roguelite system where no two runs play the same. Between waves, choose powerful upgrades that shape how you fight. Stack abilities, build synergies, and discover combinations that turn you from a lone survivor into an unstoppable force of the Forge. Fight with purpose. Strike with weight. Swing your hammer in fast, punishing arcs or charge a ground-shattering slam that sends shockwaves through entire enemy groups. Movement, timing, and positioning matter, dodge through enemy lines, dash to safety, and learn the rhythms of each beast before they overwhelm you. Grow beyond a single run. Spend your earned Shards on permanent Sigils that carry power across every future run. Unlock Boons, game-changing abilities that fundamentally alter how you play. Each session leaves you stronger, more prepared for the next. You will experience Endless waves of Glass-Beasts with scaling difficulty Upgrade system with stackable abilities and unique Boons Permanent progression through Sigils that grow with every run Intense hammer combat A dark, mythic world dripping in forge fire and shattered glass. The Forge remembers every trial.

Screenshots

Audible Kungfu4 screens
Dark Frequency4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Dark Frequency at 100% against Audible Kungfu's 25%. Dark Frequency also leads on rating (5.0 vs 2.7) and update cadence (every 6 days vs every 2 months). Audible Kungfu's advantage is monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and ratings volume (6 vs 1). 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. Audible Kungfu sells 23 one-off in-app purchases and Dark Frequency sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Dark Frequency holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Audible Kungfu has 6 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 25% of Audible Kungfu's written reviews are positive against 100% of Dark Frequency's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Audible Kungfu ships an update every 2 months, Dark Frequency every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Audible Kungfu versus Dark Frequency: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAudible KungfuDark Frequency
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.7 (6 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews25.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings6 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 6 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size755 MB214 MB
Age rating9+12+
DeveloperPrudence Interactive (Tianjin) Technology Co., Ltd.Unmbox Studios

Customer experience

Audible Kungfu

All ratings5 ratings
Positive20.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative60.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive25.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative50.0%

Dark Frequency

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

23 purchases

Audible Kungfu

One-time23
  • First Top-up 1-1$0.29
  • Martial Arts Experience$0.49
  • First Top-up 2-1$0.99
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  • 60 Gold Ingots$0.99
  • First Top-up 1-2$0.99
  • Stamina Pack$0.99
  • Basic Martial Arts Pack 1$0.99
  • Supreme Mastery Pack$0.99
  • Privilege Card 1$1.99
  • First Top-up 3-1$1.99
  • First Top-up 1-3$2.99
  • Basic Martial Arts Pack 2$2.99
  • Privilege Card 2$3.99
  • Intermediate Martial Arts Pack 1$3.99
  • First Top-up 1-5$9.99
  • 680 Gold Ingots$9.99
  • Intermediate Martial Arts Pack 2$9.99
  • Basic Title Pack$9.99
  • Supreme Legendary Gear Pack$9.99
  • Intermediate Title Pack$14.99
  • Intermediate Martial Arts Pack 3$19.99
  • Advanced Martial Arts Pack$49.99
  • Advanced Title Pack$99.99
4 purchases

Dark Frequency

One-time4
  • Ember Purse$1.99
  • Content Extension Pack$3.99
  • Forge Reserve$4.99
Show 1 more
  • Shards Vault$7.99

Questions

Is Audible Kungfu free?
Audible Kungfu is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Dark Frequency free?
Dark Frequency is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Audible Kungfu or Dark Frequency?
Dark Frequency is rated higher. Audible Kungfu averages 2.7 out of 5 from 6 ratings, while Dark Frequency averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Audible Kungfu or Dark Frequency have ads?
Neither Audible Kungfu nor Dark Frequency shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Audible Kungfu or Dark Frequency?
Audible Kungfu ships an update every 2 months, and Dark Frequency every 6 days. Most recently, Audible Kungfu was updated on October 28, 2026 and Dark Frequency on October 20, 2026.

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