Comparison

UnderGuild vs Beacon

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

Head to head
About

UnderGuild

Engage in fast-paced strategy battles, commanding heroes and mercenaries against monster waves. Master tactical placement, unit fusion, and epic boss fights to achieve victory. Your strategic decisions are key to overcoming relentless challenges.

Highlights
  • Tactical hero & mercenary placement
  • Unit fusion and evolution
  • Challenging boss fights
  • Endless unit combination strategies
  • Engaging offensive gameplay
Features
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Gather heroes and mercenaries for an adventure beneath the city. In UnderGuild: Offense, choose your mercenaries and merge them to build your own battle team. • Recruit and merge: Collect different mercenaries and combine them to strengthen your team. • Explore the sewers: Venture underground and challenge monsters and bosses. • Customize your sewers: Make your underground space your own. • Co-op battles: Take on challenges with a partner. • More ways to play: Try Pigeon Cleanup and Slime Punching Bag modes. Lead your little hero and mercenary team into battle! Support: libertydust@gmail.com

About

Beacon

Guide ships to safety and repel pirates using a lighthouse beam in this arcade game. Manage your light to save vessels without panicking them, while fending off attackers. Features one-thumb controls, permanent upgrades, and daily challenges.

Highlights
  • One-thumb triage gameplay
  • Dual-purpose lighthouse beam
  • Guide friendly ships
  • Repel pirate raiders
  • Permanent upgrades
  • Daily challenges and missions
  • Colorblind-first design
Features
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The storm is rising and the harbor lights have failed. You are the keeper of the last lighthouse on a drowned coast — and your beam is the only thing standing between the lost ships and the rocks. Drag to sweep your warm amber beam across the sea. Light a ship and it finds the courage to sail home to the glowing harbor. But the same light is a weapon: it blinds the pirate raiders charging your harbor and drives them back into the dark. Hold the beam too long on one ship and it dazzles into panic — so sweep, don't stare. Ships arrive from every direction as the storm escalates. One beam. One thumb. Endless triage. BEACON: STORM HARBOR is a moody, modern nautical arcade game built around a single, fresh idea — a lighthouse beam that both saves and repels — and a pure "one more run" high-score chase. — FEATURES — • One-thumb triage you learn in seconds and never master • A dual-purpose beam: guide friendly ships home, blind the raiders • Over-light a ship and it dazzles into panic — sweep, don't stare • Escalating storms with telegraphed surges and power-up crates • A Harbor Office of permanent upgrades, plus unlockable lighthouses and beam colors • Voyages: a daily challenge run, missions to chase, and a login streak • Game Center leaderboard — climb the keepers' ranks • Original art, sound, and a calming storm soundtrack • Free to play. One simple "Remove Ads" purchase. Rewarded videos are always optional. — DESIGNED COLORBLIND-FIRST — Beacon was built by a colorblind developer, so nothing important is ever shown by color alone. Friendly ships and raiders are told apart by shape, motion, and icon; danger by silhouette and light; your harbor and shields by form and position. A Colorblind Mode and full Reduce Motion support are built in from the first launch. Light the way. Save the fleet. Outlast the storm. A nautical arcade by Bleach Games.

Screenshots

UnderGuild4 screens
Beacon3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Beacon at 5.0 against UnderGuild's 4.5. UnderGuild's advantage is ratings volume (79 vs 2) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. UnderGuild sells 19 one-off in-app purchases and Beacon sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Beacon holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: UnderGuild has 79 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
UnderGuild versus Beacon: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterUnderGuildBeacon
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (79 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews79.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings79 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks—
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS13.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size410 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSeungHo ChungBenjamin Leach

Customer experience

UnderGuild

All ratings79 ratings
Positive87.3%
Neutral2.5%
Negative10.1%
Written reviews92 reviews
Positive79.3%
Neutral6.5%
Negative14.1%

Beacon

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

19 purchases

UnderGuild

One-time19
  • Piggy Bank 1$0.99
  • 80 Diamonds$0.99
  • Event Package 1$0.99
Show 16 more
  • Normal Pack 2$1.99
  • Daily Shop Slot Expansion 1$1.99
  • Str_Random_Skin$1.99
  • Normal Pack 3$2.99
  • item_pack_all_1$4.99
  • Starter Pack$5.49
  • Add 3x speed$7.99
  • Season_Superpass_1$7.99
  • Unit_Legend$8.99
  • Hero_Legend$8.99
  • Hero_Pass_1$9.99
  • newhero_1_1$9.99
  • Auto Pack$10.99
  • Remove Ads$10.99
  • Legendary Hero Level 2$10.99
  • Season_Hyperpass_1$18.99
1 purchases

Beacon

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$2.99

Questions

Is UnderGuild free?
UnderGuild is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Beacon free?
Beacon is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, UnderGuild or Beacon?
Beacon is rated higher. UnderGuild averages 4.5 out of 5 from 79 ratings, while Beacon averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do UnderGuild or Beacon have ads?
Both UnderGuild and Beacon show ads.

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