Lost Vault vs Dark Frequency
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Lost Vault
Experience the original post-apocalyptic fantasy RPG with a pure survival challenge. Explore iconic locations, battle unforgiving enemies, and build your hero through classic progression and gear hunts. Team up in clans and compete on leaderboards without modern shortcuts.
- Classic wasteland exploration
- Old-school hero progression
- Classic gear hunting
- Original leaderboards
- Clans for cooperative play
- Unforgiving enemies and bosses
- Base building and defense
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Return to where it all began. Lost Vault: Classic is the original wasteland adventure, restored for those who crave the pure survival challenge of the early days. No shortcuts. No modern extras. Just the raw, unforgiving post-apocalyptic fantasy RPG that defined a generation of survivors. Relive the Original Features: - The First Wasteland Explore the same iconic locations that started it all - dangerous zones, strange creatures, and hidden treasures waiting to be rediscovered. - Hero Progression, Old-School Style Fight, grind, and grow your hero through battles and quests. Power is earned, not handed out. - Classic Gear Hunts Scour the wasteland for rare and powerful equipment. Experiment with legendary item combinations exactly as players did back in the beginning. - The Original Rankings Compete on the classic leaderboards. Every victory counts, every loss stings - become a legend the old way. - Clans, Reborn Team up in clans just as the pioneers did. Share, fight, and survive together - without modern shortcuts. - Unforgiving Enemies Face the same brutal monsters and rival survivors that shaped the earliest battles of Lost Vault. - Shelter, Your Lifeline Build, defend, and protect your base exactly as it was in the beginning. No safety nets. No second chances. - The First Bosses Return Challenge the legendary dungeon bosses that forged the earliest heroes of Lost Vault. Their wrath hasn’t dulled with time. Why Play Lost Vault: Classic? Experience the original, unaltered gameplay - just as it was. A true test of patience, grit, and survival. Perfect for veterans longing for nostalgia or newcomers curious about the roots. Because sometimes, the old ways really are the best. The wasteland hasn’t changed. But have you? Step into Lost Vault: Classic and prove you can survive - again.
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.
- Roguelite action survival gameplay
- Intense hammer combat mechanics
- Endless waves of enemies
- Stackable upgrade system
- Permanent progression with Sigils
- Unique Boons for altered gameplay
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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.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Dark Frequency at none against Lost Vault's shown. Lost Vault's advantage is ratings volume (15 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and update cadence 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
Both are free to download. Lost Vault sells 7 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Lost Vault against 5.0 for Dark Frequency. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Lost Vault has 15 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Lost Vault ships an update every 4 days, Dark Frequency every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Lost Vault | Dark Frequency |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (15 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 15 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days — better | Every 6 days |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 205 MB | 214 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Kamil Rykowski | Unmbox Studios |
Customer experience
Lost Vault
Dark Frequency
In-app purchases
Lost Vault
- Coins$1.99
- Pile of Coins$3.99
- Pouch of Coins$9.99
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- Starter Pack$22.99
- Plenty of Coins$22.99
- Chest of Coins$44.99
- Piggy Bank$79.99
Dark Frequency
- Ember Purse$1.99
- Content Extension Pack$3.99
- Forge Reserve$4.99
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- Shards Vault$7.99
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