Comparison

Lost Vault vs Pulldown Paladin

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Classic wasteland exploration
  • Old-school hero progression
  • Classic gear hunting
  • Original leaderboards
  • Clans for cooperative play
  • Unforgiving enemies and bosses
  • Base building and defense
Features
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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.

About

Pulldown Paladin

Features
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YOUR HERO LIVES IN YOUR NOTIFICATION BAR Pull down your notification shade and watch Kael, your paladin, battle in real time — even while you're busy with something else. Pulldown Paladin is an idle RPG built around one simple idea: your champion is always just one swipe away. HOW IT WORKS Kael fights automatically through endless zones and waves. The battle keeps running in a lightweight, battery-friendly background service, and your progress continues even when the app is closed. Come back later and collect everything you earned — long breaks even grant a return bonus. FEATURES - Notification-bar combat — a compact hero in the collapsed view, a full battle arena with HP bars when expanded - Offline progress — keep earning gold and XP while the app is closed - Endless zones and waves with tougher enemies and zone bosses - Weekly World Boss — chip away at a massive boss and unlock threshold rewards - Deep gear system — weapons, armor and trinkets from Common to Legendary, with set bonuses, elemental affinities and enchants - Forge — upgrade and enchant your equipment - Sockets and gems — fuse three matching gems into a stronger one - Skills, mastery tree, pets and dungeon expeditions - Rebirth, Echo tree and Ascension — layered permanent progression - Goals — long-term milestones with rewards - Daily Shop — three fresh deals every day - Achievements, daily quests, leaderboard and a season pass - Wardrobe — costumes and three characters (Warrior, Ninja, Mage) - Notification themes, auto-equip/auto-sell and a battery setting - Full English, Turkish, Russian and German support NO ADS Pulldown Paladin has no ads anywhere. Ever. OPTIONAL SUPPORTER PACK Love the game? The one-time Supporter Pack unlocks every costume (plus the exclusive Golden Guardian), the Ninja and Mage characters, 2× gold, a larger offline cap and automatic loot collection. It's completely optional — the full game is free. Download now, pull down, and let your paladin do the rest..

Screenshots

Lost Vault4 screens
Pulldown Paladin4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Pulldown Paladin at none against Lost Vault's shown. Lost Vault's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.2). On price and in-app purchases 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. Lost Vault sells 7 one-off in-app purchases and Pulldown Paladin sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Lost Vault versus Pulldown Paladin: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLost VaultPulldown Paladin
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (15 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings15 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 days—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS13.0 — better16.2
Further details — not scored
Size205 MB11 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperKamil RykowskiDogac Yagbasan

In-app purchases

7 purchases

Lost Vault

One-time7
  • 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
10 purchases

Pulldown Paladin

One-time10
  • Lionheart Costume$0.99
  • Veteran Costume$0.99
  • Glintplate Costume$0.99
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  • Rotward Costume$0.99
  • Duelist Costume$0.99
  • Pale Hermit Costume$0.99
  • Starter Pack$1.99
  • Season Pass$1.99
  • Skin Pack$1.99
  • Supporter Pack$2.99

Questions

Is Lost Vault free?
Lost Vault is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Pulldown Paladin free?
Pulldown Paladin is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Lost Vault or Pulldown Paladin have ads?
Lost Vault shows ads; Pulldown Paladin does not.

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