Pal legends vs DeepDriller
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pal legends
Assemble a squad of anime-inspired heroes for tactical auto-battles. Collect and upgrade champions, pets, and gear to progress through PvE and PvP modes. Enjoy offline progress and strategic team building with unique visual styles.
- Idle auto-battles with offline progress
- Gacha system for collecting anime heroes
- Strategic team building with diverse roles
- Pet companions and gear customization
- PvE and PvP game modes
- Unique anime, military, and tech visuals
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Step into the world of Pal Legends, where anime charm meets tactical strategy. Assemble your squad of unique heroes, unleash their powers in auto battles, and rise through the global ranks—all while staying offline thanks to the robust AFK system. Recruit, train, and upgrade a diverse roster of champions through the vibrant gacha system. Customize your lineup with classes ranging from sharpshooters to magic tacticians, and enhance them with pets, gear, and powerful synergies. Game Features: • Idle Battles: Let your heroes fight and earn rewards while you’re away • Parry shield system to avoid boss and pals attacks • Strategic Team Building: Combine heroes of different roles and affinities • Collectible Anime Heroes: Expand your roster through gacha summoners • Pet Companions: level up your team with loyal creatures • Gear & Upgrades: Equip vivid weapons, skins, and stat boosts • PvE & PvP Modes: Clear stages, defeat bosses, and challenge rivals worldwide • Offline Progress: Continue earning rewards even when you log out • Unique Visuals: A mix of anime fantasy, modern military, and futuristic tech • Summon pals, use potions, equip legendary armor. • Gain experience, use magic skills, command your pals to attack enemies Whether you enjoy tactical battles or casual collecting, Pal Legends Idle RPG delivers a perfect mix of strategy, automation, and anime style. Summon. Upgrade. Command.
DeepDriller
Pilot a deep-core extraction rover into a procedurally generated planet's crust. Dig for ore, survive environmental hazards and hostile creatures, and upgrade your vehicle to push deeper. Compete on global leaderboards and uncover ancient secrets.
- Procedurally generated mines
- Rover upgrades
- Combat against alien constructs
- Environmental hazards
- Resource management
- Global leaderboards
- Story elements
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Pilot a deep-core extraction rover into the crust of Kerath-9 and dig for everything it's worth. Every dive is a fresh, procedurally generated descent. Strike rich ore, dodge collapsing tunnels, fight what lives in the dark, and claw back to the surface to sell, upgrade, and push deeper — because down here, death is permanent and the pressure never stops. DeepDriller is a gold-class roguelite miner built for one more dive. THE DIVE LOOP Surface, dive, surface-or-die, upgrade, go deeper. Six depth zones, fifteen ores, and a continuous shaft that regenerates every run. The deeper you go, the richer — and the deadlier — it gets. UPGRADE YOUR ROVER Eight upgrade slots: drill, hull, engine, fuel, cargo, sensor, thermal, and auto-turret weapon. Tier up from a stock rover into a void-piercing machine. Your loadout shows on the rover — watch it change as you spend. FIGHT AND SURVIVE Past a certain depth you're not alone. Auto-turrets deploy from the hull and open fire when hostile drones and ancient Veth constructs close in. Then there's the planet itself: gas pockets, lava veins, aquifers, void resonance, gravity anomalies, and ceiling collapses, all hunting your hull. GO DEEPER FOR RARER ORE The richest seams are the most dangerous. Bank cumulative depth to unlock new zones, chase contracts, and decide every dive: cash out safe, or risk it all for one more vein. CLIMB THE LEADERBOARDS Two global Game Center boards: an Open board for total power, and Raw Talent — depth normalized to a stock rig, so skill beats spending. Take on the shared Daily Dive and chase the top of the charts. UNCOVER THE VETH Something pre-human is buried in the dark. Recover artifacts and data cores, intercept faction transmissions, and piece together what AXIOM doesn't want found. RESUPPLY BEACONS Out of fuel and deep in the red? Deploy a Beacon to secure your haul or get back in the fight. Earn them by playing; buy more only if you want to. No ads. No tracking. Game Center leaderboards and achievements. iCloud save across your devices. How deep can you get?
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: DeepDriller at none against Pal legends's shown. DeepDriller also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and update cadence (every 2 days vs weekly). Pal legends's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Pal legends sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and DeepDriller sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Pal legends ships an update weekly, DeepDriller every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pal legends | DeepDriller |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1.0 GB | 95 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Akarau: multiplayer games, online games & offline games | ADAM HAROUTUNE MATOSSIAN |
Customer experience
Pal legends
DeepDriller
In-app purchases
Pal legends
- Dungeon Week Pack$4.99
- Character Pack Claudia$4.99
- Character Pack Elise$8.99
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- Draw Ticket Week Pack$9.99
- Character Week Pack$9.99
- Level Completion Pack$9.99
- Character Pack Morgana$12.99
- Weapon Pack Grasshopper$12.99
- Weapon Pack Sakura$19.99
- Skip Ads Forever Pack$29.99
DeepDriller
- 1 Resupply Beacon$0.99
- 6 Resupply Beacons$4.99
- 15 Resupply Beacons$9.99
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