Comparison

Tiny Mage Mayhem vs ASCII Gunship

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

Head to head
About

Tiny Mage Mayhem

Features
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Tiny Mage Mayhem is a fast‑paced survival game where you control a tiny mage fighting off waves of monsters, aliens and other creatures. Dodge their attacks, collect coins and gems, and use magical spells to stay alive as long as you can. Simple one‑touch controls make it easy for anyone to play, while increasingly challenging waves keep you coming back for more. One‑hand touch controls Multiple enemy types with unique patterns Magical spells and upgrades to unlock Short, intense sessions that can be played offline No ads and no data collection How long can you survive the mayhem?

About

ASCII Gunship

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Your gunship is made of characters. So is everything trying to kill it. ASCII GUNSHIP is an arcade vertical shoot-em-up rendered entirely as a live terminal character grid. Every ship, bullet, boss and explosion is a glyph in a bright ANSI palette, with optional CRT scanlines. Drag to fly. Your cannons never stop. Tap the bomb when the screen fills with fire. BUILD A DIFFERENT GUNSHIP EVERY RUN Clear a wave, then pick 1 of 3 upgrade cards: fire rate, orbiting drones, chain lightning levels, tail guns. 18 cards and 8 weapons, from VULCAN and LASER to TESLA ARC and PLASMA SNAKE. BOSSES WORTH FIGHTING Every fifth wave a multi-part ASCII boss fills the top of the terminal. Shoot off its turrets, survive three escalating gun phases, and salvage the credits. A CAMPAIGN, THEN MORE Fight through 5 sectors with their own procedural backdrops and enemy rosters, then loop them at MK-2 ferocity and beyond. Keep your chain multiplier alive up to x9. THE HANGAR Spend salvage on 8 gunships, each with its own passive and starting weapon, from the reliable RAPTOR to the drone-carrying PALADIN. FEATURES - Everything is text: real-time character-grid renderer, zero sprite art - 8 weapons, 18 upgrade cards - 5 multi-part bosses with destructible parts and 3-phase patterns - 8 buyable glyph gunships with real passives - 5 sectors + endless MK tiers, chain multiplier up to x9 - CADET / VETERAN / ACE difficulty, CRT scanline toggle - Offline, private, no accounts, no tracking - No ads, no paywalls. Every ship earnable in-game (optional tip jar) From Anguished Studio. Fly. Fire. Pick a card. Beat your best.

Screenshots

Tiny Mage Mayhem4 screens
ASCII Gunship4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Tiny Mage Mayhem at none against ASCII Gunship's 3. Tiny Mage Mayhem also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.0). On price, ads 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. ASCII Gunship sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Tiny Mage Mayhem asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 4 level
Tiny Mage Mayhem versus ASCII Gunship: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTiny Mage MayhemASCII Gunship
PriceFreeFree
Update frequency—Every 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size360 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKhadija ZeroualyAnguished LLC

In-app purchases

None

Tiny Mage Mayhem

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

ASCII Gunship

One-time3
  • Small Tip$0.99
  • Unlock All Ships$4.99
  • Big Tip$4.99

Questions

Is Tiny Mage Mayhem free?
Tiny Mage Mayhem is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is ASCII Gunship free?
ASCII Gunship is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Tiny Mage Mayhem or ASCII Gunship have ads?
Neither Tiny Mage Mayhem nor ASCII Gunship shows ads.

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