Glory Ages vs Broadside Cove
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Glory Ages
Experience brutal Viking combat with a deep, skill-based system. Master parries, dodges, and active skills against advanced AI. Forge your legend with authentic gear and unlock new abilities in this offline action game.
- Skill-based combat system
- Parry and dodge mechanics
- Active combat skills
- Advanced enemy AI
- Deep hero progression
- Authentic historical arsenal
- Offline gameplay
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GLORY AGES Vikings is a hardcore tactical action game that transports you to the brutal age of the Northmen. Experience a deep, skill-based combat system from the creators of the hit Glory Ages Samurais. SKILL-BASED COMBAT Forget mindless button-mashing. Here, victory depends on your timing and ability to outsmart the enemy. Master the art of war: Parry & Dodge: Wait for the perfect window to launch a devastating counter-attack. Active Skills: Chain strikes and use special abilities to break your opponent's defense. Advanced AI: Every enemy has a unique fighting style. Some are aggressive, others are cautious—learn to read them all. FORGE YOUR LEGEND Deep Progression: Unlock new combat techniques and upgrade your hero’s attributes. Authentic Arsenal: A wide selection of historically inspired armors and sharpest swords. Cinematic Visuals: Fight across highly detailed locations with dynamic weather and atmospheric soundtracks. TRUE OFFLINE EXPERIENCE No Internet Required: Fully playable offline. Play Anywhere: The perfect high-quality action game for travel or commuting. Become a legend of the North. Your saga begins in GLORY AGES Vikings!
Broadside Cove
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Pirates have found the anchorage at Broadside Cove. You command the Kestrel, a Dutch fluyt, at dusk, and it falls to you to meet them at the mouth of the cove. Lay your broadsides Turn side-on to a ship, tap the water by her hull to lay the guns, then press Fire. A ring on the water marks your aim and a dotted arc traces the shot's path. The ring turns red when the guns cannot bear and grey while they reload. Port and starboard guns reload separately, so bring the loaded side round before you fire again. Round shot and chain shot Round shot holes hulls. Chain shot, two half-balls joined by a length of chain, reaches 480 metres and tears rigging. A ship with torn sails slows down, which is how you catch one that is running. Chain shot joins your guns in The Pay Chest. From then on the shot button, marked Round or Chain, switches between them. Read the wind Every mission has its own wind. Head to wind the Kestrel makes only a quarter of her speed; on a broad reach she is at her fastest. A wind arrow and the point of sail stay on screen, and the flags stream downwind. The campaign The Prologue and five Act I missions, played in order: - Shakedown Cruise: make sail, steer out through the channel marks, sink a moored hulk for gunnery practice, haul floating barrels aboard and see off a pirate sloop. - Colours in the Offing: beat two waves of raiders off the mouth of the cove. - The Pay Chest: catch the cutter carrying the garrison's pay before she reaches open sea. - Salt and Powder: recover 8 of the 12 powder barrels from a lost hoy within four and a half minutes, while cutters and a sloop attack. - The Merchantmen: meet the Company fluyts Margaretha and Swan outside the headland and see them up the channel to the jetty, while a brig that fires chain, a sloop and two cutters attack. At least one of the two must reach harbour. - The Black Tern: sink the pirate flagship, a taken frigate with red sails and seven guns a side. Below half her hull she loads chain and calls in two cutters. Each mission opens with a captain's log and ends with a debrief. Three bonus goals per mission, such as a time to beat, a share of the hull to keep or a share of shots to land, earn stars and extra prize money. Hold the Cove An endless mode, open from the start. Each wave brings more and heavier ships: cutters, sloops, brigs and, every fifth wave, the Black Tern. Carpenters patch the hull between waves. Your best wave is kept. Keep her afloat Hits can set a deck alight, and the rocks around the cove will hole the hull if you cut a corner. Sunk ships leave barrels floating; sail through them to patch the hull and mend the sails. Controls Port and Stbd steer. Sail + and Sail - set how much canvas she carries. Tap the sea to aim, and Fire lets go the broadside. Played in landscape. No ads, no account, offline There are no ads, no in-app purchases and no account to make. The game makes no network requests and plays fully offline. Your progress is saved on your device. Made by LogicLeap Ltd.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Broadside Cove at none against Glory Ages's 11. On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Glory Ages sells 11 one-off in-app purchases. Broadside Cove asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Glory Ages | Broadside Cove |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (600 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 73.5% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 600 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 345 MB | 28 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 12+ |
| Developer | VLADISLAV VASILEV | FunctionForge |
In-app purchases
Glory Ages
- Coin Pack 1$1.99
- Crystals Pack 1$1.99
- Starter Pack$4.99
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- Coin Pack 2$4.99
- No Ads$7.99
- Crystals Pack 2$9.99
- Legendary Equipment Pack$12.99
- Coin Pack 3$14.99
- Crystals Pack 3$19.99
- Coin Pack 4$24.99
- Crystals Pack 4$34.99
Broadside Cove
No in-app purchases









