Comparison

Text Realms vs Text Dungeon

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

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Text Realms

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Text Realms is a dynamic, text-based adventure that unfolds uniquely with every choice you make. Powered by on-device AI capabilities, each story is generated entirely on your iPhone or iPad - no internet required. Explore mysterious worlds, shape your destiny through words, and enjoy complete privacy - your imagination, your data, all on your device. Requires a device that supports Apple Intelligence.

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Text Dungeon

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A dungeon to die in, and three stories to play through. Offline, no ads. Text Dungeon is a turn-based text roguelike and a branching gamebook in one app. READ THE FIGHT Every enemy shows its next move: Attack, Heavy or Guard. Defend against a Heavy and you block all of it and get energy back. Attacking builds energy for your skills. Fights are short, and every turn is a decision. QUICK PLAY Pick a class and a perk, then go down. Eight rooms and a boss: fights, elites, traps, shops, shrines, treasure and rest. Death ends the run, and the sigils you earn unlock permanent upgrades for the next one. - Ascension: ten harder levels for every class, with bigger sigil rewards. - Class mastery: level up each class for titles and small starting bonuses. - Relic sets: collect matching relics for set bonuses. - Daily Run: one shared dungeon a day with its own twist. Keep your streak going. - Weekly Challenge: one shared run a week with stacked modifiers and its own leaderboard. - Endless: win once and the descent repeats, harder every cycle, until it kills you. - From Dec 1, the Midwinter Descent: a free winter dungeon with two new bosses. STORY MODE Make one character and carry them through a whole arc. Your choices set what happens chapters later, which characters trust you, and which ending you reach. - The Hollow Court: find out what silenced the delvers on the Hollow Road. - The Hungering Wood: the wood took Mosswick in a single season. It did not stop there. - Three Winters: 31 people, 9 barrels, and a steading across the ice that has not lit a fire in 11 days. Five oaths are offered. At most two can be kept. Four endings. The Hollow Court and Three Winters open with a free volume. Everything else is a one-time purchase, or get a whole arc in one Complete bundle. Finish an arc and its relic joins you in Quick Play. Classes: Warrior free; Rogue, Mage, Hexblade and Bloodletter in class packs. Relic packs add new items to the loot. Game Center leaderboards and achievements. NO ADS. NO ACCOUNT. NO SUBSCRIPTION. PLAYS OFFLINE. Paid content is one-time purchases. Privacy Policy: https://hipporasy.dev/roguelite/privacy/ This app uses Apple's Standard End User License Agreement (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Text Realms4 screens
Text Dungeon4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Text Realms at none against Text Dungeon's 10. Text Dungeon's advantage is iOS requirement (18.6 vs 26.0). 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. Text Dungeon sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Text Realms asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 6 level
Text Realms versus Text Dungeon: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterText RealmsText Dungeon
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequency—Weekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS26.018.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB7 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperNICK FRIEDRICHMarasy Phi

In-app purchases

None

Text Realms

No in-app purchases

10 purchases

Text Dungeon

One-time10
  • The Hollow Court: Vol. 2$0.99
  • The Hollow Court: Vol. 3$0.99
  • The Hungering Wood: Vol. 1$0.99
Show 7 more
  • Sealed Depths$2.99
  • The Ossuary Vault$2.99
  • The Wanderer's Hoard$2.99
  • Corruption's Edge$3.99
  • The Hollow Court: Finale$3.99
  • Crimson Depths$3.99
  • Complete Collection$19.99

Questions

Is Text Realms free?
Text Realms is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Text Dungeon free?
Text Dungeon is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Text Realms or Text Dungeon have ads?
Neither Text Realms nor Text Dungeon shows ads.

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