Gladia2 vs Dark Frequency
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Gladia2
Embark on a deep text-based RPG adventure with multiple playstyles and extensive character customization. Explore diverse regions, battle monsters, and challenge bosses. Engage in PvP combat, join guild wars, and build your own city with strategic defenses and resource management.
- Four unique playstyles
- Deep character customization
- Monster exploration and boss dungeons
- Player-vs-player arena combat
- Guild wars and city building
- Player-driven economy
- Blacksmith crafting and gem socketing
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Gladia2 is a deep RPG where every decision shapes your warrior. Choose from four unique playstyles — Warrior, Archer, Mage, or Shaman — each with exclusive bonuses and attribute discounts. Customize your character's appearance, equip powerful gear across 9 slots, and push your 6 core attributes to unlock devastating combat stats. ADVENTURE & EXPLORATION Explore multiple regions filled with monsters scaled to your level. Every victory earns gold, XP, and a chance at rare equipment drops and treasure chests. Defeat the same monster repeatedly to unlock permanent mastery bonuses — doubled gold, doubled XP, and better drop rates. BOSS DUNGEONS Challenge multi-floor dungeons with increasingly powerful bosses. Each defeated boss has a chance to drop Bronze, Silver, Gold, or Diamond chests filled with upgrade materials and rare consumables. PvP ARENA Fight real players in the arena and steal their gold. Climb the ranked leaderboard with a rating system, build win streaks, and prove you're the strongest gladiator on the server. GUILD WARS Create or join a guild, then wage war against rival guilds. The top 20 highest-level members from each side clash in battle. Earn honor, donate resources, and upgrade guild buildings together — including a guild Gold Mine, Metal Mine, and Training Grounds that benefit every member. BUILD YOUR CITY Construct and upgrade 6 buildings: Gold Mine for passive income, Barracks for army capacity, Training Grounds for cheaper attribute upgrades, Treasury for extra inventory space, and Tower & Gatehouse for raid defense. CITY RAIDS Train Archers, Knights, and Pikemen, then raid other players' cities to steal 30% of their gold. Choose your targets wisely — your defenses protect you when others attack. BLACKSMITH CRAFTING Upgrade equipment with materials and success-chance boosting. Craft gems from Bronze to Diamond tier and socket them for percentage-based stat bonuses. Enchant gear with scrolls for effects like bonus gold, critical chance, and XP gain. Reroll attributes and enchantments to perfect your build. PLAYER ECONOMY Buy and sell equipment on the Player Market. Bid on items in the real-time Auction House. Stock up at 9 daily-rotating Equipment Shops — one for every gear slot. ANGELA'S LIBRARY Activate ancient tomes using God Essences earned from adventure. Temporarily boost attributes, instantly gain gold or metal, increase legendary drop rates, steal more arena gold, or improve gem reroll quality. DAILY ACTIVITIES - Lucky Wheel: spin for gold, diamonds, metal, and chests - Royal Derby: bet gold on horse races with varying odds - Daily Rewards: 20-day reward cycle with milestone bonuses - Quest Contracts: complete daily objectives for gold, XP, and metal - Achievement Tracks: long-term goals across combat, city, and power PETS & MOUNTS Adopt pets for critical chance, XP, gold, and drop bonuses. Tame mounts to reduce adventure cooldown. Equip one of each to complement your build. SKINS & CUSTOMIZATION Equip skins for stat bonuses or toggle your custom character appearance — skin bonuses always apply either way. Full character creator with hair, eyes, mouth, armor colors, and skin tone. VIP MEMBERSHIP Double your adventure and dungeon points, get attribute upgrade discounts, faster regeneration, and more daily quest contracts. MULTIPLE SERVERS Start fresh on a new server or manage characters across different realms. Every server has its own economy and leaderboards. Available in English, Turkish, German, Spanish, French, Polish, and Portuguese. Privacy Policy: https://metehnay.github.io/gladia2/runeval-privacy-policy.html Terms of Service: https://metehnay.github.io/gladia2/runeval-terms.html
Dark Frequency
Battle corrupted beasts with a celestial hammer in a dark, mythic world. This roguelite action survival game features endless waves of enemies, stackable upgrades, and permanent progression. Every run offers a unique challenge, making you stronger with each death.
- Roguelite action survival gameplay
- Intense hammer combat mechanics
- Endless waves of enemies
- Stackable upgrade system
- Permanent progression with Sigils
- Unique Boons for altered gameplay
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The Forge has shattered. The Glass-Beasts have risen. And you are the only thing standing between the world and eternal darkness. You are Crucible-Born, a being of molten glass and beast-soul, hammered into existence by The Ancient One. Armed with a celestial hammer, you must fight through endless trials of corrupted Glass-Beasts, reclaim the scattered Shards, and rekindle the Forge before the world goes cold forever. Every run is different. Every death makes you stronger. Forge your own path through a brutal roguelite system where no two runs play the same. Between waves, choose powerful upgrades that shape how you fight. Stack abilities, build synergies, and discover combinations that turn you from a lone survivor into an unstoppable force of the Forge. Fight with purpose. Strike with weight. Swing your hammer in fast, punishing arcs or charge a ground-shattering slam that sends shockwaves through entire enemy groups. Movement, timing, and positioning matter, dodge through enemy lines, dash to safety, and learn the rhythms of each beast before they overwhelm you. Grow beyond a single run. Spend your earned Shards on permanent Sigils that carry power across every future run. Unlock Boons, game-changing abilities that fundamentally alter how you play. Each session leaves you stronger, more prepared for the next. You will experience Endless waves of Glass-Beasts with scaling difficulty Upgrade system with stackable abilities and unique Boons Permanent progression through Sigils that grow with every run Intense hammer combat A dark, mythic world dripping in forge fire and shattered glass. The Forge remembers every trial.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Dark Frequency at 5.0 against Gladia2's 3.0. Dark Frequency also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 67%). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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. Gladia2 sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $8.99 per month and Dark Frequency sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Dark Frequency holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of Gladia2's written reviews are positive against 100% of Dark Frequency's.
Gladia2 ships an update every 4 days, Dark Frequency every 6 days. Both last shipped on October 15, 2026.
| Parameter | Gladia2 | Dark Frequency |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days — better | Every 6 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 104 MB | 214 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | METEHAN AYDOGDU | Unmbox Studios |
Customer experience
Gladia2
Dark Frequency
In-app purchases
Gladia2
- VIP Membership Monthly$8.991 Month
- 50 Diamond$4.99
- VIP Special Pack$8.99
- 125 Diamond$9.99
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- 500 Diamond$24.99
- Pro Player Pack$24.99
- 1250 Diamond$49.99
- 3000 Diamond$99.99
Dark Frequency
- Ember Purse$1.99
- Content Extension Pack$3.99
- Forge Reserve$4.99
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- Shards Vault$7.99









