Comparison

Neun vs Wickbound

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

Head to head
About

Neun

Features
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Welcome to Neun, a deep, grid-based puzzle game that blends tactical tile-matching with thrilling roguelike mechanics. Every swipe matters, and no two runs are ever the same. THE CORE LOOP Swipe and select up to three tiles on the 3x3 grid to build poker-style hands—Rows, Columns, Diagonals, and L-Shapes. Balance your offensive strikes against Enemy tiles while strategically collecting Loot, Heals, and Shields. Hit the Target Score before you run out of Hands to defeat the Ante and level up! DEEP TACTICAL COMBAT The board is alive and dangerous. Face off against standard enemies, ticking Bomb tiles, and Corrupted tiles that drain your Discards, Hands, and HP. Use the Live Prediction engine to calculate your exact damage, healing, and score output before you commit to a move. SYNTHETIC STRATEGIST Toggle a customizable bot to automate the grind. Fine-tune its playstyle and weight its perk selection, ensuring your mechanical proxy executes your specific strategy with surgical precision. GAME-CHANGING RELICS & SYNERGIES Surviving an Ante lets you draft powerful, run-defining perks. Will you choose: Blood Pact: Gain vampirism and a scaling base attack bonus, but sacrifice traditional healing tiles. Glass Cannon: Multiply your score and boost damage, but your Max HP is permanently reduced by 25% and all Healing and Shields are cut in half. Aegis: Convert all overhealing directly into infinitely stacking protective Shields. Gambler: Stack massive, flat additive score multipliers to your next combo hand by strategically burning your Discards. Combine these Relics to discover hidden, game-breaking synergies, or invest in flat base-stat upgrades like the Sharpened Blade and Titanium Plating to survive the exponentially scaling late game! MASTER THE COMBOS Chain together unique tile combinations like "Sanctuary," "Assassination," and "Payday". Hold your streak with consecutive hand types to build massive score multipliers, and trigger cascading tile drops for free plays. DAILY PRESTIGE & LEADERBOARDS Do you have what it takes to be the best? Compete on the Daily Leaderboard to earn stars for reaching the Top 3. Claim the #1 spot to unlock an exclusive, shimmering Golden Prestige Aura to flex during your runs. LIFETIME STATS Track your mastery over time with comprehensive lifetime stats, including highest Antes reached, total enemies defeated, and chips collected. Do you have the strategy to survive the grid?

About

Wickbound

A premium roguelike deckbuilder designed for one-handed play and short sessions. Build your deck, outlast the storm, and keep the light burning. Offers a full game unlock with a single purchase and offline play.

Highlights
  • One-handed portrait mode gameplay
  • Short 5-10 minute runs
  • Kill-safe save system
  • 76 cards across three types
  • 40 unique relics
  • Three acts with 18 enemies
  • Daily seeded runs with leaderboards
Features
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You are the last lighthouse keeper on a drowning coast. The storm has teeth, and the light is all that holds it back. Wickbound is a premium roguelike deckbuilder designed for one hand and one sitting. No ads. No subscriptions. No account. One purchase unlocks the full game forever — and it plays in airplane mode. BUILT FOR YOUR THUMB Portrait-only. Every card, every choice, every enemy sits in thumb reach. Runs take 5–10 minutes, and a kill-safe save system means you can force-quit mid-combat and resume exactly where you stood. BURN OR BULWARK • 76 cards across Flares, Wards, and Beacons • The Keeper stacks Kindle and watches enemies burn down • The Salvager (unlock by winning) turns armor into a weapon • 40 relics that bend the rules of every run THREE ACTS OF STORM Fight through the Harbor Storm and the Drowned Reach to face the Mother of Storms. 18 enemies with fully telegraphed intents — every death is your mistake, and every win is your plan working. CLIMB THE LADDER Ascension 1–5 per character. Each win unlocks a crueler storm. THE DAILY WATCH One seeded run per day — identical for every player on Earth. One attempt. Game Center leaderboard. Bragging rights until midnight UTC. Keep the light. Outlast the storm.

Screenshots

Neun3 screens
Wickbound4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Neun at none against Wickbound's 1. Neun also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). Wickbound's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price 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. Wickbound sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Neun asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Neun versus Wickbound: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNeunWickbound
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—2 — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Paid
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size58 MB71 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperDavid CuljakGreen Delta Technology LLC

In-app purchases

None

Neun

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Wickbound

One-time1
  • Wickbound — Full Game$4.99

Questions

Is Neun free?
Neun is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Wickbound free?
Wickbound is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Neun or Wickbound have ads?
Neun shows ads; Wickbound does not.

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