Comparison

Sweeps vs Stonegate

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

Head to head
About

Sweeps

Trapped in a cursed office tower, you must fight through randomly generated floors while an AI producer narrates your every move. Compete against unseen contestants and climb the ranks in this unique dungeon crawler.

Highlights
  • AI narrator reacts to player actions
  • 10 themed floors, 3 per run (120 combinations)
  • Asynchronous multiplayer with player ghosts and loot
  • Permanent upgrades between runs
  • AI-generated run recaps
  • Voice input and offline mode
Features
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You signed a contract. You didn't read it. Now you're live on air, trapped inside a cursed office tower, fighting your way through 10 floors while an AI Producer narrates your every move to millions. Welcome to SWEEPS — the highest-rated dungeon broadcast in television history. THE BUILDING IS NEVER THE SAME 10 themed floors. 3 drawn at random each run. The Lobby. IT. HR. The Parking Garage. The Executive Suite. 120 possible routes. No reruns. No mercy. THE PRODUCER IS ALWAYS WATCHING A real AI narrator who reacts to everything you do. Mocks your cowardice. Rewards your creativity. Punishes your predictability. There is no script — every broadcast is one of a kind. OTHER CONTESTANTS ARE IN THE BUILDING You won't see them. But you'll find where they bled. Loot caches they left behind. Ghost messages scratched into walls. Blood trails leading nowhere. Their failed runs haunt every floor you enter. EVERY DEATH IS CONTENT Win or lose, the post-game show runs — AI-generated headlines, play-by-play breakdowns, The Producer's verdict. Your worst run makes the best television. CLIMB THE RANKS Five difficulty tiers from Local Access to Series Finale. Start easy. Renegotiate your contract. The audience demands more. FEATURES - AI narrator that reacts to every choice in real time - 10 themed floors, 3 per run — 120 combinations - Async multiplayer: real player blood trails, loot drops, ghost messages - Permanent upgrades between broadcasts - AI-generated news recaps of every run - Voice input and full offline mode - One free AI run daily — no ads, no subscriptions

About

Stonegate

Embark on a cooperative deckbuilding adventure with three heroes sharing a single deck. Strategize together to overcome dungeon challenges, manage resources, and shape your expedition through card choices and upgrades. Offers various expedition lengths and daily challenges.

Highlights
  • Shared deck for cooperative play
  • Turn-based strategic combat
  • Card collection and upgrades
  • Multiple expedition lengths
  • Daily challenges and leaderboards
  • Player progression and records
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Three heroes. One shared deck. A turn-based deckbuilding adventure beneath Stonegate. Lead the Warden, Scout, and Keeper through a dungeon where your strongest turns come from working together. Read enemy intentions, protect a threatened hero, and combine cards across the party. Play the first depth free. One Full Descent purchase unlocks the remaining two depths, Short Descent, and Daily Descent. No ads or subscriptions. BUILD A PLAN TOGETHER Protect a teammate, expose an opening, and spend the party’s Momentum when it matters. One shared deck gives you three heroes to coordinate on every turn. SHAPE EACH EXPEDITION Choose card rewards, visit markets, upgrade favorites, and remove cards that no longer fit. Discover relics, choose your route, and recover between battles across three dungeon depths. Choose a starting deck that suits your approach, or let Random Deck choose for you. CHOOSE YOUR EXPEDITION Take on the full 12-room expedition, extend it to 15 rooms through the optional Tollhouse detour, or choose a six-room Short Descent. Face five rotating final guardians with different attacks and defenses. Full and Short victories unlock harder challenge tiers; automatic advancement is optional. Save and resume when you need a break. MORE REASONS TO RETURN Combine up to three custom modifiers and share a run code. Take on three weekly local contracts for cosmetic titles. Fill a Codex of cards, relics, guardians, and discoveries, with hints for what remains unseen. Risk HP for rare relics that reshape your deck. After a Full victory, keep your deck for stronger Bellworks loops; your original win stays recorded. KEEP AN EXPEDITION RECORD Track fights, victories, recent runs, and the choices you return to. Chase personal scores with separate records for different expedition setups and a clear results breakdown. Earn player levels and titles as you play. Your last expedition can influence an opening boon offer on the next run. Records and player progression stay on your device. RETURN FOR DAILY DESCENT Take on a dated six-room challenge with a prepared deck. Earn medals, improve your turn record, and build a streak by completing today’s challenge. Every three consecutive completion days earns a Streak Boon to refresh an opening offer in a Full or Short expedition. Replay recent challenges from the seven-day archive. Choose Daily or Daily Expert, with separate saves and medals and rotating setups featuring all twelve relics. Both are included with Full Descent. PLAY ACROSS IPHONE DISPLAYS On the opened iPhone Duo display, keep the battle beside your shared hand and compare card choices alongside your deck. Adaptive layouts preserve your expedition and pending selections as the display changes. LEARN AT YOUR PACE Start with a guided battle. Hold a card to inspect its artwork and complete rules. Adjust text and contrast, control music and sound separately, and choose optional haptics. Includes Game Center achievements and iCloud support for the main expedition. Daily saves and personal Daily and mastery records stay on the device. A stolen bell rings below. Build your deck, protect your party, and silence it.

Screenshots

Sweeps4 screens
Stonegate4 screens

Verdict

The call

Sweeps and Stonegate are too close to call on the numbers: across 10 compared parameters — price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Sweeps sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and Stonegate sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Sweeps against 5.0 for Stonegate. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Sweeps ships an update every 2 days, Stonegate every 4 days. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Sweeps versus Stonegate: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSweepsStonegate
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings2 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 days — betterEvery 4 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size461 MB102 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperKristofer ShresthaNovoBuild LLC

Customer experience

Sweeps

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Stonegate

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Sweeps

One-time4
  • Starter Pack$0.99
  • Explorer Pack$2.99
  • Season Pack (40 runs)$4.99
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  • Mega Pack$9.99
1 purchases

Stonegate

One-time1
  • Full Descent$4.99

Questions

Is Sweeps free?
Sweeps is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Stonegate free?
Stonegate is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Sweeps or Stonegate?
Sweeps and Stonegate are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Sweeps or Stonegate have ads?
Neither Sweeps nor Stonegate shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Sweeps or Stonegate?
Sweeps ships an update every 2 days, and Stonegate every 4 days. Most recently, Sweeps was updated on October 31, 2026 and Stonegate on October 31, 2026.

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