Comparison

Spirit Echo vs Stonegate

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

Head to head
About

Spirit Echo

Embark on a solo deckbuilding adventure inspired by Slavic folklore. Build your deck from scratch each run, discover new cards, and make tactical decisions to defeat mythical enemies in this turn-based roguelike. Enjoy endless replayability with deep card combat and synergies, all playable offline.

Highlights
  • Turn-based card roguelike
  • Deckbuilding during runs
  • Strategic card combat
  • Slavic mythology enemies
  • Fully offline gameplay
  • High replayability
Features
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Spirit Echo is a turn-based card roguelike built for solo play — fully offline, no internet required. Build your deck from scratch each run. Discover new cards, craft powerful synergies, and make tactical decisions to defeat spirits, creatures, and mythic enemies inspired by Slavic folklore. Every run is different. The cards you find, the paths you take, and the strategies you build change every time — endless replayability with deep card combat and deckbuilding. Game Features: • Turn-based card roguelike with high replayability • Build your deck during the run — every run unique • Strategic card combat with deep synergies and combos • Unique enemies and bosses from Slavic mythology • Fully offline — play without wifi or internet • Solo deckbuilder with multiple playstyles to discover • Atmospheric dark fantasy setting On first launch, the game will download additional resources (animations, images) — about 300 MB.

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
Features
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Three heroes. One shared deck. A turn-based deckbuilding adventure beneath Stonegate. NEW: LONG DESCENT Give your deck a longer journey. Venture through 21 rooms, or 24 with the optional Tollhouse detour. Carry your cards, upgrades, and relics into deeper chapters, with more battles, markets, recovery choices, and discoveries along the way. Play the first depth free. One Full Descent purchase unlocks the complete game, including Short Descent, Full Descent, Long Descent, and Daily Descent. No ads or subscriptions. BUILD A PLAN TOGETHER Lead the Warden, Scout, and Keeper through a dungeon where your strongest turns come from working together. Read enemy intentions, protect a threatened hero, expose an opening, and spend the party's Momentum when it matters. 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. Choose a starting deck that suits your approach, or let Random Deck choose for you. CHOOSE YOUR EXPEDITION Choose a six-room Short Descent, a 12-room Full Descent, or a 21-room Long Descent. The optional Tollhouse adds three rooms to Full or Long. Face five rotating guardians with different attacks and defenses. Unlock harder challenge tiers, with optional automatic advancement. Save and resume when you need a break. Long Descent is one continuous expedition: your party, deck, and route carry on through interim guardians to the final battle. Later encounters grow stronger as your deck develops, and your score reflects the whole journey. MORE REASONS TO RETURN Combine up to three custom modifiers and share a run code. Complete weekly local contracts for cosmetic titles. Fill a Codex of cards, relics, guardians, and discoveries, with hints for unseen entries. Risk HP for rare relics that reshape how you play. After an ordinary Full victory, you can keep your deck for optional Bellworks loops. KEEP AN EXPEDITION RECORD Chase personal scores with separate records for different setups and a clear results breakdown. Track fights, victories, recent runs, and the choices you return to. Earn player levels, titles, and 18 Game Center achievements. 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. A featured Home card shows today's theme and progress. Review the deck, rules, guardian, medal goals, and streak before playing. Daily and Expert have separate saves, medals, and turn records. Replay recent challenges from the seven-day archive. Every three consecutive completion days earns a Streak Boon to refresh an opening offer in a Full or Short expedition. Daily saves are separate from your main expedition. 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 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

Spirit Echo4 screens
Stonegate4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Stonegate at none against Spirit Echo's shown. Stonegate also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 2 weeks) and review sentiment (100% vs 89%). Spirit Echo's advantage is ratings volume (20 vs 1). On price, rating, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Spirit Echo sells 8 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

Stonegate holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Spirit Echo has 20 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 89% of Spirit Echo's written reviews are positive against 100% of Stonegate's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Spirit Echo ships an update every 2 weeks, Stonegate every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Spirit Echo versus Stonegate: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSpirit EchoStonegate
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (20 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews88.9% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings20 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 4 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size797 MB102 MB
Age rating9+12+
DeveloperNikita Rysin StudioNovoBuild LLC

Customer experience

Spirit Echo

All ratings18 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive88.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative11.1%

Stonegate

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

In-app purchases

8 purchases

Spirit Echo

One-time8
  • Small Pack$1.99
  • Medium Pack$2.99
  • Class Bundle$4.99
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  • Large Pack$9.99
  • Warden of the Wild Bundle$19.99
  • Saint Bundle$19.99
  • Deathspeaker Bundle$19.99
  • Ultimate Bundle$19.99
1 purchases

Stonegate

One-time1
  • Full Descent$4.99

Questions

Is Spirit Echo free?
Spirit Echo 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, Spirit Echo or Stonegate?
Stonegate is rated higher. Spirit Echo averages 4.8 out of 5 from 20 ratings, while Stonegate averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Spirit Echo or Stonegate have ads?
Spirit Echo shows ads; Stonegate does not.
Which is updated more often, Spirit Echo or Stonegate?
Spirit Echo ships an update every 2 weeks, and Stonegate every 4 days. Most recently, Spirit Echo was updated on November 9, 2026 and Stonegate on November 6, 2026.

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