Comparison

Relic Wilds vs Tearscape

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

Head to head
About

Relic Wilds

Embark on a turn-based crafting adventure where resource gathering, combat, and survival are key. Explore diverse biomes, craft tools and gear, and manage your character's needs to uncover hidden relics and conquer a dynamic world.

Highlights
  • Turn-based exploration and crafting
  • Resource gathering and item crafting
  • Survival mechanics (health, hunger, stamina)
  • Diverse biomes and creatures
  • Controller support
  • Game Center achievements
  • iCloud world backup
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Explore a vast, turn-based crafting adventure where every move matters. In Relic Wilds, you gather resources, battle mobs, cook food, crafts tools, and survive a living world filled with unique biomes, dangerous creatures, and hidden relics. Start small and grow stronger as you mine stone, chop wood, harvest crops, and craft everything from basic tools to advanced gear. Build camps, place blocks, store your loot, and use crafting tables, stoves, furnaces, and more to unlock deeper recipes and stronger equipment. The world is packed with variety. Travel through grasslands, deserts, caves, and other regions, each with its own blocks, creatures, and challenges. Manage health, stamina, hunger, breath, and time of day, and prepare for whatever the world throws at you. Every action takes a turn. Move, attack, and build carefully, because after your turn, the world acts too. Mobs roam, plants grow, weather changes, and danger can appear when you least expect it. Find the Relics and survive the wilds! Key Features - Multiple save slots - Many items and blocks to find and craft - Multiple worlds to explore - Tons of animals and monsters that cross your path - Touch control and Wired/Bluetooth controller support - Game Center achievements - iCloud world backup

About

Tearscape

Embark on a 2D action-adventure in a gothic world, featuring fast-paced combat, exploration, and pixel art. Master precise fighting, unlock new abilities, and delve into challenging dungeons filled with secrets.

Highlights
  • Fast-paced combat
  • Exploration
  • Pixel art style
  • Unlockable abilities
  • Dungeon crawling
  • Boss fights
  • 2-Player Local Co-Op
Features
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FEATURES • Achievements • Cloud Saves • Controller support • 2-Player Local Co-Op (Requires 2 Controllers) Discover a Gothic world in this 2D top-down action-adventure, blending fast-paced combat, exploration, and pixel art inspired by Game Boy Color classics. Fight monstrous foes, unlock new abilities, and explore a non-linear map filled with hidden secrets and dangerous challenges. COMBAT Master precise combat, where every strike and dodge matters. Manage your stamina as you face off against grotesque enemies. You have a limited number of healing flasks so use them wisely. Upgrade your character's stats to remain effective in combat. TOOLS Discover powerful new tools hidden in the dungeons that enhance both combat and exploration. Unlock new abilities to defeat enemies more effectively and access hidden paths, uncovering deeper secrets within the world. DUNGEONS Uncover hidden dungeons throughout Tearscape's dark, interconnected world. Each dungeon holds unique challenges, powerful items, and deadly enemies, pushing your combat and exploration skills to the limit. BOSS FIGHTS Face off against challenging bosses: massive, grotesque creatures born from dark experiments. Each encounter demands precise timing, strategy, and mastery of your abilities to emerge victorious. EXPLORATION Explore the vast, interconnected map filled with branching paths, hidden shortcuts, and secret areas. The non-linear design encourages exploration, rewarding you with powerful items and new abilities. NPCs Encounter a diverse cast of NPCs, some offering guidance, others seeking your help, and a few with their own hidden agendas. Every interaction adds depth to the story.

Screenshots

Relic Wilds4 screens
Tearscape4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Relic Wilds at 5.0 against Tearscape's 4.3. Relic Wilds also leads on price ($2.99 vs $9.99) and review sentiment (100% vs 91%). Tearscape's advantage is ratings volume (6 vs 2). On update cadence, ads, 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

Relic Wilds costs $2.99 and Tearscape $9.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Relic Wilds holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 6 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Relic Wilds's written reviews are positive against 91% of Tearscape's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Relic Wilds ships an update every 3 days, Tearscape every 5 days. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Relic Wilds versus Tearscape: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRelic WildsTearscape
Price$2.99 — better$9.99
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better4.3 (6 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better90.9% of reviews
Number of ratings26 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterEvery 5 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.6 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB194 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperTaylor HorsleyNERDS TAKE OVER

Customer experience

Relic Wilds

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Tearscape

All ratings6 ratings
Positive83.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative16.7%
Written reviews11 reviews
Positive90.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative9.1%

In-app purchases

None

Relic Wilds

No in-app purchases

None

Tearscape

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Relic Wilds free?
Relic Wilds costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Tearscape free?
Tearscape costs $9.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Relic Wilds or Tearscape?
Relic Wilds is rated higher. Relic Wilds averages 5.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Tearscape averages 4.3 from 6 ratings.
Do Relic Wilds or Tearscape have ads?
Neither Relic Wilds nor Tearscape shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Relic Wilds or Tearscape?
Relic Wilds ships an update every 3 days, and Tearscape every 5 days. Most recently, Relic Wilds was updated on October 31, 2026 and Tearscape on October 31, 2026.

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