Comparison

Frayborn vs Defend Your Flame

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

Head to head
About

Frayborn

Features
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Forge your fate. In a medieval world of steel and sorcery, every choice is life or death. Frayborn is a roguelike tactical RPG set in a dark medieval European fantasy world. Choose from three warrior classes, carve your path through branching routes, and survive relentless battles where every resource counts. STRATEGIC TURN-BASED COMBAT Attack, defend, unleash skills โ€” exploit enemy weaknesses and chain combos to turn the tide. But beware: equipment breaks and skills are consumed. Manage your resources wisely, or perish. CHOOSE YOUR PATH Battle, elite encounter, treasure, shop, rest site โ€” the branching route map offers a different journey every run. No two adventures are the same. THREE DISTINCT CLASSES โ€ข Holy Knight โ€” An unyielding shield who heals through defense โ€ข Battle Mage โ€” A spellblade with devastating skill damage โ€ข Shadow Rogue โ€” A lethal assassin who doubles down on combos BUILD YOUR ARSENAL Acquire equipment and skills through auctions, gacha, and shops. Collect powerful relics to craft a build uniquely yours. COMPETE FOR GLORY Climb the global leaderboard and prove your worth against players worldwide. Born from the fray โ€” will you survive it?

About

Defend Your Flame

Features
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Grab the nearest skeleton and throw it into the sky, or into another enemy! Defend Your Flame is tower defense you play with your hands. Enemies march on your wall; you grab them and throw them. Fling one high and the fall finishes it. Pitch them into each other. Slam bats into the dirt. Can't grab a mage? Throw an enemy at it. During the wave you spend your Flame: raise auto-firing totems, load a catapult that hurls back whatever you drop on it, hire a blacksmith who repairs mid-fight, grow two spell lines. Most upgrades lock out the others, so no two runs match. Then the bosses show up. - Survive bosses at rounds 10, 20, and well beyond - Final Stand: buy everything up front, then last as long as you can - Global leaderboards and personal bests - Hand-drawn pixel art, original soundtrack, plays offline

Screenshots

Frayborn4 screens
Defend Your Flame3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Defend Your Flame at none against Frayborn's shown. Defend Your Flame also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard2 real differences ยท 4 level
Frayborn versus Defend Your Flame: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFraybornDefend Your Flame
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyโ€”Every 2 days
AdsYesNo โ€” better
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod โ€” betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.013.0 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size239 MB68 MB
Age rating9+12+
DeveloperCOMETALKAndrew Leach

In-app purchases

None

Frayborn

No in-app purchases

None

Defend Your Flame

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Frayborn free?
Frayborn is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Defend Your Flame free?
Defend Your Flame is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Frayborn or Defend Your Flame have ads?
Frayborn shows ads; Defend Your Flame does not.

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