Comparison

Punch Promoter vs Gladiator Fighting Simulator

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

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About

Punch Promoter

Manage a boxing promotion, from scouting talent and building your gym to booking fights and watching them unfold. Build a legacy from local shows to world title nights. The full game is free with no pay-to-win mechanics.

Highlights
  • Scout and sign boxing talent
  • Build and upgrade gym facilities
  • Book fight cards and manage boxers
  • Tick-by-tick fight simulation engine
  • Manage promotion finances and sponsorships
  • Compete for world titles and awards
Features
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Run a boxing promotion, not just one fighter. Scout and sign talent, build your gym, book the card, and watch every bout play out punch by punch in a tick-by-tick fight engine you can speed up, pause, or skip. Build a name from local club shows to undisputed world title nights. And it's fair by design. The full game is free on save slot one, with no pay-to-win and no energy timers. SCOUT & SIGN Work a single live talent pool and win the deal before a rival gym does. - Browse free agents and prospects in one market: filter by weight class and flip "Prospects only" to dig for raw upside. - Build a contract offer term by term. Set fights, weekly salary, fight purse, and signing bonus, then watch the fighter's signing interest shift as you negotiate. - Reach is earned. You start in your gym's home country and unlock regional, then global, talent as your titles grow. Offers settle on the weekly update, and a rival gym can sign first. BUILD BETTER CAMPS Surround your fighters with the team that turns prospects into champions. - Hire a Head Trainer, Corner Staff, and Conditioning Coach to sharpen your fighters between bouts. - Upgrade five gym facilities. Training Space, Equipment, PR Department, Media Center, and Medical Bay each carry a real effect and a weekly overhead. - Track 18 attributes across Physical, Technical, and Mental, plus lasting career wear (Punch Wear, Vision, Hand Condition) that erodes with damage and can cut a prime short. BOOK THE CARD Make the matches, then live every round of them. - Pick one of your fighters and a curated eligible opponent, then study a full tale of the tape: record, age, reach, stance, and an 18-attribute comparison in bars or radar. - Book it, and the bout lands on the next card. Your matchmaking, your timing. - Watch the fight on a tick-by-tick ring sim with live health and stamina, three-judge scorecards, and round-by-round commentary. - Between rounds, call your fighter to the corner and pick a strategy that changes how they fight the next round. RUN THE BUSINESS A promotion lives or dies on its books. - Manage the money: balance, sponsorships, itemized monthly income and expenses, weekly burn, and cash runway. - Finish a quarter in the red, and the promotion can fold for good. - Work the inbox: fight reports, economy summaries, challenges, sponsorship offers, and mandatory callouts. YEAR BY YEAR Build a legacy that outlasts any single fighter. - Climb toward unified and undisputed world belts across four sanctioning bodies: GBC, UBA, IPF, and PBO. Defend your mandatories or vacate the belt. - Eight annual awards crown the year's best, and retiring greats enter the Hall of Fame once their career resume clears the bar. FAIR BY DESIGN The full game is free. Here's everything about the one optional purchase. - Free to play, with the full game playable on your first save slot. - The Promoter Pass unlocks two more save slots beyond slot one. One-time, no subscription. - No pay-to-win, no energy timers, no account required. Run the local cards. Crown the champions. Build the promotion.

About

Gladiator Fighting Simulator

Manage a gladiator school, recruiting and training fighters to become arena legends. Oversee finances, facilities, and rivalries while navigating gladiator loyalty and the path to freedom. Witness detailed fight simulations and build a lasting legacy.

Highlights
  • Recruit gladiators from diverse ancient regions
  • Deep gladiator fight simulation
  • Build and upgrade your gladiator school (ludus)
  • Manage finances, staff, and facilities
  • Compete against rival schools and in seasonal classics
  • Manage gladiator loyalty and freedom paths
Features
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The ultimate gladiator management simulator. Recruit warriors from across the ancient world, build your ludus, and rise from a struggling local school to the most prestigious gladiator house in Rome. Take command as a lanista and transform unknown fighters into arena legends. Discover talented recruits, negotiate service agreements, develop their skills, and create spectacular arena programs all while managing finances, staff, facilities, rival schools, and the demands of your gladiators. DEEP GLADIATOR FIGHT SIMULATION Watch every battle unfold through a detailed visual fight simulation. Follow each exchange as gladiators attack, defend, tire, suffer injuries, and fight for the crowd’s favor. Weapon styles, physical attributes, experience, conditioning, morale, and tactical matchups all influence the outcome. Witness decisive victories, dramatic comebacks, hard fought verdicts, and unforgettable battles against savage arena beasts. RECRUIT ACROSS THE ANCIENT WORLD Send recruiters throughout Italia, Gallia, Hispania, Thracia, Graecia, Germania, Britannia, Aegyptus, Africa, Parthia, and beyond. Every region produces gladiators with different strengths, backgrounds, fighting styles, ambitions, and potential. Discover unproven prospects, hardened pit fighters, and rare legendary talents capable of carrying your ludus to glory. BUILD AND MANAGE YOUR LUDUS Develop every part of your gladiator school. Upgrade your conditioning grounds, infirmary, sparring pits, weapon racks, and training facilities. Hire staff, manage expenses, secure patronage, and decide where to invest your limited resources. Set individual development plans and improve each gladiator’s power, toughness, speed, agility, weapon skill, defense, footwork, accuracy, and fight sense. RIVAL LUDI AND SEASONAL CLASSICS Compete against rival gladiator schools, study their rosters, and build relationships or bitter feuds with their lanistas. Accept invitations to prestigious Summer and Winter Classics where rival ludi meet on the arena sand. These dangerous contests can bring enormous prestige, but grave injuries and death are possible. Every selection matters. LOYALTY, FREEDOM, AND REVOLT Your gladiators are more than numbers on a roster. Each warrior has personal ambitions, morale, loyalty, and a unique path to freedom. Listen to their requests, make promises, manage disputes, and decide when a gladiator has earned their release. Break your word too often and unrest may spread throughout the ludus. Push the wrong warrior too far and you could face a deadly revolt. EVERY LUDUS CREATES A LEGACY As lanista, every decision matters: - Recruit gladiators from regions across the ancient world - Negotiate service agreements and manage paths to freedom - Develop fighters through specialized training plans - Build arena programs that balance spectacle, rivalry, and risk - Upgrade your training yard, infirmary, office, scouting, and public operations - Compete against rival ludi in prestigious seasonal games - Manage injuries, morale, loyalty, controversies, and unrest - Fight dangerous beasts when the arena gates open - Track champions, records, awards, fallen warriors, and legendary careers - Grow from a local gladiator school into the greatest ludus in Rome Whether you enjoy sports management games, historical strategy, fighting simulators, or deep career building experiences, Gladiator Fighting Simulator puts the fate of an entire ludus in your hands. Can you conquer the arena and build a legacy that survives the ages?

Screenshots

Punch Promoter4 screens
Gladiator Fighting Simulator4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Gladiator Fighting Simulator at 100% against Punch Promoter's 40%. Gladiator Fighting Simulator also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6) and update cadence (every 2 days vs every 9 days). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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. Punch Promoter sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Gladiator Fighting Simulator sells 9 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Gladiator Fighting Simulator holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 5 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 40% of Punch Promoter's written reviews are positive against 100% of Gladiator Fighting Simulator's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Punch Promoter ships an update every 9 days, Gladiator Fighting Simulator every 2 days. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Punch Promoter versus Gladiator Fighting Simulator: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPunch PromoterGladiator Fighting Simulator
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (7 ratings)5.0 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews40.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings7 — better5
Update frequencyEvery 9 daysEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.115.1
Further details — not scored
Size85 MB211 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperBundle Up Technologies LLCMCR Partners LLC

Customer experience

Punch Promoter

All ratings7 ratings
Positive85.7%
Neutral14.3%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive40.0%
Neutral60.0%
Negative0.0%

Gladiator Fighting Simulator

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Punch Promoter

One-time1
  • Promoter Pass$4.99
9 purchases

Gladiator Fighting Simulator

One-time9
  • Denarii Chest$1.99
  • Staff Help$1.99
  • Recruitment and Influence$1.99
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  • Unlock Custom Names$2.99
  • Ludus Resource Bundle$3.99
  • Bank Forgiveness$3.99
  • Treasury Windfall$6.99
  • Staff Reserves$6.99
  • Create Custom Gladiators$14.99

Questions

Is Punch Promoter free?
Punch Promoter is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Gladiator Fighting Simulator free?
Gladiator Fighting Simulator is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Punch Promoter or Gladiator Fighting Simulator?
Gladiator Fighting Simulator is rated higher. Punch Promoter averages 4.6 out of 5 from 7 ratings, while Gladiator Fighting Simulator averages 5.0 from 5 ratings.
Do Punch Promoter or Gladiator Fighting Simulator have ads?
Neither Punch Promoter nor Gladiator Fighting Simulator shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Punch Promoter or Gladiator Fighting Simulator?
Punch Promoter ships an update every 9 days, and Gladiator Fighting Simulator every 2 days. Most recently, Punch Promoter was updated on October 31, 2026 and Gladiator Fighting Simulator on October 31, 2026.

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