Aether Chronicles vs Pitboss
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Aether Chronicles
Engage in fast-paced, tactical battles in this dark fantasy collectible card game. Summon creatures, cast spells, and strategize to defeat your opponents. Explore a story campaign, collect over 1,000 unique cards, and compete in ranked PvP or co-op dungeons.
- Tactical card battles
- Story campaign mode
- Collect over 1,000 cards
- Deck building
- Ranked PvP duels
- Co-op dungeon delves
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Aether Chronicles is a dark fantasy collectible card game built for quick, tactical battles. Summon creatures into three lanes, time your spells, and break your rival's Soul before they break yours. Every card has a job: steadfast guardians, burning berserkers, creeping poison, unseen assassins, wild cards that roll the dice, and legends that change the whole board. STORY CAMPAIGN Follow a story campaign across a broken world, with chapters, boss battles and choices that shape who stands beside you. COLLECT OVER 1,000 CARDS Open packs, craft the cards you need and chase rare foils. Play a card enough and you unlock its mastery alternate art. BUILD YOUR DECK Mix elements and archetypes in a full deck builder, or start from a ready-made deck and make it your own. RANKED PVP Duel real players on the ranked ladder, climb through the seasons and earn rewards. CO-OP DUNGEON DELVES Team up with a friend and fight through dungeon floors together. AND MORE Daily puzzles, the Arena, drafts, weekly challenges, and a friends list with direct messages. Aether Chronicles is free to play. Optional in-app purchases are available for gems, which open card packs and unlock cosmetics. Card pack drop rates are shown in the shop. An account is required so your collection follows you across devices.
Pitboss
Experience a unique blackjack twist where strategic card manipulation and hiring specialized dealers are key to climbing casino floors. Master unique gameplay mechanics and overcome challenging pit bosses to achieve victory. This game offers a free trial with an optional one-time purchase for full access.
- Roguelike progression across eight casino floors
- Hire over 150 unique hustlers
- Doctor your own deck with special tricks
- Engage in customizable side bets
- Face challenging pit bosses with unique rules
- Unlockable characters and heat levels
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Real blackjack, then everything you are not supposed to do at a blackjack table. Every winning hand builds a STACK and multiplies it by ODDS. Beat each table's target across eight floors of a casino that gets meaner the higher you climb. HIRE HUSTLERS Over 150 of them: a dealer who stands too early, a tell on the hole card, cards that score three times. Stack them into combos that should not work. DOCTOR YOUR DECK Mark, shave, bend and gild your own cards in the back room. Up to three tricks on one card. SIDE BETS Real casino side bets with stakes you set, turning your cash into score. PIT BOSSES Every third table someone sits in with a rule of their own: ties go to the house, your total is hidden, no doubling. PLAY FREE, UNLOCK ONCE The free game includes three characters and the full eight-floor run. One purchase opens up the full game: all eight characters and every Heat level to earn as you play, plus the Daily deal and shared-deck mode. No ads. No timers. Pitboss uses play money only. It does not offer real-money gambling or a chance to win real money or prizes. Success in this game does not imply future success at real-money gambling.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Aether Chronicles at daily against Pitboss's weekly. Aether Chronicles also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). Pitboss's advantage is ratings volume (3 vs 1). On price, rating, review sentiment and ads 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
Both are free to download. Aether Chronicles sells 6 one-off in-app purchases and Pitboss sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Aether Chronicles against 5.0 for Pitboss. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 3 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Aether Chronicles ships an update daily, Pitboss weekly. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.
| Parameter | Aether Chronicles | Pitboss |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | Daily — better | Weekly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 811 MB | 72 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Dustin Sinclair | Big Tank Studios |
Customer experience
Aether Chronicles
Pitboss
In-app purchases
Aether Chronicles
- Aether Shard$0.99
- Pouch of Gems$4.99
- Satchel of Gems$9.99
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- Chest of Gems$19.99
- Dragon's Hoard$34.99
- Aetherwell Vault$69.99
Pitboss
- Full Game$9.99





