Comparison

Rune Tower vs ぼうの一族

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

Head to head
About

Rune Tower

Embark on a dark-fantasy idle RPG adventure. Automatically battle your way through hundreds of floors, collect rare loot, and customize your hero's build with flexible rune and job progression. Earn rewards even when offline.

Highlights
  • Automatic battles
  • Rare equipment collection
  • Flexible rune builds
  • Job progression
  • Offline rewards
  • 200 floors
Features
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Climb a tower of dark fantasy — even while you are away. Rune Tower is an idle RPG built on automatic battles, deep loot and jobs you can switch between freely. Your hero keeps growing offline; you come back, rebuild, and climb higher. BATTLES THAT PLAY THEMSELVES Both sides act as their action gauges fill. No input needed. What decides a fight is the equipment, runes and job you chose before it started. LOOT THAT GOES DEEPER THE MORE YOU DIG Three slots — weapon, armour, ring — across four rarities, 25 kinds of affix, and a quality score from 0 to 100. Two items with the same name are rarely the same item. Epic and Legendary gear carries a build effect. Critical, ailment, follow-up, counter, shield, healing, execution — which of the eight you roll changes how you fight, not just how hard you hit. And Legendary gear can roll a Rule Breaker: one turns your defence into damage, another sends the health you recover straight back at the enemy. Each breaks a single rule the rest of the game plays by, and the moment one lands, your build jumps a tier. Reforging lets you pick the affix to reroll. You see the best roll it could produce before you commit, and after seeing the result you choose whether to keep the original. THIRTEEN JOBS, ALL YOURS Take a job to Lv100 and its trait carries over to every other job. The more jobs you finish, the stronger you are in all of them. EIGHTEEN RUNES Six slots decide how you fight. Grind enemies down with poison, chain follow-up hits, or turn their attacks back on them. THE TOWER KEEPS GOING 300 floors across Normal, Hard and Nightmare. Past them lie the Abyss, a descent that runs to depth 3000, and the Underworld, a second tower with its own equipment and relics. IDLE REWARDS Up to eight hours of rewards accrue while you are gone. The tower is climbed while you sleep. Hunt the gear, build your hero, and see how high you can get.

About

ぼうの一族

Features
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あなたの遊び方で、棒人間の生き方が決まる。 ぼうの一族は、転生と分身で一族をつないでいく放置育成RPGです。 ■ 放置で育つ 修行と戦闘は、アプリを閉じていても進みます。戻ったら「おかえりなさい」でまとめて受け取るだけ。 ■ 遊び方で進化する 朝に遊ぶか、夜に遊ぶか。自分の手で戦うか、分身と一緒に戦うか。その命の生き方に合わせて、11の系統のどれかに進化します。同じ命の中で育て続けると第二進化。前世も同じ系統だった代だけが「極み」に届きます。姿も段階ごとに変わります。 ■ 転生で、一族が強くなる 転生すると次の代として Lv1 から生まれ直しますが、一族が蓄えた概念は生まれつきの強さに、取り込んだ概念はその命の気質になります。何を引き継ぎ、何を失うかは、転生の画面で一目でわかります。 ■ 分身と変異 いまの自分を写し取った分身は、自分で修行して経験を還してくれます。ときどき、写しではない何かへ変わり始めることも。 ■ 研究と技 分身や師範代と研究して、新しい技を見つけましょう。奥義・秘伝も。効くのは「技の枠」に付けた技だけ。何を付けるかは、あなた次第です。 ■ 東から西へ 東の10の道場を制した一族だけが、西へ渡れます。最後の師範戦だけは、自分の手で戦えます。西の師範は門外の技を使い、破ると「異国の概念の欠片」が残ります。育った分身を送り出せば師範代になり、自分の道場が開きます。 ■ 一族の歴史 誰が転生し、誰が分身で、誰がどの道場を破ったか。すべてが家系図と一族の格、そして進化図鑑に残っていきます。「一族の道」で、このゲームの全体像と、いまの一族がどこにいるかがわかります。 ※ 広告は待ち時間を短くしたいときだけ。見なくても損はしません。 ※ 課金はすべて買い切りです(広告なしパス・分身の枠 +1・放置の上限 +4時間)。強さや進化・変異の結果は売っていません。

Screenshots

Rune Tower4 screens
ぼうの一族4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: ぼうの一族 at daily against Rune Tower's every 3 weeks. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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. Rune Tower sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and ぼうの一族 sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Rune Tower ships an update every 3 weeks, ぼうの一族 daily. Both last shipped on October 29, 2026.

Scorecard1 real difference · 7 level
Rune Tower versus ぼうの一族: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRune Towerぼうの一族
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksDaily — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size136 MB73 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperTASUKU SHIRAOKyogo Hiramatsu

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Rune Tower

One-time10
  • Job EXP x2 Ticket$0.99
  • Drop Rate x2 Ticket$0.99
  • Equipment Slots +100$0.99
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  • Starter Pack (First-Time Only)$0.99
  • 2x Speed Ad Pass$1.99
  • Auto-Battle Ad Pass$1.99
  • Idle Reward Ad Pass$1.99
  • Job EXP x2 Ticket x4$2.99
  • Drop Rate x2 Ticket x4$2.99
  • Comfort Pass$5.99
3 purchases

ぼうの一族

One-time3
  • 放置の上限 +4時間$1.99
  • 分身の枠 +1$2.99
  • 広告なしパス$5.99

Questions

Is Rune Tower free?
Rune Tower is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ぼうの一族 free?
ぼうの一族 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Rune Tower or ぼうの一族 have ads?
Both Rune Tower and ぼうの一族 show ads.
Which is updated more often, Rune Tower or ぼうの一族?
Rune Tower ships an update every 3 weeks, and ぼうの一族 daily. Most recently, Rune Tower was updated on October 29, 2026 and ぼうの一族 on October 29, 2026.

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