Comparison

Aphelion Rise vs Exdrago Elements

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

Head to head
About

Aphelion Rise

Features
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Hold to latch onto a ring. Let go to fling off in a straight line. Aim for the next ring, hold again, and keep the chain alive โ€” that's Aphelion Rise. It's a one-touch arcade climber built around a single, satisfying motion: orbit, release, catch. Every run is a straight shot at a new personal best, powered by momentum and timing instead of taps and menus. FEATURES โ€ข Endless Climb โ€” swing from ring to ring for as long as you can hold the chain. One mistimed release or one hazard clip and the run ends, so every catch matters. โ€ข Style Multiplier โ€” clean catches build your multiplier. Thread the gates, graze hazards without crashing, and stack style for a bigger score. โ€ข Daily Run โ€” everyone gets the exact same course each day. No randomness, no advantage โ€” just skill, a shared leaderboard moment, and a streak to protect. โ€ข Race a Ghost โ€” run against your own best attempt, or drop in a friend's shared code and race their ghost head-to-head. โ€ข Trails โ€” unlock cosmetic comet trails with Stardust earned in-game. Purely visual โ€” trails never change how the game plays. โ€ข Achievements & Stats โ€” track best distance, streaks, and milestones as you improve. Aphelion Rise collects nothing. There's no analytics, no ads, no account, and no network connection required โ€” it runs fully offline, and your scores never leave your phone. Hold. Fling. Climb. How far can you get?

About

Exdrago Elements

Features
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Exdrago Elements is an offline arcade roguelike. Your dragon walks on its own, one tile at a time, down through chambers it has never seen. You choose the turns, and you choose what it grows into. SIX ELEMENTS, ONE RING Ember, Frost, Storm, Stone, Venom, Arcane. Every limb you graft belongs to one of them, and so does every creature waiting in the dark. They answer each other in a circle. Ember melts Frost, Frost grounds Storm, Storm shatters Stone, Stone smothers Venom, Venom corrodes Arcane, Arcane snuffs Ember. Whichever element your coil leans on strikes 3 harder against the one it beats, and takes 1 more from the one that beats it. A mark on each creature shows where you stand, so you can walk around a fight you would lose. GROW THE COIL Reach the gate and it offers three limbs. Rime Talons add 3 strike and frost over on contact. An Ember Sac adds 4 and carries three points of vitality, so it burns out early. Basalt Plating adds 2 guard and nine points of scale. A Far Eye pushes the dark back one more tile. Seven links is the limit. After that, every graft replaces something you chose earlier. SWEEP OR RUN The gate takes you down whether you fight or not. Slip past every creature and you reach the next floor with your scales intact and your pockets empty. Kill the last one in a chamber and the sweep pays a bounty that climbs with depth. THE FORGE Embers outlive the run. Between descents you spend them on a tougher maw, a heavier strike, thicker hide, or a spare maw that relights once when the first one goes out. Rank up a single elemental limb and it arrives stronger the next time the gate offers it. SIGHT Your dragon sees one tile in every direction. The rest of the board is memory. Stack Far Eyes to push that boundary out, or walk into whatever the dark was holding. The exit lights up across the whole chamber once the last creature falls. Go down, and bring something back.

Screenshots

Aphelion Rise4 screens
Exdrago Elements4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Exdrago Elements at daily against Aphelion Rise's every 2 weeks. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

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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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Aphelion Rise ships an update every 2 weeks, Exdrago Elements daily. Both last shipped on September 17, 2026.

Scorecard1 real difference ยท 5 level
Aphelion Rise versus Exdrago Elements: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAphelion RiseExdrago Elements
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksDaily โ€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPod โ€” better
Requires iOS16.015.6 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size5 MB41 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJoseph LewisAnastasiia Hlyniuk

In-app purchases

None

Aphelion Rise

No in-app purchases

None

Exdrago Elements

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Aphelion Rise free?
Aphelion Rise is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Exdrago Elements free?
Exdrago Elements is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Aphelion Rise or Exdrago Elements have ads?
Neither Aphelion Rise nor Exdrago Elements shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Aphelion Rise or Exdrago Elements?
Aphelion Rise ships an update every 2 weeks, and Exdrago Elements daily. Most recently, Aphelion Rise was updated on September 17, 2026 and Exdrago Elements on September 17, 2026.

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