Aphelion Rise vs Exdrago Elements
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side โ with what reviewers say about each.
Aphelion Rise
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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 โข 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. โข Style Multiplier โ clean catches build your multiplier. Thread the gates, graze hazards without crashing, and stack style for a bigger score. โข 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. โข 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. โข Trails โ unlock cosmetic comet trails with Stardust earned in-game. Purely visual โ trails never change how the game plays. โข 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?
Exdrago Elements
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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.
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Verdict
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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Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Aphelion Rise ships an update every 2 weeks, Exdrago Elements daily. Both last shipped on September 17, 2026.
| Parameter | Aphelion Rise | Exdrago Elements |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Daily โ better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPod โ better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.6 โ better |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 41 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Joseph Lewis | Anastasiia Hlyniuk |
In-app purchases
Aphelion Rise
No in-app purchases
Exdrago Elements
No in-app purchases





