Comparison

Scroll Dungeon vs Fireborn Hero

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

Head to head
About

Scroll Dungeon

Features
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◆ Healing, weapons, magic: they all turn to ash once used. Swords, armor, healing draughts, fire spells. In this world, every one of them is a single-use scroll. What do you bring? Where do you spend it? What do you hold back? In Scroll Dungeon, the hard choices start before you enter the mine, when you pack your pouch. ◆ Spend it, or save it? Burn a strong scroll and your pouch gets lighter. Save it and fall in battle, and every scroll you carried is lost with you. Use it, or hold it. That one decision can decide the run. ◆ Turn-based grid crawling Move one tile, and the enemy moves one tile. Nothing rushes you. Read the board and take the best line. Steam-driven machine horrors, sleeping sentries, reinforcements drawn by noise. Fight through, slip around, or burn a scroll — every decision costs you something you cannot get back mid-run. Tap the board once to see your route and start walking. ◆ Clear it, or lose it all Clear a mine and you hold on to the scrolls you picked up along the way, plus the rewards. Fall in battle — or retreat — and every scroll you carried or found is lost. All that remains is the ash from the scrolls you spent. ◆ Failure compounds into power Spent scrolls become ash, which converts into permanent upgrades at the Ash Workshop. Those carry into every run. A lost run still makes the next one easier. Nothing you do is wasted. ◆ Mines that change with the day of the week The mine and its special rule are set by the day of the week. Monday doubles the enemies, Tuesday narrows your vision, Wednesday and Sunday make scrolls drop more often, Thursday locks your max HP, Friday doubles the ash you earn, and Saturday turns the enemies into a boss-grade gauntlet. Each day's first clear earns a reward. ◆ Nine classes Adventurer, Gear Rogue, Steam Swordsman, Scroll Mage, Steam Cleric, Steam Sniper, Overload Juggernaut, Alchemist, Karakuri Ninja. Each class fights differently. ◆ One run takes 5–10 minutes It plays offline, and no account is required. ◆ What's inside - 50 scrolls (weapon / armor / healing / magic / accessory / material) - 27 enemies, including ranged, self-destructing, and summoning machine units - 8 mines, from a molten crater to a thunder spire, plus an endless one - 9 classes - 37 achievements, the weekday-based Daily Mine, and scroll synthesis ◆ About purchases The game shows ads and offers in-app purchases (Japan prices, tax included). - Gear Stone packs (small / medium / large): ¥160 / ¥480 / ¥960 - Remove Ads: ¥980 (one-time; banner ads disappear, and optional rewarded ads pay out without watching) - Adventurer's Kit: ¥320 (first purchase only; 200 Gear Stones + 2 pouch slots) - Monthly Pass: ¥240 per month (auto-renewing; 10 Gear Stones and 1 scroll daily) Gear Stones can also be earned in-game. They can be spent on Steam Fuel, reviving after a defeat (up to 2 times per run), pouch slots (up to a cap shared with free play), unlocking classes early, and more. There are no items whose contents are decided by chance when you pay (no gacha). The Monthly Pass's daily scroll is picked by lottery. ◆ Requirements Requires iOS 15.0 or later. Plays offline. No account required. Japanese / English supported. ◆ About the Monthly Pass (auto-renewing subscription) The Monthly Pass is an auto-renewing subscription billed once per one-month period (calendar month; Japan reference price: ¥240 per period — the price shown in your local App Store may differ by region). While active, it grants 10 Gear Stones and 1 scroll every day. You can cancel anytime from your platform's subscription settings; benefits remain available until the end of the period you already paid for. ◆ Terms & Subscription Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.unalus.com/scroll-dungeon/terms Privacy Policy: https://www.unalus.com/scroll-dungeon/privacy The Monthly Pass is an auto-renewing subscription that renews every month. You can cancel anytime.

About

Fireborn Hero

Merge items to upgrade weapons and gear in this RPG puzzle game. Battle monsters by strategically combining elements on the board, and customize your hero with various gear and pets.

Highlights
  • Merge items to upgrade weapons and gear
  • Real-time RPG combat integrated with puzzle mechanics
  • Hero customization with seven gear slots
  • Collect and raise pets that fight alongside you
  • Explore diverse dungeons with unique enemies and bosses
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Every swipe forges a legend. Fireborn Hero is a one-thumb merge puzzle wrapped around a real RPG. Slide blades together to forge sharper ones, stack shields into fortress plate, and watch your hero cut down everything that crawls out of the dark. MERGE TO POWER UP Two rusty daggers make a shortsword. Two shortswords make something that hums. Ten tiers of blades, shields, and potions — every merge is a visible, satisfying upgrade you feel in the very next fight. FIGHT WITH THE BOARD Combat is the puzzle. Goblins, skeletons, firebats, and chieftains push in while you build. Land the right merge at the right moment and clear the room in one swing. Panic-swipe and you're the one going down. BUILD YOUR HERO Play the Warrior's brutal frontline or the Assassin's glass-cannon burst. Kit them out across seven gear slots — helmet, chest, pauldrons, gloves, boots, cape, pendant — and chase build-defining relics like the Vampiric Mask, Poison Ring, and Phoenix Down. COLLECT AND RAISE PETS Hatch a baby dragon and raise it into a real one. Every pet fights beside you with its own attack, and every one changes how a run plays. DELVE THE DUNGEONS Push from the goblin caves toward the sleeping red dragon in the Ember Deep. Hunt Treasure Gnomes for their loot, ambush Gold Goblins before they flee, and survive boss floors that hit back harder than anything above them.

Screenshots

Scroll Dungeon4 screens
Fireborn Hero4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Fireborn Hero at none against Scroll Dungeon's 6. On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Scroll Dungeon sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Fireborn Hero asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
Scroll Dungeon versus Fireborn Hero: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterScroll DungeonFireborn Hero
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 days—
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
Monetization—Ad-supported
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.0 — better15.5
Further details — not scored
Size159 MB69 MB
Age rating12+12+
Developerウナルステクノロジー株式会社Futurewave Games LLC

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Scroll Dungeon

Subscriptions1
  • Monthly Pass$0.991 Month
One-time5
  • Gear Stone Pack (S)$0.99
  • Adventurer's Kit (First Purchase)$1.99
  • Gear Stone Pack (M)$2.99
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  • Gear Stone Pack (L)$5.99
  • Remove Ads Permanently$5.99
None

Fireborn Hero

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Scroll Dungeon free?
Scroll Dungeon is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Fireborn Hero free?
Fireborn Hero is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Scroll Dungeon or Fireborn Hero have ads?
Both Scroll Dungeon and Fireborn Hero show ads.

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