Comparison

Elemental vs Trenchfront

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

Head to head
About

Elemental

Features
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From the World of Trexlin™, Elemental: Mastery of the Elements — Trexlin Edition is a deep, original strategy card game for one human and up to four non-cheating AI opponents. Begin on the canonical map of Trexlin, choose a city and tavern table, and meet rivals whose personalities shape their legal play styles without revealing your hidden cards. Each location has its own atmosphere, table treatment, opponents, and optional soundtrack. A touch-friendly hand fan and three-position Table, Play, and Details tray keep the cards central while letting you clear the board whenever you want the wider view. Each round transforms the strength of Focus, Fire, Earth, Water, and Air. Navigate both Challenges, reinforce your hidden hand, invoke powerful Masters, declare the true identities of your Archmages, and contest layered Confluences at the Final Revelation. PLAY FREE IN PORT OF SWORDS The free download includes: • repeatable, persisted Journey matches at Port of Swords; • a Journey Treasury that restores to 20 fictional Silver when needed; • one complete, resumable five-round First Rite; • repeatable one-round Practice; • the illustrated Learn the Rite guide; • Winning Hands, searchable comprehensive rules, and all 75 cards; • local Career and city-rival progress; and • seven location-specific atmospheric music tracks. UNLOCK THE FULL JOURNEY One non-consumable purchase opens six additional city tables, Quick and Custom Matches, one to four AI opponents, every format and AI discipline, the Archive, and verified replay import/export. It is the same Full Journey purchase used by the Mac edition, so a verified purchase restores on the same Apple Account rather than charging twice. No account is required. Gameplay, Treasury, saves, settings, and replays remain on this iPhone. Game Center is optional and provides Career leaderboards and achievements without gating local play. PREMIUM BY DESIGN • No advertisements • No subscriptions • No loot boxes or consumable currency • No paid cards • No pay-to-win systems Trexlin Gold and Silver are fictional gameplay denominations only. They cannot be purchased, transferred, redeemed, cashed out, or exchanged for anything of real-world value.

About

Trenchfront

Lead modern tactical forces through a continuous campaign to reclaim an island. Deploy various units, manage reconnaissance, and choose specialized commanders to achieve victory. Engage in strategic battles across illustrated battlefields.

Highlights
  • Connected campaign with 12 missions
  • Deploy infantry, vehicles, and aircraft
  • Persistent reconnaissance system
  • Unlockable commanders and doctrine levels
  • Illustrated battlefields
  • Playable without a user account
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Trenchfront – Flashpoint is a real-time tactical strategy game for iPhone and iPad. Lead the Wolfes through a modern conflict against Atlas and reclaim the island of Meridian sector by sector. A CONNECTED CAMPAIGN Fight through twelve missions that form one continuous story. Your battlefield decisions determine whether the Wolfes secure supply lines, break fortified positions and take back Meridian. CLEAR TACTICAL COMMAND Deploy infantry, vehicles, support units and aircraft across illustrated battlefields. Units advance smoothly, take up positions in trenches and engage automatically at the front. You decide the composition, timing and focus of every attack. RECONNAISSANCE THAT MATTERS Recon units reveal concealed areas and enemy forces. Vision remains active only while at least one of your recon units survives on the battlefield. Air defence protects your troops from air attacks, while your own aircraft deliver rapid strikes. COMMANDERS AND DOCTRINES Choose a commander with a distinct specialization. Unlock additional officers through campaign progress or expand your collection with purely cosmetic portraits. Five staged doctrine levels provide long-term progression without abrupt power jumps. MORE OPERATIONS Optional campaigns such as Northline Operations, Littoral Strike and Black Sky Protocol tell independent follow-up stories. They are not required to complete the full main story. FEATURES • Twelve missions in one continuous main campaign • Wolfes against Atlas • Illustrated battlefields and visible units • Infantry, vehicles, aircraft and support • Persistent reconnaissance while recon units survive • Unlockable commanders and five doctrine levels • German and English • Playable without a user account

Screenshots

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Trenchfront3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Elemental at none against Trenchfront's shown. Trenchfront's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 10 days). On price, in-app purchases, 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. Elemental sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Trenchfront sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Elemental ships an update every 10 days, Trenchfront every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on September 10, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Elemental versus Trenchfront: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterElementalTrenchfront
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 10 daysEvery 2 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, MaciPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size220 MB46 MB
Age rating17+17+
Developer13 Scions Publishing, LLCPHILIP GRABNER

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Elemental

One-time1
  • Elemental Full Game$3.99
10 purchases

Trenchfront

One-time10
  • Elara Senn$1.99
  • Tomas Vale$1.99
  • Nia Okafor$1.99
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  • Overwatch Doctrines$2.99
  • Flashpoint Premium$3.99
  • Littoral Strike$3.99
  • Black Sky Protocol$3.99
  • Northline Operations$3.99
  • Frontiers Commander Collection$3.99
  • Year One Collection$11.99

Questions

Is Elemental free?
Elemental is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Trenchfront free?
Trenchfront is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Elemental or Trenchfront have ads?
Trenchfront shows ads; Elemental does not.
Which is updated more often, Elemental or Trenchfront?
Elemental ships an update every 10 days, and Trenchfront every 2 days. Most recently, Elemental was updated on September 10, 2026 and Trenchfront on September 30, 2026.

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