Comparison

Quiet Grind vs Pulldown Paladin

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

Head to head
About

Quiet Grind

An idle RPG where you train skills, battle foes, and craft items. Progress continues even when you're offline, with no ads or energy bars. Play across multiple Apple devices with a single purchase.

Highlights
  • 30 diverse skills
  • Idle progress up to 24 hours
  • Crafting and resource gathering
  • Offline play support
  • Cross-device cloud save
  • No ads or energy bars
Features
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Quiet Grind is an idle RPG for people with lives. Train 30 skills, battle through five adventure zones, and keep making progress — even when you're not playing. Mine ore, chop wood, catch fish, smith gear, steep and enchant. Every skill has its own tools, recipes and mastery track, and they feed each other: what you gather becomes what you craft, and what you craft makes you stronger. PROGRESS WHILE YOU'RE AWAY Close the app and your character keeps training. Come back to a satisfying pile of gains — up to 8 hours of away progress in the free game, 24 with the optional unlock. NO ADS. NO ENERGY BARS. No forced waits you have to pay to skip. No video to sit through before a reward. Quiet Grind asks for your time, not your attention. WHAT'S INSIDE • 30 skills across gathering, artisan and combat • Five adventure zones and fifteen foes to defeat • Daily quests and a rotating merchant • 91 achievements and 9 Game Center leaderboards • Tamed companions that fight alongside you • A calm fantasy soundtrack • Six languages • Cloud save that follows you between devices • Fully playable offline PLAY EVERYWHERE iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple Watch — one purchase, one save. Start a session on your phone, check on it from your wrist, and carry on at your Mac. FREE TO TRY Quiet Grind is free with 14 of its 30 skills, the first three adventure zones, daily quests and offline progress all included. A single unlock opens the remaining skills and zones. No subscriptions, no ads, no pay-to-win, ever.

About

Pulldown Paladin

Features
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YOUR HERO LIVES IN YOUR NOTIFICATION BAR Pull down your notification shade and watch Kael, your paladin, battle in real time — even while you're busy with something else. Pulldown Paladin is an idle RPG built around one simple idea: your champion is always just one swipe away. HOW IT WORKS Kael fights automatically through endless zones and waves. The battle keeps running in a lightweight, battery-friendly background service, and your progress continues even when the app is closed. Come back later and collect everything you earned — long breaks even grant a return bonus. FEATURES - Notification-bar combat — a compact hero in the collapsed view, a full battle arena with HP bars when expanded - Offline progress — keep earning gold and XP while the app is closed - Endless zones and waves with tougher enemies and zone bosses - Weekly World Boss — chip away at a massive boss and unlock threshold rewards - Deep gear system — weapons, armor and trinkets from Common to Legendary, with set bonuses, elemental affinities and enchants - Forge — upgrade and enchant your equipment - Sockets and gems — fuse three matching gems into a stronger one - Skills, mastery tree, pets and dungeon expeditions - Rebirth, Echo tree and Ascension — layered permanent progression - Goals — long-term milestones with rewards - Daily Shop — three fresh deals every day - Achievements, daily quests, leaderboard and a season pass - Wardrobe — costumes and three characters (Warrior, Ninja, Mage) - Notification themes, auto-equip/auto-sell and a battery setting - Full English, Turkish, Russian and German support NO ADS Pulldown Paladin has no ads anywhere. Ever. OPTIONAL SUPPORTER PACK Love the game? The one-time Supporter Pack unlocks every costume (plus the exclusive Golden Guardian), the Ninja and Mage characters, 2× gold, a larger offline cap and automatic loot collection. It's completely optional — the full game is free. Download now, pull down, and let your paladin do the rest..

Screenshots

Quiet Grind4 screens
Pulldown Paladin4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Quiet Grind at every 2 days against Pulldown Paladin's every 3 weeks. Quiet Grind also leads on device support (4 vs 1). Pulldown Paladin's advantage is iOS requirement (16.2 vs 18.0). On price, ads and in-app purchases 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. Quiet Grind sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Pulldown Paladin sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Quiet Grind ships an update every 2 days, Pulldown Paladin every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Quiet Grind versus Pulldown Paladin: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterQuiet GrindPulldown Paladin
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (41 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings41 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 days — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.016.2 — better
Further details — not scored
Size230 MB11 MB
Age rating9+12+
DeveloperJasper BlaauwDogac Yagbasan

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Quiet Grind

One-time10
  • Pouch of Gems$0.99
  • Expand Storage Space$1.99
  • Witching Hour Set$2.99
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  • Extended Idle Limit$2.99
  • Bag of Gems$2.99
  • Hallowmoon Cauldron$4.99
  • Unlock Full-game Skills$4.99
  • Hallowmoon Pass$6.99
  • Complete Bundle$7.99
  • Hoard of Gems$9.99
10 purchases

Pulldown Paladin

One-time10
  • Lionheart Costume$0.99
  • Veteran Costume$0.99
  • Glintplate Costume$0.99
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  • Rotward Costume$0.99
  • Duelist Costume$0.99
  • Pale Hermit Costume$0.99
  • Starter Pack$1.99
  • Season Pass$1.99
  • Skin Pack$1.99
  • Supporter Pack$2.99

Questions

Is Quiet Grind free?
Quiet Grind is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Pulldown Paladin free?
Pulldown Paladin is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Quiet Grind or Pulldown Paladin have ads?
Neither Quiet Grind nor Pulldown Paladin shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Quiet Grind or Pulldown Paladin?
Quiet Grind ships an update every 2 days, and Pulldown Paladin every 3 weeks. Most recently, Quiet Grind was updated on October 31, 2026 and Pulldown Paladin on October 31, 2026.

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