Arcana Archive vs Last Hill
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Arcana Archive
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Arcana Archive is a roguelite that combines tactical card battles with narrative exploration. Choose a changing route, survive battles and events, and shape your deck through card rewards, mutations, and removal. Find the best move from a limited hand and uncover the stories sealed inside the archive. Features - Deterministic, turn-based card battles - Four leaders with distinct deck-building styles - Routes, enemies, and events that change with each run - A Memory Archive of discovered links and short stories - Continue a run offline and sync after reconnecting - Reduced-motion, text-size, and audio settings
Last Hill
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One small hill. Four troop types. Twenty-four waves. Block the approaches with guards, strike with rifles and mortars, and keep your line alive with medics. • Merge three units of the same type and choose one of two evolution paths • Choose special and tactical upgrades between waves • Combine piercing rounds, chain lightning, frost shells and more • Counter runners, armored enemies, healers, splitters, sappers, shield wardens and charging enemies • Twenty-four waves with bosses at waves 8, 12, 16, 20 and 24 • Spend supplies to repair a damaged base between waves • Adaptive late-game threat levels and varied assault conditions • Pause, double speed and saved preparation checkpoints Play offline without purchases or an account. After a defeat, an optional rewarded ad can restore the troops, supplies and base from the start of that wave, once per wave. A free restart is always available without watching an ad. Ads require an internet connection and may not always be available. If the app closes during combat, resume from that wave’s preparation phase. Supports Korean, English, Japanese, Simplified Chinese and Traditional Chinese. Change language in Info during preparation. On waves 3, 5, 7 and every second wave after that, you may optionally watch a rewarded ad during preparation for 75 supplies, once per eligible wave. You can continue without watching. Merge three tier-one units of the same troop type into a tier-two unit while keeping the selected unit’s evolution path and position. New flying enemies bypass the cliff and ground line; ranged spitters attack clustered defenders from behind the entrance. Use rifles and artillery support against air, and mortars against spitters. The 24 waves form six four-wave operations. Each battle has vanguard, main assault and final-push fronts with short regrouping pauses between them.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Arcana Archive at none against Last Hill's shown. 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | Arcana Archive | Last Hill |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | — | Daily |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 90 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Tsuyoshi Ikeno | Jeongje Jo |
In-app purchases
Arcana Archive
No in-app purchases
Last Hill
No in-app purchases
Questions
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