Comparison

Grindcrawl vs Demon Prince

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

Head to head
About

Grindcrawl

Features
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Your hero fights, levels up, and collects gear on their own. You just check in. Grindcrawl is a retro pixel-art idle hack-and-slash RPG. Dive floor by floor, chase Rare and Epic gear, and reincarnate to go even deeper. HANDS-OFF BATTLES • Your hero fights monsters automatically and earns EXP and gear. No tapping needed. • Your adventure keeps going while the app is closed. Collect your rewards the next time you open it (up to a time limit, which you can extend). • Assign level-up points by hand, or let them be assigned automatically at a ratio you choose. THREE HEROES AT ONCE • Keep adventuring to unlock a second and a third hero. All three adventure at the same time, even while the app is closed. • Reincarnation Points, Shards of Brilliance, and gear are shared. Levels and Attack, Defense, and Luck upgrades are per hero, so you choose who pushes deeper and who reincarnates. • Each piece of gear can be worn by only one hero at a time. DIVE DEEPER • Defeat five monsters to reach the next floor. Each new floor band brings tougher monsters and stronger gear. • Rare and Epic monsters are tough. With too little Defense, they may get away. • New areas open at floors 301 and 351, each with new monsters and new gear. GEAR THAT ROLLS ITS OWN STATS • Weapons, armor, and accessories come in three rarities: Normal, Rare, and Epic. • Every drop rolls its own stats, and higher rarities get more bonus slots. • Switch to Auto equip mode, and Rare and Epic gear stronger than what you have is equipped as soon as it drops. Or stay in Manual mode and choose for yourself. • Polish Epic gear with Shards of Brilliance to reroll its slots. Lock the slots you want to keep. • Equip two or more pieces of the same rarity (Rare or Epic) from the same floor band for an all-stat set bonus. COLLECT IT ALL • Defeat the same monster again and again to earn its Monster Medals, from Bronze to Platinum. Medals raise the chance of a gear drop when that monster appears as a Rare or Epic. • Donate gear to the Equipment Museum to fill its displays. Complete a Species Set for a big all-stat bonus. REINCARNATE AND GO FURTHER • The deeper you reach, the more Reincarnation Points you earn. • Spend them on permanent Attack, Defense, and Luck, more inventory slots, and a longer offline reward limit. Your gear, medals, and museum stay with you. • Each hero reincarnates on their own, and the points they earn are shared. CASINO MINI-GAMES • Play Slots and Poker in the Casino mini-games. • Coins build up over time, and you can also get them by watching ads. Exchange them for Reincarnation Points or Shards of Brilliance. MORE • Available in English and Japanese. • Plays on iPhone and iPad. • Get a notification when your offline rewards reach their limit. A few minutes here and there is all it takes. Check in, see how far your heroes got, and close the app.

About

Demon Prince

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"How many steps did you take today?" Every one of them helps take back a lost kingdom. Demon Prince is a walking x idle RPG where your step count is the fuel for the adventure. Play as a prince driven out of the demon realm, gather the allies you were separated from, and win back your stolen territory one step at a time. No paid gacha. Free to play. - The world moves when you walk Every step you take in the real world earns WP (Walk Points). Pass a step milestone and a new species wakes up, ready to join you. Spend WP on the Prince's Blessings to push an expedition further. Your commute, your evening walk, the trip to the shops - all of it is more of the adventure. - Send them out, then get on with your day Expeditions advance on their own over time. Send your party out and leave it alone. The kingdom comes back to you a little at a time, in the gaps of a busy day. - Build a party that fits together A shield who takes every blow, a mage who clears a crowd at once, a healer who keeps the front line standing - every monster has a role and a character of its own, with its own skills, elements and resistances. Some monsters carry a passive that works just by being in the party - a stat raised for everyone, a resistance shored up, or one fallen ally brought back per battle. Passives from different species stack, so the lineup itself is part of the build. Battles resolve automatically, so what decides them is who you bring and how they fit together. Read who is waiting in each region, and build a party to match. - Every run is a different meeting Even in the same region, the monsters you meet change from run to run. "Who will I run into today?" There is something new every time you go out. - No gacha. The time you walked does not lie. There is no paid gacha. Strength comes from the steps you have taken and the time you spent raising your party, and from nothing else. So: walk. Every step of yours goes into rebuilding the Demon Army.

Screenshots

Grindcrawl4 screens
Demon Prince4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Demon Prince at every 3 days against Grindcrawl's every 8 days. Grindcrawl's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Grindcrawl ships an update every 8 days, Demon Prince every 3 days. Both last shipped on November 10, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 3 level
Grindcrawl versus Demon Prince: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGrindcrawlDemon Prince
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 8 daysEvery 3 days — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB176 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperArbor Lab. Appkazumichi kitajima

In-app purchases

None

Grindcrawl

No in-app purchases

None

Demon Prince

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Grindcrawl free?
Grindcrawl is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Demon Prince free?
Demon Prince is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Grindcrawl or Demon Prince have ads?
Both Grindcrawl and Demon Prince show ads.
Which is updated more often, Grindcrawl or Demon Prince?
Grindcrawl ships an update every 8 days, and Demon Prince every 3 days. Most recently, Grindcrawl was updated on November 10, 2026 and Demon Prince on November 10, 2026.

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