Grindcrawl vs Split Squad
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Grindcrawl
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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. 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. • Past floor 300, a second area opens up 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. MORE • Available in English and Japanese. • 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 hero got, and close the app.
Split Squad
Experience an idle RPG where four heroes simultaneously explore distinct dungeons. Your heroes continue to grow and earn rewards even when the app is closed, offering a unique split-screen adventure with strategic town upgrades and challenging bosses.
- Four heroes, four dungeons, split-screen gameplay
- Simultaneous hero progression and buffs
- Idle progression with offline rewards up to 12 hours
- Strategic town building and upgrades
- Boss battles every 10 floors
- Weekly joint raids and parallel world progression
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Four heroes climb four different dungeons at the same time. A split-screen idle RPG where the expedition never stops, even with the app closed. ■ Made for you if · You want an idle RPG that grows while you are away · One-character auto battlers have started to feel thin · You love pixel art and medieval fantasy dungeons ■ Features ▸ Four dungeons, one screen Knight, Rogue, Mage and Priest each fight in their own dungeon. Everything grows four times over. ▸ Buffs that lift each other The deeper one hero goes, the more defense, gold, EXP and regen the other three receive. Raising all four evenly is the fastest route down. ▸ Auto battle with a real gate You must beat the monster before the timer runs out. Running out of time is not a clear. ▸ Grow the town Upgrade weapon, armor, trinket and helm at the smithy, furnish the home to raise recovery, and build the plaza to multiply the whole town's attack. ▸ Offline rewards Close the app and come back — up to 12 hours are settled under exactly the same rules as live play. ▸ A boss every 10 floors Each boss you beat becomes the elevator for your next run. You never start from floor 1 again. ▸ Joint raid Once all four heroes clear their floor 10 boss, a three-phase raid opens once a week. ▸ Parallel worlds Reach floor 50 with every hero and shift worlds for a permanent attack bonus. Primal, Ember, Verdant and Void each change the enemies and the palette. ■ Ads kept to a minimum No forced interstitials, no banners in your way. Only opt-in rewarded ads you choose yourself. ■ Comfortable to play · Plays without a network connection (except rewarded ads) · Export and re-import your save as a file · Portrait, one-handed play Send out your first expedition now.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Split Squad at every 2 days against Grindcrawl's weekly. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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.
Grindcrawl ships an update weekly, Split Squad every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Grindcrawl | Split Squad |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 39 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Arbor Lab. App | SONGHWA CHAE |
In-app purchases
Grindcrawl
No in-app purchases
Split Squad
No in-app purchases









