Comparison

Grindcrawl vs Geo Hero RPG

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. 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.

About

Geo Hero RPG

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A hand-made RPG that travels across Hokkaido, Japan. Note: the game text is in Japanese only. - Three regions: Hakodate, Sapporo & Otaru, and Shiretoko. Fly between them from real airports. - Nine towns to explore: talk to people, enter houses, read landmark signs. - Geography quizzes pop up during attacks. Answer right for a bonus hit. - Side quests, a landmark stamp rally, and local-specialty items and gear. - Six bosses, including the Squid Lord, a Tengu, and the Guardian of Shiretoko. - Every sprite and every note is generated in code. No external assets. No ads. No in-app purchases. No network access. Plays fully offline.

Screenshots

Grindcrawl4 screens
Geo Hero RPG4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Geo Hero RPG at none against Grindcrawl's shown. Geo Hero RPG also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 8 days). Grindcrawl's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, 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

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, Geo Hero RPG every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 3 level
Grindcrawl versus Geo Hero RPG: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGrindcrawlGeo Hero RPG
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 8 daysEvery 3 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB1 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperArbor Lab. Appdaichi ogata

In-app purchases

None

Grindcrawl

No in-app purchases

None

Geo Hero RPG

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Grindcrawl free?
Grindcrawl is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Geo Hero RPG free?
Geo Hero RPG is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Grindcrawl or Geo Hero RPG have ads?
Grindcrawl shows ads; Geo Hero RPG does not.
Which is updated more often, Grindcrawl or Geo Hero RPG?
Grindcrawl ships an update every 8 days, and Geo Hero RPG every 3 days. Most recently, Grindcrawl was updated on October 25, 2026 and Geo Hero RPG on October 20, 2026.

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