Comparison

Fave Forge vs Ashen Keep

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

Head to head
About

Fave Forge

Assemble a mercenary squad and equip your favorite heroine with powerful, randomized gear. Craft unique equipment, battle dragons and dungeons, and strategically combine hero skills to overcome challenges. Evolve your heroes with new appearances as they grow stronger.

Highlights
  • Gear customization with randomized stats
  • Hero progression and evolution
  • Mercenary squad building (3 heroes)
  • Dragon and dungeon battles
  • Strategic combat with skill timing
  • Equipment crafting
Features
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Your favorite can become stronger. As long as she has the right gear. Lead a magical mercenary squad, craft powerful equipment, and conquer dragons and dungeons. Compare gear with randomized stats and swap in stronger pieces to create your own ultimate heroine. [Give Your Best Gear to Your Favorite] Focus your resources on the heroine you love most. Mix and match weapons, armor, and accessories to shape her growth the way you want—whether that means more damage, better survivability, or smoother skill usage. [Gear That Changes Every Time You Craft] Every piece of gear comes with different stats and value. Enjoy the thrill of finding stronger loot, replacing old gear, and growing your heroes with better equipment. [Build a Mercenary Team of Three] Form a squad with three heroes across the front and back lines. Combine their roles and skills, then unleash abilities at the right moment to turn the tide of battle. [Dragons and a Variety of Dungeons] Challenge powerful dragons and a wide range of dungeons. Gold, crystals, and crafting materials earned in battle all feed back into the growth of your gear and heroes. [Simple Yet Satisfying Combat] Combat is easy to jump into, but the outcome changes depending on your team and gear combinations. Choose the right timing for your skills and break through powerful enemies. [Your Favorite Evolves as She Grows] Raise your heroes and unlock new appearances and skins. As their power rises, so does the joy of perfecting the character you love most. When a good piece of gear drops, give it to your favorite. When an even better one drops, give that to your favorite too. In the end, your fave is all about the gear.

About

Ashen Keep

Features
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The ash never stops falling. The gate still stands. You are the last Keeper. Post your survivors, raise the Keep, and hold the gate against the horde every night. Your crews keep working while you are away: come back to full stores, finished buildings, and a stronger stronghold. HOLD THE GATE Fourteen hordes come for the gate, from Cinder Packs and Ash Giants to Ember Drakes and Pyre Serpents, in an order all your own. Every tenth night a named boss leads the horde, with a trait that punishes the wrong squad, so build for it. Some nights carry an omen: a Blood Moon, a Relic Glint, a Smoke Veil. Win in a row to set the gate On Fire for bonus Scrap, tap falling embers mid-fight, and chase the odd Jackpot. Hold 100 nights and the Second Ashfall begins. WORK WHILE YOU SLEEP Your Keep stores Scrap by the hour, online and offline. Assign survivors to the Kitchen, the Ash Fields, the Forge, the Watchtower, the Infirmary, and the Altar, and raise every room level by level with real build timers. A daily gift calendar builds to big chests on days 14 and 28, and rotating events change the rules for a day: relic storms, extra Spire climbs, double Road Marks, an extra free Beacon call. TWENTY HEROES Call survivors to the Beacon: one free call every day, plus Flares from bosses and gifts. Four rarities from Common to Legendary, an Epic or better guaranteed within every 10 calls, a Legendary within every 60. The exact odds are always one tap away. Every hero charges into battle fully animated, and the rarest carry traits of their own. FORGE RELICS Merge three relics of a kind into the next tier, ten tiers in all. Higher tiers are worth more than the three they replace, so merging always pays. BUILD THE SQUAD THAT FITS Tanks, Strikers, Supports, and Workers. Train them, promote them with Sigils, and post a balanced squad for a bonus. Research ten ash-lore crafts with five ranks each. CLIMB THE ASH SPIRE An endless side tower next to the gate. No Stamina, no luck: the stronger squad wins. Three tries a day, more as the Keep grows, and a win never uses one up. Milestone floors pay extra. WALK THE EMBER ROAD Every 28-day season, your nights, quests, and Spire climbs move you along 30 tiers of free rewards. The Gold Road adds a bigger reward to every tier, including a Keep skin you cannot get any other way. It never renews on its own. FAIR TO PLAY Every night, every Beacon hero, and every upgrade can be earned by playing. Hero packs and Keep skins are extras that never touch the Beacon or its odds. Reward videos are optional and capped each day. Remove Ads is a one-time purchase that removes banners and pop-up ads for good. Ashen Keep is free to download. It contains optional in-app purchases, including random-draw items (Beacon Flares) with published odds and a season pass that never renews on its own, and optional ads. Memberships: Monthly Card ($4.99 a month) and Weekly Ember Deal ($2.99 a week) are auto-renewing subscriptions. Payment is charged to your Apple ID when you confirm the purchase. A membership renews automatically unless you cancel it at least 24 hours before the current period ends. You can manage or cancel it any time in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://seantomaslynch-cell.github.io/ashen-keep/privacy.html

Screenshots

Fave Forge4 screens
Ashen Keep4 screens

Verdict

The call

Fave Forge and Ashen Keep are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Fave Forge sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Ashen Keep sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Fave Forge versus Ashen Keep: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFave ForgeAshen Keep
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyDaily—
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size1.6 GB154 MB
Age rating12+9+
DeveloperArtgraphSean Lynch

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Fave Forge

One-time10
  • 스타터 SSR 영웅 패키지$0.99
  • 다이아 300$1.99
  • 다이아 1,000$4.99
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  • 월간 성장 패스$4.99
  • Daily UR Hero Packs ×2$5.99
  • Daily UR Hero Packs ×3$8.99
  • Daily UR Hero Packs ×5$12.99
  • 다이아 5,000$19.99
  • 월간 프리미엄 패스$19.99
  • 다이아 11,000$39.99
10 purchases

Ashen Keep

One-time10
  • First Flame$0.99
  • Frostfall Keep$2.99
  • Milestone Pack$2.99
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  • Ember Vault$2.99
  • Cult Defectors$4.99
  • Frostborn Wardens$4.99
  • Gold Road$4.99
  • Ashwalker Nomads$4.99
  • Keep Fund$9.99
  • Keeper's Legacy$29.99

Questions

Is Fave Forge free?
Fave Forge is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Ashen Keep free?
Ashen Keep is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Fave Forge or Ashen Keep have ads?
Both Fave Forge and Ashen Keep show ads.

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