Comparison

Emberbound vs Embersworn

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

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Emberbound

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ONE MORE FLOOR. ONE MORE SPELL. Become a pixel-art wizard in an endless dungeon. Your wizard walks and fires arcane bolts automatically. You control the spells, timing, and escape. COMBINE THE ELEMENTS Launch fireballs, freeze enemies with Frost Nova, chain lightning through crowds, and protect yourself with Aegis. Follow frost with fire for Thermal Shock or lightning for Shatter. Tap the floor to blink away from danger. Blink has no cooldown, but each cast costs mana. AN ENDLESS, CHANGING CHALLENGE Explore randomized chambers across moss-covered halls, frozen archives, and fiery depths. New layouts, waves, enemies, and floor conditions keep each run changing. Difficulty rises as you descend, with a guardian every five floors from a roster of 23 bosses. BUILD YOUR WIZARD'S LEGACY Earn wizard XP even when a run ends in defeat. Spend talent points across Fire, Frost, Storm, and Arcane, and reset your choices freely at home. Restore your wizard tower, research starting relics in the Library, equip familiars in the Sanctuary, and display guardian trophies in the Hall. BANK YOUR TREASURE After every cleared battle, choose Bank Shards & Leave to keep every earned shard. Or take a stackable relic and choose between a restorative Moonwell and a stronger cursed route. Spend your wallet on permanent upgrades or a whole new look. 176 COSMETICS TO COLLECT Mix robes, hats, staffs, animated auras, and spell colors. Start with five pieces, buy 125 more with earned shards, and earn 46 through boss challenges. Record first victories, flawless victories, and stronger-form victories in your boss journal. Preview each look before spending. Cosmetics never change combat power. LEAVE YOUR MARK Connect to Apple Game Center to compare your deepest cleared expedition floor and earn eight achievements. Try the daily seeded trial with equal starting stats and its own local personal best. PLAY FREE, OR GO AD-FREE FOREVER Ads can appear at cleared-floor breaks, with at least two minutes of active dungeon play between ads. The first two floors of your first run are ad-free. A single optional purchase permanently removes every ad. No subscriptions, paid spells, or purchased power. Restore with the same Apple Account. Progress is saved on your device. Game Center is optional and does not back up your wallet or wardrobe. Unfinished runs do not resume after closing the app.

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Embersworn

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Embersworn is a fast, fiery roguelike action RPG you can play alone, or together with up to three friends on iPhones side by side. No internet needed, ever. The last ember is burning low. Pick a hero, take up the flame and survive the night as the dark pours in: slimes, skeletons, bats, wraiths, charging brutes, teleporting shamans, fire-breathing dragonlings and the Ember Demon itself. PLAY TOGETHER Host a camp or join friends nearby over Wi-Fi and Bluetooth: up to four players. Fight side by side to link up and hit harder. Strike what a friend just struck for a Team Strike, chain them into Team Combos and Crossfire shockwaves, and fill your Bond to bless the whole party. Fire your ultimates together to unleash one of six Duo attacks. Fall, and a friend can raise you. FOUR HEROES Elad the Sunblade: lethal crits and a storm of blades. Lior the Stormcurl: swift as the storm, with a lightning bow. Amit the Ironbeard: an unbreakable wall with a greataxe. Vasya the Emberling: tiny hands, enormous fireballs. Each has their own weapon, stats and ultimate. BUILD YOUR LEGEND Every level-up offers a blessing: chain lightning, holy orbs, multishot, bloodthirst, shadowstep and more. Open chests for weapons of five rarities, up to Divine. Pray at shrines for divine power. Earn Embers every night and spend them at the Forge on permanent upgrades. THREE LANDS, THREE DIFFICULTIES Moonlit Emberwood, the burning Ashen Hollow and frozen Frostfall. Normal, Hard and Nightmare, with bigger rewards the darker it gets. FEATURES - Local co-op for two to four players, no internet or account needed - Four heroes with unique weapons, stats and ultimates - Three-hit combos with finishers, dodge rolls and ultimates - Twelve stackable blessings and five weapon rarities - Boss fights, elites, a day-night cycle and adaptive music - A real 3D world with dynamic lights, shadows and water - Your run is saved, so you can continue any time - Graphics settings that keep your iPhone cool and your battery happy - Plays in English, Hebrew, Russian and Thai, with narrated How to Play guides - Heroes shout their battle cries in Hebrew and Russian How long can you last?

Screenshots

Emberbound4 screens
Embersworn4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Embersworn at none against Emberbound's 1. Emberbound's advantage is update cadence (daily vs every 2 days) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Emberbound sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Embersworn asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Emberbound ships an update daily, Embersworn every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences ยท 3 level
Emberbound versus Embersworn: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEmberboundEmbersworn
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyDaily โ€” betterEvery 2 days
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesNo โ€” better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod โ€” betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 โ€” better17.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size79 MB26 MB
Age rating12+9+
DeveloperGalactic Basic LLCLior Fidelman

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Emberbound

One-time1
  • Ad-Free Forever$2.99
None

Embersworn

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Emberbound free?
Emberbound is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Embersworn free?
Embersworn is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Emberbound or Embersworn have ads?
Both Emberbound and Embersworn show ads.
Which is updated more often, Emberbound or Embersworn?
Emberbound ships an update daily, and Embersworn every 2 days. Most recently, Emberbound was updated on October 26, 2026 and Embersworn on October 29, 2026.

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