Comparison

Ashen Keep vs Lumenfall

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

Head to head
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

About

Lumenfall

Embark on an epic 2D side-scrolling adventure in a world of floating islands. Master real-time combat with combos and ultimates, explore diverse environments, and team up with friends to defeat colossal bosses. Choose from multiple classes, each with unique skill trees and abilities, and customize your hero's growth.

Highlights
  • 2D side-scrolling action MMORPG
  • Real-time combat with combos and ultimates
  • Multiple character classes with unique skill trees
  • Party up for dungeons and raids
  • Explore a world of floating islands
  • Guilds, trading, and player vs. player arena
  • Controller support
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A star fell over the sea of clouds. Where its light landed, islands grew. Now something is devouring the light, and the sky needs heroes. Lumenfall is a 2D side-scrolling action MMORPG made for your phone. Fight in real time with combos, dodges and screen-shaking ultimates, explore a world of floating islands with friends, and take down bosses the size of the screen. CHOOSE YOUR CLASS Every hero starts as a Wanderer. At level 10 you pick a class, at 30 you choose one of its two paths for good, and you advance again at 60 and 100. • Lightblade: knights of morning light. The Sunguard shields the party, the Dragoon leaps on bosses from above. • Starweaver: scholars who drop the sky on their foes. Rain meteors as an Astral Sage or fight up close as a Star Monk. • Windstrider: archers of the high wind with a triple jump and a glide. Hunt beside a hawk as a Skywarden or line up one huge crossbow shot as a Marksman. • Moonshade: assassins of the lunar court, with a shadow that repeats your strikes. Stay close as a Reaper or weave through the fight as a Dancer. • Thornwarden: wardens of thorn, root and beast. Keep the party alive as a Wildheart or swing a briar scythe as a Harbinger. Each job has its own skill tree, and many attacks let you choose an effect like Stun, Freeze or Burn. REAL ACTION COMBAT • Fast combos, impact frames and a combo counter that rewards every hit. • Freeze a pack, then shatter it. Stun, bind and burn your way to a boss's BREAK bar, and hit harder while it's broken. • Every class builds its own gauge in battle and spends it on ultimates. PARTY UP AND RAID • Every land ends in a boss. Solo it once you outlevel it, or bring friends. • Raids are a step up: giant colossi, a time limit and lives the whole party shares. • Find a group fast with the party finder, then clear dungeons and lairs together. A WORLD ABOVE THE CLOUDS • Travel from sunny meadows and coral gardens to frozen peaks, glass dunes and a lantern-lit harbour town. • Ride griffons, star whales and moths across the sky, with pets that run out and grab your loot. • Collect legendary souls and call them into battle. • Relax with cloud fishing between fights. GROW YOUR HERO YOUR WAY • Spend your stat points yourself or let AUTO do it. • Forge your gear, reveal hidden potential and chase the perfect roll. • Auto-Hunt keeps the fight going when you need a break. PLAY TOGETHER • Join a guild, trade face to face and shop the market. • Test your build against other players in the Lumen Arena. • Climb the realm's rankings and show off your look. • Seasonal events change the whole world, like Hallowtide's Halloween skies and the Pumpkin King. MADE FOR PHONES Lumenfall is built for landscape play on iPhone and iPad, with thumb-friendly controls, a clean combat HUD and controller support. Join the community on Discord, and find out more at lumenfall.gg.

Screenshots

Ashen Keep4 screens
Lumenfall4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Ashen Keep versus Lumenfall: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAshen KeepLumenfall
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.9 (7 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—7 — better
Update frequency—Weekly
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size154 MB308 MB
Age rating9+12+
DeveloperSean LynchOgen Cohen

In-app purchases

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
10 purchases

Lumenfall

One-time10
  • 60 Starshards$0.99
  • Wanderer's Starter Pack$2.99
  • Rising Star Pack$3.99
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  • Skyward Pack$4.99
  • Starlight Blessing$4.99
  • 300 Starshards$4.99
  • Lumen Pass: Premium Track$9.99
  • Grand Blessing$14.99
  • 980 Starshards$14.99
  • 1980 Starshards$29.99

Questions

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

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