Comparison

Skilltree Saga vs Bitmap Bay

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

Head to head
About

Skilltree Saga

Embark on a rogue-like RPG adventure in a fantasy world. Choose your race, battle random monsters across 100 levels, and enhance your character with numerous skills and spells. Collect gear, manage resources, and strategize in turn-based combat to defeat dark forces.

Highlights
  • Rogue-like elements
  • Randomly generated opponents and treasures
  • Skill tree with numerous spells
  • Turn-based combat
  • Gear collection and management
  • Up to 100 deep stages
Features
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Skilltree Saga is the first casual RPG with Rogue-like Elements in Aventurien - the world of The Dark Eye. Choose your race as human, elf or dwarf and battle your random generated opponents in up to 100 deep stages with numerous skill, which you can advance and enhance. Story A sinister spawn of orks and goblins led by the Dark Ruler Sargul are besieging the city of Griffonford. To make matters worse, your beloved, the daughter of Baron Griffontrue, was abducted and you desperately try to take up pursuit. After being rescued from an ambush of a group of goblins by a master of the mysterious Elemental Knight you have the marvelous opportunity to become part of this alliance society. Following the intensive training it is up to you to defeat the sinister spawn that is about to mercilessly enlarge their numbers to occupy Aventuria. Motivating Rogue-like Elements Random generated monsters and treasures are waiting for the brave Elemental Knight in the margraviate of Griffonford. Pillage a multitude of gear, which you must equip to enhance your attributes like Strength, Cleverness or Constitutiton. On the market square you can buy or sell equipment. Use astral potions to replenish your Astral Energy or invest diamonds to purchase even more helpful potions. Round-based Duelling Well-thought approaches are mandatory to put up a fight against the sinister spawn! Choose from a variety of skills, damage your enemy with wind and water magic or bring them to their knees with powerful fire spells. You’ll be in need of those when you come across hordes of orks and goblins. Your opponents know how to fight back as well. They use skills to make them stronger, tougher. They enfeeble your attributes or let dangerous rain down on the adventurer. Skilltree with numerous spells of the Elemental Knights You start as a nobody adventurer and choose your race as human, elf or dwarf. In your conflicts against the sinister spawn you will acquire experience to get steadily more powerful. Through level ups you’ll collect Adventure Points to enhance your skills and learn new spells. Up to 100 level deep challenging dungeons, Rogue-style! Choose between various adventures that you’ll try to master. On plenty of stages you’ll encounter dangerous fiends and you can find twinkling treasure chests or bracing healing fountains. At times you’ll come across a shady goblin merchants, who will sell you items on your troublesome journey. Should you fail your quest you’ll have to start anew, but become more experienced. Only the most mighty ones will challenge the heavy end bosses and can immortalize their name as a hero in the hall of fame. ----------------------------------------------- Follow us on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram: www.facebook.com/HeadupGames www.twitter.com/headupgames www.instagram.com/headupgames If you experience problems with the game or if you have feedback send us an email: support@headupgames.com

About

Bitmap Bay

Embark on a retro pirate adventure with a handcrafted pixel art world. Engage in skillful cannon battles, face legendary captains, and recruit your crew in this roguelite experience. Enjoy endless replayability with a full save system, playable completely offline.

Highlights
  • Handmade pixel art
  • Challenge legendary pirates
  • Endlessly replayable voyages
  • Skillful cannon battles
  • Recruit your crew
  • Full save and load system
Features
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"A bold new retro take... quite the intriguing one" – Pocket Gamer. Welcome to Bitmap Bay - a pixel-art pirate adventure. Explore the low-res high seas, build your legacy, and test your cannon-firing reflexes against legendary historical captains. • Authentic Pixel Art: A charming, low-res retro world created by an artist. • Legendary Pirates: Challenge over 40 real historical captains, each with unique, hand-drawn portraits. • Tactical Cannon Battles: Combat is simple to learn but hard to master. Time your shots perfectly to claim victory. • Recruit Your Crew: Hire a loyal crew of sailors, specialists, and scoundrels. • Endlessly Replayable: Encounter a wide range of random events – duels, storms, thieves, and mysteries. • Premium Experience: Playable completely offline with zero ads and zero in-app purchases. About the Developer: Bitmap Bay is the creation of Grandom Games, the solo dev studio of a visual artist and designer. It is built with a passion for classic retro gaming and offered as a true premium mobile experience.

Screenshots

Skilltree Saga4 screens
Bitmap Bay4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: Skilltree Saga at free against Bitmap Bay's paid. Skilltree Saga also leads on rating (4.6 vs 4.3) and ratings volume (38 vs 8). Bitmap Bay's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs monthly). On price, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases 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

Skilltree Saga costs $0.99 and Bitmap Bay $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Skilltree Saga holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 38 and 8 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 80% of Skilltree Saga's written reviews are positive against 83% of Bitmap Bay's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Skilltree Saga ships an update monthly, Bitmap Bay every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Skilltree Saga versus Bitmap Bay: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSkilltree SagaBitmap Bay
Price$0.99$0.99
Rating4.6 (38 ratings) — better4.3 (8 ratings)
Positive reviews80.4% of reviews82.9% of reviews — better
Number of ratings38 — better8
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS7.1 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size248 MB102 MB
Age rating9+12+
DeveloperHeadup GmbHNICHOLAS GENTRY

Customer experience

Skilltree Saga

All ratings38 ratings
Positive92.1%
Neutral0.0%
Negative7.9%
Written reviews92 reviews
Positive80.4%
Neutral4.3%
Negative15.2%

Bitmap Bay

All ratings8 ratings
Positive87.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative12.5%
Written reviews35 reviews
Positive82.9%
Neutral5.7%
Negative11.4%

In-app purchases

None

Skilltree Saga

No in-app purchases

None

Bitmap Bay

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Skilltree Saga free?
Skilltree Saga costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Bitmap Bay free?
Bitmap Bay costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Skilltree Saga or Bitmap Bay?
Skilltree Saga is rated higher. Skilltree Saga averages 4.6 out of 5 from 38 ratings, while Bitmap Bay averages 4.3 from 8 ratings.
Do Skilltree Saga or Bitmap Bay have ads?
Neither Skilltree Saga nor Bitmap Bay shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Skilltree Saga or Bitmap Bay?
Skilltree Saga ships an update monthly, and Bitmap Bay every 4 days. Most recently, Skilltree Saga was updated on October 17, 2026 and Bitmap Bay on October 14, 2026.

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