Comparison

Mecha Ace vs The Demonized

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

Head to head
About

Mecha Ace

Pilot a giant mech in an interstellar war, customizing your machine and engaging in text-based duels with plasma sabers. Your choices shape the narrative, leading to glory, disgrace, or even romance in this interactive sci-fi novel.

Highlights
  • Giant mech piloting
  • Customizable mechs
  • Text-based interactive novel
  • Choice-driven narrative
  • Plasma saber combat
  • Interstellar civil war setting
Features
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Step into the cockpit of a giant robot in an interstellar civil war! Customize your mecha to duel against enemy pilots with "monosaber" plasma swords. Find glory, disgrace, and even love. "Mecha Ace" is a thrilling interactive sci-fi novel by Paul Wang, where your choices control the story. The game is entirely text-based--without graphics or sound effects--and fueled by the vast, unstoppable power of your imagination. Who will you be, pilot? Hero, villain, or renegade? Will you lead a unit of elite pilots to victory? Defeat your enemies with skill, cunning, determination, or heavy firepower? Fight for glory, for power, or for an enduring peace?

About

The Demonized

Embrace demonic power to fight evil forces in this idle RPG. Equip gear, trade with demons for souls, and battle bosses. Explore a world rendered in pixel art, develop unique builds, and manage resources for unlimited growth. Your hero fights even when you're away.

Highlights
  • High-quality pixel art graphics
  • Over 30 skills and passive traits
  • Demon soul trading for power
  • Dominion resource management
  • Epic boss battles and challenge modes
  • AFK rewards and offline progression
Features
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”Submit to me, mortal. And I shall grant you power beyond belief!” The Demonized is an action adventure idle RPG where you play as a hero, who embraces the devil's power to fight the evil forces that are threatening the world. Equip powerful gears, trade with the demons to unlock souls that grant monstrous power, fight challenging bosses, manage resources through Dominion, and take down terrifying bosses on your own or join forces with others in this great battle to save the world from demonic monsters. ■ Embark on a Grand Adventure in High Quality Pixel Art Journey into the vast world where you'll explore and battle through forests, abandoned cities, snowy fields, underground mines, and demonic fortresses rendered in captivating pixel art graphics. ■ Unleash the Devil’s Power with Unique Builds Choose from over 30 skills and passive traits and trade with demons to obtain incredibly powerful Souls to create your own build that unleashes the full might of the devil. ■ Experience Unlimited Growth with Tons of Content Manage Dominion to collect growth resources, command powerful minions, unlock Helpers and Mercenaries, equip and upgrade gear and accessories, obtain Mystical Power, and take on challenging promotion battles to grow beyond your imagination. ■ Fight Epic Bosses to Grow Even Stronger Battle bosses in various challenge modes, ascend through Tower of Trials where formidable bosses await, and defeat bosses in the Battlefield with your Raid team to get items and rewards that will aid you in your journey. ■ No Rest for the Demonized Your character will continue fighting even when you are away. You can log in whenever you want to get your AFK rewards and collect the items you need to continue with your journey. The fate of humanity now rests on your shoulders. Unleash the devil’s power to purge the demons in this daring quest to save the world. Download now to become the Demonized. Become the immortal. [Contact] bd@gameduo.net [Privacy Policy] https://gameduo.net/en/privacy-policy [Terms of Service] https://gameduo.net/en/terms-of-service

Screenshots

Mecha Ace4 screens
The Demonized4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: The Demonized at Free against Mecha Ace's $5.99. The Demonized also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (3.7K vs 21). Mecha Ace's advantage is review sentiment (93% vs 48%) and in-app purchases (none vs 10). On rating, ads 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

The Demonized is free to download; Mecha Ace costs $5.99 up front. The Demonized sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Mecha Ace asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

The Demonized holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: The Demonized has 3.7K ratings behind it against 21, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 93% of Mecha Ace's written reviews are positive against 48% of The Demonized's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Mecha Ace ships an update every 2 months, The Demonized weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.

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Mecha Ace versus The Demonized: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMecha AceThe Demonized
Price$5.99Free — better
Rating4.7 (21 ratings)4.8 (3.7K ratings) — better
Positive reviews92.8% of reviews — better47.9% of reviews
Number of ratings213.7K — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsWeekly — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size30 MB848 MB
Age rating12+9+
DeveloperChoice of Games LLCGame Duo Co.,Ltd.

Customer experience

Mecha Ace

All ratings21 ratings
Positive95.2%
Neutral0.0%
Negative4.8%
Written reviews69 reviews
Positive92.8%
Neutral5.8%
Negative1.4%

The Demonized

All ratings3,686 ratings
Positive95.8%
Neutral1.1%
Negative3.0%
Written reviews651 reviews
Positive47.9%
Neutral9.5%
Negative42.5%

User reviews

Mecha Ace

From 21 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 📖 Engaging and deep story
  • 💡 Multiple endings and replayability
  • ✍️ Well-written and descriptive text
  • 🚀 Immersive experience
  • 🤖 Captures mecha anime essence

Room to improve

  • 💰 Price considered steep by some
  • 🤏 Some felt choices were limited
  • ⏳ Too short for some users
  • 🧐 Minor typos and wording errors

The Demonized

From 3.7K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🕹️ Fun idle RPG gameplay
  • 💎 Great for casual, short playtime
  • 🎨 Beautiful pixel art and animations
  • 🎉 Engaging progression and collection systems

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Frequent crashes and stability issues
  • 💰 Monetization and pay-to-win concerns
  • 🤔 Lack of clarity on game mechanics
  • ⏱️ Slow progression at higher levels

Bugs and requests

Mecha Ace

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Gender pronoun errors in text
  • Wording errors indicating opposite outcomes

Requested features

7 requests
  • More customization for vehicle and crew
  • Deeper exploration of character's reality (Hawkins)
  • Option to convert to the empire
  • Sequel or expansion
  • Longer game with more detailed secondary characters
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  • More romance subplots
  • More choices and depth compared to other COG titles

The Demonized

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Inability to dismantle equipment
  • Chat system not functioning properly
  • Saving and loading issues causing lost progress
  • Banned accounts with no clear explanation

Requested features

4 requests
  • More in-depth tutorial and documentation
  • Improved server stability and reduced crashes
  • Adjustments to progression and leveling at higher stages
  • Fairer monetization and event structure

In-app purchases

None

Mecha Ace

No in-app purchases

10 purchases

The Demonized

One-time10
  • redgem_1000$0.49
  • redgem_5000$2.99
  • bd_adremove$2.99
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  • redgem_10000$6.99
  • bd_vip_1_9900$7.49
  • bd_torchbuff$17.99
  • redgem_30000$19.99
  • redgem_50000$34.99
  • redgem_100000_2$69.99
  • redgem_300000$219.99

Questions

Is Mecha Ace free?
Mecha Ace costs $5.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is The Demonized free?
The Demonized is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Mecha Ace or The Demonized?
The Demonized is rated higher. Mecha Ace averages 4.7 out of 5 from 21 ratings, while The Demonized averages 4.8 from 3.7K ratings.
Do Mecha Ace or The Demonized have ads?
Both Mecha Ace and The Demonized show ads.
Which is updated more often, Mecha Ace or The Demonized?
Mecha Ace ships an update every 2 months, and The Demonized weekly. Most recently, Mecha Ace was updated on November 6, 2026 and The Demonized on November 7, 2026.

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