Drancia vs Platform Panic
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Drancia
Embark on an arcade-style action RPG adventure with a charming cast and retro pixel art. Chain combos to earn coins, level up your skills, and battle diverse monsters. Unravel the game's mysteries with a killer chiptune soundtrack.
- Arcade-style action RPG
- Retro pixel art graphics
- Combo chaining for coins
- Skill tree progression
- Diverse characters
- Unique boss battles
- Vintage chiptune soundtrack
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This action RPG features an amusing cast of characters and has an arcade-like feel! Chain combos to rack up coins and level up through the skill tree! Defeat hordes of monsters and unravel the mystery of Drancia! ・Retro-style, cute pixel art graphics! ・Smooth controls and loads of extras to enjoy! ・Unique bosses in every stage! ・Over fifty different types of characters to play as! ・A killer soundtrack of over 20 vintage, Famicom-style chiptunes! *Drancia was originally released in 2008 by Skipmore as a web-based game entitled Drancia Survival. Now it’s been powered-up for smartphones!
Platform Panic
Pit iconic platform game heroes against each other in a procedurally generated retro challenge. Master simple controls to climb the leaderboards and unlock all characters in this addictive pixel-art adventure.
- Hero battles
- Leaderboard challenges
- Procedurally generated levels
- Simple swipe controls
- Retro pixel graphics
- Chiptune soundtrack
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Platform game heroes through the ages have been abducted! Pit them against each other in order to settle, once and for all, which one is the best! • Can you unlock them all and become king of the leaderboard? • Endlessly addictive, procedurally generated retro platformer! • Super simple controls. Swipe left, right & up is all you need to move around. • Pumping chiptune music by Eirik Suhrke, composer of Ridiculous Fishing and Super Crate Box. • Cutting edge retro pixel graphics! Important Message for Parents This game may include: - Direct links to social networking websites that are intended for an audience over the age of 13. - Direct links to the internet that can take players away from the game with the potential to browse any web page. - In-app purchases. - Advertising of Nitrome products.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Drancia at none against Platform Panic's shown. Drancia also leads on review sentiment (87% vs 70%). Platform Panic's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 13.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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
Both are free to download. Drancia sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Platform Panic sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Drancia against 4.5 for Platform Panic. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 117 and 124 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 87% of Drancia's written reviews are positive against 70% of Platform Panic's.
Drancia ships an update every 6 months, Platform Panic every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on September 19, 2026 and August 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Drancia | Platform Panic |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (117 ratings) — better | 4.5 (124 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 87.1% of reviews — better | 69.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 117 | 124 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 4 months — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 24 MB | 108 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Masakazu Yonehara | Nitrome |
Customer experience
Drancia
Platform Panic
User reviews
Drancia
From 117 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Addicting gameplay
- 👍 Fun hack and slash
- 👍 Great art and music
- 👍 Retro pixel art style
- 👍 Free to play
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent crashes
- 🐛 Game resets when closed
- 🐛 Non-widescreen support
- 🐛 Difficulty spikes
- 🐛 Controls too far left/right
Platform Panic
From 124 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Smooth gameplay
- 👍 Retro-style graphics
- 🎶 Great music
- 💎 Addictive and challenging
Room to improve
- 🐛 Glitches and bugs
- 💰 Expensive upgrades
- 📺 Excessive ads
- 🎮 Unresponsive controls
Bugs and requests
Drancia
Reported bugs
7 issues- Crashes after dying
- Crashes when buying sold out items
- Game crashes in bad spots
- Game exits unexpectedly
- Game resets when phone is closed
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- Black screen after ads
- Can't get out of skills menu
Requested features
20 requests- Boss rush mode
- Adjustable controls
- Co-op mode
- Difficulty settings
- Continue system with gems
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- More story line
- Full screen on iPhone X
- More stuff to add
- Make classes hit differently
- Create own hero
- Male/female gender option
- Ninja/Kunoichi character class
- Fancy control pad/buttons
- Intro/opening sequence
- Release on 3DS eShop
- Mini games
- Upward attack
- Remove ads for a fee
- Save progress during/at end of stage
- Swap apps without restarting
Platform Panic
Reported bugs
4 issues- Coins lost after using extra life
- Laser beams not functioning properly
- Falling through the floor and getting stuck
- Ads not removing after purchase
Requested features
4 requests- More characters and abilities
- Level editor and sharing
- Difficulty settings
- Cloud save support
In-app purchases
Drancia
- Treat us to coffee$0.99
- Treat us to a beer$0.99
- Treat us to dinner$2.99
Platform Panic
- 250 coins$0.99
- Remove Ads$1.99
- 1000 coins$1.99
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- 5000 coins$3.99
Questions
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