Drancia vs Barcode Knight
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!
Barcode Knight
Embark on an epic adventure by scanning barcodes to enter dungeons and battle monsters. Grow your town, forge powerful items, and customize your hero to become a legendary warrior in a world threatened by evil.
- Scan barcodes to enter dungeons
- Grow and develop your town
- Forge and enchant powerful items
- Customize hero with avatar system
- Fight alongside mercenaries
- Hourly quests and daily dungeons
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The sequel to Barcode Kingdom has finally launched! Teleport to a dungeon by offering a barcode up as a sacrifice to a barcode portal! Let's be a legendary hero of the world! 'Barcodia', the world is made from magic powers, was peaceful and beautiful, but the power of evil hit the world, the land became empty and useless and started infesting with monsters. Barcodians who livelihoods are under threat was decided to hunt monsters for a living. And then one day, they found a portal to a dungeon and built a town around the portal. 'The Barcode town' is one of the town made this way. Could the knight be the a legendary hero of the world in this town? Now it's time to scan a barcode! * FEATURE * 60 different types of monsters The growing town with the Knight Powerful enchanted items Avatar system : Possible to create half a million different hero styles Mercenary system : Fight with a mercenary against monsters Forge system : Upgrade and enchant your items at the Forges Quest system : Provides a quest every hour The Random dungeon : Available to use without a barcode The Gate Of The Other World : The direct gate to the monsters' base The Daily dungeon : Find out The Daily dungeon and Get a huge bonus every day
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Drancia at Free against Barcode Knight's $0.99. Drancia also leads on review sentiment (87% vs 61%) and ratings volume (117 vs 26). Barcode Knight's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.6) and update cadence (monthly vs every 6 months). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model 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
Drancia is free to download; Barcode Knight costs $0.99 up front. Drancia sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Barcode Knight sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Barcode Knight holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 117 and 26 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 87% of Drancia's written reviews are positive against 61% of Barcode Knight's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Drancia ships an update every 6 months, Barcode Knight monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Drancia | Barcode Knight |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $0.99 |
| Rating | 4.6 (117 ratings) | 5.0 (26 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 87.1% of reviews — better | 61.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 117 — better | 26 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| 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 | 8.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 24 MB | 40 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Masakazu Yonehara | Magic Cube |
Customer experience
Drancia
Barcode Knight
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
Barcode Knight
From 26 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Fun and engaging game
- 🚀 Smooth gameplay
- 💡 Unique barcode scanning mechanic
- 🎨 Cute and colorful graphics
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent crashes and bugs
- 🔋 High battery consumption
- 🕹️ Repetitive and limited gameplay
- 💰 Questionable in-app purchase model
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
Barcode Knight
Reported bugs
4 issues- Game freezing or crashing on launch
- Inability to progress past certain levels
- Glitches with in-app purchases
- Compatibility issues on newer devices
Requested features
4 requests- More enemy and dungeon variety
- Improved character customization options
- Multiplayer and social features
- Better optimization and stability
In-app purchases
Drancia
- Treat us to coffee$0.99
- Treat us to a beer$0.99
- Treat us to dinner$2.99
Barcode Knight
- 5 AP potions$0.99
- 50 AP potions$4.99
- 150 AP potions$9.99
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- 500 AP potions$19.99
Questions
Is Drancia free?
Is Barcode Knight free?
Which has better reviews, Drancia or Barcode Knight?
Do Drancia or Barcode Knight have ads?
Which is updated more often, Drancia or Barcode Knight?
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