Comparison

Ancient Legacy vs Pocket Wars

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

Head to head
About

Ancient Legacy

Embark on a tabletop-style RPG adventure with roguelike elements. Explore a dark world, battle monsters, build your base, and collect ancient artifacts to seal an evil god. Test your luck and strategy with dice rolls and strategic combat.

Highlights
  • Tabletop-style RPG with roguelike elements
  • Dice rolling for combat and strategy
  • World map exploration with 5 areas
  • Camp building and upgrades
  • Collect 4 Ancient Legacies
  • Challenge 4 environment bosses
  • Unlock and play 9 unique heroes
Features
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Toucharcade 4/5 - "A Clever Hybird of Roguelike And Board Game" ----------------------------------------------------------- Ancient Legacy is a table-top style RPG with rogue-like elements. You play as a hero who must explore a dark world while fighting monsters, building their base, solving quests, and collecting four Ancient Legacy to seal the evil god. Features - Roll the dice and swing your sword as you test your luck and strategies - Venture across a world map that connects to 5 different areas - Build and upgrade your camp to help you on your journey - 4 powerful Ancient Legacy to collect - 4 environment boss wait for you to challenge them - 9 heroes with different abilities to choose and play (7 need to be unlocked) - 10 achievements to conquer - 32 kinds of enemies to face off against - 63 random events with mythical creatures, strange allies, and more - Endless fun as you fight, explore and adventure with dice ----------------------------------------------------------- Facebook http://www.facebook.com/TowerofFortune Gameplay Movie http://youtu.be/NDtIZ9N0q30

About

Pocket Wars

Features
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Pocket Wars is a minimalist geometry tower defense game where simple shapes become powerful armies. Defend your base, upgrade your units and destroy enemy bases in fast tactical battles. Unlock new unit classes, weapons and gadgets, then adapt your strategy as every level becomes harder. Build stronger squads, discover new combinations and fight your way through the Pentagon Army to reclaim the coordinate system. Features: • Geometry tower defense battles • Defend your base and destroy enemy bases • Upgrade units, weapons and gadgets • Unlock multiple unit classes • Increasingly challenging levels • Clean geometric visuals • Fast mobile-friendly gameplay • Cosmetic style themes Pocket Wars combines tower defense, tactical unit battles and minimalist strategy in one compact mobile game.

Screenshots

Ancient Legacy4 screens
Pocket Wars4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Pocket Wars at Free against Ancient Legacy's $0.99. Pocket Wars also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 9 months). Ancient Legacy's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On in-app purchases 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

Pocket Wars is free to download; Ancient Legacy costs $0.99 up front. Ancient Legacy sells 11 one-off in-app purchases and Pocket Wars sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Ancient Legacy ships an update every 9 months, Pocket Wars every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Ancient Legacy versus Pocket Wars: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAncient LegacyPocket Wars
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating4.1 (30 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews76.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings30 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 9 monthsEvery 5 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size40 MB273 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperGame StewKaan Gevrek

Bugs and requests

Ancient Legacy

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Game freezes/gets stuck in certain situations
  • Game bugged out and lost progress
  • App doesn't handle certain quest completions
  • Bug after camp destroyed and ambushed
  • No dice to continue after a bug

Requested features

14 requests
  • Sequel or new game with similar mechanics
  • Update graphics for newer phones
  • IAP update with new content or worlds
  • Create a sequel please!
  • Add a tutorial
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  • Fix bugs and glitches
  • Add more content/worlds to conquer
  • Improve post-game content
  • Option to unlock items through gameplay
  • Add a checkpoint system
  • Add a skip option for animations
  • Improve enemy balance
  • More narrative-centric occurrences
  • Option to earn IAP items in-game

Pocket Wars

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

11 purchases

Ancient Legacy

One-time11
  • Knight$0.99
  • Ranger$0.99
  • Rogue$0.99
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  • Samurai$0.99
  • Bard$0.99
  • Alchemist$0.99
  • Mascot$1.99
  • Coin$1.99
  • Bag$2.99
  • Hero Pack$4.99
  • Chest$4.99
5 purchases

Pocket Wars

One-time5
  • 1 Style Ticket$0.99
  • 3 Style Tickets$1.99
  • No Ads$2.99
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  • All Styles$3.99
  • Premium Pack$4.99

Questions

Is Ancient Legacy free?
Ancient Legacy costs $0.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Pocket Wars free?
Pocket Wars is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Ancient Legacy or Pocket Wars have ads?
Pocket Wars shows ads; Ancient Legacy does not.
Which is updated more often, Ancient Legacy or Pocket Wars?
Ancient Legacy ships an update every 9 months, and Pocket Wars every 5 days. Most recently, Ancient Legacy was updated on October 18, 2026 and Pocket Wars on October 10, 2026.

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