Comparison

Arcane Tower vs HexaGuard

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

Head to head
About

Arcane Tower

Embark on a challenging roguelike adventure as a brave wizard. Explore randomly generated maps, compete in daily challenges with global leaderboards, and learn from top player replays to defeat evil and uncover ancient secrets.

Highlights
  • Randomly generated maps
  • Challenging roguelike mechanics
  • Daily challenge mode
  • Global leaderboards
  • Watch top player replays
  • Single-player adventure
Features
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Evil reigns throughout the kingdom, darkness obscures the landscape. A brave wizard is determined to put an end to all of this. But there's only one way. The Arcane Tower keeps the powers and secrets required to defeat all the evil. Arcane Tower is a roguelike game with mechanics carefully designed to make every run challenging, interesting and incredibly fun. Key features: * Maps are randomly generated, meaning every run you play will be different from every other run you've played. * Daily Challenge! Every day a special map is generated, the same for everyone in the world. Compete in the daily leaderboards! * Watch other players: after playing a Daily Challenge, you can watch replays of the top players to see how they got their score.

About

HexaGuard

Features
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When the multicore lights up in the hexagonal lattice, the enemy is approaching from all sides. In the hexagonal board, all you need to do is crack the ice and build defenses to stop the evil triangle from taking over the core. It's a tough task, utilize all the skills you have, you can freeze enemies, use double actions or even set up decoys... Every step is a game of life and death: Anticipate your enemies' movement logic, deploy your limited skill resources, and weave the ultimate web of traps on the hive board. Will you defend the core? Or bait and destroy? There are tons of levels and all kinds of fun skills! It's also an offline game, so you can play anytime, anywhere!

Screenshots

Arcane Tower4 screens
HexaGuard4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: HexaGuard at Free against Arcane Tower's $1.99. HexaGuard also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.6). On ads, 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

HexaGuard is free to download; Arcane Tower costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Arcane Tower versus HexaGuard: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterArcane TowerHexaGuard
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (5 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews85.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings5 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.613.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB65 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperDiego CathalifaudHangzhou jingtu network technology co., LTD

In-app purchases

None

Arcane Tower

No in-app purchases

None

HexaGuard

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Arcane Tower free?
Arcane Tower costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is HexaGuard free?
HexaGuard is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Arcane Tower or HexaGuard have ads?
Neither Arcane Tower nor HexaGuard shows ads.

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