Comparison

Barcode Knight vs Rebirth Forge Idle

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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

About

Rebirth Forge Idle

An idle progression game where you forge rare swords through luck-based enhancement and reforging. Automate combat while you focus on acquiring, enhancing, and selling swords to achieve higher-level blades with unique traits.

Highlights
  • Luck-based enhancement loop
  • Random sword and trait collection
  • Enhancement event choices
  • Rebirth system for permanent upgrades
  • Automated spectator combat
  • Playful flavor text and quirky lines
Features
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Rebirth Forge Idle is an idle progression game built around enhancement and reforging. Reforge randomly obtained swords, push through the risk of success, preservation, and destruction, and aim for higher-level blades with rare traits. Combat runs automatically in spectator mode. Turn-based auto battles continue on the side while you keep enhancing, selling, and acquiring new swords to grow stronger. Game Features - Luck-based enhancement loop: costs rise and success rates fall as you enhance. Just one more try! - Random collection: both swords and traits are random, including grade, pool, and duplicate rules. - Enhancement encounter choices: events during enhancement can change traits and stats. - Rebirth reset progression: reset your run through rebirth and spend rebirth points on permanent upgrades. Casual tone and playful flavor text: collect the forge's suspicious excuses and quirky lines. This is not an action game. Instead of fast controls, it focuses on the tension of probability-based enhancement and the thrill of growth when success lands. Step into the forge, overcome the risk about to explode, and complete your own top-grade sword!

Screenshots

Barcode Knight4 screens
Rebirth Forge Idle4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Rebirth Forge Idle at Free against Barcode Knight's $0.99. Rebirth Forge Idle also leads on update cadence (weekly vs monthly). Barcode Knight's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (61% vs 33%). On 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Rebirth Forge Idle is free to download; Barcode Knight costs $0.99 up front. Barcode Knight sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and Rebirth Forge Idle sells 9 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Barcode Knight ships an update monthly, Rebirth Forge Idle weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Barcode Knight versus Rebirth Forge Idle: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBarcode KnightRebirth Forge Idle
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (26 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews61.3% of reviews — better33.3% of reviews
Number of ratings26 — better—
Update frequencyMonthlyWeekly — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS8.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size40 MB684 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperMagic CubeYangJin Lee

Customer experience

Barcode Knight

All ratings26 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews181 reviews
Positive61.3%
Neutral11.6%
Negative27.1%

Rebirth Forge Idle

Written reviews3 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%

Bugs and requests

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

Rebirth Forge Idle

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Barcode Knight

One-time4
  • 5 AP potions$0.99
  • 50 AP potions$4.99
  • 150 AP potions$9.99
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  • 500 AP potions$19.99
9 purchases

Rebirth Forge Idle

One-time9
  • 100 Diamonds$0.99
  • 1 Random Artifact$0.99
  • Daily Dungeon Progress Reset$3.99
Show 6 more
  • Remove Ads$6.99
  • Rebirth Points x2$9.99
  • Game Speed x3$9.99
  • 10 Random Artifacts$9.99
  • 1300 Diamonds$14.99
  • 25 Random Artifacts$22.99

Questions

Is Barcode Knight free?
Barcode Knight costs $0.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Rebirth Forge Idle free?
Rebirth Forge Idle is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Barcode Knight or Rebirth Forge Idle have ads?
Rebirth Forge Idle shows ads; Barcode Knight does not.
Which is updated more often, Barcode Knight or Rebirth Forge Idle?
Barcode Knight ships an update monthly, and Rebirth Forge Idle weekly. Most recently, Barcode Knight was updated on November 4, 2026 and Rebirth Forge Idle on October 31, 2026.

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