Comparison

Bit Journey vs Radiant

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

Head to head
About

Bit Journey

Embark on an open-world adventure where time travel vortexes unleash enemies. Survive, collect items, and defeat foes to improve your character. Train pets to assist you in battle and explore diverse roles from ninja to warrior.

Highlights
  • Limitless open-world exploration
  • Time travel vortexes and enemies
  • Character skill improvement
  • Pet sidekicks with training
  • Diverse character roles
  • Leaderboard competition
Features
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Explore a gigantic, limitless and rich world. It's a brand new open-world experience. The world has gone mad, time travel vortexes are appearing everywhere and spawning incredible enemies that are trying to dominate the whole world while our seven heroes are trying to survive! Destroy everything in the world, collect items and defeat amazing enemies. Score by doing anything in the world, improve your character skills and prepare to survive. You can even conquer secret bases, defeat super bosses and compete with your friends in the leaderboards! You can also use your Watch to take care of pets and use them as sidekicks in the game! You can feed them, play with them, train them and it will impact in their performances during gameplay! To fight side-by-side with Chip, Catty and Fairy, just raise your wrist while playing or access them through the Base and have fun! Be a mysterious ninja, an army soldier, a baseball player, a famous artist, or even a medieval warrior. Survive the journey and reach the higher glory. There's a little bit of everything in Bit Journey. ** Through the years, we were featured on the App Store's: ** Best New Games Best Pixel Art Games Games with Great Protagonists Apps Made in Brazil Games made in Latin America Celebrating National Talents Brazilian Games Great Brazilian Games Best Retro-Modern Games Cute Heroes Cult Classics 20 under 20 Our Favorites for Apple Watch ** We trended on: ** #1 in 2 Countries on the Games Category, Action and Adventure Subcategories #5 in 30 Countries on the Games Category, Action and Adventure Subcategories #25 in 15 Countries on the Games Category, Action and Adventure Subcategories Top 100 in 100+ Countries on the Games Category, Action and Adventure Subcategories

About

Radiant

Embark on a pixel art adventure in this side-scrolling RPG. Master combos, elemental magic, and crafting as you battle through diverse levels to save a kingdom from darkness. Explore a village hub for upgrades and hire mercenaries for challenging modes.

Highlights
  • Side-scrolling hack and slash combat
  • Elemental magic and combo system
  • Crafting and equipment upgrades
  • Randomly generated roguelike mode
  • Offline play support
  • Multiple difficulty levels
  • Customizable controls and accessibility options
Features
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Radiant: Guardians of Light is a pixel art action RPG for people who like hack and slash games with proper combos: a sword in one hand, elemental magic in the other and a kingdom to take back from the dark. More than a hundred years ago, the hero chosen by the spirit of light was corrupted by war and became Gultar, the adept of darkness who now rules Helia. Ainar has a smaller problem, at first: bandits took his little sister, Alina, and he wants her back. Then a fragment of the spirit of light chooses him, and the rescue turns into a war. A SIDE SCROLLING HACK AND SLASH Fight through more than 50 side-scrolling levels, from Crab Island and the plains of Adran to the Igdral Forest, the Fields of Ralegost and the city of Helix. Rescue the elemental spirits held by Gultar's heralds and take down the bosses waiting for you along the way, with animated cutscenes and an original soundtrack. COMBAT The part that makes hack and slash games worth playing, done properly: • Chain combos and launch enemies into the air, then keep hitting them up there • Roll out of danger and dash straight through a crowd • Fire elemental blasts, and a special attack when the elemental bar fills up • Switch at any moment between Ainar's sword and the magic of Quinn, the pink-haired apprentice of the sorceress Ophana AN ARPG WITH A FORGE AND A TAVERN Between fights you go back to a village that is a little odd, in a good way. Gildart, the blacksmith, is half troll, half dwarf and half human (best not to check the maths). Grissel has spent a hundred years looking for a cure for an old accident. Rolant is a talking cat who hunts for a living. And Captain Roberts, a retired pirate, runs a tavern full of mercenaries for hire. • Craft and upgrade swords, helmets and armour at Gildart's forge • Equip pendants with magical abilities • Spend skill points to grow stronger • Get potions for a temporary boost, materials from the hunters and mercenaries from the tavern • Follow main, side and daily quests, and travel between the portals you find COLOSSEUM AND A ROGUELIKE MODE When the story is not enough, the Colosseum throws wave after wave of enemies at you. And the Rogue mode builds its rooms at random: pick skills at the shrines, hire mercenaries, face bosses and start again knowing a little more. No two runs are alike. A PIXEL ACTION RPG YOU CAN PLAY OFFLINE • No internet connection needed • Five difficulty levels, from Easy to Legend • Keyboard and mouse, controller or touch controls, and every action can be remapped • Accessibility options: a narrator for menus and dialogue, colour filters, larger text, less screen shake, fewer flashes and sound cues for enemies, walls and points of interest If you are looking for action RPG games that ask for timing rather than button mashing, or hack and slash games where a well-placed roll matters as much as the hit, Radiant is a good place to swing a sword. Follow the light, find Alina and see what Gultar has done with the kingdom.

Screenshots

Bit Journey4 screens
Radiant4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Bit Journey at Free against Radiant's $4.99. Radiant's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 2 months). On review sentiment, 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

Bit Journey is free to download; Radiant costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Bit Journey ships an update every 2 months, Radiant every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Bit Journey versus Radiant: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBit JourneyRadiant
PriceFree — better$4.99
Rating4.0 (52 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews65.3% of reviews66.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings52 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size49 MB1.3 GB
Age rating12+9+
DeveloperMarcos MoraisCHORRUS GAMES S.L.

Customer experience

Bit Journey

All ratings52 ratings
Positive73.1%
Neutral7.7%
Negative19.2%
Written reviews190 reviews
Positive65.3%
Neutral8.4%
Negative26.3%

Radiant

Written reviews3 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral33.3%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Bit Journey

No in-app purchases

None

Radiant

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Bit Journey free?
Bit Journey is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Radiant free?
Radiant costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Bit Journey or Radiant have ads?
Neither Bit Journey nor Radiant shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Bit Journey or Radiant?
Bit Journey ships an update every 2 months, and Radiant every 3 days. Most recently, Bit Journey was updated on November 1, 2026 and Radiant on November 4, 2026.

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