Helicopter Hostility vs Janken Samurai
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Helicopter Hostility
Engage in tactical helicopter dogfights with a simple one-button control scheme. Challenge a friend on a shared screen or battle against the CPU in fast-paced duels. Choose from a variety of real-world helicopters.
- Tactical dogfights
- One-button controls
- Local multiplayer (shared screen)
- CPU opponent
- Multiple helicopter types
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Blow your opponent to pixels in this tactical helicopter dogfight game! Helicopter Hostility is a tactical, one-button action game where you duel your opponents in explosive dogfights. Play against a friend on a shared screen or face the CPU in a set of short, action-packed duels. The current version includes the following helicopters: AH-64 (USA), Mi-28 (Russia), Z-10 (China), UH-60 (USA), Tigre (France), Mi-24 (Russia), AH-1Z (USA), HAL-LCH (India)
Janken Samurai
Engage in strategic combat across various ranks and a challenging Lethal mode. Explore an endless roguelike adventure with unique maps and a leveling system. Compete globally on leaderboards.
- Ranked arena progression
- Lethal combat mode
- Online leaderboard competition
- Endless roguelike quest mode
- Unique maps and leveling system
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Work your way through the ranks (1st Dan, 5th Dan, and 10th Dan) in the arena. Bring those skills to the life and death Lethal mode and compete on the online leaderboard against players from around the world. Take on Quest Mode! An endless roguelike mode with 6 unique maps and an all new leveling system. How many will fall to your blade?
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Janken Samurai at monthly against Helicopter Hostility's every 57 months. Janken Samurai also leads on rating (4.5 vs 4.2). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and ads 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Janken Samurai holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 26 and 14 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 65% of Helicopter Hostility's written reviews are positive against 57% of Janken Samurai's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Helicopter Hostility ships an update every 57 months, Janken Samurai monthly. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Helicopter Hostility | Janken Samurai |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (26 ratings) | 4.5 (14 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 64.7% of reviews — better | 57.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 26 — better | 14 |
| Update frequency | Every 57 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 11.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 61 MB | 172 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Dreamon Studios AB | Good Good Games LLC |
Customer experience
Helicopter Hostility
Janken Samurai
In-app purchases
Helicopter Hostility
No in-app purchases
Janken Samurai
No in-app purchases
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