Splat Wars vs Gear DB for Splatoon 3
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Splat Wars
Engage in real-time online multiplayer battles to claim territory by inking the most turf. Upgrade your equipment, assist teammates, and compete globally or locally with friends.
- Online multiplayer battles
- Territorial inking gameplay
- Weapon and gear upgrades
- Borrow friends' gear
- Local network play
- Team-based assistance
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Splat Wars is a real-time online multiplayer game where you can battle with your friends, classmates and colleagues or anyone else all around the world! Battle with your friends in your local network, or enter real-time online multiplayer battles with players from all over the world in this colorful and super fun game. Get territorial with Splat Wars! The abandoned structures on Planet BL4H are now the home of the color-happy creatures known as Splatoids. The different colored Splatoids are convinced that their planet should be inked in their color. And for years the battle has raged on with the different teams trying to paint the most turf. Join the battle and make a difference. Compete in this team vs. team, live-or-dye battles for colorful dominance. FEATURES ● Play online with players from all over the world ● Engage in splatastic battles to ink the largest territory. ● Upgrade your weapons, armor, gear and more. ● Borrow your friends' gear for added power and boosts. ● Or play in your local network or wi-fi with your friends and family, even without an internet connection. ● Assist your teammates by super-jumping to their aid. PLEASE NOTE! Splat Wars is free to download and play, however, some game items can also be purchased for real money. If you don't want to use this feature, please disable in-app purchases in your device's settings. A network connection is required. Local matches can be played without internet access. SUPPORT Splatoid, are you having problems? Visit https://codebell.helpshift.com/a/splat-wars/ or contact us in game by going to Settings > Support.
Gear DB for Splatoon 3
Manage your Splatoon 3 gear collection and discover optimal ability combinations. Register your owned gear, save favorite sets with custom notes, and use the "Coordinator" function to find the perfect ability setup for any situation. Back up your data and explore new gear strategies.
- Register and manage owned gear
- Save favorite gear combinations
- Search gear by title and memo
- Ability coordination calculator
- Sort and search gear by name/ability/brand
- Backup and restore data
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Splatoon 3 gear management application. You can register gear combinations as favorites. Since you can search from the list of favorites by title and memo at the time of registration, let's make your own database such as what kind of weapon and stage fit it. Moreover, "Coordinator" function which inputs the necessary ability, finds the set suitable for the condition by combining possessed gears! For example, if you own 100 gears for each of headgear, clothing, and shoes, it will coordinate your hope from 100 * 100 * 100 = 1 million combinations. You may be able to discovery new combinations. --- How to use --- [Headgear], [Clothing], [Shoes] You can register each gear as own gear. To register, please tap the + button on the upper navigation bar and tap the gear you have from all gear. If you can not find all gears, download the latest data from the setting screen. Tap to register as own gear. Deleting own gear is swipe to the left from the list screen. Tap on the image of ability you own gear, you can change ability. You can sort by gear name, main ability, brand. And also, you can search by gear name. [Favorite Set] You can register a combination of own gears. Tap the image of the gear and choose from own gear. You can change ability here, change the title, memo and priority. Priority is used when sorting on the fav set list screen. And also, On this screen, you can search using title and memo. [Coordinator] It is a function to calculate a set that satisfies necessary ability by combining possessed gears. Please enter the necessary amount in the input field on the right side of the screen. (The main is converted as 10, the sub as 3) Tap the "Coordination!" Button and wait for a while the result list will be displayed. Tap the set from the list to copy it to your favorite set. When all ability are coordinated with 0, all combinations are output. (This function can not be used if there are few own gears) [Settings] The setting screen can be accessed from the bottom right button of the start screen. You can backup & restore using iCloud. (Backup & restore is still in development beta version) ------ [Splatoon 3] is a registered trademark of Nintendo Co., Ltd. This application is an unofficial application that has nothing to do with Nintendo Co., Ltd. In developing this application, the rich content of [Inkipedia!] was so helpful. I would like to take this opportunity to express my appreciation to you all. https://splatoonwiki.org/ http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Gear DB for Splatoon 3 at 4.6 against Splat Wars's 4.0. Gear DB for Splatoon 3 also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 10) and review sentiment (67% vs 40%). Splat Wars's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (2.6K vs 60). On price, update cadence, 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
Both are free to download. Splat Wars sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Gear DB for Splatoon 3 asks for nothing beyond the download.
Gear DB for Splatoon 3 holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Splat Wars has 2.6K ratings behind it against 60, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 40% of Splat Wars's written reviews are positive against 67% of Gear DB for Splatoon 3's.
Splat Wars ships an update every 4 weeks, Gear DB for Splatoon 3 every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Splat Wars | Gear DB for Splatoon 3 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (2.6K ratings) | 4.6 (60 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 40.2% of reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2.6K — better | 60 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 116 MB | 49 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Codebell, LLC | tadahito hiraoka |
Customer experience
Splat Wars
Gear DB for Splatoon 3
Bugs and requests
Splat Wars
Reported bugs
3 issues- Unable to connect to servers
- Freezing and crashing during gameplay
- Graphical glitches and visual bugs
Requested features
4 requests- Add offline/bot modes for solo play
- Improve matchmaking and reduce wait times
- Expand content with more maps, weapons, and game modes
- Optimize performance and reduce lag/glitches
Gear DB for Splatoon 3
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Splat Wars
- Big Spender$0.99
- Handful of Gems$4.99
- Box of Coins$9.99
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- Box of Gems$9.99
- Lots of Coins$19.99
- Lots of Gems$19.99
- Crate of Coins$49.99
- Crate of Gems$49.99
- Tons of Coins$89.99
- Tons of Gems$89.99
Gear DB for Splatoon 3
No in-app purchases
Questions
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