Comparison

The Samurai Wars vs Homaro!

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

Head to head
About

The Samurai Wars

Engage in tactical warfare with historical samurai portraits. Command troops, utilize unique skills, and employ diplomacy, ninja tactics, and political maneuvering to conquer Japan. Collect over 400 samurais and 200 treasures.

Highlights
  • Tactical troop command
  • Unique samurai skills
  • Diplomatic activities
  • Ninja operations
  • Political maneuvering
  • Town development
  • Collectable warlords and treasures
Features
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◆The Samurai Wars◆ This is a tactical war game using actual portrait of samurai. Conquer whole Japan as Oda nobunaga who is famous samurai warlord with over 400 samurais! ◆Intuitive Battle◆ You can command your troop and use tactical skill by Flick/Tap! Defeat enemy by using each samurai's tactical skill! ◆Various Strategies◆ It is not easy to survive by just tactics in battlefield. Diplomatic activities like trading and alliance... Various Ninja's activities... Political activities in Imperial court and Shogunate... Development of town... Let's plan your own strategy! ◆A lot of Warlords, Treasure There are over 400 samurais and 200 treasure items. Can you collect all?

About

Homaro!

Experience human history from the Stone Age in this evolutionary survival simulation. Craft tools, manage resources, and guide humanity's development across diverse terrains and historical periods. Features auto-save and a skill system for enhanced gameplay.

Highlights
  • Evolutionary survival simulation
  • Craft tools and materials
  • Historical progression (Stone Age to megaliths)
  • Terrain and unit manipulation
  • Skill system for development
  • Auto-save functionality
Features
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What can humanity do on this planet? Experience human history starting from the Stone Age with a simple system! A new sensation, a boxy survival evolutionary simulation! Craft your own tools and materials! You'll be able to use your skills to improve your gameplay. The game can be stopped at any time with auto-save! Control Method Use the virtual pad to move your units to various terrains! Collect items from the terrain! Use items to change units and terrain! The Birth of Humanity Use herbivores to turn the wilderness into a grassland. Use herbivores to turn the wilderness into grasslands, and move through the grasslands to reach the ocean. Make the weather appear and make it rain on the grasslands. Make humans appear from the forest. Africa Create weapons, hunt herbivores, and make clothes that can withstand dryness. Make it rain in the desert to create an oasis and cross to the northern continent. Great Journey Edition Create spears, hunt mammoths with your team, and make clothes to withstand the cold. Spread across the world by crossing straits and glaciers. Building megaliths Those brave enough to hunt predators will be recognized as leaders. Use your leadership skills to develop your village and build megaliths for your descendants to prosper. Skill System You can improve your skills by logging, hunting, and other activities. Use your skills to develop more advanced tools! I recommend it to people who like the following games. If you like slow life farming games! If you like crafting games where you have to hunt animals and collect materials, this is the game for you! People who like development games such as town building and house building, and games about making things! People who like historical games such as Jomon period and Yayoi period games! People who like survival games and building games where you can move freely! Well, I wish you a good trip!

Screenshots

The Samurai Wars4 screens
Homaro!3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Homaro! at 4.7 against The Samurai Wars's 4.1. Homaro! also leads on update cadence (every 6 days vs fortnightly). The Samurai Wars's advantage is review sentiment (53% vs 21%). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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

Both are free to download. The Samurai Wars sells 7 one-off in-app purchases and Homaro! sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Homaro! holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 63 and 36 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 53% of The Samurai Wars's written reviews are positive against 21% of Homaro!'s, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

The Samurai Wars ships an update fortnightly, Homaro! every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
The Samurai Wars versus Homaro!: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterThe Samurai WarsHomaro!
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.1 (63 ratings)4.7 (36 ratings) — better
Positive reviews52.8% of reviews — better21.2% of reviews
Number of ratings63 — better36
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 6 days — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size266 MB86 MB
Age rating9+9+
DeveloperKeita NagafuchiTANAKA NORIYUKI

Customer experience

The Samurai Wars

All ratings59 ratings
Positive76.3%
Neutral5.1%
Negative18.6%
Written reviews72 reviews
Positive52.8%
Neutral11.1%
Negative36.1%

Homaro!

All ratings36 ratings
Positive91.7%
Neutral5.6%
Negative2.8%
Written reviews52 reviews
Positive21.2%
Neutral19.2%
Negative59.6%

In-app purchases

7 purchases

The Samurai Wars

One-time7
  • Stone 100$0.99
  • Available Samurai +14 variants$3.99
  • Scenario pack - Sekigahara$3.99
Show 4 more
  • Remove ADs$6.99
  • Stone 1000$8.99
  • Stone 5000$39.99
  • Stone 12000$89.99
4 purchases

Homaro!

One-time4
  • A mad dash!$1.99
  • interference$3.99
  • submissive$4.99
Show 1 more
  • Remove ads$4.99

Questions

Is The Samurai Wars free?
The Samurai Wars is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Homaro! free?
Homaro! is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, The Samurai Wars or Homaro!?
Homaro! is rated higher. The Samurai Wars averages 4.1 out of 5 from 63 ratings, while Homaro! averages 4.7 from 36 ratings.
Do The Samurai Wars or Homaro! have ads?
Both The Samurai Wars and Homaro! show ads.
Which is updated more often, The Samurai Wars or Homaro!?
The Samurai Wars ships an update fortnightly, and Homaro! every 6 days. Most recently, The Samurai Wars was updated on November 2, 2026 and Homaro! on November 3, 2026.

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