Comparison

WAYNESAW vs Battalion Commander

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

Head to head
About

WAYNESAW

Embark on an adventure as a sentient chainsaw, battling mutated creatures and toxic waste to find your lost family. Upgrade your chainsaw's abilities and unleash devastating power-ups to clear the forest.

Highlights
  • Play as a chainsaw
  • Battle mutated forest critters
  • Destroy trees and enemies
  • Upgrade sawblade abilities
  • Utilize power-ups like Boostpads and Chainguns
  • Transform into SUPERSAW
Features
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He’s cute. He’s loveable. He’s a CHAINSAW. Meet Waynesaw, your new best friend! Tear through the forest as Waynesaw in the hopes of reuniting with your lost family. But watch out! The forest is teeming with toxic waste, and the forest critters have transformed into vicious mutants. Fortunately, you are a chainsaw! Destroy trees! Obliterate your enemies! Upgrade your sawblade to annihilate everything in exciting and horrible ways! Jump on a Boostpad or grab a Chaingun to wreak unthinkable carnage upon the forest. When you’ve rained enough havoc, transform into the ferocious and unstoppable SUPERSAW! Rev up your engine, because what’s better than wielding a chainsaw? BEING A CHAINSAW.

About

Battalion Commander

Engage in intense vertical shooting combat, recruiting allied troops and utilizing powerful skills to destroy an enemy base. Upgrade weapons and unlock new abilities to survive challenging missions and an endless mode.

Highlights
  • Squad recruitment
  • Weapon upgrades
  • Mighty skills
  • Endless mode
  • Armored vehicle combat
  • Multiple soldier types
Features
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Get armed to the teeth and fight your way through the enemy territory packed with soldiers, tanks, watch towers and helicopters. You’ll need help from your fellow soldiers trapped by the foe, tons of weapons and upgrades and mighty skills to survive and accomplish your mission. And your mission is to destroy the secret enemy base that you will find in the end of your journey. If you manage to stay alive of course! You start the mission alone, but you will find cages with trapped allied troops that will join your squad once you set them free. On top of that you have a mighty skill that slowly charges as you go and can eliminate all the enemies around you in a single strike! With each mission you gain experience and get higher ranks to have a bigger squad and unlock more upgrades. No one said it's going to be easy, but if you failed the mission, you can regroup and buy valuable upgrades and weapons, unlock new allied troops and skills. Key features: - 4 leader weapons - 3 skills - 5 allied soldier types - 30 upgrades - endless mode - armored vehicle that lets you hit the enemy troops!

Screenshots

WAYNESAW4 screens
Battalion Commander4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: WAYNESAW at none against Battalion Commander's shown. WAYNESAW also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 3 months) and ratings volume (309 vs 3). On price, rating, review sentiment 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. WAYNESAW sells 9 one-off in-app purchases and Battalion Commander sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for WAYNESAW against 5.0 for Battalion Commander. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: WAYNESAW has 309 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 92% of WAYNESAW's written reviews are positive against 100% of Battalion Commander's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

WAYNESAW ships an update weekly, Battalion Commander every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
WAYNESAW versus Battalion Commander: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWAYNESAWBattalion Commander
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (309 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews92.4% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings309 — better3
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS9.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size201 MB186 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperSo Choice SoftworksIriySoft

Customer experience

WAYNESAW

All ratings309 ratings
Positive96.8%
Neutral1.3%
Negative1.9%
Written reviews105 reviews
Positive92.4%
Neutral2.9%
Negative4.8%

Battalion Commander

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

WAYNESAW

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Invisible enemies and chainsaw
  • Checkpoint issues causing deaths
  • Unexpected in-app purchases

Requested features

5 requests
  • More costume and upgrade options
  • Expanded story and level content
  • Improved optimization for older devices
  • Ability to pause the game
  • Morgoth-kun character addition

Battalion Commander

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

9 purchases

WAYNESAW

One-time9
  • Fill wallet, get all upgrades!Free
  • 5,000 Coins$0.99
  • 10 Nuts$0.99
Show 6 more
  • 30,000 Coins$1.99
  • 25 Nuts$1.99
  • 70,000 Coins$4.99
  • 200,000 Coins$9.99
  • 150 Nuts$9.99
  • 400 Nuts$19.99
1 purchases

Battalion Commander

One-time1
  • No Ads$2.99

Questions

Is WAYNESAW free?
WAYNESAW is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Battalion Commander free?
Battalion Commander is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, WAYNESAW or Battalion Commander?
Battalion Commander is rated higher. WAYNESAW averages 4.9 out of 5 from 309 ratings, while Battalion Commander averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do WAYNESAW or Battalion Commander have ads?
Battalion Commander shows ads; WAYNESAW does not.
Which is updated more often, WAYNESAW or Battalion Commander?
WAYNESAW ships an update weekly, and Battalion Commander every 3 months. Most recently, WAYNESAW was updated on November 2, 2026 and Battalion Commander on November 3, 2026.

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