Timber West vs Janken Samurai
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Timber West
Embark on a Wild West adventure in this fast-paced arcade shooter. Master unique one-touch controls to wield various weapons against outlaws, defeat bosses, and rescue a princess. Explore diverse western locales with retro pixel art graphics and an 8-bit soundtrack.
- One-touch shooting mechanics
- Unlockable characters with unique weapons
- Multiple western-themed locations
- Boss fights and special levels
- Retro pixel art and 8-bit soundtrack
- Game Center leaderboards and achievements
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Wild West shooter from creators of Timberman! So many outlaws out there, let’s teach them a lesson... Timber West is a fast paced arcade game with unique one touch shooting mechanics. Press, hold and release to shoot. Use guns, shotguns, miniguns, bows and tomahawks. Visit little western towns, indian villages, abandoned mines and canions. Pass all the levels, defeat ugly boss and rescue beautiful princess. To become a sheriff you need to be really fast and well equipped. Are you fast enough? Full iPhone X support - have even more fun on bigger screen! Features - 16+ levels - 30+ characters with unique weapons to unlock - 50+ ugly enemies - special levels (cans, bottles, balloons) - boss fights - retro 8-bit soundtrack by Timberman music composer (Stalek) - pixel art graphics and retro style feeling - unique one touch mechanics - Game Center leaderboards & achievements - full iPhone X support - have even more fun on bigger screen. - animated iOS Stickers!
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 in-app purchases: Janken Samurai at none against Timber West's 6. Janken Samurai also leads on rating (4.5 vs 4.3). Timber West's advantage is review sentiment (88% vs 57%) and ratings volume (96 vs 15). On price, update cadence, ads 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. Timber West sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Janken Samurai asks for nothing beyond the download.
Janken Samurai holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Timber West has 96 ratings behind it against 15, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 88% of Timber West'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.
Timber West ships an update fortnightly, Janken Samurai monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Timber West | Janken Samurai |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (96 ratings) | 4.5 (15 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 88.1% of reviews — better | 57.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 96 — better | 15 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 7.0 — better | 11.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 121 MB | 172 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Digital Melody | Good Good Games LLC |
Customer experience
Timber West
Janken Samurai
Bugs and requests
Timber West
Reported bugs
3 issues- App crashes without warning
- Game Center leaderboards not updating
- Constant 'how to play' screen
Requested features
5 requests- More levels
- Add checkpoints
- Update leaderboards
- Different ad model
- More penguins
Janken Samurai
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Timber West
- No Ads$0.99
- 1000 coins$0.99
- 3000 coins$1.99
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- All characters$1.99
- Special offer$1.99
- 5000 coins$2.99
Janken Samurai
No in-app purchases
Questions
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