The Vikings vs Cannon It!
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
The Vikings
Engage in brutal combat as a Viking warrior, hurling axes at a variety of enemies. Upgrade your arsenal with new axes, shields, and helmets to overcome increasingly challenging foes. Test your skills in a player-versus-player mode for ultimate bragging rights.
- Axe throwing combat
- Variety of enemy types
- Weapon and armor upgrades
- Player versus player mode
- Simple tap-to-aim controls
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Viking is a ferocious Scandinavian warrior. Viking's favorite weapons are axes! You can throw them at enemies and split their skulls! It is very simple to do this - just tap on the screen and pull to aim and release to throw the ax. One accurate throw will be enough to put down any opponent. And there will be a lot of them! Among them are archers, armored swordsmen and even magicians. Therefore, to destroy them there are axes available for every taste in the game store, as well as a variety of shields and helmets to defend yourself from arrows and shells of magicians. Also, the player versus player mode is implemented. Each player is on his turret and you need to hit an ax in your opponent before he splits your skull with his ax. And do not worry if you die in the midst of a fight ... after all, Valhalla is waiting for you after death!!!* Have a good game! * Valhalla does not apply to warriors who have defeated less than one opponent.
Cannon It!
Engage in physics-based castle destruction. Aim your cannon, fire, and watch buildings crumble. Earn coins to upgrade your arsenal and conquer increasingly challenging levels across diverse environments.
- Physics-based demolition
- Handcrafted levels
- Multiple environments
- Cannon upgrades
- Ball upgrades
- Easy to master
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Aim, Fire, and Watch the destruction! Real physics based demolition of medieval castles. Earn coins, upgrade your cannon and cause more destruction. Are you ready? Key features: - Handcrafted buildings and levels - Full, real physics based demolition of buildings - Forests, mountains, snow-land, spooky forest and desert environments - Upgrade your arsenal (8 visually different cannons and 6 balls) - Easy to play but hard to master
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Verdict
The Vikings and Cannon It! both sit at 4.6 stars, but that hides the real split: 75% of The Vikings's written reviews are positive against 42% of Cannon It!'s. Cannon It!'s advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 38 months) and ratings volume (4.5K vs 163). On price, rating, 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
Both are free to download. The Vikings sells 6 one-off in-app purchases and Cannon It! sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for The Vikings against 4.4 for Cannon It!. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Cannon It! has 4.5K ratings behind it against 163, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 75% of The Vikings's written reviews are positive against 42% of Cannon It!'s.
The Vikings ships an update every 38 months, Cannon It! monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | The Vikings | Cannon It! |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (163 ratings) — better | 4.4 (4.5K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews — better | 41.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 163 | 4.5K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 38 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 109 MB | 394 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 12+ |
| Developer | BYV | Voodoo |
Customer experience
The Vikings
Cannon It!
User reviews
The Vikings
From 163 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Fun and stress-relieving
- 👍 Great for passing time
- 👍 Dynamic gameplay
- 👍 Addictive
- 👍 Good for killing time
Room to improve
- 🐛 Axes go through enemies
- 🐛 Multiplayer not loading
- 🐛 Unresponsive controls
- 🐛 Ads every round
- 🐛 Expensive axes useless
Cannon It!
From 4.5K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Fast gameplay
- 👍 Good graphics
- 💡 Interesting gameplay mechanics
- 🎮 Fun game overall
Room to improve
- 💸 Excessive ads
- 🕰️ Slow progression between levels
- 🐛 Crashes and bugs
- 🔁 Repetitive gameplay after completing all levels
Bugs and requests
The Vikings
Reported bugs
13 issues- Axes go through enemies
- Axes disappear mid-throw
- Enemies stay on block as shields
- Multiplayer not loading
- Unresponsive controls on iPhone
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- Coins not saving in single player
- Double coin purchase overcharged
- Axes don't hit in higher rounds
- Headshots bypass shields
- Expensive axes seem useless
- Axes don't do more damage despite cost
- No physics in the game
- Cover character still wearing Santa hat
Requested features
20 requests- Update the game
- Add armor
- Add more axes
- Add a game mode against swordsmen
- Add a white reticle like in spear version
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- Add more helmets
- Option to play from the right side
- Add challenges
- Make expensive axes more impactful
- Fix multiplayer issues
- Fix coin saving issues
- Fix axe penetration issues
- Fix headshot bug
- Fix axe disappearing bug
- Fix enemies staying as shields bug
- Fix ads frequency
- Fix purchase overcharging
- Add physics to the game
- Make axes more effective
- Improve controls for iPhone
Cannon It!
Reported bugs
2 issues- App crashes or freezes
- Levels not loading properly
Requested features
3 requests- More levels and content updates
- Ability to upgrade cannons and cannonballs
- Competitive multiplayer mode
In-app purchases
The Vikings
- 5000 Coins$1.99
- Disabling advertising$1.99
- 20000 Coins$3.99
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- 50000 Coins$6.99
- 100000 Coins$22.99
- 500000 Coins$79.99
Cannon It!
- No Ads$2.99
Questions
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