Comparison

Vandals vs Insignia

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

Head to head
About

Vandals

Infiltrate iconic cities and spray paint walls in this turn-based puzzle game. Evade police surveillance as you progress through increasingly challenging levels inspired by famous street artists. Enjoy hours of immersive gameplay with an original soundtrack.

Highlights
  • Turn-based gameplay
  • Street art infiltration
  • Spray painting mechanics
  • 60 challenging puzzles
  • 5 iconic cities
  • Original soundtrack
  • Social media sharing
Features
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Vandals is an infiltration game that will transport you to the most emblematic cities of street art. In this turn-based game, the goal is to sneak around police surveillance and spray walls that grow harder and harder to access. From Paris to Tokyo, via São Paulo, Berlin and New York, follow in the wake of ultra-famous street artists like Blek Le Rat and Keith Haring. With Vandals, you can bomb your alias on the walls of New York like Lady Pink, paint childlike characters like Keith Haring, or get inspired by the poems of Miss.Tic and write your own. After Type:Rider, Vandals is the new project by Cosmografik. It's a video game published and co-produced by ARTE - the European cultural TV and digital channel - and Ex Nihilo. Developed in partnership with Novelab. It is easy to learn, and the puzzles promise hours of immersion and pleasure. • Share your most awesome creations on social networks • Rock to the rhythm of an original soundtrack: headphones recommended! • Play in portrait or landscape mode. Left-handed / right-handed option The game includes: • 60 puzzles to solve • 5 cities with original graphical worlds • 40 backgrounders on the evolution of streetart since the 1960s

About

Insignia

A tactical role-playing game where you customize a squad of unique classes and abilities to overcome challenging grid-based battles. Embark on an epic single-player campaign with witty dialogue and a compelling story.

Highlights
  • 14 unique classes (Insignias)
  • Over 70 unique abilities
  • Isometric, grid-based battle system
  • 35+ story missions
  • Single-player campaign
  • Customizable difficulty
  • New Game Plus mode
Features
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Insignia: Tactics is our love letter to the Strategy RPG genre. Level up, unlock exciting new classes, and learn powerful new abilities to defeat the foes conspiring against you! Can you solve the mystery of the war and bring those responsible to justice? -Customize Your Squad- 14 unique classes (Insignias). Over 70 unique abilities. Upgrade abilities as you see fit - with multiple upgrade paths, classes, and more options to fine-tune your units, your team is truly yours to command. -Love Strategy? We've got you- Take on your foes within an isometric, grid-based battle system. Plan, position, and utilize your units wisely to unleash destruction! 35+ story missions and optional Arvada missions will test your abilities and force you to adapt to new and interesting circumstances. Insignias are designed to counterbalance each other, so there are always multiple winning strategies for each battle. -Single Player Campaign- Experience an epic story following a company of soldiers through unforeseen peril, witty dialogue, and growing friendship. You'll stop at nothing to protect your country and family, but your foes are many and equally persistent. Somebody has it out for you, and it will take great courage and resolve to defeat them. -Mobile First- Navigate the battlefield with intuitive touch controls. Insignia automatically saves your game as you play, even during battle. Never worry about losing your progress after a short play session. -Customizable Difficulty- Too difficult? Too easy? No problem. Customize the difficulty to your liking. Don't feel like paying real money to win? Don't worry - we don't like doing that either. Includes a Story Mode for those mostly interested in the narrative. -New Game Plus- A staple of the genre, but with a twist. Play through the campaign again on your terms. Perhaps you can even change the events of the story! Download today and see why Insignia: Tactics has drawn favorable comparisons to the likes of classic games like Final Fantasy Tactics (one of our favs!) No need for micro-transactions or pay-to-win shenanigans. Go on an adventure that defies mobile game expectations!

Screenshots

Vandals4 screens
Insignia4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Insignia at 100% against Vandals's 49%. Insignia also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.5) and chart position (#191 vs unranked). Vandals's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 8 months) and price ($3.99 vs $4.99). On ratings volume, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

Vandals costs $3.99 and Insignia $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Insignia holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 43 and 19 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 49% of Vandals's written reviews are positive against 100% of Insignia's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Vandals ships an update fortnightly, Insignia every 8 months. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
Vandals versus Insignia: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVandalsInsignia
Price$3.99 — better$4.99
Rating3.5 (43 ratings)5.0 (19 ratings) — better
Positive reviews48.5% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings43 — better19
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 8 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
Best chart rank—#191 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS8.0 — better11.2
Further details — not scored
Size298 MB1.9 GB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperARTE France AppsWin Button LLC

Customer experience

Vandals

All ratings43 ratings
Positive60.5%
Neutral4.7%
Negative34.9%
Written reviews68 reviews
Positive48.5%
Neutral8.8%
Negative42.6%

Insignia

All ratings18 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews11 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Vandals

Reported bugs

17 issues
  • Game gets stuck at entering pseudonym
  • Controls stop working
  • Game randomly shuts down
  • Kicks back to tutorial
  • Art progress sometimes disappears
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  • Tokyo level 8 move counter wrong
  • Berlin secret book missing
  • Game Center not working
  • App impossible to open on older OS
  • Crashes at startup/tutorial
  • Deleted progress/art
  • Game crashes after opening
  • Game crashes shortly after intro
  • Game crashes on startup
  • Game doesn't work
  • Cannot move in the game
  • Game freezes at start

Requested features

8 requests
  • More levels
  • Change skinny cap effect
  • Zoom feature for tagging
  • Better art tool with zoom, color shades, stencils
  • Add unlockable things to tag
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  • More stages
  • Improve performance and reduce lag
  • Fix Game Center achievements

Insignia

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Vandals

No in-app purchases

None

Insignia

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Vandals free?
Vandals costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Insignia free?
Insignia costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Vandals or Insignia?
Insignia is rated higher. Vandals averages 3.5 out of 5 from 43 ratings, while Insignia averages 5.0 from 19 ratings.
Do Vandals or Insignia have ads?
Neither Vandals nor Insignia shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Vandals or Insignia?
Vandals ships an update fortnightly, and Insignia every 8 months. Most recently, Vandals was updated on November 11, 2026 and Insignia on November 3, 2026.

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