Tornado.io! vs Pirate io
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Tornado.io!
Control a growing tornado to destroy objects and become larger. Compete against other players in an arena to achieve first place and dominate the destruction. Challenge friends to see who can cause the most chaos.
- Control a tornado
- Destroy objects to grow
- Battle other tornadoes
- Compete for first place
- Challenge friends
- Total destruction
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You feel like a tornado! Make trees and roofs of houses twist in air, destroy more and become bigger. Experience a battle in a small arena - fight with other tornadoes for the first place! Challenge your friends in a TOTAL DESTRUCTION competition! Make your opponents gone with the wind!
Pirate io
Engage in a 3D pirate world where you grow by consuming everything in sight, including smaller pirates. Navigate an engaging city environment and prove your dominance. Enjoy simple yet addictive gameplay with numerous challenges.
- 3D pirate world gameplay
- Consume objects and smaller pirates to grow
- Explore an urban environment
- Simple and attractive rules
- Numerous challenges
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Ready to experience the 3D Pirate World? Show your enemy who the real boss is, eat everything around you! That's interesting, let's see how big it can get and eat everything in your sight! You can also eat other pirates which is smaller than yours! Now, time to eat over the amazing city! Features: * Free to play, play it anywhere anytime * Simple rules but very attractive * Lots of interesting challenges
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Tornado.io! at 4.7 against Pirate io's 3.8. Tornado.io! also leads on review sentiment (51% vs 18%) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 4 months). Pirate io's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 13.0). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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. Tornado.io! sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Pirate io sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Tornado.io! holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tornado.io! has 98K ratings behind it against 105, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 51% of Tornado.io!'s written reviews are positive against 18% of Pirate io's.
Tornado.io! ships an update every 2 weeks, Pirate io every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Tornado.io! | Pirate io |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (98K ratings) — better | 3.8 (105 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 51.5% of reviews — better | 18.2% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 98K — better | 105 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| 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 | 8.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 342 MB | 255 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Mossa Games, LLC | Dan Li Chen |
Customer experience
Tornado.io!
Pirate io
Bugs and requests
Tornado.io!
Reported bugs
4 issues- Skin selection screen issues
- Leaderboard and progress tracking bugs
- Crashes and freezes during gameplay
- Paid features not working as expected
Requested features
5 requests- More game modes and maps
- Ability to choose maps
- Longer game rounds or free-play mode
- Improved skin/customization system
- Online multiplayer functionality
Pirate io
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Tornado.io!
- Coin set 1$0.99
- NO ADS$2.99
- Special offer$2.99
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- Christmas offer$3.99
- Special Bundle$3.99
- Coin set 2$4.99
- Coin set 3$9.99
- Coin set 4$19.99
- Coin set 5$49.99
- Coin set 6$99.99
Pirate io
- Remove Ads$0.99
- Buy 500 Gold Coins$1.99
- Buy 1000 Gold Coins$2.99
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- Buy 1500 Gold Coins$3.99
- 2000 Gold Coins and Remove Ads$5.99
Questions
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