Comparison

Survive vs Scritchy Scratchy

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

Head to head
About

Survive

Experience a bushcraft survival simulation with various challenging scenarios. Your goal is to reach safety in a wilderness setting. This game works offline and offers an immersive survival experience.

Highlights
  • Bushcraft survival simulation
  • Multiple wilderness scenarios
  • Reach safety objective
  • Offline gameplay
  • Immersive survival experience
Features
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SURVIVE - WILDERNESS is a simulation about bushcraft survival. Various scenarios. Get to safety. Works offline. THE WILDERNESS SURVIVAL GAME YOU PLAYED WHEN YOU WERE ON SCHOOL IS NOW HERE ON IOS!

About

Scritchy Scratchy

Experience the thrill of scratching cards in this incremental game where luck and strategy lead to glittering riches. Uncover rare symbols, boost your odds, and unlock a helpful bot to automate scratching. Choose your path to victory, from steady gains to explosive jackpots, or reset your progress for permanent advantages.

Highlights
  • Variety of scratch cards
  • Unlockable Scratch Bot
  • Luck-boosting upgrades
  • Permanent Prestige upgrades
  • Risk vs. reward mechanics
  • Incremental gameplay
Features
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Scritchy Scratchy is a super-satisfying scratch card incremental game where luck is your weapon, and glittering riches are just a scratch away. Dive into a growing collection of scratchers, each with its own quirks, surprises, and sometimes downsides. Rip through tickets, uncover rare symbols, tweak your own luck, and chase absurd payouts. Unlock Scratch Bot, your tireless mechanical friend who scratches and reveals the rewards for you. Turn your run into a full-blown jackpot engine as your balance shoots through the roof while you sit back and relax. As you prosper, you’ll unlock upgrades that twist luck in your favor: • Boosted odds and payouts • Faster and easier scratching • New scratch card variants with unique rules But power always comes with risk. Some cards tempt you with monstrous payouts at the cost of nasty penalties. Some offer steady income… others threaten your entire run. Will you play like a sensible adult or gamble like a degenerate in a neon casino? When you’re ready for even more madness, Prestige to reset your run, gather Jack Points, and spend them on permanent upgrades that reshape your strategy. Build your own luck engine: Slow and steady, wildly explosive, or pure chaos.

Screenshots

Survive3 screens
Scritchy Scratchy4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Survive at none against Scritchy Scratchy's 1. Survive also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 74%). Scritchy Scratchy's advantage is ratings volume (2.8K vs 29) and price ($6.99 vs $9.99). On rating, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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

Survive costs $9.99 and Scritchy Scratchy $6.99 up front. Scritchy Scratchy sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Survive asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Survive against 4.9 for Scritchy Scratchy. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Scritchy Scratchy has 2.8K ratings behind it against 29, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of Survive's written reviews are positive against 74% of Scritchy Scratchy's.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
Survive versus Scritchy Scratchy: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSurviveScritchy Scratchy
Price$9.99$6.99 — better
Rating4.9 (29 ratings) — better4.9 (2.8K ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better73.7% of reviews
Number of ratings292.8K — better
Update frequency—Every 3 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
Best chart rank#55#4 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size159 MB443 MB
Age rating17+12+
DeveloperSandbay Games OyFunday Games ApS

Customer experience

Survive

All ratings21 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews18 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Scritchy Scratchy

All ratings2,664 ratings
Positive97.3%
Neutral1.2%
Negative1.5%
Written reviews350 reviews
Positive73.7%
Neutral10.9%
Negative15.4%

In-app purchases

None

Survive

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Scritchy Scratchy

One-time1
  • Supporter Edition: Golden Gear$2.99

Questions

Is Survive free?
Survive costs $9.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Scritchy Scratchy free?
Scritchy Scratchy costs $6.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Survive or Scritchy Scratchy?
Survive is rated higher. Survive averages 4.9 out of 5 from 29 ratings, while Scritchy Scratchy averages 4.9 from 2.8K ratings.
Do Survive or Scritchy Scratchy have ads?
Neither Survive nor Scritchy Scratchy shows ads.
Which is more popular, Survive or Scritchy Scratchy?
Survive currently peaks at #55 in the App Store charts, and Scritchy Scratchy at #4. Chart position reflects recent download velocity rather than total install base.

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