SerafimPlay vs ShanWan Controller
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SerafimPlay
Connect your input devices to your mobile phone for gaming. This utility app facilitates Bluetooth connections between your devices and phone, enhancing your mobile gaming experience.
- Bluetooth connection
- Connects input devices
- Mobile gaming utility
- Device and phone pairing
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Serafim Play is an utility for connecting input devices for mobile games. It features Bluetooth conncection between devices and phones. If you have any quetions, please leave a comment or email to us. sales@serafim-tech.com
ShanWan Controller
This app aggregates controller-compatible games from various cloud and streaming platforms, including MFi and Apple Arcade titles. It also introduces custom controller protocols for expanded functionality and new ways to play.
- Game controller aggregation
- Cloud and streaming platform integration
- MFi and Apple Arcade game support
- Custom controller protocol
- Expanded controller functionality
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ShanWan Controller is a collection of games developed by ShanWan team, which can be controlled by game controller. Among them, we collect game controller games in various cloud platforms and streaming game platforms, such as Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, PS Remote Play, Steam Link, Geforce Now, etc; It also collected relevant MFi and Apple Arcade game controller games in the App Store. It is convenient for players to choose to download games. ShanWan Controller also contains ShanWan custom game controller protocol, which can realize more function expansion. Enrich the functions of game controller and provide more game controller playing methods.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: SerafimPlay at monthly against ShanWan Controller's every 2 months. ShanWan Controller's advantage is ratings volume (35 vs 10) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 13.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and ads 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 2.7 for SerafimPlay against 2.8 for ShanWan Controller. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 10 and 35 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 38% of SerafimPlay's written reviews are positive against 41% of ShanWan Controller's.
SerafimPlay ships an update monthly, ShanWan Controller every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SerafimPlay | ShanWan Controller |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.7 (10 ratings) | 2.8 (35 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 37.5% of reviews | 41.2% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 10 | 35 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 85 MB | 41 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Serafim Technologies Inc. | Shenzhen Qixiong Technology Co., Ltd. |
Customer experience
SerafimPlay
ShanWan Controller
In-app purchases
SerafimPlay
No in-app purchases
ShanWan Controller
No in-app purchases
Questions
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