Blade Master vs Shadow Survival
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Blade Master
Embark on an adventure in monster dungeons, eliminating foes to progress and earn rewards. Upgrade weapons and abilities to conquer swarms of enemies and formidable bosses in this action-packed RPG.
- Mini action RPG gameplay
- Hundreds of maps to explore
- Thousands of unique enemies
- Exciting boss fights
- Dozens of heroes to unlock
- Hundreds of upgrades and skills
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Become a Blade Master! Blade Master is a mini action RPG game. Take your adventure in monster dungeons. Eliminate all of them to get pass and rewords, also take the risk to avoid the attack. Upgrade your weapons and abilities to defeat large bundle of enemies and huge bosses. Come and see how far you can advance in this monster world! Enjoy and use your skills to eliminate large crowds of enemies with poweful spinning blades. Defeat huge bosses with smart movements and tacticles. Key Features: - Addictive gameplay in this mini action RPG game. - Hundreds of maps to explore in monster world. - Thousands of uniques enemies and obticles. - Exciting boss fight. - Dozon of heroes to unlock, and hundreds of upgrades and skills to master.
Shadow Survival
Engage in a thrilling vampire survival game where you battle hordes of monsters. Level up your knight, upgrade skills, and strategically combine abilities to wipe out enemies. Choose your hero and conquer challenging maps to survive the encroaching darkness.
- Kill countless monsters
- Level up and upgrade skills
- Organize unique skill decks
- Choose and strengthen heroes
- Strategic one-handed control
- Battle on numerous maps
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Where monsters appear in the dark, there is a war of survival. And on the battlefield, brave knights are killing monsters! Shadow Survival is a vampire survival game in which the knight kills monsters appearing in the dark, by leveling up, and surviving. Feel the exciting of sweeping away the monsters that are flocking by upgrading your skills in the game! Shadow Survival Game features The pleasure of killing monsters : there's the pleasure of fighting countless monsters that flock and wiping them out at once! The more you clearing the stage, the more thrilling you can feel. Easy to control : Simple to control with one hand, light usability that makes it easy for anyone to enjoy anytime, anywhere. Fun organizing your own skill deck: Create your own skill deck by selecting the skill given during gameplay! As you upgrade and combine different skills, the stronger you get, the harder it will be to get out of this game! Battle of Heroes: Choose the hero character to fight against monsters and enjoy strategic play! The battle of heroes takes place on numerous maps. Improve your abilities with trophies through battle, and strengthen your heroes to survive and win the crisis! Darkness is more deepens, the monsters get stronger and stronger. Fight with your brave knights can overcome the monsters! It's time to enjoy your adventure! * 'Shadow Survival' We are running the game in collaboration with 'Liberty Dust', the developer of Dark SurvivalIt's time to enjoy your adventure!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Shadow Survival at 4.6 against Blade Master's 3.8. Shadow Survival also leads on ratings volume (747 vs 51). Blade Master's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 10 days vs every 2 months). 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. Blade Master sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Shadow Survival sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Shadow Survival holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Shadow Survival has 747 ratings behind it against 51, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 60% of Blade Master's written reviews are positive against 44% of Shadow Survival's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Blade Master ships an update every 10 days, Shadow Survival every 2 months. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | Blade Master | Shadow Survival |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (51 ratings) | 4.6 (747 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 60.2% of reviews — better | 43.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 51 | 747 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No — better | 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 | 9.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 59 MB | 266 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Gameley | SeungHo Chung |
Customer experience
Blade Master
Shadow Survival
Bugs and requests
Blade Master
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Shadow Survival
Reported bugs
4 issues- Flame lizard level 10 ability not working
- Equipment selection options disappearing after merging
- Crash on startup
- Lost progress and account issues after updates
Requested features
5 requests- Offline mode or sync timer
- Account options (e.g., login via social media)
- Improved wave design with more variety
- Multiplayer modes
- Better translation and localization
In-app purchases
Blade Master
- A pile of coins$0.99
- Super Bundle 1$4.99
- Super Bundle 2$4.99
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- A bucket of coins$9.99
- Super Bundle 3$9.99
- Super Bundle 4$9.99
- Mega Bundle 1$9.99
- Mega Bundle 2$9.99
- Super Bundle 5$9.99
- Mega Bundle 3$13.99
Shadow Survival
- gem_1$0.99
- coinbank_1$0.99
- day_access_package1$0.99
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- vip1_package1$0.99
- chapter_1$1.99
- chapter_2$2.99
- rare_hero_choice_package2$6.99
- legend_hero_celebration_pack3$8.99
- special_package_13$9.99
- monthly_fixed+remove_ads$14.99
Questions
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