Comparison

Grow Swordmaster vs Shooting Survival

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

Head to head
About

Grow Swordmaster

Embark on an idle fantasy adventure where you conquer dungeons with diverse weapons and crafting. Develop your skills and unlock skins to become the ultimate swordmaster in this retro pixel art RPG.

Highlights
  • Idle fantasy RPG gameplay
  • Dungeon conquering
  • Weapon and equipment crafting
  • Skill system
  • Unlockable skins with abilities
  • Offline play
Features
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.Pixelstar games idle fantasy game ' Grow SwordMaster' has arrived! Conquer the dungeons through a variety of weapons and crafting and become the ultimate swordmaster [Game feature] - Fantastic Action - Various Weapon - Various Skills - Mine System - Skin systems with different abilities - Craft System(weapon, equipment) # This game that dont need wifi and play offline without internet. # This game is pixelstar game's 2d retro idle rpg game.

About

Shooting Survival

Engage in a 2D bullet hell shooter that blends action with building and crafting. Explore diverse worlds, battle monsters, and challenge bosses with unique heroes and a variety of weapons. Team up with friends in online multiplayer or form a guild for rewards.

Highlights
  • 2D bullet hell shooting gameplay
  • Building and crafting mechanics
  • Unique heroes and diverse weapons
  • Resource harvesting and world bosses
  • Randomly generated dungeons
  • Online co-op multiplayer
  • Guild system with weekly prizes
Features
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This is the 2d shooting game with building and crafting that features extremely easy play styles. Its super cool and enjoyable gameplay, mixed with rogue-like, crafting, and farming elements will get you hooked from the very first shooting run! Features: - Lots of shooting - Lots of unique heroes - Tons of weapons - Guns, staves, and swords.. Shoot monsters to pieces! - Explore worlds to survive monsters, harvest resources, and survive world bosses - Explore and challenge randomly generated dungeons for loots - Challenge surviving monster arena for epic rewards! - Auto aim mechanism for super intuitive control. Shoot, cast skill effortlessly! - Online multiplayer with up to 4 players! Team up with friends around the world for an online co-op shooting adventure - Start a guild and recruit members and receive weekly prizes! A pixel roguelike shoot em up that combines action, survival, farming and building.

Screenshots

Grow Swordmaster4 screens
Shooting Survival4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Grow Swordmaster at 4.6 against Shooting Survival's 4.0. Grow Swordmaster also leads on ratings volume (37 vs 10). Shooting Survival's advantage is update cadence (every 6 days vs every 3 weeks) and review sentiment (88% vs 77%). On price, 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

Both are free to download. Grow Swordmaster sells 13 one-off in-app purchases and Shooting Survival sells 8 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Grow Swordmaster holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 37 and 10 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 77% of Grow Swordmaster's written reviews are positive against 88% of Shooting Survival's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Grow Swordmaster ships an update every 3 weeks, Shooting Survival every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Grow Swordmaster versus Shooting Survival: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGrow SwordmasterShooting Survival
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (37 ratings) — better4.0 (10 ratings)
Positive reviews77.4% of reviews87.5% of reviews — better
Number of ratings37 — better10
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 6 days — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size365 MB164 MB
Age rating9+12+
Developergitae parkCowbeans Inc.

Customer experience

Grow Swordmaster

All ratings37 ratings
Positive94.6%
Neutral0.0%
Negative5.4%
Written reviews53 reviews
Positive77.4%
Neutral7.5%
Negative15.1%

Shooting Survival

All ratings10 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive87.5%
Neutral12.5%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

13 purchases

Grow Swordmaster

One-time13
  • Beginner Pack$1.99
  • GEM PACK1$1.99
  • Item Package$3.99
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  • STARTER PACK$4.99
  • ADS PACK$8.99
  • LEVEL PACK$8.99
  • Key Package$9.99
  • LEVEL PACK2$9.99
  • GOLD PACK$17.99
  • SKIN PACK$17.99
  • RUBY PACK$17.99
  • Soul Package$17.99
  • PREMIUM PACK$26.99
8 purchases

Shooting Survival

One-time8
  • 10 Gems$1.49
  • 50 Gems$5.99
  • 150 Gems$11.99
Show 5 more
  • 250 Gems$17.99
  • 500 Gems$31.99
  • 650 Gems$32.99
  • 1200 Gems$47.99
  • 2000 Gems$69.99

Questions

Is Grow Swordmaster free?
Grow Swordmaster is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Shooting Survival free?
Shooting Survival is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Grow Swordmaster or Shooting Survival?
Grow Swordmaster is rated higher. Grow Swordmaster averages 4.6 out of 5 from 37 ratings, while Shooting Survival averages 4.0 from 10 ratings.
Do Grow Swordmaster or Shooting Survival have ads?
Both Grow Swordmaster and Shooting Survival show ads.
Which is updated more often, Grow Swordmaster or Shooting Survival?
Grow Swordmaster ships an update every 3 weeks, and Shooting Survival every 6 days. Most recently, Grow Swordmaster was updated on October 21, 2026 and Shooting Survival on October 12, 2026.

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