Tanks vs Samurai Scroll
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Tanks
Engage in top-down tank battles across diverse game modes, including solo campaigns and cross-platform multiplayer. Design and share your own levels and crusades with a powerful editor.
- Top-down tank combat
- Multiple game modes
- Cross-platform multiplayer
- Level editor
- Crusade editor
- Co-op and versus modes
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Welcome to Tanks: The Crusades! Tanks is a top-down shooter in which you control a blue tank and try to defeat various enemy tanks with assorted abilities to clear levels. You can play Tanks in multiple gamemodes, alone or via cross-platform multiplayer with as many friends as you'd like: Random levels: Play in randomly generated levels. Crusades: Play a series of levels in order, earning coins and unlocking shop items as you go, with a limited number of lives. Versus: Fight your friends in randomly generated levels. My levels: Play levels that you have saved or made. Level editor: You can create your own levels, featuring tank teams, custom items and shops, custom background colors, and custom level sizes. Go wild! Crusade editor: Once you've made (or saved) several levels, you can put them together into your own crusade. You can then set up a shop for that crusade where players can spend their coins. Multiplayer: Play with as many other players as your device can support. You can play in co-op or versus, chat, and share levels and crusades you've made in multiplayer parties.
Samurai Scroll
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As the last samurai of the Hawk Clan, seek vengeance against the nefarious Spider Clan. A side scrolling fighting game. Touch left/right to move left/right. Tap low to attack. Tap high to jump.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Tanks at Free against Samurai Scroll's $0.99. Tanks also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 50 months) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 13.0). On ads, in-app purchases 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
Tanks is free to download; Samurai Scroll costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Tanks ships an update every 2 months, Samurai Scroll every 50 months. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | Tanks | Samurai Scroll |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $0.99 |
| Rating | 4.8 (25 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 90.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 25 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 50 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 168 MB | 102 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Matei Budiu | Jay Luo |
In-app purchases
Tanks
No in-app purchases
Samurai Scroll
No in-app purchases









