Comparison

Tanks vs Samurai Scroll

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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.

About

Samurai Scroll

Features
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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.

Screenshots

Tanks4 screens
Samurai Scroll4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tanks ships an update every 2 months, Samurai Scroll every 50 months. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Tanks versus Samurai Scroll: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTanksSamurai Scroll
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating4.8 (25 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews90.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings25 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 50 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS8.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size168 MB102 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperMatei BudiuJay Luo

In-app purchases

None

Tanks

No in-app purchases

None

Samurai Scroll

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Tanks free?
Tanks is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Samurai Scroll free?
Samurai Scroll costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Tanks or Samurai Scroll have ads?
Neither Tanks nor Samurai Scroll shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Tanks or Samurai Scroll?
Tanks ships an update every 2 months, and Samurai Scroll every 50 months. Most recently, Tanks was updated on November 3, 2026 and Samurai Scroll on November 3, 2026.

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