Survive Tonight vs Swordash
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Survive Tonight
Collect resources, unlock weapons, and battle mutant monsters with your turret and teammate. This free shooting game offers skill upgrades and a variety of guns to help you survive each night. Record your progress and discover your identity through a daily journal.
- Resource collection
- Weapon unlocking
- Skill upgrades
- Turret companions
- Monster slaying
- Daily journal
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Shoot! Collect! Survive! Collect valuable resources, unlock powerful guns, slay monsters with your turret and teammate. Just join Survive Tonight, enjoy the ultimate free shooting game! ------------------- UPGRADE SKILLS Various skills help you deal unbelievable damage to enemies! UNLOCK GUNS Different guns of any period, just choose what you like! GREAT COMPANION Activate and enhance turrets with powerful abilities! WRITE DIARY Survive every night, record monsters' regulation of actions, and find out who you are!
Swordash
Defend your home from a relentless horde of enemies in this action-packed adventure. Master strategic combat with randomized skills, collect powerful gear, and unlock devastating ultimate abilities to become the ultimate hero. Face fearsome bosses and conquer new challenges in a quest to stop an invasion.
- Randomized skills for strategic combat
- Collect powerful disks for ultimate abilities
- Arsenal of unique weapons and gear
- Battle fearsome bosses
- Unlock hidden secrets with science
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Get ready to defend your home against a horde of insane enemies in this epic adventure! A mysterious girl has returned, and it's up to you to stop the invasion. Show off your bravery and become the ultimate hero! Unleash Your Power: • Master the art of strategy with random skills that change with every battle. • Collect powerful disks to unlock devastating ultimate abilities. • Arm yourself with an arsenal of weapons and gear, each with its own unique features. • Take on fearsome bosses and conquer new challenges in each level. • Harness the power of science and unlock hidden secrets to become even more powerful. Join the fight and show the world what you're made of in this pulse-pounding game! Discord: https://discord.gg/M5uxkTemT3
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Swordash at 4.8 against Survive Tonight's 3.7. Swordash also leads on ratings volume (1.1K vs 3) and update cadence (every 11 days vs every 5 weeks). Survive Tonight's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 61%) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 15.0). 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
Both are free to download. Survive Tonight sells 11 one-off in-app purchases and Swordash sells 24 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Swordash holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Swordash has 1.1K ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 100% of Survive Tonight's written reviews are positive against 61% of Swordash's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Survive Tonight ships an update every 5 weeks, Swordash every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Survive Tonight | Swordash |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (3 ratings) | 4.8 (1.1K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 61.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 1.1K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 11 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | 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 | 10.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 100 MB | 246 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Shanghai Baodian Network Technology Co., Ltd. | FATTOY |
Customer experience
Survive Tonight
Swordash
Bugs and requests
Survive Tonight
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Swordash
Reported bugs
3 issues- Ads prevent returning to game
- Difficulty with viewing ads
- Inconsistent hit detection
Requested features
5 requests- Add controller support
- Improve translation and dialogue
- Reduce skin prices
- Implement offline mode
- Add co-op and PvP modes
In-app purchases
Survive Tonight
- Fistful of Diamonds$0.99
- Resource Pack$0.99
- Gun Pack$2.99
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- Challenge medal 1$2.99
- Pouch of Diamonds$2.99
- Special Gun Offer 1$11.99
- Special Gun Offer 2$14.99
- Monthly Diamond Pack$19.99
- Special Gun Offer 2$29.99
- Special Gun Offer 4$29.99
- Special Gun Offer 5$29.99
Swordash
- Daily Package #2$0.99
- Daily Package #1$0.99
- 80(+80) Zeno's drop$0.99
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- Rookie Bundle$0.99
- Daily Package #3$1.99
- Purchase all$2.99
- 400Zeno's drop$4.99
- 400(+400) Zeno's drop$4.99
- 月卡$4.99
- 每周礼包#01$4.99
- Monthly Package #02$9.99
- Sanny Pass Premium$9.99
- Key of Piggy Bank$9.99
- Weekly Package #02$9.99
- Daily Package #5$9.99
- ADs Pass$9.99
- 800(+800) Zeno's drop$9.99
- 月度礼包#01$9.99
- Stage Pass$19.99
- 1600(+1600) Zeno's drop$19.99
- 1600 Zeno's drop$19.99
- Weekly Package #03$19.99
- 4000(+4000) Zeno's drop$49.99
- 8000Zeno's drop$99.99
