Comparison

Ancient Tails vs Survive Squad

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

Head to head
About

Ancient Tails

Embark on a retro-inspired platforming adventure to defeat feline foes. Stun enemies with head-butts while dodging hazards like bouncing balls and motorbikes. Relive classic gameplay with modern polish.

Highlights
  • Retro platforming gameplay
  • Head-butt enemies to stun
  • Dodge bouncing balls and motorbikes
  • Inspired by 80s/90s classics
  • Single-player adventure
Features
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Ancient Tails is a platform game inspired by a number of classic titles from the eighties and nineties. Your task is to stun enemy creatures by head-butting them, but watch out for bouncing balls and motorbikes!

About

Survive Squad

Team up with other survivors to battle endless waves of invading aliens in this fast-paced roguelike survival game. Assemble a squad, upgrade your heroes, and fight for your life against powerful bosses and hordes of monsters.

Highlights
  • Assemble a squad with unique heroes
  • Build skill combinations during upgrades
  • Battle hordes of monsters and bosses
  • Explore challenging survival arenas
  • One-finger controls
Features
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Alarm! The hordes of aliens have invaded your city! Grab your guns, team up with other survivors, and get through endless waves of aliens! You have to survive by any means! Survive Squad is a fast-paced casual roguelike survival io game with some RPG elements. Your primary goal is to build a team and remain alive in the survival arena as long as you can! The squad alpha must stay alive! FIGHT FOR YOUR LIFE Zombies, vampires, and other undead creatures are in the past — there's a bigger concern. In this survival io game, you must get through the endless waves of aliens that far outnumber you! The stronger enemies await you at every stage! Get ready to battle the deadly bosses with unique abilities. Be fast, smart & furious to defeat them all, and loot treasures together with new upgrades. ASSEMBLE THE SQUAD Start the game as a lonely survivor surrounded by thousands of evil creatures. Move around the city, find other warriors, and build the strongest team ever! Rifleman, mad scientist, paladin, archero, and many other heroes are ready to join your squad! Take down as many aliens as you can to level up the team members during the game! Collect new equipment and weapons, unlock new perks, and upgrade the heroes' abilities to deal more damage to the monsters! SURVIVAL GAME FEATURES: - Assemble the squad with unique weapons & talents - Build unique skill combinations while upgrading the team at every level - Take down hordes of monsters at once & fight mighty bosses - Explore dozens of survival arenas full of tough challenges - Control your shooters with one finger ––– Are you ready to meet the challenge? Stand against hordes of enemies, test your shooting and survival skills, and remain alive in the survival io game! Download and play Survive Squad for free right now!

Screenshots

Ancient Tails4 screens
Survive Squad4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Ancient Tails at 100% against Survive Squad's 28%. Ancient Tails also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 10) and ads (none vs shown). Survive Squad's advantage is price (Free vs $1.99) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 7 months). On device support and iOS requirement 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

Survive Squad is free to download; Ancient Tails costs $1.99 up front. Survive Squad sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Ancient Tails asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Ancient Tails ships an update every 7 months, Survive Squad every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Ancient Tails versus Survive Squad: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAncient TailsSurvive Squad
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating—4.7 (2.8K ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better27.9% of reviews
Number of ratings—2.8K — better
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size116 MB325 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperRichard BannisterAI Games FZ

Customer experience

Ancient Tails

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Survive Squad

All ratings2,770 ratings
Positive91.2%
Neutral4.3%
Negative4.5%
Written reviews86 reviews
Positive27.9%
Neutral9.3%
Negative62.8%

Bugs and requests

Ancient Tails

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Survive Squad

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Enemies getting stuck inside player's squad
  • Freezing during ads, causing loss of progress
  • Inability to claim rewards and complete missions

Requested features

3 requests
  • More characters and levels to grind for
  • Improved league/progression system
  • Option to disable ads for a one-time fee

In-app purchases

None

Ancient Tails

No in-app purchases

10 purchases

Survive Squad

One-time10
  • Gems$0.99
  • Chapter Pack 1$1.99
  • No Ads$2.99
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  • Piggy Bank$2.99
  • Gems$4.99
  • Special Offer$9.99
  • Gems$9.99
  • Monthly Card Gold$9.99
  • Survivor Pass$14.99
  • Gems$19.99

Questions

Is Ancient Tails free?
Ancient Tails costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Survive Squad free?
Survive Squad is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Ancient Tails or Survive Squad have ads?
Survive Squad shows ads; Ancient Tails does not.
Which is updated more often, Ancient Tails or Survive Squad?
Ancient Tails ships an update every 7 months, and Survive Squad every 3 weeks. Most recently, Ancient Tails was updated on October 24, 2026 and Survive Squad on October 30, 2026.

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