Tiny Island Survival vs Pixel Tribe
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Tiny Island Survival
Explore a mysterious island after a shipwreck, uncovering its secrets by venturing into the forest. This single-screen adventure features simple controls, resource collection, and character progression for both casual and dedicated players.
- Explore a mysterious island
- Unravel the island's secret
- Simple one-screen gameplay
- Collect materials
- Level up weapons and armor
- Increase health
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Thank you for 7,000,000 downloads! ■Learn the Island's Secret Shipwrecked, you wash up on an uninhabited-seeming island. But then you notice smoke rising from the forest. "Maybe someone lives here..." Explore the island, advance deeper into the forest, and unravel the island's mystery. ■No Complicated Controls The game takes place on one screen, so no getting lost. No annoying traveling from place to place. Just go deeper into the forest. ■Simple But With Elements for Completists to Enjoy Collect materials to aid in your survival. Level up your weapons and armor. Increase your health. ●Playable in short bursts whenever you have a sliver of time to kill ●Encapsulated in a single screen ●Cute, lively pixel art ●Simple gameplay with depth for completists
Pixel Tribe
Build and manage a Viking tribe in a retro pixel art strategy RPG. Craft weapons, upgrade your kingdom, and lead your Vikings in turn-based raids and PVP battles. Farm resources, raise animals, and customize your village to become the ultimate Viking chief.
- Build and upgrade Viking kingdom
- Craft weapons and armor
- Turn-based combat raids
- Farm resources and raise animals
- Multiplayer clans and PVP battles
- Customize Viking skills
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Pixel Tribe: Viking Kingdom is a strategy RPG with retro pixel art graphics where you build and upgrade a tribe of Vikings. As the chief, you must build your kingdom, raise a tribe of Vikings, craft weapons and armor, and send your Vikings on epic turn-based raids. Craft items and resources, upgrade your kingdom and improve your Vikings fighting skills. Build, farm, raise animals, decorate, upgrade and customize your own Viking Kingdom. Craft weapons and armor for your Vikings to give them a fighting chance against the toughest enemies in Midgard! PIXEL TRIBE: VIKING KINGDOM FEATURES CRAFT, BUILD & UPGRADE ● Craft and upgrade weapons and armor. ● Build and upgrade buildings like the Weaponsmith, Viking ship, Church and more. ● Craft resources to earn gold and upgrade your kingdom. ● Craft items and gear to upgrade your Vikings fighting skills. ● Upgrade your farm to craft food and more valuable resources. FIGHTING ● Earn rewards by fighting and raid your enemies! ● Level up your Vikings and upgrade your fighting skills! ● Fighting lets you specialize your Vikings as tanks, fighters, archers or mages. ● Top the Leaderboards by fighting your way to glory! FARM, BUILD & UPGRADE ● Build a farm and craft food to heal your Vikings. ● Plant and harvest crops. ● Build your kingdom and raise animals. ● Farm and feed your animals to produce eggs, wool, and milk. MULTIPLAYER ● Clans with Raids, Orders, and Buffs ● PVP battles ● Leagues and Leaderboards ● Visit other Players villages
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Tiny Island Survival at every 4 days against Pixel Tribe's every 4 weeks. Tiny Island Survival also leads on ratings volume (40K vs 4K). On price, rating, review sentiment and ads 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. Tiny Island Survival sells 7 one-off in-app purchases and Pixel Tribe sells 7 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Tiny Island Survival against 4.9 for Pixel Tribe. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tiny Island Survival has 40K ratings behind it against 4K, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 83% of Tiny Island Survival's written reviews are positive against 89% of Pixel Tribe's.
Tiny Island Survival ships an update every 4 days, Pixel Tribe every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Tiny Island Survival | Pixel Tribe |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (40K ratings) | 4.9 (4K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 83.3% of reviews | 89.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 40K — better | 4K |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days — better | Every 4 weeks |
| 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 | 13.0 | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 134 MB | 308 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 12+ |
| Developer | GAME START LLC | Kvannli AS |
Customer experience
Tiny Island Survival
Pixel Tribe
User reviews
Tiny Island Survival
From 40K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Cute and simple game
- 🚀 Smooth gameplay
- 💡 Unique pixel art style
- 🎨 Great graphics
- 🎶 Nice music
Room to improve
- 🔁 Repetitive and grindy late-game progression
- 🐢 Slow character movement
- 🔁 Monotonous resource farming
- 🔁 Lack of variety in enemies and content
- 💰 Expensive in-app purchase to remove ads
Pixel Tribe
From 4K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Great game
- 🚀 Addictive gameplay
- 🔒 No ads or pay-to-win
- 👍 Cozy and nostalgic aesthetic
- 👍 Satisfying progression
Room to improve
- ⏱️ Slow progression and long wait times
- 🔍 Lack of content and features
- 🔍 Limited customization options
- 🔍 Repetitive gameplay
- 🔍 Imbalanced leveling and resource acquisition
Bugs and requests
Tiny Island Survival
Reported bugs
3 issues- Character getting stuck in certain positions
- Graphical glitches with ads
- Issues with saving/restoring progress
Requested features
8 requests- More islands to explore
- Ability to customize character
- Faster travel options
- More enemy and boss variety
- Expanded progression system
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- Idle/passive resource gathering
- Crafting system
- Ability to upgrade base/home
Pixel Tribe
Reported bugs
2 issues- Occasional crashes or bugs
- Soft-locking issues due to progression imbalance
Requested features
7 requests- Ability to rename or customize Vikings
- Expanded clan/multiplayer features
- More diverse building and decoration options
- Reduced crafting/production times
- Offline/background progression mode
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- Challenging boss battles or events
- Improved quest/progression system
In-app purchases
Tiny Island Survival
- Material ball$0.49
- Maximum heart value +8$5.99
- Material Balls x10 +1$5.99
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- Starter pack$11.99
- Maximum heart value +16$11.99
- Super Coin Pack$11.99
- Material Balls x30 +5$19.99
Pixel Tribe
- Pocketfull of Gems$0.99
- Pile of Gems$1.99
- Bag of Gems$4.99
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- Sack of Gems$9.99
- Box of Gems$19.99
- Chest of Gems$49.99
- Golden Gem Chest$99.99
Questions
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