Comparison

Pirate Raid vs Heisting

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

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About

Pirate Raid

Embark on a thrilling pirate adventure across the Caribbean. Engage in naval battles, collect treasure, upgrade your ship and island hideaway, and battle fearsome sea monsters. Complete side missions for additional rewards in this action-packed simulator.

Highlights
  • Naval battles against merchantmen, warships, and sea monsters
  • Collect plunder and treasure
  • Upgrade pirate ship and island hideaway
  • Trade booty for coin
  • Battle gargantuan sea monsters
  • Complete side missions for rewards
Features
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► AVAST YE, GAMERS! Ahoy me hearties! Ready to hoist the mainsail, batten down the hatches and blaze your way across the Caribbean in search of plunder, glory, and hours of pirate fun? Down your grog and grab your cutlass, it’s all hands on deck in this fast-paced pirate simulator that will really float your boat. Race full-sail across the high seas to do battle with simple merchantmen, naval battleships, and fearsome sea monsters, all while filling your coffers with booty to spend on expanding your tropical island hideaway and upgrading your mighty pirateship in preparation for ever fiercer battles and more dastardly buccaneering further into the game! ► SHIVER ME TIMBERS! • A pirate’s work is never done! The action comes thick and fast in the turbulent waters of this fun fighting game, and prize ships laden with plunder can be spotted on the horizon at every moment. Engage them in battle, exchange broadsides, send them down to Davy Jones’s locker, and grab their lovely loot. But keep an eye on the enemy’s level and the number of warships you engage simultaneously, or it may be you who’s heading for a watery grave. • Splice the mainbrace! Head back to harbor to trade your barrels of booty for coin at the local pirates’ market, then celebrate your victory and enhance your fearsome reputation by upgrading five different parameters of your pirateship or improving your lighthouse to open up new expanses of the high seas to your reign of piratical terror. • Pieces of eight! What do pirates love even more than the taste of rum, the scent of the ocean, and a fair following wind? Why, sunken treasure, of course! Scour the Caribbean seas for wrecked ships and bring home even more loot to help you progress through the game. • The kraken awakes! Maybe it’s the clement climate or the constant supply of drowning sailors, but the particular corner of the ocean where this game is set is suffering a peculiar infestation of gargantuan sea monsters that pose a threat to every boat on the water. Train your cannon on them and rid the oceans of this cursed blight – profiting mightily in the process, of course! • Not all hope is lost! You may be the most dastardly of pirates with an insatiable thirst for gold, but you get to show your better nature elsewhere in this battleships game – in side missions where you rescue maidens in distress and other unfortunate victims of life’s vicissitudes. But fret ye not, the rewards for your good deeds are ample too! ► SCOURGE OF THE SEVEN SEAS Does the free, lawless, action-packed life of a pirate appeal? Want a reputation for terror and plunder that would put Blackbeard to shame? Raise your jolly roger, launch your ship and download Pirate Raid, the casual pirate simulator that’s fast, fun and full to the gunnels with nautical adventure and buccaneering derring-do! Privacy Policy: https://say.games/privacy-policy Terms of Use: https://say.games/terms-of-use

About

Heisting

Embark on a thrilling stealing spree as a masterful thief, gathering a crew and planning heists on luxurious locations. Shoot your way out of trouble, upgrade your gear, and recruit more robbers to steal everything in sight and build your criminal empire.

Highlights
  • Masterful thief role
  • Crew gathering and planning
  • Heists on luxurious locations
  • Combat and shooting mechanics
  • Progressive upgrade system
  • Stealth levels
  • Wealth accumulation
Features
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What could be more exciting than the thrill of a perfectly executed heist? In Heisting you are set into the role of a masterful thief who embarks on a stealing spree across the world's most luxurious museums, galleries, banks and many more. Gather your crew of robbers and hash out the perfect plan as you progress through increasingly difficult levels. If things go wrong, and believe me they will go wrong, it will be up to your skills to shoot your way out to safety. Choose your upgrades carefully as they could be a difference between a big pay day and a messy failure. As you progress, you will need to convince more and more robbers to join your gang and help you with your heists. In order for the heist to be completed you will need to steal everything in your sight. Sometimes the enemy guards will be so tough you will have to sacrifice some of your robbers in a big shootout. But the pay day at the end of it will be much worth it. You will encounter different enemies that will try to prevent you from taking your loot, and you'll need to adapt a unique strategy to get around each of them. Enjoy the road to becoming a fantastically rich millionaire who has more money than he knows what to do with. But you will also have to invest in your heisting gear and gang of robbers to ensure you are successful in bringing home the money. Have you ever wondered what it would be like to steal valuable items or rob banks to grow your criminal empire and become ridiculously rich? Then this game is perfect for you. Immerse yourself in a world where everything is yours for the taking. How much money can you get? The sky's the limit! If you’re really good, this game allows you to make so much money that you will literally be richer than any millionaire. In fact, with the amount of money you can make, millionaires will feel like beggars compared to you! And if that wasn’t enough, think of the power you’ll feel as you lead a massive army of robbers to demolish the opposition and claim extraordinarily valuable treasures for yourself. Featuring: - Unique hand crafted heisting levels. - A colorful gang of robbers to help you - Progressive upgrade system - Bonus stealth levels - Big pay days for you and your crew - Rapidly increasing wealth system So what are you waiting for? Go out there and claim what is rightfully yours!

Screenshots

Pirate Raid4 screens
Heisting4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Heisting at 48% against Pirate Raid's 14%. Heisting also leads on rating (4.7 vs 4.5). On price, ratings volume, update cadence 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Pirate Raid sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Heisting sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Heisting holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 20K and 9.5K respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 14% of Pirate Raid's written reviews are positive against 48% of Heisting's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 10, 2026 and November 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Pirate Raid versus Heisting: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPirate RaidHeisting
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (20K ratings)4.7 (9.5K ratings) — better
Positive reviews13.8% of reviews48.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings20K — better9.5K
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 3 weeks
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.014.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size370 MB438 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperSayGames LTDVoodoo

Customer experience

Pirate Raid

All ratings20,018 ratings
Positive85.9%
Neutral6.1%
Negative8.0%
Written reviews470 reviews
Positive13.8%
Neutral15.1%
Negative71.1%

Heisting

All ratings9,249 ratings
Positive94.0%
Neutral3.3%
Negative2.7%
Written reviews223 reviews
Positive48.0%
Neutral17.5%
Negative34.5%

User reviews

Pirate Raid

From 20K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Fun gameplay
  • 👍 Great graphics and pirate theme
  • 💡 Potential for PvP and Battle Royale modes

Room to improve

  • 🚨 Excessive, intrusive ads that interrupt gameplay
  • 🔒 Paid 'ad-free' option is not truly ad-free
  • 🐛 Bugs, glitches, and performance issues
  • 🔋 Rapid battery drain due to ads
  • 💰 Expensive in-app purchases to remove ads

Heisting

From 9.5K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Fun gameplay
  • 💰 Easy to level up and make money
  • 🎮 Good game to pass time
  • 🎨 Awesome concept

Room to improve

  • 🤖 Repetitive levels and room layouts
  • 📺 Too many ads, including during gameplay
  • 💰 Expensive to upgrade weapons and armor
  • 🐛 Bugs and glitches, especially in later levels

Bugs and requests

Pirate Raid

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Crew screen freezing and locking up the game
  • Ships getting stuck in terrain
  • Progress/upgrades resetting when moving to new islands

Requested features

3 requests
  • Option to permanently remove ads for a reasonable one-time fee
  • Ability to progress and upgrade ships across islands/levels
  • More content and game modes beyond just sailing and attacking ships

Heisting

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Freezing/crashing issues with ads
  • Levels becoming unplayable after certain progress points
  • Disappearing helper characters
  • Spawn issues and getting stuck in levels

Requested features

4 requests
  • More varied enemy types and special effect weapons
  • Ability to hire more helpers/crew members
  • Customization options for characters and team
  • Multiplayer mode

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Pirate Raid

One-time10
  • Crystal Pack 1$0.99
  • Navigation Pack$0.99
  • No Ads$3.99
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  • Crystal Pack 3$4.99
  • Junge Pack$4.99
  • Giant Navigation Pack$4.99
  • No Ads$5.99
  • No Ads$7.99
  • Crystal Pack 5$9.99
  • Crystal Pack 4$19.99
10 purchases

Heisting

One-time10
  • Small gems pack$0.89
  • Small gems pack$0.99
  • Small gems pack$1.09
Show 7 more
  • Small skip'its pack$2.99
  • No Ads$3.99
  • Medium gems pack$4.99
  • Medium skip'its pack$6.99
  • Premium Pack$9.99
  • Gigantic gems pack$19.99
  • Elite Pass$24.99

Questions

Is Pirate Raid free?
Pirate Raid is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Heisting free?
Heisting is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Pirate Raid or Heisting?
Heisting is rated higher. Pirate Raid averages 4.5 out of 5 from 20K ratings, while Heisting averages 4.7 from 9.5K ratings.
Do Pirate Raid or Heisting have ads?
Both Pirate Raid and Heisting show ads.
Which is updated more often, Pirate Raid or Heisting?
Pirate Raid ships an update every 3 weeks, and Heisting every 3 weeks. Most recently, Pirate Raid was updated on November 10, 2026 and Heisting on November 9, 2026.

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