Comparison

Crash Heads 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

Crash Heads

Engage in top-down action RPG battles, leading a squad of heroes against waves of monsters. Collect heroes and spells to create unique team combinations and unleash powerful attacks and magic to overcome your enemies in dynamic combat.

Highlights
  • Gather different hero groups
  • Kill opponents with various weapons
  • Use majestic spells
  • Control the entire squad with one finger
  • Collect hero and spell cards
Features
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Crash Heads is a top-down action RPG and an archery squad game. Lead the heroes to beat the monsters: enter epic crash battle and smash all the enemies. Massive attacks, various foe waves, dynamic style of squad arrow game and you are at the heart of it all! Try heroes with different roles: build unique group combinations to discover the gameplay variability and feel the fun to the max. You have an archer, ice wizard, hammerer and others vs. bulls, necromancers, and hounds. Use axe and other awesome weapons to defeat them and go to the next level. In each squad game adventure, you receive 1 to 3 cards with heroes and spells. Collect them all to activate new characters and use magic twists. Features: • Gather different hero groups with their own strengths and play style! • Kill all the opponents with an axe, spear or archery and enjoy juicy animations! • Use majestic spells: falling meteorites, freezing, healing abilities, and many more. • Control the entire squad game with one finger! Let the ultimate crash battle begin! Privacy Policy: https://playgendary.com/en/playgendary-limited-privacy-policy Terms of Use: http://www.playgendary.com/terms-of-use/

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

Crash Heads4 screens
Survive Squad4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Survive Squad at 4.7 against Crash Heads's 4.4. Crash Heads's advantage is update cadence (every 9 days vs every 3 weeks). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume 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. Crash Heads sells 14 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per 7 days and Survive Squad 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

Survive Squad holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2.3K and 2.8K respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 28% and 28% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Crash Heads ships an update every 9 days, Survive Squad every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Crash Heads versus Survive Squad: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCrash HeadsSurvive Squad
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (2.3K ratings)4.7 (2.8K ratings) — better
Positive reviews27.6% of reviews27.9% of reviews — better
Number of ratings2.3K2.8K — better
Update frequencyEvery 9 days — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.012.0
Further details — not scored
Size533 MB325 MB
Age rating9+9+
DeveloperPlaygendary LimitedAI Games FZ

Customer experience

Crash Heads

All ratings2,288 ratings
Positive84.7%
Neutral3.2%
Negative12.2%
Written reviews402 reviews
Positive27.6%
Neutral22.4%
Negative50.0%

Survive Squad

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

User reviews

Crash Heads

From 2.3K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Smooth gameplay
  • 👍 Enjoyable gameplay
  • 💡 Interesting concept

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Constant crashes
  • 🐛 Progress reset issues
  • 🔋 Frequent crashes cause loss of progress
  • 🔋 Crashes during events lead to lost tickets

Survive Squad

From 2.8K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Fun gameplay
  • 👍 Entertaining graphics
  • 💡 Variety of characters and abilities

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Frequent bugs and glitches
  • 💰 Excessive ads and monetization
  • 🔒 Lack of account linking/progress saving

Bugs and requests

Crash Heads

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Game crashes at specific levels
  • Crashes when accessing certain menus
  • Progression issues and level resets

Requested features

3 requests
  • Save progress and sync across devices
  • More levels and content updates
  • Improved event system and rewards

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

14 purchases

Crash Heads

Subscriptions1
  • One week Subscription3 Days trial$5.997 Days
One-time13
  • Pile of Gems$0.99
  • Best Deal Pack$1.99
  • Mage$1.99
Show 10 more
  • Upgrade Pack: Ice Princess$2.99
  • Welcome Pack$2.99
  • Special Offer$2.99
  • Viking$4.99
  • Huge Daily Pack$6.99
  • Treant$6.99
  • Welcome Pack 2$6.99
  • Royal Pass: Season 1$6.99
  • Cup of Gems$9.99
  • Noads$9.99
10 purchases

Survive Squad

One-time10
  • Gems$0.99
  • Chapter Pack 1$1.99
  • No Ads$2.99
Show 7 more
  • 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 Crash Heads free?
Crash Heads is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Survive Squad free?
Survive Squad is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Crash Heads or Survive Squad?
Survive Squad is rated higher. Crash Heads averages 4.4 out of 5 from 2.3K ratings, while Survive Squad averages 4.7 from 2.8K ratings.
Do Crash Heads or Survive Squad have ads?
Both Crash Heads and Survive Squad show ads.
Which is updated more often, Crash Heads or Survive Squad?
Crash Heads ships an update every 9 days, and Survive Squad every 3 weeks. Most recently, Crash Heads was updated on October 23, 2026 and Survive Squad on October 30, 2026.

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