Comparison

Blob Hero 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

Blob Hero

Guide a powerful blob through endless waves of enemies, choosing its skills and abilities as it gains experience. Combine thousands of unique skill combinations to destroy foes and survive increasingly challenging attacks. Become the ultimate blob hero and conqueror.

Highlights
  • Endless enemy waves
  • Skill progression system
  • Thousands of skill combinations
  • Multiple attack types
  • Survival craft features
  • Blob Balls, Grenades, and Magic attacks
Features
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Blob is back, and it is mightier than ever! While Blob uses its arsenal of weaponry, it needs YOU to guide him through the endless waves of evil enemies and become the ultimate blob hero. As Blob gains experience through hard fought battles, you decide which skills it learns. Are you a fan of survival games or warrior games? Even if you only like Blob Runner, you will love Blob’s show stopping survival craft features! From a complete noob to warrior, combine the best skills to destroy enemies and become the conqueror! You can create thousands of unique skill combinations to overcome the challenges and survive each wave of enemies’ attacks. Forget the other blob games! This time, Blob can shoot Blob Balls! Blob can throw Blob Grenades! Blob can cast Blob Magic like a super wizard! And much more! Any kind of attack is possible with your friendly jelly warrior. If Blob is out of HP, your blob run will be over. But do not fret! You and your Blob friend can always come back stronger than ever. Be the savior that Blob Hero needs!

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

Blob Hero4 screens
Survive Squad4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Blob Hero at none against Survive Squad's shown. Blob Hero also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks) and ratings volume (22K vs 2.8K). Survive Squad's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and in-app purchases 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. Blob Hero sells 11 one-off in-app purchases 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 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Blob Hero has 22K ratings behind it against 2.8K, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 28% and 28% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Blob Hero ships an update weekly, Survive Squad every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Blob Hero versus Survive Squad: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBlob HeroSurvive Squad
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (22K ratings)4.7 (2.8K ratings) — better
Positive reviews28.2% of reviews — better27.9% of reviews
Number of ratings22K — better2.8K
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size239 MB325 MB
Age rating12+9+
DeveloperRollic GamesAI Games FZ

Customer experience

Blob Hero

All ratings21,618 ratings
Positive85.7%
Neutral5.3%
Negative9.0%
Written reviews337 reviews
Positive28.2%
Neutral16.9%
Negative54.9%

Survive Squad

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

User reviews

Blob Hero

From 22K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Fun and addictive gameplay
  • 👍 Vibrant colors and assets
  • 🕹️ Simple and practical controls

Room to improve

  • 🚨 Excessive ads that interrupt gameplay
  • 🐛 Frequent crashes and freezes
  • 🔋 High battery consumption
  • 🤯 Difficulty spike between chapters
  • 💸 Misleading 'no ads' purchase

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

Blob Hero

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Offline earnings not working consistently
  • Ads causing game to freeze or crash
  • Progress reverting to earlier save state

Requested features

5 requests
  • Option to skip unwanted ability choices
  • Endless mode with more enemy variety
  • Ability to manually activate power-ups
  • Save progress mid-round
  • Co-op multiplayer mode

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

11 purchases

Blob Hero

One-time11
  • Ticket 1$1.99
  • Piggy Bank$1.99
  • Super Pack$2.99
Show 8 more
  • Character2$4.99
  • Ticket 2$4.99
  • No Ads$5.99
  • Ticket 3$6.99
  • Mega Pack$7.99
  • Character3$9.99
  • Gem 3$9.99
  • Legendary Pack$19.99
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 Blob Hero free?
Blob Hero 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, Blob Hero or Survive Squad?
Survive Squad is rated higher. Blob Hero averages 4.5 out of 5 from 22K ratings, while Survive Squad averages 4.7 from 2.8K ratings.
Do Blob Hero or Survive Squad have ads?
Survive Squad shows ads; Blob Hero does not.
Which is updated more often, Blob Hero or Survive Squad?
Blob Hero ships an update weekly, and Survive Squad every 3 weeks. Most recently, Blob Hero was updated on October 23, 2026 and Survive Squad on October 22, 2026.

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