Newtro vs Janken Samurai
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Newtro
Experience a minimalist, pixel-art brick breaker arcade game. Control bars with one hand to prevent balls from falling, destroy bricks, and complete levels within time limits and without losing lives. Offers a relaxing solo player experience with unique gameplay challenges.
- Minimalist pixel-art graphics
- One-handed gameplay
- Offline play
- Multiple levels with varied gameplay
- Time-based challenges
- Achievement system
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Re discover the brick breaker like you never did ! Minimalist, made with some crispy pixels, this arcade game will test your skills without stress, enjoy ! Newtro - Brick Breaker is a non competitive, solo player mobile game. With the help of a finger, you will be able to control one or more bars simultaneously, not only to prevent the ball from going out, but to overcome the four challenges that all the levels will include. Once you have mastered the direction of the balls, you will have the opportunity to complete the levels in the allocated time and without losing a life. This will give you the chance to complete the difficult versions of each level. You have two ways to discover this arcade game: - Go through all the levels, explore the original gameplays and relax with Ludmila Postel's Sound Design! - Take the challenge and try to completely destroy the level wall! How to play the game? - The balls are launched after a first touch of the screen. - Destroy all the bricks. - Get 4 achievements from each level. Successes: - finish the level with at least one life - finish a level without losing a life. - finish a level within the time limit. - finish the level in difficult version Features : - Free to play - Many levels with varied gameplay - Easy to play, designed to be played with one hand - Offline, no conection required - Tablet not supported - Leaderboard not supported The game is initially released with 48 different levels but many updates are planned: - the addition of many more levels - the addition of graphic and musical themes - the addition of collectables in case of complete success of a level group
Janken Samurai
Engage in strategic combat across various ranks and a challenging Lethal mode. Explore an endless roguelike adventure with unique maps and a leveling system. Compete globally on leaderboards.
- Ranked arena progression
- Lethal combat mode
- Online leaderboard competition
- Endless roguelike quest mode
- Unique maps and leveling system
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Work your way through the ranks (1st Dan, 5th Dan, and 10th Dan) in the arena. Bring those skills to the life and death Lethal mode and compete on the online leaderboard against players from around the world. Take on Quest Mode! An endless roguelike mode with 6 unique maps and an all new leveling system. How many will fall to your blade?
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Janken Samurai at Free against Newtro's $1.99. Janken Samurai also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 3) and rating (4.5 vs 4.0). Newtro's advantage is ratings volume (45 vs 13). On update cadence, ads and device support 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
Janken Samurai is free to download; Newtro costs $1.99 up front. Newtro sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Janken Samurai asks for nothing beyond the download.
Janken Samurai holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 45 and 13 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 38% of Newtro's written reviews are positive against 57% of Janken Samurai's.
Newtro ships an update fortnightly, Janken Samurai monthly. The most recent releases landed on June 9, 2026 and September 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Newtro | Janken Samurai |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.0 (45 ratings) | 4.5 (13 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 37.5% of reviews | 57.1% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 45 — better | 13 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 234 MB | 172 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 9+ |
| Developer | EVB Studio | Good Good Games LLC |
Customer experience
Newtro
Janken Samurai
In-app purchases
Newtro
- Dark Knight Color Palette$0.99
- GameBoy Color Theme$0.99
- Ads remover$1.99
Janken Samurai
No in-app purchases








