Janken Samurai vs Hog Game!
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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?
Hog Game!
Tilt your device to guide a hog, consuming slop to progress through levels. Compete on daily leaderboards to unlock cosmetic items and aim for the ultimate "Hog Heaven."
- Tilt controls for movement
- Eat slop to progress
- Daily leaderboards
- Unlockable hog skins
- Level-based progression
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It's time to go hog wild! Tilt your phone to set your hog running and try to eat as much slop as you can before you wind up hog tied! Make it past each zone and atop the daily leaderboard to unlock new hog skins! Can you make it to Hog Heaven?
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Janken Samurai at none against Hog Game!'s 1. Janken Samurai also leads on rating (4.5 vs 4.2). Hog Game!'s advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs monthly). 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
Both are free to download. Hog Game! sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Janken Samurai asks for nothing beyond the download.
Janken Samurai holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 15 and 25 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 57% of Janken Samurai's written reviews are positive against 60% of Hog Game!'s, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Janken Samurai ships an update monthly, Hog Game! every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Janken Samurai | Hog Game! |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (15 ratings) — better | 4.2 (25 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 57.1% of reviews | 60.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 15 | 25 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 172 MB | 116 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Good Good Games LLC | PaulSoft LLC |
Customer experience
Janken Samurai
Hog Game!
In-app purchases
Janken Samurai
No in-app purchases
Hog Game!
- Buy Hog Game$2.99
