Comparison

Tiny Quest vs Shadow Survival

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

Head to head
About

Tiny Quest

Embark on an adventure where heroes and pets grow infinitely and merge to defeat monsters. Collect heroes, combine skills, and explore mines and dungeons for items. Enjoy offline idle rewards and uncover hidden artifacts to become the strongest.

Highlights
  • Collect and combine heroes with unique skills
  • Merge pets to create stronger creatures
  • Infinite hero and pet growth
  • Explore mines and dungeons for items
  • Offline idle rewards
  • Discover hidden artifacts
Features
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# 4080 Free Summon Gift! # Complete specific missions for 7 days to get 2040 + 2040 Summon Gift! One day the world got bigger?! No! All humans have become tiny! Grow your Hero infinitely, Merge all Pet! Hunt for the witch with a powerful party! Operation ‘Tiny Quest’! ▶ Collect various heroes and combine unique skills to assemble your own party. ▶ Defeat all the witch's monsters through limitless power. ▶ Get stronger by acquiring items through endless mines and dungeons. ▶ Evolve pets and make contracts with heroes through unique merge system. ▶ There is a rumor that if you merge pet, the strongest creature and the legendary dragon will appear?! ▶ Enjoy the game casually with offline Idle rewards! Although they may have turned into cute looks, the heroes uses more various and fancy skills! Combine various heroes and pets with your own strategy to defeat all monsters and dungeons! Unlimited growth and fun, discover hidden artifacts and become the strongest! Will you be able to break the witch's curse and go back to normal? Start the adventure of heroes and pets who defeat the evil witch with cute physical right now! Superbox official website : http://www.superboxgo.com Official Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/superbox01 Customer Center : help@superboxgo.com

About

Shadow Survival

Engage in a thrilling vampire survival game where you battle hordes of monsters. Level up your knight, upgrade skills, and strategically combine abilities to wipe out enemies. Choose your hero and conquer challenging maps to survive the encroaching darkness.

Highlights
  • Kill countless monsters
  • Level up and upgrade skills
  • Organize unique skill decks
  • Choose and strengthen heroes
  • Strategic one-handed control
  • Battle on numerous maps
Features
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Where monsters appear in the dark, there is a war of survival. And on the battlefield, brave knights are killing monsters! Shadow Survival is a vampire survival game in which the knight kills monsters appearing in the dark, by leveling up, and surviving. Feel the exciting of sweeping away the monsters that are flocking by upgrading your skills in the game! Shadow Survival Game features The pleasure of killing monsters : there's the pleasure of fighting countless monsters that flock and wiping them out at once! The more you clearing the stage, the more thrilling you can feel. Easy to control : Simple to control with one hand, light usability that makes it easy for anyone to enjoy anytime, anywhere. Fun organizing your own skill deck: Create your own skill deck by selecting the skill given during gameplay! As you upgrade and combine different skills, the stronger you get, the harder it will be to get out of this game! Battle of Heroes: Choose the hero character to fight against monsters and enjoy strategic play! The battle of heroes takes place on numerous maps. Improve your abilities with trophies through battle, and strengthen your heroes to survive and win the crisis! Darkness is more deepens, the monsters get stronger and stronger. Fight with your brave knights can overcome the monsters! It's time to enjoy your adventure! * 'Shadow Survival' We are running the game in collaboration with 'Liberty Dust', the developer of Dark SurvivalIt's time to enjoy your adventure!

Screenshots

Tiny Quest4 screens
Shadow Survival4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Tiny Quest at every 2 weeks against Shadow Survival's every 2 months. Tiny Quest also leads on review sentiment (57% vs 44%). Shadow Survival's advantage is rating (4.6 vs 4.3) and ratings volume (747 vs 86). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Tiny Quest sells 27 one-off in-app purchases and Shadow Survival sells 20 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Shadow Survival holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Shadow Survival has 747 ratings behind it against 86, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 57% of Tiny Quest's written reviews are positive against 44% of Shadow Survival's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tiny Quest ships an update every 2 weeks, Shadow Survival every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Tiny Quest versus Shadow Survival: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTiny QuestShadow Survival
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (86 ratings)4.6 (747 ratings) — better
Positive reviews57.4% of reviews — better43.5% of reviews
Number of ratings86747 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size365 MB266 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSUPERBOX. IncSeungHo Chung

Customer experience

Tiny Quest

All ratings86 ratings
Positive80.2%
Neutral9.3%
Negative10.5%
Written reviews47 reviews
Positive57.4%
Neutral17.0%
Negative25.5%

Shadow Survival

All ratings745 ratings
Positive91.1%
Neutral4.4%
Negative4.4%
Written reviews255 reviews
Positive43.5%
Neutral12.2%
Negative44.3%

User reviews

Tiny Quest

From 86 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Addictive gameplay
  • ✨ Great graphics and music
  • 🎮 Fun idle game
  • 💯 Good progression curve
  • 🌟 Refreshing and entertaining

Room to improve

  • 💸 Forced ads
  • 🚫 No sign in with Apple
  • 💸 Ads are too frequent
  • 🚫 Game abandoned by company
  • 🐛 App won't run after updates

Shadow Survival

From 747 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Fun game
  • 🚀 Potential to be good
  • 💡 Interesting skills and mechanics
  • 💡 Variety of characters and playstyles

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Bugs and glitches (crashes, loading issues, equipment selection bug)
  • 🔨 Rough around the edges (abrupt level endings, confusing interface)
  • 🔋 Grindy progression
  • 🔒 Privacy concerns (personal information collection)

Bugs and requests

Tiny Quest

Reported bugs

16 issues
  • Cannot sign in with Apple
  • Forced ads appearing
  • Cannot connect to the game
  • Black screen on boot/loading
  • App Store update issues
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  • Event pass reward not claimable
  • Cannot enter game after update
  • App crashes after updates
  • Black screen with max materials, unable to access anything
  • Black screen on loading, hub visible but scenery black
  • Ads appear as black screen
  • Game crashes when trying to buy 'no ads' pack
  • Purchased items not received
  • Merging pets returns to main screen
  • Cannot equip new characters without auto-click
  • Game crashes when trying to purchase 'no ads' pack

Requested features

9 requests
  • Remove ads or make cheaper
  • Add chat and PVP arena
  • Add global ranking
  • Add village function for passive income
  • More character variety with different playstyles
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  • Limited-time characters for events
  • Automatic item selling system
  • More rewards from gem dungeon
  • More upbeat or heroic music

Shadow Survival

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Flame lizard level 10 ability not working
  • Equipment selection options disappearing after merging
  • Crash on startup
  • Lost progress and account issues after updates

Requested features

5 requests
  • Offline mode or sync timer
  • Account options (e.g., login via social media)
  • Improved wave design with more variety
  • Multiplayer modes
  • Better translation and localization

In-app purchases

27 purchases

Tiny Quest

One-time27
  • New User Pack$0.99
  • Pass 1$0.99
  • Stage 100 Bonus Package$1.49
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  • Day 1 Ticket Pack$1.99
  • Gift Bundle$1.99
  • Day 2 Ticket Pack$1.99
  • Daily Merge Pack$2.99
  • Pass 2$2.99
  • Starter Pack$2.99
  • Day 5 Ticket Pack$3.99
  • Gift Chest$3.99
  • Goddess Blessing Pack$4.99
  • Weekly Merge Pack$4.99
  • Enemy Pass 1$4.99
  • Attendance Pass 1$4.99
  • Day 6 Ticket Pack$5.99
  • Day 7 Ticket Pack$7.99
  • Ads Removal$9.99
  • VIP Package$9.99
  • Daily Dungeon Premium Pack$9.99
  • Daily Merge Premium Pack$9.99
  • Weekly Merge Premium Pack$11.99
  • Weekly Dungeon Premium Pack$11.99
  • Enemy Pass 2$14.99
  • Pre-Registration Pack$14.99
  • VIP Gift$19.99
  • Growth Pack$29.99
20 purchases

Shadow Survival

One-time20
  • gem_1$0.99
  • coinbank_1$0.99
  • day_access_package1$0.99
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  • vip1_package1$0.99
  • chapter_1$1.99
  • chapter_2$2.99
  • gacha_level_2$2.99
  • ss_special_cheering_1$2.99
  • skin_9$4.99
  • lucky_package$4.99
  • pass_1$6.99
  • rare_hero_choice_package2$6.99
  • legend_hero_celebration_pack3$8.99
  • gem_3$9.99
  • special_package_13$9.99
  • monthly_fixed+remove_ads$14.99
  • legendary_hero_choice_package3$18.99
  • season_hyperpass_9$18.99
  • season_hyperpass_8$18.99
  • pass_2$19.99

Questions

Is Tiny Quest free?
Tiny Quest is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Shadow Survival free?
Shadow Survival is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Tiny Quest or Shadow Survival?
Shadow Survival is rated higher. Tiny Quest averages 4.3 out of 5 from 86 ratings, while Shadow Survival averages 4.6 from 747 ratings.
Do Tiny Quest or Shadow Survival have ads?
Both Tiny Quest and Shadow Survival show ads.
Which is updated more often, Tiny Quest or Shadow Survival?
Tiny Quest ships an update every 2 weeks, and Shadow Survival every 2 months. Most recently, Tiny Quest was updated on October 23, 2026 and Shadow Survival on October 30, 2026.

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