Scribattle vs Radiation Island
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Scribattle
Defend your planet from alien invaders in this fast-paced arcade game. Utilize unique touch controls to defeat waves of enemies across 50 challenging levels. Enjoy a hand-drawn art style and compete with friends.
- Unique touch-screen controls
- Hand-drawn art style
- Multiple enemy types
- 50 levels of action
- Social gaming integration
- Warrior shields
- Resume game option
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Scribattle is a fast-paced game where you must help your stick-man warriors defend their planet from a hostile Scri invasion. Use touch controls to defeat wave after wave of attackers, pushing your fingers to the limit! - Unique touch-screen controls, including multi-touch support - Hand-drawn look that is "beyond retro", taking you back to the days of pen and paper - 4 types of enemy creatures, each with unique attacks and strengths - 50 levels of blistering action - Integrated with the Yoo-Mee social gaming platform. Challenge your friends and win virtual coins! See http://yoo-mee.com for details. - Shields to give warriors temporary relief from attacks - Option to resume your last game where you left it (in case you're interrupted by a phone call, etc) - Option to begin a new game starting with the highest level you've ever completed - The entire set of levels repeats after completion, but tougher each time around, for unlimited play - Four difficulty settings, to match every gamer's ability If you enjoy games like Stick Wars, Space Invaders, Missile Command, and SketchFighter, you should take a look at Scribattle! *** NUMBER 1 IN ARCADE GAMES WORLDWIDE, 3/31/2010 *** WHAT THE REVIEWERS ARE SAYING: *** "The hardest game ever...it's really f***in tough...really cool doodlings...I give it 4 stars." - iPhoneSlutz "The graphics in this game are brilliant, it’s as if you drew a game on a sheet of graphing paper and it came to life. For addictive gameplay and great graphics, this game gets 4 stars.” - iPhoneAppCodes "If you are a sci-fi enthusiast, this iphone application is for you" - GosuBlogger.com "When it comes to our iPhone games, we love ‘em fast and we love ‘em kooky. Scribattle keeps us happy on both fronts" [App of the day!] - AppSeekr.com "so cool! Fantastically fun idea! [...] a game that makes you want to keep playing" - omiphone.se *** A BRIEF NOTE ON GAME CONTROLS: *** Based on comments we've received, some people don't seem to understand how this game works right away. Here are the basics: To make your warriors shoot, touch one of them and quickly "stroke" your finger in the direction you want to shoot. Don't forget multi-touch! Using several fingers, you can shoot using two or three warriors all at the same time. Pause the game by tapping in the score area at the top of the screen. Some players have observed that your warriors die easily, and can't seem to protect themselves from enemy fire. In fact, you can activate a warrior's shield by pressing and holding a finger on him. The shield stops all bullets, but won't protect you from the dreaded Noodly Appendage. Note that there are now four different play modes, with and without shields, and with and without the Noodly Appendage. Find your own preferred level of challenge!
Radiation Island
Embark on a survival adventure in a vast open world, stranded in an alternate reality. Explore, craft, and fight to uncover secrets and find your way back home. Survive harsh environments, dangerous creatures, and the undead.
- Open-world exploration
- Crafting and resource gathering
- Combat against wildlife and zombies
- Day-night cycle and weather effects
- Underwater exploration
- Multiplayer arena mode
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Radiation Island is a survival adventure game where you craft your own destiny in a huge open world environment. As part of the Philadelphia Experiment you have become stranded in a parallel, alternate reality. Discover this new and mysterious world, with all its surprises. Use everything you find to survive it and solve its puzzle to get back to the real world. Follow your own path in an environment of breathtaking beauty and gigantic scope. Explore huge forests inhabited by dangerous wolves, bears and mountain lions. Investigate abandoned villages and old military compounds where zombies guard vital tools, weapons and clues to the secrets of this world. You can even swim and dive, if you can avoid the hungry crocodiles. Hunt wild animals, fish or gather fruits to overcome hunger. Mine for resources and craft weapons, tools and basic vehicles. Find hidden treasures, equipment and fire arms to prevail in a world full of perils: radiation, anomalies, harsh weather and enraged zombies. Experience the full day-night cycle and face the dangers of darkness and cold. Survive and beat the game to unlock multiplayer mode: fight other real players online in a closed arena for valuable resources. AMAZING QUALITY, AND IT’S ONLY ON iOS! Optimized for the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus and the new A8 processors with greater environmental detail, spectacular visual effects and unparalleled performance! Takes advantage of Metal on A7 and A8 devices to provide cutting edge graphics. GAME CENTER, AirPlay and iCloud iCloud support is integrated so players can save and share progress across devices. AirPlay lets you play the game on larger displays via Apple TV. Climb the Game Center leaderboards, challenge friends and unlock dozens of achievements. Supports iOS MFi Game Controllers. Important: iPhone 4 and older devices are not supported.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Scribattle at Free against Radiation Island's $4.99. Scribattle also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.3). Radiation Island's advantage is ratings volume (650 vs 4) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 3 months). On 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
Scribattle is free to download; Radiation Island costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Scribattle holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Radiation Island has 650 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 54% of Scribattle's written reviews are positive against 74% of Radiation Island's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Scribattle ships an update every 3 months, Radiation Island every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Scribattle | Radiation Island |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $4.99 |
| Rating | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better | 4.3 (650 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 54.2% of reviews | 73.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 650 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17 | 15 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 2.3 GB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Rebisoft | Atypical Games |
Customer experience
Scribattle
Radiation Island
User reviews
Scribattle
From 4 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Simple yet challenging gameplay
- 💡 Innovative graphical concept
- 😄 Hours of fun
- 🏆 Great for tournaments
- ✨ Smooth and fluid animation
Room to improve
- 👎 Horrible controls
- 😠 Frustrating difficulty
- 💸 Overpriced for value
- 📉 Game speed too high
- 💥 Frequent crashes
Radiation Island
From 650 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 PLEASE KEEP UPDATING
- 👍 Enjoyable for years
- 👍 Immersive environment
- 👍 Tense atmosphere
- 👍 Open world with variety
Room to improve
- 🐛 Crashes and resets progress
- 🐛 Glitches with building
- 🐛 Laggy performance in certain areas
- 🔋 Battery draining
- 🐛 Disappearing items and chests
Bugs and requests
Scribattle
Reported bugs
10 issues- Multiplayer not working after update
- Connection problems
- OK button not responding
- Full version won't let user play
- Crashes frequently
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- Barely readable error messages
- Crashes when clicking game mode
- Won't work on iOS 4
- Quits out all the time
- Crashes after opening on iOS 4.0
Requested features
9 requests- Fix multiplayer issues
- Add different difficulty levels
- Provide instructions for tournaments/silver coins
- Add more ways to get silver coins
- Make controls easier
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- Allow tilting for movement
- Change shooting to tapping
- Add power-ups
- Allow blocking noodle without shooting
Radiation Island
Reported bugs
5 issues- Crashes causing loss of progress
- Glitches with building and structures
- Disappearing items and chests
- Laggy performance in certain areas
- Compatibility issues with newer iOS versions
Requested features
8 requests- Creative mode with unlimited resources
- Multiplayer co-op
- More vehicles (cars, boats, etc.)
- Expanded crafting and building options
- More enemy variety and difficulty
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- Additional weapons (grenades, flamethrowers, etc.)
- Weather effects (rain, storms, etc.)
- Ability to tame animals as companions
In-app purchases
Scribattle
No in-app purchases
Radiation Island
No in-app purchases









