Comparison

Pocket Tanks vs Hedgewars

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

Head to head
About

Pocket Tanks

Engage in fast-paced artillery battles with a vast arsenal of weapons. Master simple controls to outmaneuver and defeat opponents in quick matches or turn-based online play. Explore diverse battlefields and experiment with unique weaponry.

Highlights
  • One-on-one artillery combat
  • WiFi and online multiplayer
  • Vast arsenal of unique weapons
  • Simple controls, deep strategy
  • Target Practice mode
  • Weapon expansion packs
Features
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"The Ultimate One-on-One Artillery Game" – Now with cross-platform WiFi and Online Play! Pocket Tanks is the fast-paced artillery game that is simple to learn, and fun to master. The perfect quick game for friends and family, you'll find yourself hooked for hours of play! Bury your opponent in a mound of dirt, or assail him with a barrage of bullets. Visit the Weapon Shop before battle to arm yourself for the struggle, or try the Target Practice mode to learn all the weapons and the best tactics to win. Experience the thrill of launching volley after volley of powerful and fun weapons across the battlefield, using very simple controls. Select your angle, power, and FIRE! Your arsenal of unique and useful weapons includes: Napalm, Firecracker, Skipper, Cruiser, Dirt Mover, and dozens more! This is the light-hearted game of heavy artillery for everyone. ----------------------------------- Pocket Tanks - Free Version 45 weapons Features: - Large scrolling battlefields - Universal app; looks great on iPhone or iPad - WiFi real-time matches on a local network - Online, turn based play. Battle your friends around the world at your own pace. Download Pocket Tanks COMPLETELY FREE, and learn the ropes with 45 exciting weapons. The Free version also includes WiFi AND Online play, to challenge your friends! Upgrade in App to Deluxe and access: - 100 brand new weapons (145 total with all free packs) - Jump Jets for moving your tank around - Bouncy Dirt for creating reflective terrain - Digger for tunneling your tank underground - Support for weapon expansion packs, both paid and FREE! ----------------------------------- Note from the author: I have been writing artillery games since 1993. I created Pocket Tanks in 2001, and thanks to the many loyal fans, it is still in active development to this very day. Please join me in my quest to make Pocket Tanks a classic artillery game that stands the test of time. Thanks to all who have supported BlitWise over the years. -Michael P. Welch Author of DX-Ball & Scorched Tanks Millions of downloads, over a decade of fun! For the PC/Mac versions visit: www.blitwise.com

About

Hedgewars

Engage in hilarious, turn-based strategy combat with a team of armed hedgehogs. Utilize a vast arsenal of weapons and tools to outmaneuver and defeat your opponents across diverse, destructible landscapes. Enjoy single-player or multiplayer battles with extensive customization options.

Highlights
  • Turn-based strategy combat
  • Hilarious artillery action
  • Up to 8-player local multiplayer
  • Randomly generated maps
  • 55+ devastating weapons
  • 25 game modifiers
  • Extensive team customization
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Hedgewars, it's a Blast! Description: This is the funniest and most addictive game you'll ever play - hilarious fun that you can enjoy anywhere, anytime. Hedgewars is a turn based strategy game but the real buzz is from watching the devastation caused by those pesky hedgehogs with those fantastic weapons - sneaky little blighters with a bad attitude! In other words Hedgewars is a turn based strategy, artillery, action and comedy game, featuring the antics of pink hedgehogs with attitude as they battle from the depths of hell to the depths of space. As commander, it's your job to assemble your crack team of hedgehog soldiers and bring the war to your enemy. Each player controls a team of several hedgehogs. During the course of the game, players take turns with one of their hedgehogs. They then use whatever tools and weapons are available to attack and kill the opponents' hedgehogs, thereby winning the game. Hedgehogs may move around the terrain in a variety of ways, normally by walking and jumping but also by using particular tools such as the "Rope" or "Parachute", to move to otherwise inaccessible areas. Each turn is time-limited to ensure that players do not hold up the game with excessive thinking or moving. A large variety of tools and weapons are available for players during the game: Grenade, Cluster Bomb, Bazooka, UFO, Shotgun, Desert Eagle, Fire Punch, Baseball Bat, Dynamite, Mine, Rope, Pneumatic pick, Parachute. Most weapons, when used, cause explosions that deform the terrain, removing circular chunks. The landscape is an island floating on a body of water, or a restricted cave with water at the bottom. A hedgehog dies when it enters the water (either by falling off the island, or through a hole in the bottom of it), it is thrown off either side of the arena or when its health is reduced, typically from contact with explosions, to zero (the damage dealt to the attacked hedgehog or hedgehogs after a player's or CPU turn is shown only when all movement on the battlefield has ceased). * Hilarious and devastating turn based combat for up to 8 players * Local multiplayer with optional AI opponents * Battle on an infinite number of randomly generated maps with over 31 environments, or choose from 48 set image maps * Utilise 55 (and counting) devastating weapons! Defeat your foes with simple weapons like Grenades or take it to the next level and trash entire landscapes with weapons like the Melon Bomb or Piano Strike * Play the game your way, with 25 different game modifiers, tweak almost every aspect of the match * Customize your team, with over 280 costumes, 32 graves, 13 forts, 100s of flags and unique voice packs * Huge battles with up to 64 hogs

Screenshots

Pocket Tanks4 screens
Hedgewars3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Hedgewars at none against Pocket Tanks's 10. Hedgewars also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 4 months) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 12.0). Pocket Tanks's advantage is ratings volume (1.6K vs 25) and review sentiment (72% vs 53%). On price, rating, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Pocket Tanks sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Hedgewars asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.3 for Pocket Tanks against 4.3 for Hedgewars. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pocket Tanks has 1.6K ratings behind it against 25, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 72% of Pocket Tanks's written reviews are positive against 53% of Hedgewars's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pocket Tanks ships an update every 4 months, Hedgewars monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Pocket Tanks versus Hedgewars: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPocket TanksHedgewars
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (1.6K ratings)4.3 (25 ratings) — better
Positive reviews72.5% of reviews — better53.3% of reviews
Number of ratings1.6K — better25
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.09.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size98 MB181 MB
Age rating9+9+
DeveloperBlitwise Productions, LLCAnton Malmygin

Customer experience

Pocket Tanks

All ratings1,561 ratings
Positive80.7%
Neutral5.4%
Negative13.9%
Written reviews418 reviews
Positive72.5%
Neutral8.1%
Negative19.4%

Hedgewars

All ratings25 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral4.0%
Negative16.0%
Written reviews92 reviews
Positive53.3%
Neutral8.7%
Negative38.0%

User reviews

Pocket Tanks

From 1.6K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Great artillery game
  • 👍 Simple and fun gameplay
  • 💡 Lots of weapon variety
  • 🕰 Good for passing time
  • 👍 Nostalgic classic

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Buggy online play
  • 🔫 Unbalanced weapon damage
  • 🤖 Overpowered AI
  • 💰 Expensive deluxe version
  • 🎨 Outdated graphics

Hedgewars

From 25 App Store ratings

What we love

  • ✨ Amazing free game
  • 👍 Unbeatable hours of play
  • 🚫 No ads, data, or tracking
  • 💯 Fabulous game, almost PC quality
  • 🎮 Good free alternative to Worms

Room to improve

  • ❓ No instructions or tutorial
  • 📉 UX needs work
  • 🐛 Too many bugs
  • 😵 Unplayable on mobile
  • 🐛 Instant crash in portrait

Bugs and requests

Pocket Tanks

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Game crashes or won't open
  • Weapon glitches and scaling issues
  • Inconsistent AI behavior

Requested features

10 requests
  • Multiplayer online mode
  • Team or free-for-all gameplay
  • Improved graphics and visuals
  • Weapon balancing adjustments
  • Time limit for online turns
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  • Ability to chat with opponents
  • Terrain and weather variations
  • Weapon search/sorting options
  • Statistics tracking and leaderboards
  • Controller support

Hedgewars

Reported bugs

117 issues
  • No instructions, no tutorial
  • Too many bugs
  • UX needs a lot of work
  • Unplayable on mobile
  • Instant crash when portrait orientation
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  • Crashes a lot
  • Crashes after loading a game
  • Game freezes
  • Vertical jump button useless
  • Not working on iPhone 4s
  • Zoomed, not playable
  • Screen freezes
  • Zoomed in screen, no controls
  • Unplayable
  • Zoomed in view of part of screen
  • Crashes constantly
  • Weird bug
  • Buttons disappear, zooms weirdly, visual glitches
  • Starts loaded and freezes
  • Crashes
  • Game screen only shows up on a fourth of the actual screen
  • Keeps kicking me off when I use certain weapons
  • Crashes 4 out of 5 games
  • Crashes even worse with the update
  • Freezes every time I try to play
  • Crashes halfway through
  • Won't start a game
  • Freezes up
  • Unresponsive
  • Crashes all the time
  • Crashes to much
  • New version doesn't let me battle or make new teams
  • Mobile version still premature and buggy
  • Sound driver buggy
  • Crashes the game occasionally
  • New weapon select menu is harder to use
  • Freezes after each game
  • Weapon icons hard to distinguish
  • Game doesn't start
  • Tons of bugs
  • Rough quality
  • Confusing
  • Not fun
  • Crashes frequently
  • Game makes zero sense
  • Crashes
  • Freezes
  • Bug filled
  • Crashes after loading
  • Game freezes
  • Won't work
  • Freezes up
  • Unresponsive
  • Crashes all the time
  • Crashes to much
  • New version doesn't let me battle or make new teams
  • Mobile version premature and buggy
  • Sound driver buggy
  • Crashes the game occasionally
  • New weapon select menu is harder to use
  • Freezes after each game
  • Weapon icons hard to distinguish
  • Game doesn't start
  • Tons of bugs
  • Rough quality
  • Confusing
  • Not fun
  • Crashes frequently
  • Game makes zero sense
  • Crashes
  • Freezes
  • Bug filled
  • Crashes after loading
  • Game freezes
  • Won't work
  • Freezes up
  • Unresponsive
  • Crashes all the time
  • Crashes to much
  • New version doesn't let me battle or make new teams
  • Mobile version premature and buggy
  • Sound driver buggy
  • Crashes the game occasionally
  • New weapon select menu is harder to use
  • Freezes after each game
  • Weapon icons hard to distinguish
  • Game doesn't start
  • Tons of bugs
  • Rough quality
  • Confusing
  • Not fun
  • Crashes frequently
  • Game makes zero sense
  • Crashes
  • Freezes
  • Bug filled
  • Crashes after loading
  • Game freezes
  • Won't work
  • Freezes up
  • Unresponsive
  • Crashes all the time
  • Crashes to much
  • New version doesn't let me battle or make new teams
  • Mobile version premature and buggy
  • Sound driver buggy
  • Crashes the game occasionally
  • New weapon select menu is harder to use
  • Freezes after each game
  • Weapon icons hard to distinguish
  • Game doesn't start
  • Tons of bugs
  • Rough quality
  • Confusing
  • Not fun
  • Crashes frequently
  • Game makes zero sense

Requested features

14 requests
  • Add multiplayer feature
  • Improve menu to match PC version
  • Enhance jumping
  • Add possibility to exit current level/return to main menu
  • Create own maps and weapons
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  • Add network mode and AI mode
  • Improve UI
  • Add mini map
  • Fix sound driver
  • Improve stability
  • Make weapon icons easier to distinguish
  • Play against someone over Wifi or bluetooth
  • Add dual controls
  • Add retina support

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Pocket Tanks

One-time10
  • Ambush Pack$0.99
  • Meteor Pack$0.99
  • Power Pack$0.99
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  • Fireworks Pack$0.99
  • Gold Pack$0.99
  • Tornado Pack$0.99
  • Space Pack$0.99
  • Energy Pack$0.99
  • Cyclone Pack$0.99
  • Pocket Tanks Deluxe$4.99
None

Hedgewars

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pocket Tanks free?
Pocket Tanks is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Hedgewars free?
Hedgewars is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Pocket Tanks or Hedgewars?
Hedgewars is rated higher. Pocket Tanks averages 4.3 out of 5 from 1.6K ratings, while Hedgewars averages 4.3 from 25 ratings.
Do Pocket Tanks or Hedgewars have ads?
Neither Pocket Tanks nor Hedgewars shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pocket Tanks or Hedgewars?
Pocket Tanks ships an update every 4 months, and Hedgewars monthly. Most recently, Pocket Tanks was updated on November 6, 2026 and Hedgewars on November 1, 2026.

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