Micro Panda vs Survivor Shark
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Micro Panda
Guide a panda through a 3D park, transforming objects into lamps with its eye beam. Compete against a time limit to light up as much of the park as possible and achieve high scores. Earn stars by reaching specific score milestones.
- Control panda with eye beam
- Transform objects into lamps
- Timed gameplay
- Score based on lighting and jumping
- Star rating system for stages
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Control the panda with bright beam on its eyes, and light the park. How bright can you make it within the time limit? It's a panda's 3D action game! The panda moves toward the touched direction. The panda turns all the objects into a lamp with its eye beam. You have 99 seconds! Light as many objects as you can. Total score is decided depending on the lighting object and the jumping height. When you acquire constant Total score, the star is appended to the stage icon. Please do your best to aim to get three stars. Please Enjoy it!
Survivor Shark
Navigate a shark through a hazardous underwater environment, dodging mines and torpedoes. Collect powerups and earn coins to upgrade abilities and unlock new characters for higher scores.
- Dodge mines and torpedoes
- Collect powerups
- Upgrade powerups
- Unlock new shark characters
- High score chasing
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Avoid the explosives! Addicting arcade-style game that is themed around nature's most fearsome creatures, sharks. Drag your shark along the screen to dodge mines and torpedoes. Collect the spinning orbs to acquire powerups! Earn coins by playing and use coins to upgrade your powerups and reach even higher scores! Coins can also be used to unlock new shark characters, which give you an extra advantage! Explosives fall faster the longer you play. See how long you can survive!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Micro Panda at none against Survivor Shark's 3. Survivor Shark's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 5 months). On price, rating, device support and iOS requirement 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. Survivor Shark sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Micro Panda asks for nothing beyond the download.
Survivor Shark holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Survivor Shark has 124 ratings behind it against 21, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 91% of Micro Panda's written reviews are positive against 100% of Survivor Shark's.
Micro Panda ships an update every 5 months, Survivor Shark every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Micro Panda | Survivor Shark |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (21 ratings) | 5.0 (124 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 90.9% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 21 | 124 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 11 MB | 30 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | DAN-BALL | Andrew Palmer |
Customer experience
Micro Panda
Survivor Shark
Bugs and requests
Micro Panda
Reported bugs
2 issues- Compatibility with iOS 11
- App executables not 64bit
Requested features
10 requests- Add 64bit support
- Compatibility with iOS 11
- Add tutorial
- More levels
- Level maker
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- Non-timer mode
- Save final pictures to camera roll
- Free play mode
- Monster box mobile integration
- Make powder game into an app
Survivor Shark
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Micro Panda
No in-app purchases
Survivor Shark
- 100 Survivor Shark Coins$0.99
- 500 Survivor Shark Coins$3.99
- 1000 Survivor Shark Coins$5.99
Questions
Is Micro Panda free?
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