Bowmaster vs The Vikings
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Bowmaster
Engage in an epic quest to defend the kingdom from an invading army. Upgrade your character with new armor, arrows, and magic to face increasingly challenging enemies. Experience addictive gameplay with realistic graphics and advanced RPG elements.
- Kingdom defense quest
- Character upgrades
- Multiple arrow types
- Realistic graphics
- Advanced RPG gameplay
- Enemy AI
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The Quest game. Defend the Kingdom! Join the war against the army of villains lead by the evil Bloody Mask! Unveil the story, earn new armor, arrows and magic rings! Fight enemies that become stronger and win the final battle! Apple Shoot game. Shoot the apple off mans head using a bow and arrows. Don't miss or you might kill your opponent. Each level positions you further away thus increasing the difficulty... Features: - amazing realistic graphics - addictive gameplay - 5 different arrows - advanced RPG gameplay - character upgrades - strong enemy AI Dear Customers! Thanks for your comments! If you have any ideas for the game, please write about them in your comments! We'll try to add them and more interesting features in next updates.
The Vikings
Engage in brutal combat as a Viking warrior, hurling axes at a variety of enemies. Upgrade your arsenal with new axes, shields, and helmets to overcome increasingly challenging foes. Test your skills in a player-versus-player mode for ultimate bragging rights.
- Axe throwing combat
- Variety of enemy types
- Weapon and armor upgrades
- Player versus player mode
- Simple tap-to-aim controls
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Viking is a ferocious Scandinavian warrior. Viking's favorite weapons are axes! You can throw them at enemies and split their skulls! It is very simple to do this - just tap on the screen and pull to aim and release to throw the ax. One accurate throw will be enough to put down any opponent. And there will be a lot of them! Among them are archers, armored swordsmen and even magicians. Therefore, to destroy them there are axes available for every taste in the game store, as well as a variety of shields and helmets to defend yourself from arrows and shells of magicians. Also, the player versus player mode is implemented. Each player is on his turret and you need to hit an ax in your opponent before he splits your skull with his ax. And do not worry if you die in the midst of a fight ... after all, Valhalla is waiting for you after death!!!* Have a good game! * Valhalla does not apply to warriors who have defeated less than one opponent.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Bowmaster at none against The Vikings's shown. Bowmaster also leads on update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 38 months) and rating (4.9 vs 4.6). On price, ratings volume, 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
Both are free to download. Bowmaster sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and The Vikings sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Bowmaster holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 487 and 164 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 91% of Bowmaster's written reviews are positive against 75% of The Vikings's.
Bowmaster ships an update every 6 weeks, The Vikings every 38 months. Both last shipped on October 20, 2026.
| Parameter | Bowmaster | The Vikings |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (487 ratings) — better | 4.6 (164 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 90.8% of reviews — better | 75.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 487 — better | 164 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 38 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 106 MB | 109 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Falcon Mobile Inc. | BYV |
Customer experience
Bowmaster
The Vikings
User reviews
Bowmaster
From 487 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Entertaining and addictive
- 🕹️ Simple but fun gameplay
- 💯 Great time-killer game
- 🎯 Satisfying archery mechanics
- 🎨 Colorful and visually appealing
Room to improve
- 🔍 Repetitive gameplay
- 🔥 Excessive ads and in-app purchases
- 🐛 Frequent crashes and glitches
- 🔒 Lack of progression and content
- ⏱️ Slow and unresponsive at times
The Vikings
From 164 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Fun and stress-relieving
- 👍 Great for passing time
- 👍 Dynamic gameplay
- 👍 Addictive
- 👍 Good for killing time
Room to improve
- 🐛 Axes go through enemies
- 🐛 Multiplayer not loading
- 🐛 Unresponsive controls
- 🐛 Ads every round
- 🐛 Expensive axes useless
Bugs and requests
Bowmaster
Reported bugs
5 issues- Game freezing and crashing
- Levels not unlocking properly
- Ads not loading or causing crashes
- Arrows not registering hits correctly
- Progression and save data issues
Requested features
5 requests- More levels and challenge modes
- Ability to disable ads or pay to remove them
- Improved performance and stability
- Additional game modes and customization options
- Cloud saving and cross-device sync
The Vikings
Reported bugs
13 issues- Axes go through enemies
- Axes disappear mid-throw
- Enemies stay on block as shields
- Multiplayer not loading
- Unresponsive controls on iPhone
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- Coins not saving in single player
- Double coin purchase overcharged
- Axes don't hit in higher rounds
- Headshots bypass shields
- Expensive axes seem useless
- Axes don't do more damage despite cost
- No physics in the game
- Cover character still wearing Santa hat
Requested features
20 requests- Update the game
- Add armor
- Add more axes
- Add a game mode against swordsmen
- Add a white reticle like in spear version
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- Add more helmets
- Option to play from the right side
- Add challenges
- Make expensive axes more impactful
- Fix multiplayer issues
- Fix coin saving issues
- Fix axe penetration issues
- Fix headshot bug
- Fix axe disappearing bug
- Fix enemies staying as shields bug
- Fix ads frequency
- Fix purchase overcharging
- Add physics to the game
- Make axes more effective
- Improve controls for iPhone
In-app purchases
Bowmaster
- All Levels and No Ads!$2.99
The Vikings
- 5000 Coins$1.99
- Disabling advertising$1.99
- 20000 Coins$3.99
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- 50000 Coins$6.99
- 100000 Coins$22.99
- 500000 Coins$79.99
Questions
Is Bowmaster free?
Is The Vikings free?
Which has better reviews, Bowmaster or The Vikings?
Do Bowmaster or The Vikings have ads?
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