Comparison

Subway Surfers vs Thunder Cat Battle

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

Head to head
About

Subway Surfers

Embark on an exhilarating endless running adventure, dodging trains and outsmarting a persistent guard. Utilize hoverboards, jetpacks, and acrobatic moves to achieve high scores and compete with friends in this visually vibrant game.

Highlights
  • Endless running gameplay
  • Dodge oncoming trains
  • Grind on trains
  • Hoverboard surfing
  • Paint-powered jetpack
  • Fast swipe acrobatics
  • Challenge friends
Features
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DASH as fast as you can! DODGE the oncoming trains! Help Jake, Tricky & Fresh escape from the grumpy Guard and his dog. - Grind trains with your cool crew! - Colorful and vivid HD graphics! - Hoverboard Surfing! - Paint powered jetpack! - Lightning fast swipe acrobatics! - Challenge and help your friends! Join the App Store's most daring chase! A Universal App with HD optimized graphics for retina resolution. Originally co-developed by SYBO and Kiloo.

About

Thunder Cat Battle

Embark on an adventure as a lightning-wielding cat, battling monsters and clearing stages. Choose combat specialties, upgrade electric abilities, and acquire new skills with each level-up in this fast-paced roguelike action game.

Highlights
  • Lightning-wielding cat protagonist
  • Choose and upgrade combat specialties
  • Random skill acquisition and upgrades
  • Fast-paced roguelike gameplay
  • Multiple maps and difficulty levels
  • Smooth controls with attack and skill options
Features
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You will play as a powerful, lightning-wielding cat, defeating monsters, clearing stages, and claiming victory! The game’s unique feature is the ability to choose a combat specialty, allowing you to upgrade and use various electric abilities to battle waves of enemies. This is a fast-paced, roguelike action game with smooth controls and a focus on character development. Key Features: ■ Level Up and Random Skills On your first level-up, you will choose a combat specialty, such as active skills, shooting attacks, or auto-attacks. This will become your primary focus as you progress. Each time you level up, you will receive 1 skill point. Accumulate skill points to upgrade your specialty and randomly acquire new skills. Level 1 requires 1 point, level 2 requires 2 points, and level 3 requires 3 points, with level 3 being the max. Extra skill points will convert into basic stat boosts. You also have a chance to earn skill points from other trees, with lifesteal being a recommended choice. ■ Controls In addition to basic left-right movement and jumping, you can perform shooting and skill attacks. Using skills consumes MP, which regenerates over time. After learning auto-attacks, approaching enemies will trigger automatic attacks. ■ Multiple Maps and Difficulty Levels The game features several maps with various difficulty levels, from Easy and Hard to Insane. On each map, you must challenge 6 stages. The higher the difficulty, the more HP and damage enemies have, while the number of lives you can use decreases. Running out of lives will force you to restart the challenge. In higher difficulties, each time you choose a new ability, it will have a quality bonus (+1 ~ +10), significantly increasing its power. As the difficulty rises, precise control and obtaining high-quality abilities will become crucial. The game offers numerous unique stages, distinctive monsters, and an intense challenge. Whether you're a child or an adult, this game is suitable for all ages and packed with fun!

Screenshots

Subway Surfers4 screens
Thunder Cat Battle4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Thunder Cat Battle at none against Subway Surfers's 10. Thunder Cat Battle also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). Subway Surfers's advantage is ratings volume (3.9M vs 2) and update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks). On price, 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. Subway Surfers sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Thunder Cat Battle asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Thunder Cat Battle holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Subway Surfers has 3.9M ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Subway Surfers ships an update weekly, Thunder Cat Battle every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 10, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Subway Surfers versus Thunder Cat Battle: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSubway SurfersThunder Cat Battle
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (3.9M ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews86.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings3.9M — better2
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
Best chart rank#7 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size394 MB35 MB
Age rating9+9+
DeveloperSybo Games ApS境 饶

Customer experience

Subway Surfers

All ratings3,868,204 ratings
Positive91.6%
Neutral3.5%
Negative4.8%
Written reviews10,922 reviews
Positive86.6%
Neutral4.9%
Negative8.5%

Thunder Cat Battle

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Subway Surfers

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Game crashes after updates
  • Disappearing high scores and progress
  • Unresponsive controls during gameplay
  • Ads that redirect to App Store unexpectedly

Requested features

5 requests
  • Ability to save progress across devices
  • More customization options for characters
  • Difficulty settings or modes
  • Multiplayer/competitive features
  • Reduced ad frequency or ad-free option

Thunder Cat Battle

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Subway Surfers

One-time10
  • 7,500 Coins$0.99
  • 12 500 Coins$0.99
  • Starter Pack$0.99
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  • Coin Pack 1$0.99
  • 45,000 Coins$4.99
  • Double Coins$4.99
  • 65 000 Coins$4.99
  • 25 Keys$4.99
  • 40 Keys$4.99
  • Key Pack 1$4.99
None

Thunder Cat Battle

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Subway Surfers free?
Subway Surfers is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Thunder Cat Battle free?
Thunder Cat Battle is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Subway Surfers or Thunder Cat Battle?
Thunder Cat Battle is rated higher. Subway Surfers averages 4.6 out of 5 from 3.9M ratings, while Thunder Cat Battle averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Subway Surfers or Thunder Cat Battle have ads?
Both Subway Surfers and Thunder Cat Battle show ads.
Which is updated more often, Subway Surfers or Thunder Cat Battle?
Subway Surfers ships an update weekly, and Thunder Cat Battle every 3 weeks. Most recently, Subway Surfers was updated on November 10, 2026 and Thunder Cat Battle on October 30, 2026.

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