Sinbad vs DANMAKU
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Sinbad
Embark on a swashbuckling adventure across the seven seas as a ship captain. Explore exotic destinations, battle enemies with intuitive combat, and upgrade your ship to recover lost relics and protect the world from evil.
- Naval exploration
- Island conquest
- Enemy battles
- Treasure hunting
- Ship upgrades
- Intuitive combat system
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Set sail, conquer mysterious islands, defeat enemies and find priceless treasure! Become the ultimate hero of legend in a game inspired by Sky 1 HD's Sinbad. As Captain of your loyal crew, you must navigate the seven seas to recover lost relics that are the key to protecting the world from evil! Use treasure you find along the way to upgrade and maintain your trusty ship with new masts, sails and decorations. Be the envy of the oceans and your friends on Facebook! Swash-buckling action! Fight bandits, city guards and supernatural creatures! Strike down formidable opponents in acrobatic and dynamic swordplay using an intuitive one-touch combat control system! Exotic destinations! Explore bustling market towns, forgotten caverns, desert wastes, temple ruins and more... Sinbad is free to play, but you can choose to pay real money for some extra items, which will charge your iTunes account. You can disable in-app purchasing by adjusting your device settings.
DANMAKU
Engage in intense bullet-hell combat across 8 stages with 16 unique bosses. Choose from 8 different ships, each with distinct flight patterns and abilities. Strategically select weapons, armors, and companions to overcome escalating challenges and improve your pilot level with every run.
- 8 stages with 3 difficulty levels
- 16 unique bosses and mid-bosses
- 5 distinct weapon types
- 4 armor types with trade-offs
- 3 companion options
- Pilot level progression
- Graze and bomb mechanics
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DANMAKU Shooting - STELLAR FORCE 8 stages, 16 bosses. Every run you fly a different ship. ◆ 8 Stages, 3 Difficulties Route → mid-boss → route → boss. About 13 minutes a run. Clear NORMAL to open HARD, clear HARD to open LUNATIC. Higher difficulties give bosses more bullet patterns — and pay more coins. ◆ 16 Bosses One boss and one mid-boss per stage. You never fight the same one twice. ◆ 5 Weapons — not better and worse, but good at different things Vulcan / Spread / Laser / Homing / Reflect. Laser struggles on the route; Spread struggles on bosses. "Next run I'll take this one" is the reason to go again. ◆ 4 Armors — every one costs you something Heavy gives +3 HP and slows you down. Phase takes 2 HP away and pays you more the closer you fly to bullets. ◆ 3 Companions Gunner, shield, medic. Buy them, take up to two along. ◆ Pilot Level It always goes up when you play. A run you lose is not a run wasted. ◆ Graze and Bombs Skim a bullet and the coins climb. When there's no way through, bomb it. ◆ 8 Ships A small hitbox, more firepower, an extra bomb. They differ in how they fly, not just how they look.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: DANMAKU at 5.0 against Sinbad's 4.3. DANMAKU also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 10) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months). Sinbad's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (161 vs 1). On price, monetization model 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
Both are free to download. Sinbad sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. DANMAKU asks for nothing beyond the download.
DANMAKU holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Sinbad has 161 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Sinbad ships an update every 2 months, DANMAKU every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Sinbad | DANMAKU |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (161 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 55.8% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 161 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 4.3 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 88 MB | 80 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Rebellion Games | MIZOU, CO., LTD. |
Customer experience
Sinbad
DANMAKU
In-app purchases
Sinbad
- Purse of Gems$0.99
- Purse of Coins$0.99
- Coin Doubler$1.99
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- Pouch of Gems$2.99
- Pouch of Coins$2.99
- Bag of Coins$3.99
- Bag of Gems$6.99
- Box of Coins$6.99
- Box of Gems$13.99
- Chest of Coins$13.99
DANMAKU
No in-app purchases









