Comparison

Survive Squad vs Half Screen

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

Head to head
About

Survive Squad

Team up with other survivors to battle endless waves of invading aliens in this fast-paced roguelike survival game. Assemble a squad, upgrade your heroes, and fight for your life against powerful bosses and hordes of monsters.

Highlights
  • Assemble a squad with unique heroes
  • Build skill combinations during upgrades
  • Battle hordes of monsters and bosses
  • Explore challenging survival arenas
  • One-finger controls
Features
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Alarm! The hordes of aliens have invaded your city! Grab your guns, team up with other survivors, and get through endless waves of aliens! You have to survive by any means! Survive Squad is a fast-paced casual roguelike survival io game with some RPG elements. Your primary goal is to build a team and remain alive in the survival arena as long as you can! The squad alpha must stay alive! FIGHT FOR YOUR LIFE Zombies, vampires, and other undead creatures are in the past — there's a bigger concern. In this survival io game, you must get through the endless waves of aliens that far outnumber you! The stronger enemies await you at every stage! Get ready to battle the deadly bosses with unique abilities. Be fast, smart & furious to defeat them all, and loot treasures together with new upgrades. ASSEMBLE THE SQUAD Start the game as a lonely survivor surrounded by thousands of evil creatures. Move around the city, find other warriors, and build the strongest team ever! Rifleman, mad scientist, paladin, archero, and many other heroes are ready to join your squad! Take down as many aliens as you can to level up the team members during the game! Collect new equipment and weapons, unlock new perks, and upgrade the heroes' abilities to deal more damage to the monsters! SURVIVAL GAME FEATURES: - Assemble the squad with unique weapons & talents - Build unique skill combinations while upgrading the team at every level - Take down hordes of monsters at once & fight mighty bosses - Explore dozens of survival arenas full of tough challenges - Control your shooters with one finger ––– Are you ready to meet the challenge? Stand against hordes of enemies, test your shooting and survival skills, and remain alive in the survival io game! Download and play Survive Squad for free right now!

About

Half Screen

Features
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Half Screen is a sidecar arcade built to play alongside your main screen. Keep watching. Keep playing. Choose a glanceable game when you want to stay with the rest of your screen instead of giving one app all of your attention. RUNNER Jump, flip, collect, and read changing routes across designed platform encounters. Climb divisions, unlock cosmetics, and return for seeded daily runs. COMBAT Keep the run alive in an endless space-survival mode. Your ship fires automatically while you steer, build momentum, choose run upgrades, and push the next checkpoint. SHOOTER Aim from an over-the-shoulder training range. Track targets across near, mid, and distant lanes. Fire automatically when the crosshair reaches a valid target and chase headshot streaks. ROVER Plan missions across a growing map, unlock distant bases, refine resources, repair systems, and dispatch the closest available rover for each route. ONE CONNECTED ARCADE • Four distinct color-coded game identities • Daily and weekly missions across modes • Local progress with no account required • Optional local reminders • No advertising in V1 • Core play works offline • Sound, haptics, performance, joystick, momentum, and sensitivity controls Play alongside. Build progress. Keep every run moving.

Screenshots

Survive Squad4 screens
Half Screen4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Half Screen at none against Survive Squad's 10. Half Screen also leads on ads (none vs shown). Survive Squad's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.6). On price 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. Survive Squad sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Half Screen asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Survive Squad versus Half Screen: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSurvive SquadHalf Screen
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (2.8K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews27.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings2.8K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size325 MB69 MB
Age rating9+12+
DeveloperAI Games FZMURAT KUCUK

Bugs and requests

Survive Squad

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Enemies getting stuck inside player's squad
  • Freezing during ads, causing loss of progress
  • Inability to claim rewards and complete missions

Requested features

3 requests
  • More characters and levels to grind for
  • Improved league/progression system
  • Option to disable ads for a one-time fee

Half Screen

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Survive Squad

One-time10
  • Gems$0.99
  • Chapter Pack 1$1.99
  • No Ads$2.99
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  • Piggy Bank$2.99
  • Gems$4.99
  • Special Offer$9.99
  • Gems$9.99
  • Monthly Card Gold$9.99
  • Survivor Pass$14.99
  • Gems$19.99
None

Half Screen

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Survive Squad free?
Survive Squad is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Half Screen free?
Half Screen is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Survive Squad or Half Screen have ads?
Survive Squad shows ads; Half Screen does not.

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