Comparison

Cat Hero vs Weapon Master

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

Head to head
About

Cat Hero

Embark on an idle RPG adventure as a brave cat hero defending your master's dreams from monsters. Merge fish to power up your attacks, collect unique companions, and join forces with other players to conquer challenges and earn rewards.

Highlights
  • Idle RPG gameplay
  • Merge fish mechanics
  • Collect over 50 companions
  • Guild and co-op content
  • Customize hero with skins
  • AFK rewards up to 24 hours
Features
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“I, as a Cat Hero, will vanquish all monsters tormenting my master in his dream!" Fish Cannon? Check. Cuteness and Bravery? Double Check! It is a Cat Hero's sworn duty to protect their master from all forms of threat even if it means from their dreams. However, even the dark of the nightmare can make a hero's fur stand up. But fear not for you are not alone! You will meet friends, companions, and join forces with other Cat Heroes from all over the world on this quest to make sure the master feeds the cat and cleans the hairballs sitting by the corners. ■ Explore the Vast Dreamland in Cute, Quality Graphics Take on epic raid bosses, stroll along coastlines, fight the monsters of the ocean, and soar into the skies as you journey in this dreamland that is beautifully crafted in cute, quality graphics. ■ Simply Tap to Merge Fishes Endlessly and Grow Stronger Merge fishes to make your fish missiles stronger. The Magic Tank will fill the fish so don't worry about running out of fish! ■ Meet Companions to Customize your Build for Greater Firepower Choose from over 40 skills and 50 companions! Befriend Sausage, Bread, Chicken, Wolves, Pirates, and even a Tank Commander to unleash tons of damage. And let’s not forget about the runes that aid your build! ■ Join Forces with other Cat Heroes to Enjoy More Content Cooperate with your guild to conquer the battlefield and win the siege. Win special gear and more rewards from the guild fights and share the sweet taste of victories with your mates. ■ Wind Down with Diverse Range of Contents for Endless Fun Even Heroes need to catch a break every now and then. Customize in style with various skins and participate in various engaging minigames to get loads of rewards. Manage your Cat Town or visit someone else’s to either help or interrupt them! And when you are ready to battle again, test your strength in Arena for special rewards! ■ Let it Idle Go offline and your companions will fight for you. AFK rewards pile up up to 24 hours, so come back any time to upgrade your team! Join the ranks of Cat Heroes and protect your master’s dreams! Download and play now for free! [Join Our Discord] https://discord.com/invite/q3Xp6nreD9 [Privacy Policy] https://www.gameduo.net/en/privacy-policy [Terms of Service] https://www.gameduo.net/en/terms-of-service [Inquiry] cathero@gameduo.net

About

Weapon Master

Manage your backpack to craft and arrange weapons for automated combat. Strategically upgrade skills and combine items to defeat monsters and progress through challenging stages. Become a legendary weapon master in this addictive casual game.

Highlights
  • Backpack management and item arrangement
  • Weapon crafting and synthesis
  • Automated combat system
  • Roguelike skill selection
  • Diverse characters and weapons
  • Numerous challenging stages
Features
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Weapon Master: Backpack Battle is an addictive casual game that combines backpack management, synthesis, tower defense, and roguelike gameplay. In the world of Weapon Master, you'll play as a weapon forging apprentice, continuously exploring, crafting, and fusing materials and weapons in your backpack to increase your combat power, defeat powerful monsters, and eventually become a legendary Weapon Master. -Backpack Management, Unique Mechanics In Weapon Master, you'll have a dedicated backpack where you can craft weapons to boost your fighting prowess. You'll use the items in your backpack for battles and progression. Beyond just the quality of your weapons, the most important aspect is how you strategically arrange high-quality weapons in your limited backpack space. By constantly crafting better weapons and optimizing your backpack layout, you'll become increasingly powerful. -Automated Combat, Easy to Pick Up In Weapon Master, the only thing you need to worry about is managing your backpack. Whether it's weapons or items, just throw them into your backpack, and they'll automatically trigger during combat, making the gameplay simple and accessible. -Use Your Wits, Overcome Adversity Don't think you can mindlessly tap your way to victory in Weapon Master. The game's roguelike system requires you to carefully select and upgrade different skills based on your available weapons and the current situation. Additionally, the various weapon combinations can lead to unexpected changes. When you face challenges, carefully consider your skill choices and weapon layouts to help you achieve a winning streak. -Numerous Stages, Waiting for Your Challenge In Weapon Master, each stage is designed with many interesting elements, such as Rhinos, Egypt Pharaoh and Rockman etc.. Explore and solve puzzles, sweep through waves of elite enemies - every combat scenario is filled with enjoyment and challenge. -Diverse Characters, Multiple Weapons Different game characters(wukong、Luna,etc.)come with unique attributes, allowing for more exploration in gameplay. A variety of super weapons are available (Crossbow, Magic Orb, Sumeru Hammer, Ruyi Jingu Bang, etc.) to help you achieve greatness in battle. Game Features: 1. Arrange your items in a limited backpack space and enjoy the satisfaction of efficient storage! 2. Collect rare weapons, organize your backpack, defeat enemies, expand your backpack, and enhance your combat power. 3. Certain weapons can be combined to create even stronger equipment! 4. Level up, upgrade skills, defeat bosses, and progress through the game! Weapon Master: Backpack Battle is a super fun casual game that combines crafting, idle, and tower defense elements. The unique backpack management mechanic will bring you endless enjoyment. As a weapon apprentice, you'll embark on a journey to become a renowned Weapon Master. If you love captivating casual games, don't miss out on Weapon Master: Backpack Battle! Give it a try now! Contact Us: Email: weapon-master@noxjoy.com Discord:https://discord.gg/5udMsYzZXx

Screenshots

Cat Hero4 screens
Weapon Master4 screens

Verdict

The call

Cat Hero and Weapon Master both sit at 4.8 stars, but that hides the real split: 73% of Cat Hero's written reviews are positive against 36% of Weapon Master's. Cat Hero also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs weekly). Weapon Master's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. Cat Hero sells 67 one-off in-app purchases and Weapon Master sells 30 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Cat Hero against 4.7 for Weapon Master. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4.6K and 2K respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 73% of Cat Hero's written reviews are positive against 36% of Weapon Master's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Cat Hero ships an update every 3 days, Weapon Master weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Cat Hero versus Weapon Master: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCat HeroWeapon Master
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (4.6K ratings) — better4.7 (2K ratings)
Positive reviews72.7% of reviews — better36.2% of reviews
Number of ratings4.6K — better2K
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterWeekly
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS16.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size1000 MB313 MB
Age rating+912+
DeveloperGame Duo Co.,Ltd.Nox(HongKong) Limited

Customer experience

Cat Hero

All ratings4,566 ratings
Positive94.7%
Neutral1.5%
Negative3.9%
Written reviews667 reviews
Positive72.7%
Neutral6.9%
Negative20.4%

Weapon Master

All ratings2,024 ratings
Positive91.3%
Neutral4.4%
Negative4.2%
Written reviews260 reviews
Positive36.2%
Neutral12.3%
Negative51.5%

User reviews

Cat Hero

From 4.6K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Fun and addictive gameplay
  • 👍 Cute and engaging cat theme
  • 🔓 No ads (with paid option)
  • 💡 Variety of features and progression

Room to improve

  • 💰 Game can be pay-to-win
  • 🕰️ Slow progression for free-to-play players
  • 🐛 Occasional crashes and data loss issues
  • 🤔 Convoluted UI and currency system

Weapon Master

From 2K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Fun gameplay
  • 👍 Interesting art style
  • 💡 Merge mechanics

Room to improve

  • 🔒 Excessive ads
  • 💰 Subscription model for ad removal
  • 🐛 Crashes and stability issues
  • 🔋 Slow progression without ads

Bugs and requests

Cat Hero

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Account data randomly deleted or reset
  • Crashes when collecting rewards
  • Inconsistent in-app purchase functionality

Requested features

4 requests
  • Ability to customize cat appearance
  • Improved progression system for free-to-play
  • Damage meter to test builds
  • Reduce mythic item acquisition difficulty

Weapon Master

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Black screen after loading
  • Inability to advance to next level after completion
  • Inconsistent performance after updates

Requested features

4 requests
  • Ability to merge past level 4
  • Reduce number of waves per level
  • More gameplay modes
  • Permanent ad removal option

In-app purchases

67 purchases

Cat Hero

One-time67
  • gv_event_pass_0$0.49
  • gv_first_package_1$0.49
  • gv_1200$0.89
Show 64 more
  • gv_first_package$0.99
  • gv_timedeal_1200_0$0.99
  • gv_event_package_3$0.99
  • gv_luckybox_package_0$0.99
  • gv_ad_remove_dis_66$1.99
  • gv_3300$2.29
  • gv_5500$3.69
  • gv_pass_towerofchallenge0$3.99
  • gv_skinevent_package_0$3.99
  • gv_first_package_2$3.99
  • gv_luckybox_package_1$3.99
  • gv_good_consume_event_13$3.99
  • gv_timedeal_5500_0$3.99
  • gv_9900$6.69
  • gv_limit_pet_summon_0$6.99
  • gv_ad_remove$7.99
  • gv_vip_jump_0$7.99
  • gv_premium_pass_0$7.99
  • gv_timedeal_9900_0$7.99
  • gv_timedeal_9900_2$7.99
  • gv_timedeal_stepup_0$7.99
  • gv_timedeal_stepup_7$7.99
  • gv_dia_0$7.99
  • gv_pass_minigame_3$7.99
  • gv_premium_pass_8$7.99
  • gv_pass_minigame_2$7.99
  • gv_pass_minigame_1$7.99
  • gv_timedeal_9900_1$7.99
  • gv_pass_cat_tower$7.99
  • gv_pass_minigame_0$7.99
  • gv_event_premium_pass_0$9.99
  • gv_luckybox_package_2$9.99
  • gv_timedeal_12000_1$9.99
  • gv_timedeal_12000_0$9.99
  • gv_vip_jump_1$14.99
  • gv_timedeal_19000_1$14.99
  • gv_event_package_6$14.99
  • gv_timedeal_19000_2$14.99
  • gv_timedeal_stepup_1$14.99
  • gv_timedeal_19000_0$14.99
  • gv_pass_newyearmission0$23.99
  • gv_luckybox_package_3$23.99
  • gv_37000$24.90
  • gv_vip_jump_2$26.99
  • gv_timedeal_33000_0$26.99
  • gv_timedeal_33000_1$26.99
  • gv_timedeal_33000_2$26.99
  • gv_event_package_s$26.99
  • gv_timedeal_stepup_2$26.99
  • gv_timedeal_37000_2$29.99
  • gv_timedeal_37000_0$29.99
  • gv_timedeal_37000_1$29.99
  • gv_pickup_pet_summon_2$39.99
  • gv_event_package_0$44.99
  • gv_event_package_2$44.99
  • gv_timedeal_55000_0$44.99
  • gv_timedeal_55000_2$44.99
  • gv_timedeal_55000_1$44.99
  • gv_timedeal_75000_0$59.99
  • gv_timedeal_75000_2$59.99
  • gv_timedeal_75000_1$59.99
  • gv_99000$66.00
  • gv_limited_package_5$79.99
  • gv_149000$99.90
30 purchases

Weapon Master

One-time30
  • 80 diamond$0.99
  • Hammer Gift$0.99
  • Bucket Gift$2.99
Show 27 more
  • Dragon Gift$2.99
  • Wand Gift$2.99
  • 2680 Diamond$2.99
  • 10 pentacle$4.99
  • Magic Key Pack 1$4.99
  • Knife Advanced Pack$4.99
  • 500 diamond$4.99
  • resource monthly card$4.99
  • Elina$4.99
  • Normal Enegry Fund$6.99
  • Yetta$9.99
  • Zolo$9.99
  • Dunne$9.99
  • WuKong$9.99
  • Elise$9.99
  • Luna$9.99
  • Resource Monthly Card$9.99
  • Normal Level Fund$9.99
  • super monthly card$9.99
  • 1200 diamond$9.99
  • privilege monthly card$9.99
  • Magic Key Pack$14.99
  • Hammer Advanced Pack$14.99
  • Bucket Advanced Pack$19.99
  • Wand Advanced Pack$19.99
  • 2400 diamond$19.99
  • 6250 diamond$49.99

Questions

Is Cat Hero free?
Cat Hero is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Weapon Master free?
Weapon Master is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Cat Hero or Weapon Master?
Cat Hero is rated higher. Cat Hero averages 4.8 out of 5 from 4.6K ratings, while Weapon Master averages 4.7 from 2K ratings.
Do Cat Hero or Weapon Master have ads?
Both Cat Hero and Weapon Master show ads.
Which is updated more often, Cat Hero or Weapon Master?
Cat Hero ships an update every 3 days, and Weapon Master weekly. Most recently, Cat Hero was updated on October 29, 2026 and Weapon Master on October 24, 2026.

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