Comparison

Smithing Master vs Swipe Samurai

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

Head to head
About

Smithing Master

Embark on an adventure as a legendary smithing master in a world threatened by monsters and the Seven Deadly Sins. Forge over a hundred types of equipment, enhance your anvil, and collect elves to aid you in battle. Engage in quests, competitions, and face world bosses in this casual RPG.

Highlights
  • Forge over 100 equipment types
  • Upgrade forging anvil
  • Collect and cultivate elves
  • Engage in quests and competitions
  • Battle world bosses
  • Casual, stress-free gameplay
Features
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Monsters rampage freely, and the world is filled with crises. You have become a part of this adventure. You are a legendary smithing master who possesses the essence of forging and a valiant master shouldering a heavy responsibility, fighting alone. With determination, you embark on a journey to vanquish monsters and the Seven Deadly Sins, fighting to restore this fantastical world. Game Feature: Core highlights, equipment forging. Forge over a hundred types of equipment with your own hands, upgrade the forging anvil, continuously enhance equipment quality and personal strength. Collect and synthesize, elves assisting. Cultivate elves, fight side by side with them, and the unique skills of the elves will help you overcome challenges. Ever-changing, endless adventures. A series of challenges such as quests, competitions, world bosses, and more. Only with thorough preparation can you face various crises. Casual RPG, stress-free. Play as a legendary smithing master and master, engage in battles without pressure, enjoy a relaxed gaming experience to the fullest. Dark style, eerie legends. The Seven Deadly Sins are determined to rule the entire world, twisting it into a corrupt and decayed land...

About

Swipe Samurai

Features
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Rocks come at you from four directions. You have one finger and a fraction of a second. Swipe Samurai is a reflex game about reading a screen faster than it fills up. Every rock announces the side it comes from; you swipe that way at the right moment and cut it in half. Time it well and the run speeds up. Miss and you lose a heart. TWO WAYS TO RUN Play is where you learn. When a tempo mode opens, only that mode's rocks arrive, so you get a clean window to understand one rule at a time before it shows up mixed with everything else. Speed run is the real thing. Modes arrive shuffled, the clock rewards perfect cuts, and only these runs reach the leaderboards. FOUR TEMPO MODES • Twin Strike — two rocks, back to back, almost no gap • Mine Field — red mines cannot be cut; touch one and it costs a heart • Warp — everything accelerates for a few seconds • Armored Rush — crystal-shelled rocks that need two cuts A mode is announced by name before it starts, and the first time each one appears the game pauses for a moment so you can read what changed. THE CLOCK REWARDS PRECISION Tempo is not just elapsed time. Perfect cuts push the clock forward, so a sharp player reaches the hard tiers faster and scores higher for the same minute. Taking damage pushes it back and buys you a short breather — the difficulty curve corrects itself instead of spiralling. A SKILL RADAR THAT WATCHES YOU PLAY The stats screen builds a six-axis picture of how you actually play: reaction, precision, stamina, recovery, consistency and tempo. It updates every run and breaks down separately for each mode, so you can see which one you are weak in and drill exactly that. WEEKLY CHALLENGE Every week everyone plays the same sequence of rocks. Your best run from that week replays as a faint ghost beside you, so you are always racing the one opponent who plays exactly like you. MAKE IT YOURS Earn crystals by playing, finishing daily missions and keeping your login streak, then spend them on colour themes for your samurai, the arena and your sword trail. Rank up to unlock exclusive themes, and catch the seasonal ones before they rotate out. Cosmetics only: nothing you buy makes you stronger or changes your score. GAME CENTER Three leaderboards — top score, highest tempo, most Perfect cuts — plus ten achievements that sync across your devices. Friends show up in the Friends tab of each board. MADE TO BE FAIR Rocks never arrive faster than a human can read them. There is a floor on approach time and on the gap between hits, and no mode is allowed to break it. The first run is a guided practice run that starts slow and speeds up only once you are cutting cleanly. Portrait. One finger. No account needed.

Screenshots

Smithing Master4 screens
Swipe Samurai4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Swipe Samurai at none against Smithing Master's 31. Swipe Samurai also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 3 weeks). Smithing Master's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). 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. Smithing Master sells 31 one-off in-app purchases. Swipe Samurai asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Smithing Master ships an update every 3 weeks, Swipe Samurai every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Smithing Master versus Swipe Samurai: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSmithing MasterSwipe Samurai
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (2.9K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews48.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings2.9K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 4 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size521 MB168 MB
Age rating17+12+
Developer伟 王Dilaver Emin KORKMAZ

Bugs and requests

Smithing Master

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Game freezing or crashing on launch
  • Gear appearance resetting after upgrades
  • Anvil and forging features not working properly when the app is minimized

Requested features

4 requests
  • Ability to store and switch between multiple gear sets
  • More ways to earn in-game currency without relying on ads or purchases
  • Character customization options
  • Better background support and reduced need to constantly reopen the app

Swipe Samurai

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

31 purchases

Smithing Master

One-time31
  • Activity Package$0.99
  • Package 18$1.99
  • Package 19$1.99
Show 28 more
  • Package45$1.99
  • Package57$1.99
  • Package69$1.99
  • Daily Value Pack3$4.99
  • Weekly Value Pack2$4.99
  • Package 2$4.99
  • Package 20$4.99
  • Package 25$4.99
  • Package46$4.99
  • Package52$4.99
  • Package82$4.99
  • Package112$4.99
  • Package106$4.99
  • Monthly Card$4.99
  • Package94$4.99
  • Weekly Value Pack3$9.99
  • Package 3$9.99
  • Package21$9.99
  • Package47$9.99
  • Package107$9.99
  • Package83$9.99
  • Package41$9.99
  • Package59$9.99
  • Eternal Card$14.99
  • Package 27$19.99
  • Forge Token$19.99
  • Package54$19.99
  • Package48$19.99
None

Swipe Samurai

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Smithing Master free?
Smithing Master is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Swipe Samurai free?
Swipe Samurai is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Smithing Master or Swipe Samurai have ads?
Swipe Samurai shows ads; Smithing Master does not.
Which is updated more often, Smithing Master or Swipe Samurai?
Smithing Master ships an update every 3 weeks, and Swipe Samurai every 4 days. Most recently, Smithing Master was updated on October 30, 2026 and Swipe Samurai on October 15, 2026.

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