Landnama vs Protect The Swing
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Landnama
Manage a Viking clan, build settlements, and survive the harsh winters of medieval Iceland. This puzzle adventure blends strategic planning and resource management to ensure your people thrive. Explore new territories and make critical decisions to shape your clan's destiny.
- Viking clan management
- Settlement building and expansion
- Resource management (Heart resource)
- Survival against harsh winters
- Strategic puzzle-solving
- Exploration of Iceland's biomes
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Embark on a Viking settlement-building puzzle adventure in Landnama Manage your Viking clan, expand settlements, and navigate the unforgiving winters of medieval Iceland. Every decision you make as a Norse chieftain determines the fate of your people. With a blend of strategic planning, resource management, and puzzle-solving, fans of Northgard, Civilization, and Catan will find a home in Landnama. Lead Your Viking Clan Take control of your Viking clan in this survival strategy game. Manage resources, build settlements, and face the relentless challenges of Iceland’s winters. With every decision acting as a strategic puzzle, you’ll need to think critically to keep your clan alive and thriving. Strategic Resource Management The Heart resource is the lifeblood of your settlement—use it wisely to build, upgrade, and survive. Balancing your resources and planning for the harsh winters is a strategic puzzle where each decision matters. This depth of planning is ideal for fans of strategy and board games. Explore, Expand, and Settle Expand your Viking territory across the varied biomes of medieval Iceland. Each new region offers unique challenges and opportunities. Build and upgrade your settlements to ensure your clan’s survival and the future of civilization in medieval Iceland. Face the Harsh Icelandic Winter Prepare your settlement to withstand Iceland's brutal winters. The pressure is on to solve the survival puzzle and keep your people alive through the most challenging conditions. A Unique Viking Experience Landnama offers a fresh take on Viking strategy games by focusing on resource management and strategic planning without combat. Fans of board games, strategy, and puzzle-solving will appreciate the depth and immersion this game has to offer.
Protect The Swing
Embark on a thrilling mission to save Earth by infiltrating a cultist stronghold or escaping pursuers in an endless hopper. Explore unique levels, battle enemies, unlock upgrades, and discover new weapons and skins in this action-packed adventure.
- Story Mode with 26 unique levels
- Procedurally generated challenges
- Unlockable weapons and skins
- Endless hopper gameplay
- Dodge themed enemies
- Collect in-game coins
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Protect the Swing Dive into a high-stakes mission where Earth’s last hope depends on your courage and skill. Protect the Swing offers two dynamic modes: Story Mode Take on the role of GK7, the Galactic Knight, as he infiltrates a secret cultist stronghold connected to the mysterious Door Point Volcano. Traverse 26 unique, hand-crafted levels, each procedurally selected to make every run a fresh challenge. Face fierce cultists and lieutenants, unlock powerful transformations, and discover weapons and skins to empower GK7 on his quest to dismantle the Anti-Swing Generator. Every battle, upgrade, and transformation brings you closer to saving Earth from impending destruction. PIVIT’s Quest Step into PIVIT’s Quest, an endless hopper that whisks you through beautifully crafted environments. Guide PIVIT, an ET-like piano droid who has escaped the anti-swing cult, as he hops endlessly away from his relentless pursuers. Dodge Halloween-themed foes like Baron Samedi across dynamic sections, from the eerie Voodoo Chunk to the lively Parade and the challenging Water Chunk with moving platforms. Collect coins, avoid enemies, and enjoy an endless, thrilling escape that adds depth and excitement to the Protect the Swing universe. Together, these modes offer an unforgettable adventure that combines immersive storytelling with captivating gameplay.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Protect The Swing at 5.0 against Landnama's 3.9. Protect The Swing also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 61%). Landnama's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 5 days vs fortnightly). On price, in-app purchases, 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. Landnama sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Protect The Swing sells 21 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Protect The Swing holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Landnama has 103 ratings behind it against 13, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 61% of Landnama's written reviews are positive against 100% of Protect The Swing's.
Landnama ships an update every 5 days, Protect The Swing fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and September 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Landnama | Protect The Swing |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (103 ratings) | 5.0 (13 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 60.8% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 103 — better | 13 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days — better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 186 MB | 422 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Sonderland Games UG haftungsbeschrankt | Ninjazz Entertainment |
Customer experience
Landnama
Protect The Swing
Bugs and requests
Landnama
Reported bugs
4 issues- Unlocked masteries not working as intended
- Buildings cannot be built twice
- Purchase button is broken
- Crashes and loss of progress
Requested features
5 requests- Add more areas for Vikings to settle
- Incorporate diplomacy and AI opponents
- Improve winter difficulty and heart management
- Add landscape mode for tablets
- Improve visibility of built structures
Protect The Swing
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Landnama
- Full Game$4.99
Protect The Swing
- Ornetto Sword$0.99
- Soul Strike Sword$0.99
- Stagger Star Sword$0.99
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- 3 Lives$0.99
- Gloemus Skin$1.99
- Bipp Skin$1.99
- Bazel Pivit Skin$1.99
- Skweeber Skin$1.99
- Bunsky Skin$1.99
- Peekel Skin$1.99
- Christmas Pivit$1.99
- Veeber Skin$1.99
- Meta Blues Armour$2.99
- Ultra Blues Armour$2.99
- Triumph Blues Armour$2.99
- Western Sky Armour$2.99
- Dynasty Blues Armour$2.99
- Regal Blues Armour$2.99
- Three armour charges$2.99
- 30 Lives$8.99
- 10 Weapons Pack$9.99









