Sword.io vs Cat Samurai
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Sword.io
Engage in thrilling 3D roguelike battles using a spinning sword. Harvest monsters, upgrade your hero with unique skills like lightning and lasers, and defeat diverse enemies and bosses. Compete globally on international leaderboards.
- 3D roguelike gameplay
- Spinning sword combat
- Monster harvesting
- Hero skills (lightning, lasers)
- Boss battles
- International rankings
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Do you want to harvest monsters with a spinning sword? This is a 3D Roguelike game! Each hero here has his own skills: lightning, rocket, storm, thunder, lasers and so on. There are many types of monsters, some with short-range attacks, some with long-range attacks, and a variety of bosses. Bosses also have spinning swords. Keep your distance from them and kill them by moving around. Remember to collect dropped diamonds to upgrade yourself. Killing the bosses will also drop various props, remember to collect them. The game also supports multiple international rankings, so you can compete with players and friends from all over the world.
Cat Samurai
Embark on a survival action adventure as a feline warrior. Equip yourself with weapons and items to battle relentless waves of enemies. Gain experience and currency to enhance your samurai's abilities and unlock new power-ups.
- Fight hordes of enemies
- Stock up on weapons and items
- Gather experience and currency
- Power up and unlock samurais
- Defeat bosses for rewards
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You are a cat samurai, stock up on weapons and items and fight hordes of enemies! Gather experience and currency to power up and unlock your samurais! Defeats wave of enemies to lure out their boss, take them out for big rewards! facebook.com/fullfatgames www.fullfat.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Cat Samurai at none against Sword.io's 4. Cat Samurai also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 2 days). Sword.io's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and rating (4.2 vs 4.0). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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. Sword.io sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Cat Samurai asks for nothing beyond the download.
Sword.io holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Sword.io has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Sword.io ships an update every 2 days, Cat Samurai daily. Both last shipped on November 4, 2026.
| Parameter | Sword.io | Cat Samurai |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (5 ratings) — better | 4.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 88.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days | Daily — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 208 MB | 166 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 12+ |
| Developer | 伟 王 | Full Fat Productions Ltd |
Customer experience
Sword.io
Cat Samurai
In-app purchases
Sword.io
- Pack of 100 coins$0.99
- Pack of 400 coins$2.99
- Pack of 800 coins$4.99
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- Pack of 1,800 coins$9.99
Cat Samurai
No in-app purchases
