Comparison

Samurai Attacks vs Starwave Shooter

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

Head to head
About

Samurai Attacks

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You are a samurai of the town. One day, a lot of monsters appear in the town of castle. You and your friends attack to them with brave. You have to beat monsters using weapon who monsters coming from the front towards you and your friends. * Running and throwing weapons are automatically.

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Starwave Shooter

Features
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Race across the stars and destroy waves of enemies and powerful bosses in a fast-paced pixel-art space shooter. Drag to move freely, then combine distinctive ships, weapons, and abilities to create your own combat style. SHIPS THAT CHANGE HOW YOU PLAY Every ship has different power, fire rate, lives, and movement performance. Unlocked ships can move vertically, horizontally, and diagonally, and each comes with a unique ability. A CHARGE BEAM THAT ERASES ENEMY FIRE Equip a Charge Core and hold the play area to build energy. Release to fire a massive beam whose duration depends on your charge time. The beam damages enemies and cancels enemy projectiles in its path. CUSTOMIZE YOUR ARSENAL Equip different shot types, ship colors, and Charge Cores. Rare cores cost a large amount of gameplay coins, but can be upgraded after you unlock them. FEATURES - Pixel-art space backgrounds that change from stage to stage - Distinctive ships, enemies, bosses, and projectile patterns - Wave-based stages and boss battles - Ships, weapons, cores, and upgrades unlocked with gameplay coins - Game Center leaderboard for your combined best score - Optional rewarded ad to continue a run Coins are earned by playing. There are no in-app purchases or subscriptions.

Screenshots

Samurai Attacks4 screens
Starwave Shooter4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Samurai Attacks at every 9 days against Starwave Shooter's every 3 weeks. Samurai Attacks also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 18.2). On price, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Samurai Attacks ships an update every 9 days, Starwave Shooter every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences ยท 4 level
Samurai Attacks versus Starwave Shooter: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSamurai AttacksStarwave Shooter
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviewsโ€”100.0% of reviews
Update frequencyEvery 9 days โ€” betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod โ€” betteriPhone
Requires iOS12.0 โ€” better18.2
Further details โ€” not scored
Size80 MB26 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperKoichi Iwasakikazu kaneko

In-app purchases

None

Samurai Attacks

No in-app purchases

None

Starwave Shooter

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Samurai Attacks free?
Samurai Attacks is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Starwave Shooter free?
Starwave Shooter is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Samurai Attacks or Starwave Shooter have ads?
Both Samurai Attacks and Starwave Shooter show ads.
Which is updated more often, Samurai Attacks or Starwave Shooter?
Samurai Attacks ships an update every 9 days, and Starwave Shooter every 3 weeks. Most recently, Samurai Attacks was updated on October 19, 2026 and Starwave Shooter on October 25, 2026.

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