Comparison

Maneater vs Lia

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

Head to head
About

Maneater

Experience the ultimate power fantasy as a terrifying shark in this open-world action RPG. Grow from a pup to an apex predator, exploring diverse environments and evolving your abilities to exact revenge.

Highlights
  • Open-world action RPG
  • Evolve and customize your shark
  • Explore diverse environments
  • Engage in compelling combat
  • Experience a unique story campaign
  • Day/night cycle
Features
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Become a MANEATER Experience the ultimate power fantasy as the apex predator of the seas - a terrifying SHARK! Maneater is a single-player, open-world action RPG (ShaRkPG) where YOU are the shark. Starting as a small shark pup, you are tasked with surviving the harsh world while eating your way up the ecosystem. To do this, you will explore a large and varied open world, encountering diverse enemies - both human and wildlife. Find the right resources, and you can grow and evolve far beyond what nature intended, allowing the player to tailor the shark to their play style. This is fortunate, because to get revenge on the cruel fisherman who dismembered you will take evolving into a massive shark, an apex predator of legends. Eat. Explore. Evolve. Unique Story Play through a full narrative, story-based campaign narrated by Chris Parnell (Rick and Morty, Saturday Night Live, 30 Rock) and set against the backdrop of a reality TV show. Diverse, Compelling Combat Battle fierce wildlife, including other apex predators, or fight against various types of human hunters ranging from town drunks all the way up to the Coast Guard. Evolve Into a Legend Feed on humans and wildlife to grow your shark, and find shark loot to evolve your shark down multiple possible paths. Explore the Gulf 7 large regions, including bayous of the Gulf Coast, resort beaches, industrial docks, the open ocean, and more. Experience a living world with a full day/night cycle.

About

Lia

Engage in fast-paced roguelite combat against a robot uprising. Craft unique weapon and power-up builds to fight through industrial facilities, rescue cats, and stop endless spam. Prove your humanity against an AI-controlled world.

Highlights
  • Fast-paced roguelite combat
  • Craft unique weapon builds
  • Unlock dozens of power-ups
  • Fight challenging robot bosses
  • Rescue cats from algorithms
  • Stop endless spam and ads
Features
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Be the resistance in a world ruled by machines: fight, hack, and reignite hope. Craft powerful builds in this fast-paced roguelite with lethal weapons and power-ups. Free kittens from the algorithm’s chains and smash the robots’ scheme. Resist spam and prove that no one codes your destiny! • YOUR OWN PLAYSTYLE Set your combat pace by cycling through a colossal arsenal of devastating weapons. Go for a sniper and a katana for deadly precision… or embrace chaos with a bazooka in hand. Unlock dozens of power-ups, craft unique builds, and mix and match for endless possibilities until the robots are nothing but scrap metal. • TAKE DOWN BRUTAL ROBOTS Raid distinct industrial facilities, each with enemies and bosses that grow increasingly challenging and… unique. An overprotective robot mom who mistakes love for mass destruction? We’ve got it. A Segway-riding robot trying to play mall cop? Also, yes. A ravenous robotic dinosaur in a post-apocalyptic zoo? Absolutely. Think you’ve got what it takes to crush these tin cans? • FREE THE CAGED CATS Stop the robots from monetizing hypnotic cat videos. Free the fluffballs from the algorithm’s chains and earn the lifelong loyalty of an entire feline army. • STOP THE SPAM! Uncover the secrets of a robot society where work shifts are endless and ads have no limits. Outsmart an absurdly strict CAPTCHA system and prove you’re smarter than AI. Fight to keep Earth from being overrun by all that spam!

Screenshots

Maneater4 screens
Lia4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Lia at every 3 days against Maneater's every 3 weeks. Lia also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6) and price ($5.99 vs $10.99). Maneater's advantage is chart position (#105 vs unranked) and ratings volume (26 vs 3). On ads, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Maneater costs $10.99 and Lia $5.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Lia holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Maneater has 26 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of Maneater's written reviews are positive against 86% of Lia's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Maneater ships an update every 3 weeks, Lia every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Maneater versus Lia: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterManeaterLia
Price$10.99$5.99 — better
Rating4.6 (26 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews85.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings26 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
Best chart rank#105 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size2.7 GB916 MB
Age rating17+12+
DeveloperTHQ Nordic Mobile GmbHOrube Game Studio

Customer experience

Maneater

All ratings23 ratings
Positive82.6%
Neutral8.7%
Negative8.7%
Written reviews48 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral10.4%
Negative22.9%

Lia

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews21 reviews
Positive85.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative14.3%

In-app purchases

None

Maneater

No in-app purchases

None

Lia

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Maneater free?
Maneater costs $10.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Lia free?
Lia costs $5.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Maneater or Lia?
Lia is rated higher. Maneater averages 4.6 out of 5 from 26 ratings, while Lia averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do Maneater or Lia have ads?
Neither Maneater nor Lia shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Maneater or Lia?
Maneater ships an update every 3 weeks, and Lia every 3 days. Most recently, Maneater was updated on October 22, 2026 and Lia on October 19, 2026.

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