Comparison

Space Squad Survival vs Iron Treads

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

Head to head
About

Space Squad Survival

Command your spaceship and crew to survive in the vastness of space. Explore planets, manage resources, hunt alien creatures, and battle ruthless pirates to ensure your squad's survival. Your strategic decisions are key to overcoming the challenges of the cosmos.

Highlights
  • Ship Management
  • Hunting Alien Creatures
  • Planet Exploration
  • Battling Space Pirates
  • Building and Development
Features
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Survive in endless space as the commander of your own spaceship! Take charge of your crew, explore uncharted planets, hunt for food, and defend against ruthless space pirates. Your decisions will determine the fate of your squad! Download now and begin your space adventure! AWESOME FEATURES: ● Ship Management: Expand your ship, optimize resources, and maintain crew morale. ● Hunting Alien Creatures: Gather food and defend against alien threats using a variety of weapons and tactics. ● Planet Exploration: Mine resources, discover mysterious locations, and build up your base. ● Battling Space Pirates: Defend your ship from pirate attacks and board enemy vessels to collect unique resources and gain experience. ● Building and Development: Upgrade technologies, create new modules, and enhance your survival skills in the harsh environment of space. Lead your space squad and prove you can survive in the toughest conditions!

About

Iron Treads

Defend your command post in this offline arcade tank game. Battle waves of diverse enemy tanks across 30 unique battlefields, facing off against nine powerful bosses. Upgrade your tank and strategically use five different supplies to survive.

Highlights
  • 30 hand-built battlefields
  • Four enemy tank classes
  • Nine unique vehicle bosses
  • Tank upgrade system
  • Five strategic supplies
  • Offline play
  • Touchscreen optimized controls
Features
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Hold the line. Iron Treads is a fast, offline arcade tank-defense game in the spirit of the classic 8-bit tank battles, rebuilt in crisp low-poly 3D for iPhone and iPad. Thirty hand-built battlefields stand between you and the final bastion. Each round sends twenty enemy tanks through a different maze of brick, steel, water and groves toward your command post. Break cover, cut off the approaches and keep the post standing. FOUR ENEMY CLASSES Raiders push straight for your base. Interceptors hunt you down the flanks. Armored Bulwarks shrug off standard shells. Lime-green Blitz speedsters cross the map in seconds - freeze them with an EMP and line up the shot. NINE VEHICLE BOSSES On nine key rounds a vehicle boss rolls in after the wave: a twin-cannon breacher, an eight-wheel missile carrier, a howitzer, a rail gun... all the way to the Omega Bastion land battleship. Bosses telegraph their firing lanes, launch homing missiles you can shoot down or out-turn, and hit overdrive at half health. Siege plating seals your command post - the duel is decided by your tank alone. THE WORKSHOP Every round pays coins - for each kill, each boss and every clear, kept even when a round goes wrong. Spend them between rounds on permanent armor plating, a faster autoloader, higher shell velocity and a bigger EMP capacitor. Watch each part bolt onto your tank in the live garage view. BUILD YOUR TANK IN BATTLE Collect UPGRADE supplies to climb from the MK I Scout to the MK IV Titan. Each tier adds armor, a faster cannon and a new silhouette; piercing shells punch through steel. FIVE SUPPLIES, USED WISELY UPGRADE, SHIELD, EMP, REPAIR and reinforcements drop from your kills - two chances per round. REPAIR grows your command post up to 5 HP. EMP stops every engine on the field and wipes hostile shells and missiles. EARN YOUR STARS Three stars per round: clear the wave, keep the post at 4 HP or better, and lose no tanks. Chain eliminations for up to a 5x score multiplier. BOSS RUSH Beat round 30 to unlock Boss Rush: all nine bosses back to back in a MK IV Titan with three lives and one EMP. MADE FOR TOUCH A steady direction pad, hold-to-fire, one-tap EMP, left-handed layout, haptics, up to 120 Hz on ProMotion displays, and a clear 45-degree battlefield camera. Landscape on iPhone and iPad. Play in English, 简体中文, 日本語, 한국어, Español or العربية. No account, fully offline; progress saves on your device. Iron Treads is free to play, supported by short interstitial ads shown only on result and defeat screens, never during combat. No in-app purchases.

Screenshots

Space Squad Survival4 screens
Iron Treads4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Iron Treads at none against Space Squad Survival's 6. Iron Treads also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7). Space Squad Survival's advantage is ratings volume (1.2K vs 1) and update cadence (every 4 days vs weekly). On price, ads, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Space Squad Survival sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Iron Treads asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Iron Treads holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Space Squad Survival has 1.2K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Space Squad Survival ships an update every 4 days, Iron Treads weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Space Squad Survival versus Iron Treads: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSpace Squad SurvivalIron Treads
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (1.2K ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews84.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings1.2K — better1
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterWeekly
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size325 MB55 MB
Age rating12+9+
DeveloperCezary RajkowskiXU XU

Customer experience

Space Squad Survival

All ratings1,138 ratings
Positive93.6%
Neutral4.0%
Negative2.5%
Written reviews388 reviews
Positive84.5%
Neutral6.4%
Negative9.0%

Iron Treads

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Space Squad Survival

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Saved game not syncing between devices
  • Camera issues
  • Shooting system needs improvement

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add an endless mode without a timer
  • Allow redesigning the ship at will
  • Implement ship-to-ship battles
  • Add more destructible elements
  • Support gamepad controls

Iron Treads

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Space Squad Survival

One-time6
  • Pinch of Gems$0.99
  • Starterpaket$3.99
  • Stack of Gems$4.99
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  • Pile of Gems$9.99
  • Premium Offer$9.99
  • Hoard of Gems$49.99
None

Iron Treads

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Space Squad Survival free?
Space Squad Survival is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Iron Treads free?
Iron Treads is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Space Squad Survival or Iron Treads?
Iron Treads is rated higher. Space Squad Survival averages 4.7 out of 5 from 1.2K ratings, while Iron Treads averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Space Squad Survival or Iron Treads have ads?
Both Space Squad Survival and Iron Treads show ads.
Which is updated more often, Space Squad Survival or Iron Treads?
Space Squad Survival ships an update every 4 days, and Iron Treads weekly. Most recently, Space Squad Survival was updated on November 8, 2026 and Iron Treads on October 31, 2026.

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