Comparison

Rewind Survivor vs Voltline

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

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About

Rewind Survivor

In this wave survival game, death is a strategic advantage. Each time you fall, time rewinds and your past self becomes a ghost fighting alongside you. Face increasingly dangerous enemies and unlock powerful upgrades to survive.

Highlights
  • Unique rewind death mechanic
  • Past selves fight as ghosts
  • 9 enemy types with distinct AI
  • 9 power-ups with upgrade tiers
  • 4 super power-ups
  • Handcrafted pixel art
  • Cosmetic skins and trails
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Death is not the end — it's a strategy. Rewind Survivor is a wave survival game where every time you fall, time rewinds and your past self returns as a ghost that fights alongside you. But be careful — each death also makes your enemies faster, tougher, and more dangerous. FIGHT Battle through endless waves of increasingly deadly enemies. Shamblers, Bombers, Juggernauts, Wraiths, and more — each with unique behaviors that will test your skill and positioning. DIE When your HP hits zero, time rewinds. Your ghost replays your previous run, firing at enemies and orbiting around you. Stack up to 6 ghosts, then watch them grow even stronger. BUILD Choose from powerful power-ups between waves: boost your damage, attack speed, critical strike chance, life steal, and more. Unlock super power-ups like Radiation Field, Shockwave Pulse, and Void Barrier to dominate the arena. SURVIVE Enemy health, damage, speed, and numbers scale every wave. Deaths push the difficulty even higher. The question isn't if you'll die — it's how far you can push before the horde overwhelms you and your ghosts. FEATURES - Unique rewind death mechanic — your past lives fight with you - 9 enemy types with distinct AI and attack patterns - 9 power-ups with multiple upgrade tiers - 4 super power-ups with permanent effects - Handcrafted pixel art with neon-on-dark aesthetic - Cosmetic skins, hats, and trails - iCloud save sync across devices

About

Voltline

Features
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Build a neon defense that works together. Place six tower types, combine their strengths, and adapt as enemy waves push through the grid. Try five campaign levels free, then unlock the full campaign with one purchase. FAIR PRICING Try the first 5 levels free. One single purchase unlocks all 30 levels, boss fights, and every future update — forever. No subscriptions, no consumables, no ads. Roguelite, survival, and weekly challenges are free for everyone. Core gameplay runs fully offline; a connection is only needed for the one-time purchase, Game Center, and iCloud sync. 30 CAMPAIGN LEVELS x 3 DIFFICULTIES Battle through 30 handcrafted levels across 3 acts. Play on Normal, Hard, or Insane - each difficulty scales enemy HP, speed, and your starting economy. Earn up to 3 stars per level and accumulate Voltage to unlock tower tiers, abilities, modes, and color schemes. Every level is hand-designed with unique grid layouts, enemy compositions, and strategic chokepoints. EPIC BOSS ENCOUNTERS Face the boss on late-game levels as it cycles through vulnerable and shielded phases - the same relentless standoff every time, demanding sharp timing and the right tower placement to break through. One wrong move and the grid falls. ROGUELITE, SURVIVAL & DAILY CHALLENGES Start a roguelite run with EMP and one random tower, then draft your next tower every 3 waves from a curated selection of three choices. Every 5 waves the map rotates and a modifier shakes up your approach, so no two runs play the same. Endless survival mode tests your endurance against infinite escalating waves. Daily and weekly challenges set the same fixed level, difficulty, and modifier for everyone - compete on Game Center leaderboards. TOWER SYNERGIES & ACTIVE ABILITIES Six tower types - Laser, EMP, Firewall, Tracer, Grid, Pulse - each with 3 upgrade tiers and branching specializations. Pair adjacent towers to trigger five synergies: Cryo-Burn, Ionized Grid, Suppression Field, Overcharged Lattice, and Kinetic Relay. Command the battlefield with deployable abilities that charge as you fight: Slow Field slows every enemy on the grid for a few seconds, buying you time to reposition and chain your towers' synergies. BUILT FOR ACCESSIBILITY Colorblind mode adds geometric symbols on every tower and pattern-fill HP bars, not just color. Reduced Motion simplifies animations, and a Flashing Effects toggle turns off strobing and flash-based effects for photosensitivity. Larger Text offers three text sizes, up to 1.5x standard. VoiceOver support covers menus, HUD, and tower panels, plus a board overlay that reads out every grid cell so you can place and select towers by touch.

Screenshots

Rewind Survivor3 screens
Voltline4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Rewind Survivor at none against Voltline's 1. Rewind Survivor also leads on iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.0). On price, ads 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

Both are free to download. Voltline sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Rewind Survivor asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Rewind Survivor versus Voltline: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRewind SurvivorVoltline
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (10 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings10 — better—
Update frequency—Every 4 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.6 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB13 MB
Age rating12+9+
DeveloperCampbell DalenOlof Petterson

In-app purchases

None

Rewind Survivor

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Voltline

One-time1
  • Voltline PRO$2.99

Questions

Is Rewind Survivor free?
Rewind Survivor is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Voltline free?
Voltline is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Rewind Survivor or Voltline have ads?
Neither Rewind Survivor nor Voltline shows ads.

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