Comparison

Thirsty Empire vs Any War

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

Head to head
About

Thirsty Empire

Build a business empire from humble beginnings on the San Antonio Riverwalk. Grow from a street vendor to a billionaire by investing in various businesses and real estate across the city. Experience a rags-to-riches journey with strategic economic choices.

Highlights
  • Rags-to-riches climb with 8 wealth tiers
  • Explore real San Antonio locations
  • Engage in a hustle economy with savings, crypto, and loans
  • Save and resume empire progress
  • Street-smart guide with full voice narration
  • Deterministic and replayable game runs
Features
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You're broke, standing on the San Antonio Riverwalk with nothing but hustle. Thirsty Empire is a fast, addictive tycoon game about clawing your way from busker to billionaire across real San Antonio. Start with a single frozen-drink cart. Flip it into a bar. Then a candy shop, an e-bike store, real estate, the casino floor - until you own the whole city. FEATURES - Rags-to-riches climb: 8 wealth tiers from Broke to Run the City - Real San Antonio: Riverwalk, Southtown, downtown landmarks - A hustle economy: savings, crypto, casino, property, loans - Save and resume your empire anytime - A street-smart guide who talks you through every move (full voice) - Deterministic, replayable runs: chase your best score No timers nagging you. No pay-to-win. Just you, the city, and the grind. How fast can you run the city?

About

Any War

Engage in tactical squad battles on historically accurate maps derived from real geographic data. Command units across four distinct eras, from World War II to the future, utilizing strategic movement and cover.

Highlights
  • Real-world terrain maps
  • Four historical eras
  • Tactical squad movement orders
  • Offline single-player
  • Real-time multiplayer
  • Touch-optimized controls
Features
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Any War puts you in command of small units fighting on real ground. Each battlefield is built from the map data of an actual place, so the ridgeline, the hedgerow and the river crossing you are fighting over are the real ones. You give orders to squads, tanks and guns: move, run, sneak, charge, lay smoke, dig in, set an ambush, call in armor. Cover and terrain decide the fight more than numbers do. Squads spread their fire, most shots miss, and men who are pinned down stay down. When the lines meet in the older wars, they fight hand to hand, man against man. Six battles are free and play offline: Brecourt Manor, Carentan and Bastogne in 1944, Gettysburg in 1863, Chateau Gaillard in 1204, and Kestrel Ridge in the far future. Two players can also fight each other online through Game Center. Clash of Eras is an optional purchase that puts two different wars on the same field: knights against a tank, a Civil War musket line against a strike team from the future. The older army arrives in greater numbers and carries fire pots and powder charges that can burn out a tank that comes too close. Your first clash battle is free. Anywhere on Earth is a second optional purchase. Search or pan to any real place, frame the ground, and fight over it in any era, with its buildings, woods, roads and hedges pulled from OpenStreetMap. Try it free for 7 days; nothing is charged automatically. Currahee is a third optional purchase: a campaign that follows E Company, 506th Parachute Infantry, through nine missions and a bonus, from Normandy to Holland, Bastogne and Haguenau. Your losses carry over, and each mission ends with a debrief and its sources. The first mission is free. A short guided training battle teaches the controls. Every purchase is one-time. There is no subscription.

Screenshots

Thirsty Empire3 screens
Any War4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Thirsty Empire at none against Any War's 5. Thirsty Empire also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). Any War's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 3 weeks) and ratings volume (11 vs 1). 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. Any War sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Thirsty Empire asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Thirsty Empire holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Any War has 11 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Thirsty Empire ships an update every 3 weeks, Any War every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Thirsty Empire versus Any War: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterThirsty EmpireAny War
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better4.6 (11 ratings)
Positive reviews—50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings111 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size98 MB31 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperJoel PanchevreLastLap Lab LLC

In-app purchases

None

Thirsty Empire

No in-app purchases

5 purchases

Any War

One-time5
  • 7-day Free TrialFree
  • Clash of Eras$3.99
  • Currahee Campaign$4.99
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  • Anywhere on Earth$4.99
  • War Chest Bundle$6.99

Questions

Is Thirsty Empire free?
Thirsty Empire is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Any War free?
Any War is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Thirsty Empire or Any War?
Thirsty Empire is rated higher. Thirsty Empire averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Any War averages 4.6 from 11 ratings.
Do Thirsty Empire or Any War have ads?
Neither Thirsty Empire nor Any War shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Thirsty Empire or Any War?
Thirsty Empire ships an update every 3 weeks, and Any War every 3 days. Most recently, Thirsty Empire was updated on October 16, 2026 and Any War on October 29, 2026.

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