Comparison

Super 2048 War vs Walk on Thin Ice

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

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Super 2048 War

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2048 is your ammunition. Swipe the board, combine matching number tiles, and turn every merge into firepower. While you plan the next move, waves of monsters advance on your wall. A stronger tile can stop a rush, but a crowded board can end the run. MERGE, LOAD, DEFEND Move every tile with one swipe. Match equal numbers to build stronger shots, manage the 4ร—4 grid, and keep the cannon firing before enemies reach the wall. BUILD A DIFFERENT RUN Choose one of three upgrades after every cleared stage. Increase damage, expand the magazine, strengthen knockback, reinforce the wall, build support towers, improve critical hits, or charge the Nova faster. FIGHT THROUGH 100 STAGES Your board and upgrades carry forward as the campaign grows harder. Adapt to shields, fast attackers, swarms, elite monsters, and powerful bosses across 100 handcrafted stages. USE TACTICAL TOOLS Undo a costly swipe, remove a dangerous tile with the Hammer, or unleash the Nova when the wall is about to fall. TRACK YOUR BEST RUN Push for a higher score and stage, then compare both on the built-in leaderboard. FEATURES โ€ข Classic 2048 swiping on a 4ร—4 board โ€ข Real-time tower-defense battles โ€ข 100 campaign stages with escalating enemy mechanics โ€ข Roguelike upgrade drafts and persistent run progression โ€ข Support towers, critical hits, special warheads, and Nova attacks โ€ข Score and stage leaderboards โ€ข Responsive layouts for iPhone and iPad Every swipe shapes the battle. Merge carefully and hold the line.

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Walk on Thin Ice

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You're an explorer stranded on a frozen lake, and the only way home is a ship somewhere ahead of you. There's just one problem: every tile you step on starts to crack, and after enough cracks it melts into open water. Walk somewhere once, and you might be walking there for the last time. Walk on Thin Ice is a minimalist puzzle game about planning your own escape route before you seal it off yourself. Every level is a small grid, a handful of moves, and one goal โ€” but the ice remembers everywhere you've been, and a path that looks safe on your first step can strand you three moves later. DAILY PUZZLE A new puzzle every day of the year, 365 in all. Open the calendar, pick a day, and get an optional reminder that takes you straight to that day's puzzle. HOW TO PLAY - Move one tile at a time โ€” up, down, left, or right โ€” by swiping or tapping an adjacent tile. Tap a farther tile instead and you'll walk the whole path there in one go. - Every tile cracks a little more each time you step onto it. After a few cracks, it turns to water โ€” stand on it when that happens, and you're done. - Reach the ship to complete the level. Fewer moves earns more stars. - Made a mistake? Undo up to 5 moves, or restart the level from scratch. HAZARDS - Rock โ€” blocks your path outright, unless you're carrying a pickaxe to mine through it. - Fire โ€” cracks every tile around it, every single turn, whether you're nearby or not. - Wind โ€” sweeps you one or more extra tiles in the direction it's blowing, cracking everything it carries you across. Ride it right and it's a shortcut; misjudge it and it's how you strand yourself. GEAR - Pickaxe โ€” a one-time use that breaks through a single rock. - Snowshoes โ€” four charges that stop badly-cracked ice from cracking any further while you cross it. - Compass โ€” once you've found it, a needle on your HUD always points the way to the ship, even across ice you haven't explored yet. - SOS flare โ€” some crossings hide the ship until you signal for it; find the flare and it appears. - CO2 canister โ€” freezes a crumbling tile rock-solid right before it would've dropped you into the water, three uses per canister. - Wooden scraps โ€” build a permanent bridge across open water, one plank at a time. - Ski poles โ€” plant them once and the wind can crack the ice under you, but it can't push you around anymore. ANIMALS Arctic animals are hiding across the six expeditions: foxes and owls, reindeer and polar bears, seals, walruses, orcas and more. Step onto one on the ice and it slips away, leaving fresh ice behind. Animals out on the water need a wooden-scraps plank to reach: bridge over and they are free. Expeditions bundle levels into themed sets with their own painted landscape, difficulty curve, star ratings, and achievements to unlock as you go. Later expeditions branch โ€” choose a path, discover a dead end or two along the way, and every branch you've found stays open for next time. No timers, no penalties for thinking โ€” just you, the ice, and the choices you can't take back. Play your way: on iPad in landscape, the level list and the live puzzle sit side by side. Prefer a different look? Switch to the Anime tile theme in Settings.

Screenshots

Super 2048 War4 screens
Walk on Thin Ice4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Super 2048 War at none against Walk on Thin Ice's 3. Super 2048 War also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). Walk on Thin Ice's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, update cadence and device support 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. Walk on Thin Ice sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Super 2048 War asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Super 2048 War ships an update every 3 days, Walk on Thin Ice every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences ยท 3 level
Super 2048 War versus Walk on Thin Ice: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSuper 2048 WarWalk on Thin Ice
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 3 days โ€” betterEvery 4 days
AdsYesNo โ€” better
In-app purchasesNo โ€” betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod โ€” betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 โ€” better17.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size173 MB240 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperBeijing Lingyue Technology Co., Ltd.yury chebiryak

In-app purchases

None

Super 2048 War

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Walk on Thin Ice

One-time3
  • Small Tip$1.99
  • Medium Tip$4.99
  • Large Tip$9.99

Questions

Is Super 2048 War free?
Super 2048 War is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Walk on Thin Ice free?
Walk on Thin Ice is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Super 2048 War or Walk on Thin Ice have ads?
Super 2048 War shows ads; Walk on Thin Ice does not.
Which is updated more often, Super 2048 War or Walk on Thin Ice?
Super 2048 War ships an update every 3 days, and Walk on Thin Ice every 4 days. Most recently, Super 2048 War was updated on October 7, 2026 and Walk on Thin Ice on October 20, 2026.

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