Comparison

Survivor Mage vs ThreadMan

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

Head to head
About

Survivor Mage

Become the last mage and survive endless waves of enemies in a roguelite arena. Choose your elemental house, level up mid-run to create powerful spell combos, and unlock new gear to return stronger. Enjoy fast-paced, one-handed gameplay in a storybook-like world.

Highlights
  • Elemental house selection (Fire/Ice)
  • Mid-run spell combo building
  • Ultimate ability charging
  • Boss battles
  • Unlockable gear and skins
  • Mastery tree progression
  • One-handed portrait gameplay
Features
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Step into the arena. Survive the horde. Push one level further. You are the last mage. Pick your house, unleash your element, and hold the line against endless waves of ghosts, wolves, ogres and bosses that only get hungrier. Every run is a fresh fight: • Pick your house — Fire or Ice, each with its own powers • Level up mid-run and build wild spell combos • Chain kills, charge your ultimate, wipe the screen • Take down the chapter Warden — and worse behind it • Earn coins, unlock gear and skins, come back stronger • Grow your mastery tree, run after run Fast runs made for one hand. Play in portrait, on iPhone or iPad, with a controller if you like — in a world painted like a storybook. How far can you go? The arena is waiting. privacy : https://survivormage.com/privacy terms : https://survivormage.com/terms support : https://survivormage.com/support

About

ThreadMan

Features
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WEB-SWING, DODGE, RESCUE AND RUN IN A RETRO PIXEL ARCADE CITY! Become a spider-style swing hero: shoot your web-thread at the skyscraper walls, swing through falling debris, runaway drones and giant bosses, sprint down the neon street and save the trapped pets of PetsCity. One finger, short runs, big "how did I survive that?!" moments. ONE TAP TO SWING Tap the left or right wall to anchor your thread and swing. Tap high to vault into the sky, or tap low to slingshot along the street. Easy to learn and hard to master. THREE MODES + A DAILY CHALLENGE • CITY RUN: Endless dodging. The sky shifts from sunset to midnight as your speed climbs through 13 levels. • DOOR RESCUE: Break into sealed rooms, dodge moving traps and free a caged pet before the timer runs out. You get one life, and every door you clear saves a checkpoint. • STREET RUN: The street scrolls by and never stops. Tap to jump over benches and brick stacks, stay low under crane beams and drones, grab tokens and chase your best distance as the run speeds up. • DAILY CHALLENGE: The same run for everyone, one shot per day. Keep your day streak alive and climb the daily leaderboard. BOSS BATTLES Six pixel bosses crash the skyline when the WARNING siren sounds: Sky Raider Glider, Ironhorn Crusher, Stormcore Overlord, Void Titan, Kraken Engineer and Inklash Symbiont. Slam them with your thread to take them down for big points and Gold Web Tokens. GRAZE COMBOS AND POWER-UPS • Skim past hazards to trigger slow-mo and build combos up to 10X. • Grab power-ups like Nano-Mesh Forcefield, Reflex Focus slow-mo, Hyper Star Warp and Chrono Web Stasis. • Race across 5 city themes: Blazing Ruins, Neon Tokyo, Frozen City, Sunset Mesa and Ghost Town, with rain, fog and storms. 10 HERO SUITS, EACH WITH ITS OWN PHYSICS Unlock suits from Thread Classic to Cosmic Captain by reaching score targets, or spend your tokens to get a regular suit early. Each one swings differently and has its own ability, from Fast Burst to Zero-G Flight. RESCUE PETS FOR YOUR SANCTUARY Save cats, pups, rabbits and rare companions all the way up to an Ancient T-Rex, then visit them in your Pet Sanctuary. LEADERBOARDS, MISSIONS AND DAILY GOALS • Compete on the TODAY, WEEK and ALL-TIME leaderboards for City Run and Street Run, plus the DAILY CHALLENGE board. • Three fresh daily missions every day, each paying out tokens, plus city missions and achievements in every mode. • Share your score after a run, and turn on an optional evening reminder for the Daily Challenge. FEATURES • Hand-crafted pixel art with a retro CRT glow (switch it off any time) • 8-bit chiptune soundtrack and arcade sound effects • Haptic feedback for shield blocks, combos, pet rescues and boss kills • Reduce Effects option: no screen shake, flashes or lightning • Back up your progress with a code and restore it on any device, no account needed • Fully playable in English and Vietnamese, in-game text included • Play offline (leaderboards and purchases need a connection) • No ads SUPER HERO PASS An optional one-time purchase, with no subscription. It unlocks all 10 hero suits right away, premium suits included. Restore Purchases is supported. Anchor your thread, swing high and save PetsCity!

Screenshots

Survivor Mage4 screens
ThreadMan4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: ThreadMan at none against Survivor Mage's shown. On price, update cadence, in-app purchases 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. Survivor Mage sells 5 one-off in-app purchases and ThreadMan sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Survivor Mage ships an update every 5 days, ThreadMan every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
Survivor Mage versus ThreadMan: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSurvivor MageThreadMan
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.7 (3 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterEvery 6 days
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.415.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size213 MB12 MB
Age rating9++4
DeveloperRayan SelmiTran Cong Minh

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Survivor Mage

One-time5
  • Pouch of Diamonds$2.99
  • Starter Pack$4.99
  • Premium Pack$4.99
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  • Satchel of Diamonds$7.99
  • Chest of Diamonds$19.99
1 purchases

ThreadMan

One-time1
  • Super Hero Pass$9.99

Questions

Is Survivor Mage free?
Survivor Mage is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ThreadMan free?
ThreadMan is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Survivor Mage or ThreadMan have ads?
Survivor Mage shows ads; ThreadMan does not.
Which is updated more often, Survivor Mage or ThreadMan?
Survivor Mage ships an update every 5 days, and ThreadMan every 6 days. Most recently, Survivor Mage was updated on October 29, 2026 and ThreadMan on October 26, 2026.

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