8bitWar vs AR Spiders
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
8bitWar
Engage in strategic battles by hiring and positioning units to counter enemy forces. Test your tactical skills across 180 levels, with options to play solo, against a friend on the same device, or online.
- Strategic unit placement
- Tactical thinking
- 180 levels
- Local multiplayer
- Online multiplayer
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8bitWar puts your strategical and tactical thinking to the test! Hire units and place them in strategic formations to counter the enemy's army. A total of 180 levels! Play against a friend on the same device or online.
AR Spiders
Place realistic spiders in your environment and interact with them. Scare them, command them, or let them attack. Record and share videos of your encounters with friends, enhanced by filter effects.
- Place virtual spiders in your environment
- Interact with spiders
- Command spiders to locations
- Change spider size
- Apply full-screen filter effects
- Record and share videos
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Place scary spiders right in front of you and interact with them. Step on the ground to scare the spiders or let them attack you. Record everything and send a realistic looking video to your friends ;-) - Make your videos even scarier with 9 awesome full screen filter effects - Select from 5 different spiders - Interact with the spiders or command them to certain locations - Change the size: Realistically small spiders or giant monsters - Instantly share your scary videos - No In-App-Purchases - No ads https://www.instagram.com/TinyTapGems https://www.facebook.com/TinyTapGems https://twitter.com/TinyTapGems http://www.TinyTapGems.rocks
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: 8bitWar at Free against AR Spiders's $2.99. 8bitWar also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and review sentiment (96% vs 75%). AR Spiders's advantage is ratings volume (2.1K vs 149). On update cadence, 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
8bitWar is free to download; AR Spiders costs $2.99 up front. AR Spiders sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. 8bitWar asks for nothing beyond the download.
8bitWar holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: AR Spiders has 2.1K ratings behind it against 149, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 96% of 8bitWar's written reviews are positive against 75% of AR Spiders's.
8bitWar ships an update fortnightly, AR Spiders every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | 8bitWar | AR Spiders |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $2.99 |
| Rating | 4.8 (149 ratings) — better | 4.5 (2.1K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 95.7% of reviews — better | 75.2% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 149 | 2.1K — better |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 6.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 31 MB | 65 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Rosendahl Software AB | Joachim Mertens |
Customer experience
8bitWar
AR Spiders
User reviews
8bitWar
From 149 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🎮 Fun and addictive gameplay
- ⏱️ Quick matches perfect for short play sessions
- 🧠 Challenging strategy and tactics
- 💰 Free or affordable pricing
- 🎯 Simple to learn mechanics
Room to improve
- 📱 Poor UI scaling on iPhone (too small)
- 🎨 Retro graphics not appealing to all users
- 🐢 Giants move too slowly
- 🔁 Gameplay can feel repetitive
- 🎮 Limited unit variety
AR Spiders
From 2.1K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🕷️ Realistic AR spiders
- 👍 Fun and engaging app
- 🎥 Good recording features
- 💡 Ability to prank friends
Room to improve
- 🐛 Buggy and glitchy performance
- 🔒 Privacy concerns around location tracking
- 💰 Paywall for additional spider models
Bugs and requests
8bitWar
Reported bugs
4 issues- Game won't start on iPad Pro - unresponsive to input
- GameCenter multiplayer sign-in issues despite being logged in
- Graveyard level 14 crashes repeatedly on iPhone 5c
- UI elements too small and unresponsive on iPhone (wrong unit selection, dropped on wrong targets)
Requested features
7 requests- Ability to use enemy units in single player mode
- More levels and content updates
- Additional unit types and characters
- Upgrade system using coins or currency
- Unit targeting control (choose targets instead of auto-attack)
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- Space or Star Wars themed versions
- Sandbox mode with all characters available
AR Spiders
Reported bugs
3 issues- Inability to stop recording
- Failure to load or advance past initial screen
- Disappearing controls and UI elements
Requested features
3 requests- More free spider models
- Ability to spawn multiple spiders
- Improved recording and sharing options
In-app purchases
8bitWar
No in-app purchases
AR Spiders
- PRO VersionFree
Questions
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