8bitWar vs Tank Battle
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.
Tank Battle
A classic tank battle game with modern enhancements. Defend your base, destroy enemy tanks, and survive increasingly difficult challenges across hundreds of maps. Upgrade your tank and utilize helpful items to achieve victory.
- Classic tank shooting gameplay
- 5 difficulty levels
- 3 game zones
- Upgradeable tank
- Helper tank functionality
- Destructible map elements
- 280+ maps
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It is a very classical tank battle game. Almost everyone should played this type of game before. We modified this classical game, and bring it back to 21 Century. Mini War is 2nd Generation, the 1st Generation is Super Tank Battle. Mini War inheritance all advantages of Super Tank Battle. And we have added many new elements into it. Game Rules: - Defense your base - Destroy all enemy tanks - If your tank or your base is destroyed, it will game over Features: - 5 different difficulty levels (from easy to crazy) - 3 type of different game zones (Normal, Danger, and Nightmare) - 6 different type of enemies - Your tank can have 3 Level upgrade - Helper tank, now you can order it to hold position - Many different type of map elements, you can see the screenshot - Every map elements can be destroy - 4 types of different board size, 26x26, 28x28, 30x30, and 32x32 - Helping items, which can help you to finish the game - 280 maps can be played. * Different difficulty levels should meet different people need. Expert player can direct choose Crazy level. ** When finish normal zone, danger zone will be opened. After finished danger zone, the nightmare zone will be opened. In danger and nightmare zone enemies power will be greatly increased. Mini-War is also available on other platforms. https://www.facebook.com/TankBattleMiniWar ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Super Tank Battle: iPhone: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/super-tank-battle/id507828762 iPad: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/super-tank-battle-hd/id526064033 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Looking for Super Tank Battle Map Editor? Tank Super Wars - 90's Classic, Install it NOW! https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/id962978069 ----------------------------------------------------------------- Play as God, create your own universe myDream Universe https://apps.apple.com/app/mydream-universe/id1447861806
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: 8bitWar at 96% against Tank Battle's 27%. 8bitWar also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 4) and ads (none vs shown). On ratings volume 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 costs $2.99 and Tank Battle $10.00 up front. Tank Battle sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. 8bitWar asks for nothing beyond the download.
8bitWar holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 149 and 112 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 96% of 8bitWar's written reviews are positive against 27% of Tank Battle's.
8bitWar ships an update fortnightly, Tank Battle every 7 months. Both last shipped on November 1, 2026.
| Parameter | 8bitWar | Tank Battle |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 — better | $10.00 |
| Rating | 4.8 (149 ratings) — better | 4.4 (112 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 95.7% of reviews — better | 26.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 149 — better | 112 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 7 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 6.0 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 31 MB | 38 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Rosendahl Software AB | Oscar Tsang |
Customer experience
8bitWar
Tank Battle
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
Tank Battle
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
8bitWar
No in-app purchases
Tank Battle
- 1000 Coins$0.99
- Golden Pass$1.99
- 5000 Coins$2.99
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- 10000 Coins$4.99
Questions
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