Lava Bird vs Janken Samurai
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Lava Bird
Tap to control a bird that shoots lava with every flap. Navigate treacherous environments, dodge enemies, and avoid your own fiery projectiles in this endless flying adventure. Discover an epic story as you play.
- Tap to fly mechanic
- Avoid enemies and spikes
- Shoot lava balls
- Earn a shield
- Unlock an epic story
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You are a bird with an unfortunate medical condition that causes you to spew lava balls with every flap of your wings. Tap to fly. Avoid enemies, spikes, and your own fiery spit balls in this neverending flying game. - If you can tap on your phone, you can play. - Enemies increase in difficulty over time. - Earn a handy shield. - Uncover the most epic story ever written by anyone.
Janken Samurai
Engage in strategic combat across various ranks and a challenging Lethal mode. Explore an endless roguelike adventure with unique maps and a leveling system. Compete globally on leaderboards.
- Ranked arena progression
- Lethal combat mode
- Online leaderboard competition
- Endless roguelike quest mode
- Unique maps and leveling system
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Work your way through the ranks (1st Dan, 5th Dan, and 10th Dan) in the arena. Bring those skills to the life and death Lethal mode and compete on the online leaderboard against players from around the world. Take on Quest Mode! An endless roguelike mode with 6 unique maps and an all new leveling system. How many will fall to your blade?
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Janken Samurai at 4.5 against Lava Bird's 3.8. Janken Samurai also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). Lava Bird's advantage is review sentiment (90% vs 57%) and iOS requirement (9.1 vs 11.0). On price, ratings volume, update cadence 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
Both are free to download. Lava Bird sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Janken Samurai asks for nothing beyond the download.
Janken Samurai holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 16 and 15 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 90% of Lava Bird's written reviews are positive against 57% of Janken Samurai's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Lava Bird ships an update fortnightly, Janken Samurai monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Lava Bird | Janken Samurai |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (16 ratings) | 4.5 (15 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 90.5% of reviews — better | 57.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 16 — better | 15 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Monthly |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.1 — better | 11.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 95 MB | 172 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Unept | Good Good Games LLC |
Customer experience
Lava Bird
Janken Samurai
In-app purchases
Lava Bird
- Remove Ads$0.99
Janken Samurai
No in-app purchases
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