Comparison

Cell VS Virus vs Nano War

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

Head to head
About

Cell VS Virus

Engage in an epic strategic tower defense battle between cells and viruses. Command cute characters in a dual role of offense and defense across numerous stimulating levels. Collect and upgrade diverse roles to overcome challenges and unlock new themes.

Highlights
  • Strategic tower defense gameplay
  • Dual role offense and defense characters
  • Role collection and upgrades
  • 36 stimulating levels
  • Star collection and unlocking
  • Diverse role combinations
  • Beautiful theme transformations
Read full description

Brief Introduction It’s well known that the longest war will end someday. However, there is an epic duel ongoing since the ancient times. That’s the war between cells and viruses. Dear commander, the cute cells and viruses fight each other in the chaotic world, and the duel integrating offense and defense is in urgent need of your wise command. The war situation is extremely urgent, please join it. Characteristic 1.The strategic tower defense game mechanism integrating offense and defense waits for your join. 2.The cute role with dual identities, defender and attacker, waits for your command. 3.Smooth role action production waits for you to launch this visual feast. 4.super cute roles wait for your collection. 5.Diverse role upgrade systems wait for your improvement. 6.36 stimulating levels wait for your challenge. 7.Collecting stars through passing levels waits for your unlocking. 8.Many roles and combinations wait for your exploration. 9.A lot of beautiful themes wait for your transformation. 10.Unique design of Bionics Level Map waits for your enjoyment. 11.Unique translucent interface design style waits for your experience. For more new contents, please stay tuned. Don’t hesitate. Come on!Play with your little buddies now. FeedBack:handdown_feedback@yeah.net

About

Nano War

Engage in a real-time strategy game where you command immune cells to conquer infected territories. Plan your attacks, capture cell types, and save the human body from viruses. Challenge AI or up to three players online in epic battles.

Highlights
  • Real-time strategy gameplay
  • Conquer infected territories
  • Command immune cells
  • Multiplayer battles
  • Story mode with 40 levels
  • Intuitive touch interface
Features
Read full description

Top #25 Category Strategy games in France, Brazil, Portugal and Netherlands; The Nano War series has already been played by millions of people on the web since 2008. Nano War is a real-time strategy game based on a simple but great concept where you'll have to conquer infected territories. It's an intuitive game, user friendly/easy to play, highly addictive and for everyone! Join the nanoscopic war and command immune cells. Save the human body from the three viruses that have infected human cells. Plan your strategy to fight against the infected cells led by AI. Capture multiple cell types and develop your own plans of attack. • Challenge up to 3 players online for epic battles or play against AI on random levels • Intuitive touch interface • 40 levels in the story mode for many hours of play • Multiplayer mode: Challenge players online all over the world • Battle mode: Play against the AI with all the type of cells up to 3 opponents • Rank: Improve your rank by winning battles • 13 Achievements to unlock • Retina Graphics and totally new soundtracks -========== REVIEWS • ... a simple but effective concept. Ecrans.fr, Erwan Carrio • ... one of the most addictive flash games you'll ever find. Macforever.fr • A good idea makes a good game! Soon7.com • If you like strategy games, try this one ... Zip-zapgamers.com • Selected as Game of the Week by Spiegel.de, JayIsGames.com & Indiegames.com • Selected by Disney.com and Yahoo.com -========== AWARDS • SACD Prize 2008 • Anthology of Web Flash Festival 2008 • Winner of WhoseGame by Orange • Top10 best game of the month in 2008 on Kongregate -========== STORY Once upon a time in a human body. Thousand of nanoscopic cells lived peacefully for many generations. Among these cells. Is the mother cell, the very first cell and the One that gave birth to all. Three of the most destructive group of virus had managed to infect the mother cell. The mother cell was forced to produce countless infected cells. But local cells didn't yield and prepared to fight back. We need to defeat all evil and quickly restore balance!!! The Nano War has begun! Follow the Nano War team on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/nanowargame Follow me on Twitter: @benoitfreslon

Screenshots

Cell VS Virus4 screens
Nano War4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Cell VS Virus at none against Nano War's shown. Cell VS Virus also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 5 months) and review sentiment (86% vs 60%). Nano War's advantage is monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). On price, rating, ratings volume and in-app purchases 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. Cell VS Virus sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and Nano War sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for Cell VS Virus against 4.4 for Nano War. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 156 and 53 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 86% of Cell VS Virus's written reviews are positive against 60% of Nano War's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Cell VS Virus ships an update every 2 weeks, Nano War every 5 months. Both last shipped on November 1, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Cell VS Virus versus Nano War: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCell VS VirusNano War
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (156 ratings) — better4.4 (53 ratings)
Positive reviews85.7% of reviews — better60.0% of reviews
Number of ratings156 — better53
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 5 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS6.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size68 MB39 MB
Age rating9+4+
Developer景弘 王Benoit Freslon

Customer experience

Cell VS Virus

All ratings157 ratings
Positive88.5%
Neutral5.7%
Negative5.7%
Written reviews63 reviews
Positive85.7%
Neutral9.5%
Negative4.8%

Nano War

All ratings53 ratings
Positive83.0%
Neutral5.7%
Negative11.3%
Written reviews25 reviews
Positive60.0%
Neutral4.0%
Negative36.0%

Bugs and requests

Cell VS Virus

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Game keeps crashing
  • Download issues
  • Translation is a bit off

Requested features

5 requests
  • Faster updates
  • More levels
  • New cells and viruses
  • Level editor
  • More characters

Nano War

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Cell VS Virus

One-time4
  • 200 energy$1.99
  • 440 energy$3.99
  • 1040 energy$7.99
Show 1 more
  • 2400 energy$15.99
1 purchases

Nano War

One-time1
  • Full version (no ads)$0.99

Questions

Is Cell VS Virus free?
Cell VS Virus is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Nano War free?
Nano War is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Cell VS Virus or Nano War?
Cell VS Virus is rated higher. Cell VS Virus averages 4.5 out of 5 from 156 ratings, while Nano War averages 4.4 from 53 ratings.
Do Cell VS Virus or Nano War have ads?
Nano War shows ads; Cell VS Virus does not.
Which is updated more often, Cell VS Virus or Nano War?
Cell VS Virus ships an update every 2 weeks, and Nano War every 5 months. Most recently, Cell VS Virus was updated on November 1, 2026 and Nano War on November 1, 2026.

Other comparisons