Comparison

Square Siege vs GRIP

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

Head to head
About

Square Siege

A fast-paced arcade game where players must strategically crush falling squares to prevent them from filling the screen. The primary objective is to achieve the highest score possible by surviving the onslaught and clearing the play area.

Highlights
  • Crush falling squares
  • Prevent screen fill
  • High score focus
  • Fast-paced gameplay
  • Strategic survival
Features
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Crush squares into walls before they fill up the screen and smother you. Surviving is important, but getting a high score is the goal of the game.

About

GRIP

A one-touch survival game where players must continuously hold to guide a glowing character through challenging neon obstacles. Near misses are rewarded with a shield, offering a brief advantage. The goal is to achieve the longest survival time.

Highlights
  • One-touch hold-to-survive gameplay
  • Smooth drag movement
  • Dynamic lift-warning grace window
  • Near-miss shield rewards
  • Survival-time scoring
  • Top-runs leaderboard
Features
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GRIP is a one-touch survival game built around one rule: keep holding. Touch and hold to start. Drag to guide the glowing player through waves of neon obstacles. Let go for too long and the run ends. Slip for a moment and you get a short warning window to recover but the pressure never fully disappears. Near misses are the heart of GRIP. Squeeze through tight gaps, skim past danger and chain close calls to activate your shield. While shielded, you can knock obstacles away and buy precious seconds. Your score is simple: survival time. Every run is a fight to last one second longer than before. FEATURES • One-touch hold-to-survive gameplay • Smooth drag movement built for mobile • Dynamic lift-warning grace window • Near-miss shield rewards • Shield knockback moments • Survival-time scoring • Top-runs leaderboard GRIP is fast to understand, easy to restart and built for quick neon survival runs anytime, anywhere.

Screenshots

Square Siege2 screens
GRIP4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Square Siege at none against GRIP's shown. Square Siege also leads on monetization model (free vs ad-supported) and ratings volume (9 vs 1). GRIP's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 49 months). On price, rating, 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Square Siege against 5.0 for GRIP. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Square Siege has 9 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Square Siege ships an update every 49 months, GRIP fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Square Siege versus GRIP: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSquare SiegeGRIP
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (9 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings9 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 49 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterAd-supported
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB100 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDiego CathalifaudDragon Pixel Studio

Customer experience

Square Siege

All ratings9 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

GRIP

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Square Siege

No in-app purchases

None

GRIP

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Square Siege free?
Square Siege is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is GRIP free?
GRIP is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Square Siege or GRIP?
Square Siege and GRIP are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 9 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Square Siege or GRIP have ads?
GRIP shows ads; Square Siege does not.
Which is updated more often, Square Siege or GRIP?
Square Siege ships an update every 49 months, and GRIP fortnightly. Most recently, Square Siege was updated on November 1, 2026 and GRIP on October 31, 2026.

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