Commanders vs Aftermath Survival
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Commanders
Rebuild civilization after global collapse by managing your city, training troops, and researching technology. Form alliances with other players and engage in strategic warfare to conquer the world.
- City management and rebuilding
- Military troop training
- Technology research
- Player alliances
- Global warfare and conquest
- Leaderboard climbing
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The governments of the world have fallen, leaving scattered armies, vicious warlords, and a terrified populace in their wake. Can you return order to a world torn apart by war? Take command of your City and rebuild your military might. Harvest resources, train your troops, and research powerful technologies to advance your cause. Form alliances with other live players and do battle to dominate the globe. The entire Earth is available for you to fight and scheme your way to victory! Commanders is an exciting combination of base-building and near-future military combat with thousands of other live players. Forge alliances and climb the leaderboards to claim your spot as the ultimate Commander of the world!
Aftermath Survival
Build and defend a city against a zombie apocalypse. Recruit heroes, train armies, and form alliances to survive and conquer enemies. Collect resources and claim daily bonuses to aid your survival.
- Build and customize your city
- Develop diverse heroes
- Strategic worldwide combat
- Form alliances with other players
- Collect resources and weapons
- Free daily bonuses and rewards
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Zombies are swarming into the city! Zombie war of AFTERMATH SURVIVAL is waiting for you! Now, ally other survivors who luckily survive from the aftermath of zombie apocalypse, build a safe shelter and defeat the zombies to survive. Collect resources and weapons, build and recruit armies to fight against the zombies and try to survive the next coming zombie war. Survival in the apocalypse of zombies is really tough. So you need to know the zombie game features and use strategy to build a safe shelter so that you can survive. 【Unique Game Features】 --Build and customize your city Through the AFTERMATH SURVIVAL, you can collect food & weapons, rescue survivors or defeat zombies to gain the resources you need to build a city hall for survival. You can upgrade and train your army to fight off enemies and loot resources as much as you can. Also, you can design and move your shelter as you want. --Develop diverse heroes You can unlock diverse heroes with different talents to help you fight off zombies, build your shelter and expedite army and weapons upgrading to battle with enemies. Besides, you can gain resources by completing all kinds of tasks, such as rescuing survivors from the aftermath survival, escorting supplies and survival challenge etc. Using different heroes and right strategy will help you defeat the zombie war and survive in the zombie apocalypse. --Strategic worldwide combat Joining an alliance will help you accelerate your city building and army training for better chances of survival.You can recruit survivors to join your alliance to conquer enemies across the world, by helping each other to fight and survive the zombie apocalypse. --Free daily bonus to claim Last, you can claim kinds of plentiful bonus and rewards by logining this strategy game everyday. Also,there are many special offers and discount packs waiting for you. Congratulations for you to be the last survivors from the aftermath survival ! Now you can follow our FB Page to know the latest strategy game notice. https://www.facebook.com/aftermathsurvival
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Commanders at 53% against Aftermath Survival's 0%. Commanders also leads on rating (3.7 vs 1.7) and ratings volume (128 vs 9). On price, update cadence, ads 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
Both are free to download. Commanders sells 11 one-off in-app purchases and Aftermath Survival sells 11 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Commanders holds the better App Store score, 3.7 against 1.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Commanders has 128 ratings behind it against 9, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 53% of Commanders's written reviews are positive against 0% of Aftermath Survival's.
Commanders ships an update every 3 weeks, Aftermath Survival fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and August 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Commanders | Aftermath Survival |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (128 ratings) — better | 1.7 (9 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 53.5% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 128 — better | 9 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 93 MB | 531 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Ember Entertainment, Inc. | FT Entertainment Limited |
Customer experience
Commanders
Aftermath Survival
Bugs and requests
Commanders
Reported bugs
4 issues- Constant disconnection issues
- Compatibility problems with newer iOS versions
- Glitches and freezes during gameplay
- Lost progress and account issues
Requested features
4 requests- More frequent updates and new content
- Better customer support and communication from developers
- Improved balance between free-to-play and pay-to-win players
- More customization options for player bases and units
Aftermath Survival
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Commanders
- Super Gold Sale 1$4.99
- Elite Gold Sale 1$4.99
- Leader Pack 1$4.99
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- Gold Sale 1$4.99
- Gold Sale 1$9.99
- Super Gold Sale 3$19.99
- Elite Gold Sale 3$19.99
- Leader Pack 2$19.99
- Elite Gold Sale 4$49.99
- Elite Gold Sale 5$99.99
- Commanders Pack 4$99.99
Aftermath Survival
- $0.99 Gift Pack$0.99
- $1.99 Gift Pack$1.99
- $2.99 Gift Pack$2.99
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- $4.99 Gift Pack$4.99
- $9.99 Gift Pack$9.99
- $14.99 Gift Pack$14.99
- $19.99 Gift Pack$19.99
- $29.99 Gift Pack$29.99
- $49.99 Gift Pack$49.99
- $59.99 Gift Pack$59.99
- $99.99 Gift Pack$99.99
Questions
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