Comparison

Super Waves vs Space Madness!

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

Head to head
About

Super Waves

Test your retro gaming skills in this arcade action classic. Jump and smash to survive against hordes of sea creatures with your boat and paddle. Collect gold, recruit mermaids, and upgrade your abilities for an endless challenge.

Highlights
  • Boat and paddle combat
  • Classic platformer controls
  • Collect gold and treasures
  • Recruit mermaids
  • Upgrade health and super moves
  • Procedurally generated waves
  • Game Center achievements and leaderboards
Features
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BATTLE THE WAVES. SURVIVE THE OCEAN. Super Waves is a hardcore endless action-platformer played across an ocean that never stands still. Paddle across moving waves, time your jumps and fight off relentless sea creatures while staying ahead of the hungry shark. Collect coins and valuable items, upgrade Johnny and unleash your Super Beam when the battle becomes overwhelming. The ocean is always moving. The enemies keep coming. How long can you survive? MASTER THE MOVING WAVES The ocean is your platform. Paddle across its constantly changing surface, leap over danger and adapt your timing and attacks as the waves rise and fall beneath you. FIGHT THROUGH ENEMY WAVES Battle sea creatures with your paddle, defeat them by landing on them and use powerful Super Shots to escape dangerous situations. FIRE THE SUPER BEAM When enemies close in, unleash a powerful laser to turn the fight in your favor. Upgrade the beam’s size and duration, and increase the number of Super Shots you can carry. CLAIM MERMAID REWARDS Carolina the mermaid is there to help—but you still need the skill to reach her. Defeat sea creatures and collect coins to earn opportunities for valuable items and extra health. Carolina delivers the rewards, but retrieving them safely is up to you. COLLECT, SELL AND UPGRADE Collect coins and valuable items during each run. Sell your treasure and use your earnings to upgrade Johnny’s maximum health, strengthen the Super Beam and carry more Super Shots into battle. Every gameplay upgrade can be unlocked by playing. SMASH THROUGH BONUS ROUNDS Break open treasure and collect additional coins between enemy waves to power your next upgrades. ESCAPE THE HUNGRY SHARK Keep paddling and keep fighting. Fall too far behind and the shark will claim its next meal. CHASE YOUR HIGHEST SCORE Improve with every attempt, earn Game Center achievements and climb the leaderboards. Discover hidden interactions and unexpected ways to boost your score. Built for players who love old-school arcade action, demanding platforming, beat ’em up combat and games that reward genuine mastery. Originally launched for iPhone 3G as Waves: Survivor in 2010 and remade as Super Waves Survivor in 2014, this HD rebuild is the definitive version for modern devices—preserving its uncompromising arcade spirit with support for 60 FPS and 120 FPS ProMotion displays. PADDLE. JUMP. FIGHT. UPGRADE. SURVIVE.

About

Space Madness!

A thrilling multiplayer game where crew members must deliver valuable artifacts across the galaxy. The challenge lies in resisting the urge to press the self-destruct button, which benefits only the presser while dooming the rest.

Highlights
  • Multiplayer crew missions
  • Psychological warfare gameplay
  • Artifact delivery across the galaxy
  • Self-destruct button mechanic
  • High-stakes decision making
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Three crew members. One self destruct button. This is psychological warfare, and we need bodies. Lots of b--- Oh! Hi! I didn't see you there. Come on in! Welcome to A.P.E.: the Agency of Planetary Exchange. We are looking for individuals -- or groups of friends -- to help deliver rare and valuable artifacts across the galaxy. We received your application. The job is simple! That red button in front of you? Do not press it. Everyone will die. Easy, right? Your mission departs right now. If you complete the journey safely, your whole crew earns untold riches. But if someone presses the self-destruct button first, only they will get away with the loot while everyone else perishes in a fiery wreck. Just one tiny question before we bring you aboard. Has the intense claustrophobia and crushing loneliness of space ever compelled you to do anything... crazy? Have you ever experienced... SPACE MADNESS? ... ... YOU'RE HIRED! • JOIN OVER 100 MILLION GAMERS WORLDWIDE • Follow @Naquatic on Facebook and Twitter to find out why our apps like MonsterCrafter and Shooting Showdown have been featured by everyone from Apple to IGN, AppAdvice, and TouchArcade.

Screenshots

Super Waves4 screens
Space Madness!4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Super Waves at 75% against Space Madness!'s 0%. Super Waves also leads on rating (4.1 vs 2.7) and update cadence (monthly vs every 7 months). Space Madness!'s advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On price, ratings volume, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Super Waves sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Space Madness! sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Super Waves holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 2.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 15 and 18 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 75% of Super Waves's written reviews are positive against 0% of Space Madness!'s.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Super Waves ships an update monthly, Space Madness! every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Super Waves versus Space Madness!: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSuper WavesSpace Madness!
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.1 (15 ratings) — better2.7 (18 ratings)
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings1518 — better
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 7 months
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size217 MB213 MB
Age rating+129+
DeveloperRenown EntertainmentNaquatic

Customer experience

Super Waves

All ratings15 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral26.7%
Negative6.7%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative0.0%

Space Madness!

All ratings18 ratings
Positive38.9%
Neutral5.6%
Negative55.6%
Written reviews11 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral9.1%
Negative90.9%

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Super Waves

One-time10
  • Handful of 2,500 Coins$0.99
  • Coin Multiplier$0.99
  • Bucket of 6,000 Coins$1.99
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  • Upgrade Pack$1.99
  • Chest of 14,000 Coins$2.99
  • Auto Reload Supers$4.99
  • Boatload of 31,000 Coins$4.99
  • Maximum Johnny$4.99
  • Maximum Supers$6.99
  • King of the Seven Seas$14.99
6 purchases

Space Madness!

One-time6
  • Stack of Diamonds$1.99
  • Bag of Diamonds$4.99
  • Diamond Doubler$4.99
Show 3 more
  • Barrel of Diamonds$19.99
  • Truck of Diamonds$49.99
  • Galactic Treasure$99.99

Questions

Is Super Waves free?
Super Waves is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Space Madness! free?
Space Madness! is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Super Waves or Space Madness!?
Super Waves is rated higher. Super Waves averages 4.1 out of 5 from 15 ratings, while Space Madness! averages 2.7 from 18 ratings.
Do Super Waves or Space Madness! have ads?
Both Super Waves and Space Madness! show ads.
Which is updated more often, Super Waves or Space Madness!?
Super Waves ships an update monthly, and Space Madness! every 7 months. Most recently, Super Waves was updated on November 1, 2026 and Space Madness! on November 4, 2026.

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