Super Waves vs Uplift!
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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.
Uplift!
A fast-paced, one-touch arcade game where players ascend through endless tiers, avoiding enemies. Collect cute characters and utilize power-ups to achieve higher scores and challenge friends.
- One-touch gameplay
- Endless mode
- 60 unlockable characters
- Power-ups
- GameCenter integration
- Real-time random level generator
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Uplift! is a simple and fast paced one-touch arcade game where your only goal is to climb up as far as you can, tier after tier, without getting killed by squared enemies. Sounds easy? Give it a try! Features: ・60 cute characters ・Gumball-style unlock machine ・Power-ups for more fun ・Addictive one-touch gameplay ・Endless mode with real-time random level generator ・Gamecenter to challenge your friends ・Amazing soundtrack
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Uplift! at 4.7 against Super Waves's 4.1. Uplift! also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (monthly vs every 68 months). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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. Super Waves sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Uplift! sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Uplift! holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Uplift! has 656 ratings behind it against 15, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 75% of Super Waves's written reviews are positive against 86% of Uplift!'s.
Super Waves ships an update every 68 months, Uplift! monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Super Waves | Uplift! |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (15 ratings) | 4.7 (656 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews | 86.1% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 15 | 656 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 68 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| 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 | 15.0 | 8.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 217 MB | 17 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Renown Entertainment | Christoph Muller |
Customer experience
Super Waves
Uplift!
Bugs and requests
Super Waves
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Uplift!
Reported bugs
3 issues- Game crashes after reaching high scores
- Revive feature sometimes doesn't work
- Inconsistent performance on older devices
Requested features
3 requests- More characters and customization options
- Ability to pay for ad-free version
- Easier scoring requirements for prize
In-app purchases
Super Waves
- 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
Uplift!
- Remove Ads$1.99









