Comparison

Super Waves vs Uplift!

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

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.

Highlights
  • One-touch gameplay
  • Endless mode
  • 60 unlockable characters
  • Power-ups
  • GameCenter integration
  • Real-time random level generator
Features
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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

Screenshots

Super Waves4 screens
Uplift!4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Super Waves ships an update every 68 months, Uplift! monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Super Waves versus Uplift!: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSuper WavesUplift!
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.1 (15 ratings)4.7 (656 ratings) — better
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews86.1% of reviews — better
Number of ratings15656 — better
Update frequencyEvery 68 monthsMonthly — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.08.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size217 MB17 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperRenown EntertainmentChristoph Muller

Customer experience

Super Waves

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

Uplift!

All ratings656 ratings
Positive92.1%
Neutral3.5%
Negative4.4%
Written reviews209 reviews
Positive86.1%
Neutral6.2%
Negative7.7%

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

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
1 purchases

Uplift!

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$1.99

Questions

Is Super Waves free?
Super Waves is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Uplift! free?
Uplift! is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Super Waves or Uplift!?
Uplift! is rated higher. Super Waves averages 4.1 out of 5 from 15 ratings, while Uplift! averages 4.7 from 656 ratings.
Do Super Waves or Uplift! have ads?
Super Waves shows ads; Uplift! does not.
Which is updated more often, Super Waves or Uplift!?
Super Waves ships an update every 68 months, and Uplift! monthly. Most recently, Super Waves was updated on October 4, 2026 and Uplift! on October 13, 2026.

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