Comparison

Super Waves vs Basketball Roll

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

Basketball Roll

Experience a fresh take on basketball with this 3D game. Master one-swipe shooting mechanics and progress through increasingly challenging levels. Unlock new courts and enjoy polished graphics on any Apple mobile device.

Highlights
  • One Swipe Gameplay
  • Challenging to Master
  • Frictionless Perfect Throw
  • Polished 3D Graphics
  • Dozens of Courts to Unlock
  • Portrait Mode
Features
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Basketball Games in 3D. Fresh graphics! Think you can shoot hoops the best? Game gets harder each level! Basketball is a universal app, playable in the best resolution available for each Apple mobile device. FEATURES: - One Swipe Gameplay - Easy to pick-up, challenging to master - Get a frictionless perfect throw! - Polished 3D Graphics - Dozen Courts to Unlock - Portrait The addicting game you’ve been playing at the arcade for years now goes wherever you do. Download Free Basketball today! No In Abc Payments. Fully free! For the latest info and what we are up to, check out

Screenshots

Super Waves4 screens
Basketball Roll4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Basketball Roll at 4.6 against Super Waves's 4.1. Basketball Roll also leads on ratings volume (14K vs 15) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, review sentiment, update cadence and ads 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 Basketball Roll 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

Basketball Roll holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Basketball Roll has 14K ratings behind it against 15, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 75% of Super Waves's written reviews are positive against 72% of Basketball Roll's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Super Waves ships an update monthly, Basketball Roll every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Super Waves versus Basketball Roll: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSuper WavesBasketball Roll
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.1 (15 ratings)4.6 (14K ratings) — better
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews — better71.7% of reviews
Number of ratings1514K — better
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size217 MB220 MB
Age rating+124+
DeveloperRenown EntertainmentAlchemical Inc

Customer experience

Super Waves

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

Basketball Roll

All ratings14,105 ratings
Positive89.9%
Neutral5.5%
Negative4.6%
Written reviews53 reviews
Positive71.7%
Neutral3.8%
Negative24.5%

Bugs and requests

Super Waves

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Basketball Roll

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Game freezes and gets stuck on level 32 background after completing all challenges
  • Paid subscription does not remove ads as expected

Requested features

3 requests
  • Add ability to play against other players
  • More challenges and content added regularly
  • Fix issue with baskets overlapping and preventing shots

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

Basketball Roll

One-time1
  • No Ads$2.99

Questions

Is Super Waves free?
Super Waves is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Basketball Roll free?
Basketball Roll is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Super Waves or Basketball Roll?
Basketball Roll is rated higher. Super Waves averages 4.1 out of 5 from 15 ratings, while Basketball Roll averages 4.6 from 14K ratings.
Do Super Waves or Basketball Roll have ads?
Both Super Waves and Basketball Roll show ads.
Which is updated more often, Super Waves or Basketball Roll?
Super Waves ships an update monthly, and Basketball Roll every 2 weeks. Most recently, Super Waves was updated on November 1, 2026 and Basketball Roll on November 11, 2026.

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