Comparison

Super Waves vs Piano Warrior

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

Piano Warrior

Features
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Build your perfect song from 700 musical building blocks, using a collection of 141 melodic instruments, sound effects, and drum kits. Combine, remix, and polish your composition. Even record your own voice on top! Then take it into battle. Choose your opponent, tap the tiles, and win your way to even more building blocks across Classical, Jazz, Rock, Pop, Hip-Hop, Electronic, and Folk genres. Once it sounds exactly right, export it as audio or video and share it with your friends!

Screenshots

Super Waves4 screens
Piano Warrior4 screens

Verdict

The call

Super Waves and Piano Warrior are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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 Piano Warrior sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Super Waves versus Piano Warrior: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSuper WavesPiano Warrior
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.1 (15 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings15 — better—
Update frequencyMonthly—
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size217 MB589 MB
Age rating+129+
DeveloperRenown EntertainmentLEONID CEBOTARI

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

Piano Warrior

One-time1
  • No Ads$1.99

Questions

Is Super Waves free?
Super Waves is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Piano Warrior free?
Piano Warrior is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Super Waves or Piano Warrior have ads?
Both Super Waves and Piano Warrior show ads.

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