Comparison

Super Waves vs Water Blades

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

Water Blades

Explore the depths of the sea to uncover ancient shipwrecks and hidden treasures. Navigate treacherous underwater caves, avoid deadly obstacles, and claim the riches that await. Are you brave enough to face the dangers of the mighty sea?

Highlights
  • Explore underwater worlds
  • Discover ancient shipwrecks
  • Collect treasures
  • Navigate dangerous caves
  • Avoid deadly obstacles
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An unexplored world lies in the depths of the sea, with mines from ancient ships waiting for a first-time sailor to explode into a thousand pieces. Stones surround this cave under the sea, you can withstand a blow, but not enough to prevent the grim reaper takes your soul to the depths of the sea, leaving a black death in you. Any young and inexperienced sailor would escape this adventure, because not all of us are made for the dangers of the mighty sea, but you would leave the rewards and treasures that lie at the bottom of the sea.

Screenshots

Super Waves4 screens
Water Blades4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Water Blades at 5.0 against Super Waves's 4.1. Water Blades also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 10) and iOS requirement (12.2 vs 15.0). Super Waves's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 4 months) and ratings volume (15 vs 1). On price, ads 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. Water Blades asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Water Blades holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Super Waves has 15 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Super Waves ships an update monthly, Water Blades every 4 months. Both last shipped on November 1, 2026.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Super Waves versus Water Blades: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSuper WavesWater Blades
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.1 (15 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings15 — better1
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 4 months
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.012.2 — better
Further details — not scored
Size217 MB42 MB
Age rating+124+
DeveloperRenown EntertainmentMauricio Carrillo

Customer experience

Super Waves

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

Water Blades

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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
None

Water Blades

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Super Waves free?
Super Waves is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Water Blades free?
Water Blades is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Super Waves or Water Blades?
Water Blades is rated higher. Super Waves averages 4.1 out of 5 from 15 ratings, while Water Blades averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Super Waves or Water Blades have ads?
Both Super Waves and Water Blades show ads.
Which is updated more often, Super Waves or Water Blades?
Super Waves ships an update monthly, and Water Blades every 4 months. Most recently, Super Waves was updated on November 1, 2026 and Water Blades on November 1, 2026.

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