Comparison

HERO vs Shooting Survival

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

HERO

Engage in a retro-style action game where you control a hero to save the city from an invading army. Power up your hero, master combo skills, and utilize a variety of weapons and environmental elements to defeat enemies and solve puzzles. Collect items, level up your character, and explore hidden areas in this 8-bit pixelated adventure.

Highlights
  • Retro 8-bit pixel art style
  • Power-up and costume system
  • Over 10 combo skills
  • Variety of weapons and throwable objects
  • RPG-like leveling system
  • Quest system with stone collection
  • Puzzle elements with levers
Features
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RETRO STYLE - HEROES COMBO ACTION GAME ! 8 BIT-DOTS Pixels. Unknown army occupies the city and all the building and roads got broken. HERO-X moves to save the Earth. The Costumes: -Make the super power heroes by Power-up! -Change the costumes by Power-up! The Combo: -The special attack by each hero. -More than 10 Combo Skills. -Basic combo, air combo, varieties of combo. -Level-up system like RPG games. The Weapons: -UZI, M-16, AK-47, Beretta, Magnum! -Using attacking guns, rifles, grenades. -Carry, destroy, and throw the objects. -Utilize conveyer belts, icy ground, jumping board, and propellers. The A.I. -Various Boss stage with the best A.I. -Smart play with optimized system for mapping. -Many attacking skills like a fighting action game. The Quests: -Collect stones as completing many quests. -Use a lot of skills based on stones. -Use 3 abilities at the same time. The Puzzles: -Stage consisting of numerous map tiles. -Puzzle factor using 'Levers'. The Game Features: -Have action animations more than 100. -Collect gold, buy heroes, and Level-up! -Clear the villains easily with Level-up and experience points. -Find the hidden area in stage. -Feel the retro arcade game!

About

Shooting Survival

Engage in a 2D bullet hell shooter that blends action with building and crafting. Explore diverse worlds, battle monsters, and challenge bosses with unique heroes and a variety of weapons. Team up with friends in online multiplayer or form a guild for rewards.

Highlights
  • 2D bullet hell shooting gameplay
  • Building and crafting mechanics
  • Unique heroes and diverse weapons
  • Resource harvesting and world bosses
  • Randomly generated dungeons
  • Online co-op multiplayer
  • Guild system with weekly prizes
Features
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This is the 2d shooting game with building and crafting that features extremely easy play styles. Its super cool and enjoyable gameplay, mixed with rogue-like, crafting, and farming elements will get you hooked from the very first shooting run! Features: - Lots of shooting - Lots of unique heroes - Tons of weapons - Guns, staves, and swords.. Shoot monsters to pieces! - Explore worlds to survive monsters, harvest resources, and survive world bosses - Explore and challenge randomly generated dungeons for loots - Challenge surviving monster arena for epic rewards! - Auto aim mechanism for super intuitive control. Shoot, cast skill effortlessly! - Online multiplayer with up to 4 players! Team up with friends around the world for an online co-op shooting adventure - Start a guild and recruit members and receive weekly prizes! A pixel roguelike shoot em up that combines action, survival, farming and building.

Screenshots

HERO3 screens
Shooting Survival4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: HERO at none against Shooting Survival's shown. HERO also leads on rating (4.4 vs 4.0) and ratings volume (584 vs 10). Shooting Survival's advantage is update cadence (every 6 days vs every 4 weeks). On price, review sentiment, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. HERO sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Shooting Survival sells 8 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

HERO holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: HERO has 584 ratings behind it against 10, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 80% of HERO's written reviews are positive against 88% of Shooting Survival's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

HERO ships an update every 4 weeks, Shooting Survival every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
HERO versus Shooting Survival: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHEROShooting Survival
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (584 ratings) — better4.0 (10 ratings)
Positive reviews79.6% of reviews87.5% of reviews — better
Number of ratings584 — better10
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeksEvery 6 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS8.0 — better11.0
Further details — not scored
Size66 MB164 MB
Age rating9+12+
DeveloperJongha BackCowbeans Inc.

Customer experience

HERO

All ratings585 ratings
Positive86.0%
Neutral8.4%
Negative5.6%
Written reviews470 reviews
Positive79.6%
Neutral12.1%
Negative8.3%

Shooting Survival

All ratings10 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive87.5%
Neutral12.5%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

HERO

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Game crashes after cutscenes
  • In-app purchases not working correctly
  • Black screen on launch
  • Save data loss

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add more playable heroes and villains
  • Implement controller support
  • Add checkpoints and ability to choose starting hero
  • Improve level design and enemy variety

Shooting Survival

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

10 purchases

HERO

One-time10
  • +30 Gems$0.99
  • +10,000 Gold$0.99
  • Map Pack (Gems+Gold)$0.99
Show 7 more
  • +180 Gems$4.99
  • +58,000 Gold$4.99
  • +380 Gems$9.99
  • +130,000 Gold$9.99
  • +1,250 Gems$29.99
  • +4,500 Gems$99.99
  • +1,500,000 Gold$99.99
8 purchases

Shooting Survival

One-time8
  • 10 Gems$1.49
  • 50 Gems$5.99
  • 150 Gems$11.99
Show 5 more
  • 250 Gems$17.99
  • 500 Gems$31.99
  • 650 Gems$32.99
  • 1200 Gems$47.99
  • 2000 Gems$69.99

Questions

Is HERO free?
HERO is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Shooting Survival free?
Shooting Survival is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, HERO or Shooting Survival?
HERO is rated higher. HERO averages 4.4 out of 5 from 584 ratings, while Shooting Survival averages 4.0 from 10 ratings.
Do HERO or Shooting Survival have ads?
Shooting Survival shows ads; HERO does not.
Which is updated more often, HERO or Shooting Survival?
HERO ships an update every 4 weeks, and Shooting Survival every 6 days. Most recently, HERO was updated on October 26, 2026 and Shooting Survival on October 12, 2026.

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