Comparison

Kick Ass Commandos vs Rage Swarm

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

Head to head
About

Kick Ass Commandos

Lead a commando unit in a top-down shooter to destroy an enemy's drug production and rescue captured soldiers. Utilize a variety of weapons and unlockable commandos with customizable upgrades across diverse, destructible environments. Face off against numerous enemy vehicles and challenging bosses.

Highlights
  • Top-down bullet hell shooting
  • Unlockable commandos
  • Commando upgrades and customization
  • Destructible environments
  • Variety of enemy vehicles
  • Badass boss battles
Features
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Lock and Load! It's time to Kick Ass. Grab your machine-gun, flamethrower, rocket launcher and grenades. Assault the enemy bases and free commandos to join your team while you destroy everything in sight. The enemy has grown bold in spreading their highly-addictive Krystal Yayo across the global, which is turning everyone into mindless, zombie like hordes. If the enemy is not stopped soon and all the Krystal Yayo destroyed, the world as we know it will be no more. You have been chosen to lead the ultimate mission across the global to rescue your comrades, wipe out all of the enemy's production of Krystal Yayo, and kill everyone else you encounter! Good luck commando! Not ready to join the Kick Ass Commandos yet? Checkout what these frontline reporters had to say: TOUCH ARCADE "GAME OF THE WEEK" "Kick Ass Commandos definitely has that 'just one more go' special sauce, and with its near constant action, explosions, and gore it's a wild ride that's definitely worth taking." - TouchArcade APP SPY "THURSDAY FIND" "If you're looking for a sharp-edged blaster that almost begs to be picked up and played, then you're going to love everything that Kick Ass Commandos has to offer." - AppSpy APP ADVICE - 9.1 "Kick Ass Commandos is an intense and insanely fun dual-stick shooter packed with explosions for days." - AppAdvice APP REVIEW TODAY - 9.1 "Kick Ass Commandos is a dual-stick action shooter that makes you feel like "Rambo." If you enjoyed games like Soul Knight and The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth, then you will love what Kick Ass Commandos has to offer." - App Review Today POCKET GAMER - 8/10 "When it comes to thick and juicy shooting, you'd be hard pressed to find anything better that's hit the App Store this year" and "You're unlikely to find a better retro arcade blaster anywhere. And that's high praise indeed." - Pocket Gamer Still need convincing private? Checkout these kick ass features! UNIQUE MISSION PACKS Each mission pack has a unique theme including deadly jungles, frozen arctic tundra, and scorching desert wastelands. UNLOCK COMMANDOS Rescue special commandos to add them to your unit which you can use on future missions. UPGRADE AND CUSTOMIZE COMMANDOS Send your commandos out on missions to earn upgrade points which you can use to customize your commandos to your liking. DESTRUCTIBLE LEVELS Do you love explosions? Awesome, so do we! You can blow up all sorts of stuff on the missions. Want to see what a rocket launcher does to a palm tree or a grenade to tank? The power is in your hands, or should we say weapon? TONS OF ENEMY VEHICLES TO DESTROY Tanks, sniper towers, gunboats, snowmobiles, and attack helicopters to name a few. If you can dream it, you can destroy it! BADASS BOSSES GALORE The game is full of tough, badass bosses including: * The Rocket Brothers who are big ballin’ twin brothers who both wield multi-shot rocket launchers! * Killer Yeti Warriors who will stop at nothing to eat your heart while it is still beating in your chest. * Giant, genetically engineered Alligators - need we say more? * Corpus Natas an evil cult leader who is on a quest for immortality by luring innocents with the addictive Krystal Yayo.

About

Rage Swarm

Engage in an intense top-down shooter experience. Wield powerful weapons and collect upgrades to battle through hordes of enemies and defeat formidable bosses. Master unique skills and enter "rage mode" for an unforgettable combat adventure.

Highlights
  • Top-down shooter gameplay
  • Wide variety of unique weapons
  • Collect useful improvements
  • Improve skills and perform challenges
  • Enter rage mode
  • One-finger control
Features
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Welcome to an exciting top down shooter. Take powerful weapons and make your way through a huge number of enemies in order to get to the boss and eliminate him. Don't forget to pick up useful improvements during the mission to make it easier to complete the tasks at hand. A variety of equipment will help you overcome the difficulties in the battle with fierce enemies. Improve your skills, perform unique challenges, enter the rage mode and defeat the army of enemies. Eliminate the main boss and clear the territory from the fierce invaders. A huge number of weapons will give you an unforgettable shooting experience! You have access to a wide variety of weapons, up to exotic rocket launchers and flamethrowers! A lot of fun is guaranteed. Each weapon is unique and has its own distinctive abilities. In addition to weapons, you have access to a huge amount of different equipment! Like weapons, each outfit gives you unique abilities that will make the gameplay as diverse as possible and help you defeat an army of enemies. The maximum convenient one-finger control allows you to deeply immerse yourself in the game process. Focus on shooting, use the environment to dodge enemy bullets, think through the tactics of movement, select the necessary equipment to fulfill the tasks! If you are ready to dive into the world of a unique shooter, Rage Swarm is your way to victory.

Screenshots

Kick Ass Commandos4 screens
Rage Swarm4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Rage Swarm at Free against Kick Ass Commandos's $1.99. Rage Swarm also leads on ratings volume (9.4K vs 119) and rating (4.7 vs 4.5). Kick Ass Commandos's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 19) and ads (none vs shown). On review sentiment, update cadence 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

Rage Swarm is free to download; Kick Ass Commandos costs $1.99 up front. Rage Swarm sells 19 one-off in-app purchases. Kick Ass Commandos asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Rage Swarm holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Rage Swarm has 9.4K ratings behind it against 119, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 66% of Kick Ass Commandos's written reviews are positive against 59% of Rage Swarm's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Kick Ass Commandos versus Rage Swarm: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterKick Ass CommandosRage Swarm
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating4.5 (119 ratings)4.7 (9.4K ratings) — better
Positive reviews66.1% of reviews — better58.7% of reviews
Number of ratings1199.4K — better
Update frequencyEvery 10 daysEvery 10 days
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS7.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size449 MB388 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperAnarchy EnterprisesVoodoo

Customer experience

Kick Ass Commandos

All ratings119 ratings
Positive89.1%
Neutral3.4%
Negative7.6%
Written reviews62 reviews
Positive66.1%
Neutral14.5%
Negative19.4%

Rage Swarm

All ratings9,352 ratings
Positive92.2%
Neutral5.1%
Negative2.7%
Written reviews104 reviews
Positive58.7%
Neutral14.4%
Negative26.9%

User reviews

Kick Ass Commandos

From 119 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Addicting gameplay
  • 👍 Classic retro shooter feel
  • 👍 Visceral and gory action
  • 👍 No in-app purchases
  • 👍 Solid controls

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Unresponsive knife controls
  • 🐛 Inconsistent knife damage
  • 🐛 Poor controls in knife levels
  • 🐛 Missing health/status bars on iPad
  • 🐛 Game not optimized for iPhone X

Rage Swarm

From 9.4K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🎮 Engaging gameplay
  • 🎨 Impressive graphics
  • 🔫 Variety of weapons

Room to improve

  • 🚫 Excessive ads
  • 🐛 Bugs and crashes
  • 🕹️ Unbalanced difficulty
  • 🔍 Cloud save issues

Bugs and requests

Kick Ass Commandos

Reported bugs

7 issues
  • Knife not working in levels
  • Health and status bars disappeared after update
  • Knife levels are broken
  • Knife damage is inconsistent
  • Game not optimized for iPhone X (black borders)
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  • Sound is a mess (crackling and distortion)
  • Knife levels are impossible

Requested features

7 requests
  • Fix health/status bars on iPad
  • Optimize for iPhone X
  • Add cloud saves (iPhone/iPad)
  • Add appearance/name change on rank up
  • Add MFi controller support
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  • Update for XS Max (menu cutoff)
  • Make a sequel

Rage Swarm

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Game freezing during gameplay
  • Character falling out of bounds
  • Ad system not working properly

Requested features

3 requests
  • Separate button for grenades
  • Ability to redo completed levels
  • Higher level cap for character progression

In-app purchases

None

Kick Ass Commandos

No in-app purchases

19 purchases

Rage Swarm

One-time19
  • Gems Pack 1$0.99
  • Gems Pack 2$1.99
  • Newbie Pack$1.99
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  • Chain Offer Unlock$1.99
  • Gems Pack 3$3.99
  • Stage 5 Pack$3.99
  • No Ads$4.99
  • Stage 10 Pack$5.99
  • Super Start$6.99
  • Revive Master$6.99
  • Slow-Mo Master$6.99
  • Explosive Attack$6.99
  • Rocket Master$6.99
  • Progress Path 2$6.99
  • Frozen Attack$6.99
  • Loot Master$6.99
  • Gems Pack 4$7.99
  • Gems Pack 5$15.99
  • Gems Pack 6$31.99

Questions

Is Kick Ass Commandos free?
Kick Ass Commandos costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Rage Swarm free?
Rage Swarm is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Kick Ass Commandos or Rage Swarm?
Rage Swarm is rated higher. Kick Ass Commandos averages 4.5 out of 5 from 119 ratings, while Rage Swarm averages 4.7 from 9.4K ratings.
Do Kick Ass Commandos or Rage Swarm have ads?
Rage Swarm shows ads; Kick Ass Commandos does not.
Which is updated more often, Kick Ass Commandos or Rage Swarm?
Kick Ass Commandos ships an update every 10 days, and Rage Swarm every 10 days. Most recently, Kick Ass Commandos was updated on October 17, 2026 and Rage Swarm on October 18, 2026.

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