Paper War
Summon, Upgrade, Conquer!
How much does Paper War cost?
Prices are current as of 6 Oct 2026.
10 one-time purchases from $1.99
In the United States, Paper War has 10 one-time purchases priced $1.99 – 29.99.
| Product | Price |
|---|---|
| Event Card | $1.99 |
| Epic Skill Pack | $4.99 |
| Monthly Card | $4.99 |
| Starter Gem Pack | $4.99 |
| Medium Gem Pack | $9.99 |
| Prestige Card | $9.99 |
| Legendary Skill Pack | $14.99 |
| Remove Ads Card | $14.99 |
| Mythic Skill Pack | $19.99 |
| Permanent Supply Card | $29.99 |
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| Rating / 5 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.7 |
| Reviews | 5.9K | 109K | 63K | 34K | 30K | 28K | 27K | 25K | 18K | 17K | 16K |
| Released | 2024 | 2017 | 2018 | 2024 | 2024 | 2024 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2026 | 2024 |
| One-time price | $9.99 | $7.99 | $4.99 | $6.29 | $5.99 | $5.99 | $4.99 | $3.99 | $9.99 | $9.99 | $2.99 |
The going rate for each plan in United States, in its own currency, shaded from the cheapest price on the row to the dearest. Plans fewer than four in ten of the priced apps sell are left out.
Paper War reviews
4.7 out of 5, based on 5,924 reviews.
What people like
- No forced ads with one-time purchase
- Simple gameplay is very addictive
- Peaceful original music sounds nice
What they complain about
- You lose progress when linking accounts
- Ads interrupt you constantly and are too long
- Game stops progressing if you close it
- Restore purchases button does not work
Nice
Cool
Money grabber
Games like these are pretty simple. I spent money on the game, figured a $20 purchase would be fine. Checked my bank account and I was charged double the amount. Also be prepared to waste lots of time in this game as there isn’t offline progression, you have to sit and watch to play the game.
Great game needs some tweaks
Love the game as a hole i like how grind heavy it is and i like how you get no offline progress, makes it way more rewarding when you progress Some problems with it is that the prestige system isn’t that rewarding it needs better balancing, making making it so that you can keep one of your turrets after you prestige would be nice, i haven’t gotten anything above a rare yet which is fine but i could get one in the next event and there’s no way i’ll be prestiging after that, another way to make prestiging worthwhile would be if you reset the limited ad summons after a prestige i think that would help too i know why the game is like this but the prestige honestly doesn’t do anything you get more progress by just waiting it out and using 3 summon ads every day i got mine upto 3x gold but i don’t see why i need more than that all gold upgrades go up in a slower manner than gold summoning so it’s pretty much pointless. Well as far as i know. But overall a very fun game and the prestige system is fine i just don’t see much use to it, other bugs are the events the raid event is buggy and you have to wait for it to refresh for you to see any progress and a lot of times the spells don’t work randomly when they’re on auto.
No ads IAP only partly functional
My home internet has a pihole. Usually this means I can’t click to watch an ad, that’s fine. When available I’ll sometimes purchase no-ads IAPs like I did here. Some of the ad rewards work, many don’t - some buttons seem like they want to load an ad before I can click it. They can’t load one so they don’t work. The in-game discord link doesn’t lead to a server, it just launches discord. The support link on this App Store page leads to a privacy statement. Big womp. 2 stars instead of one because it still seems up my alley but the IAP not fully working bums me out.
Here’s a cheat for ya
This games monitization is outta this world. So here’s how to mitigate all of it since the devs stopped updating it over a year ago. You know how you get to use those x10 weapons 3x a day after midnight and also the free gems and cash. Well between 8pm- 12 am just close the game and you can do it all over again. Weapons, skills, gems and cash that really means nothing by the way. Also when using the meat or whatever from events you can buy as many different ones each time. I did buy the option to by pass the ads so it is faster. Didn’t notice until way later on. Just think almost 300 diamonds per minute with each 30 weapons and skills. I would have informed the devs in their discord but they don’t even have that. Currently sitting at level 15 weapons and level 14 skills. Have fun and hopefully this helps all of you as well and maybe the devs will fix some stuff or add more weapons. If you want to get far level up your faster weapons first like the bow and arrows. Upgrade attack speed. Health and attack crit chance and % are maxed.
Good
No adds!
Scam
This “game” is a scam. There is no actual team behind it. The events are basic and top scorers are obviously cheating, using auto clickers, or they’re just bots that the devs put in to get players to spend money. Fun 1-2 hour time suck then it’s garbage.
Why won't it let me purchase the ad removal bundle
The title is my only concern otherwise I love the game would just like to have that option
No offline earning
You have to actually leave to game running 24/7 if you want to come back to rewards. otherwise when you turn it off it pauses. I wanted an idle simulator i would choose a better one.
Good but
The game is great but the restore purchases button doesn’t work
Great Mobile Game!
To be fair, I did not play the game pre-ad removal. One time purchase to remove all ads is great though. Fun gameplay, and stays fresh with the randomness of characters from pulls. Dev: if you close out and reopen the app, you can spam collect the daily rewards; don’t know if this is just my end, but probably needs a patch!
Out of control ads
I don't mind watching ads for rewards but the ads in this game are way way way too long
Good game!
Fun!
internet error
i have internet connection, but i live in china now.some server that in china could’t connect, it have been banned.
Changed daily summon count?
I bought the dumb like $16 bundle upgrade for no ads and some extra stuff basically, one of which was supposed to be more daily summons, which I don’t know if I even got an increase in the quantity I could get a day, really just that I didn’t have to watch the ads to summon now. But now I only get 1 set of 3 summons a day? It used to be at least 3 sets a day, with like 45 mins between the first reset and then 3 hrs and then remaining time til 24 hrs from first one or whatever. Idk super lame though I’ve practically stopped playing stop bc of it, now I can upgrade one of my weapons halfway everyday woohoo. It was a good idle game before this change though.
Really fun game
I like it a lot
No offline progress.
Would give zero if I could based on that and the following. The game has been abandoned. The prestige system is AWFUL. Wow bonus GOLD and nothing else. Pointless waste of time. Boss/gold rush doesn’t reset or repeat so you can only do it one or two times total per prestige once you max it out in your first run. You can watch 10,000 ads if you want to skip ahead. The dev made no cap on them (except of course units/skills which is what you really need). Lastly the event/tournament system is deeply locked into the game compared to everything else. Don’t expect to get to that for quite a while. If you like to be punished go ahead and hit that download. If you want to waste money toss it in the whole 3 things the dev offers in the shop for 20$.
This can get better but its good
Ive been playing for a month and its so addicting, and there is no forced ads! But can get better
Constant Ads
This game has a interesting concept that is all but ruined by the scaling of the rewards, challenges, and skills. You will be left to watch an ad at least once per minute in order to complete challenges that are far below your skill level. Simply to have the ability to attempt the challenge. I never felt like any of the opponents were difficult, only the wait times to complete the next gold rush or boss rush. This game has some major adjustments to be made before it actually reflects the 4+ stars it brandishes.
Error
Game is really fun. But every like 30 seconds to 2 minutes it says “no internet connection” and I have to exit and reload the game for that to go away. Extremely annoying, making me consider not playing that’s how intrusive that bug is
my life changed
i goon
Game never let me play
The game never let me play; it kept telling me I had internet connection problems
Music
Peaceful original music!
Good game, unfortunately got ripped off
Was having fun with this game, while background play would be great I don’t particularly mind just leaving the game to sit while I do something else to farm some money. Unfortunately yesterday I purchased an epic skill pack and have yet to receive my reward, as much as I’m getting on with this game I can’t keep playing it knowing it’s eaten £5 out of my pocket, probably won’t go back to it unless it’s resolved. Also tried the restore purchases button which feels like it’s just for show. Here’s hoping this isn’t a scam game on the apple App Store.
Pretty good
Not much in the way lighting up what little endorphins I have left, the scaling difference between the Gold and Boss rush is so huge making gold rush nearly useless aside from completing quests, occasionally when buying skills with gems in the summons tab there’s a small chance (if you tap too fast) to use up gems but not acquire a summoned also when it comes to player events you can sometimes just get thrown into events which have already started giving other players a massive lead as well as there’s no form to scaling so people with amazing items and over leveled skills dominate others giving them no chance at all to get rewards besides the bare minimum making them spend quite a while to attempt to get decent rewards by comparison
About the game
I love this game so much I just got it and I am addicted there are no ads unless you choose them (meaning get coins for ads unless u want)
Just an ad fest
$15 to remove ads. Not worth the trouble.
Small bug
It’s not bad but if you upgrade a stat above what it wants for the quest (if I level up to 6 from four but it was out of five) it shows that you have passed the amount required for the quest but haven’t completed the quest. You have to close the game out to fix it.
Requires an internet connection
Game loop is fun but a game this simple really shouldn’t demand an internet connection to play. You seriously can’t boot up the game without one.
The game randomly reset my progress
I took a liking to the game because it was simple but progressive. Everything was great the past 2 days since I downloaded then opened it today and the game reset most of my progress! I don’t even have the skills section unlocked anymore. I do not want to spend my time playing if there is a possibility to lose everything randomly. Still fun so I gave a 3/5 but I most definitely won’t be playing again.
Good Game!
Only gripes with the game overall is that I don’t feel there’s enough options for purchasing levels. 1, 10, Max, isn’t enough for where I’m at. I wish there was an option to buy 100 and 1000 at a time.
Development Stopped
No new developments and updates.
It’s pretty alright
Not the most entertaining video game in the whole world, the no ads part is good though.
Having fun at the game but can’t play events
As the title states the game has been a lot of fun but both PVP events and Read events just say “server has some issues. please try again later” they’re not fully integral to the game from what it seems but it would be nice to be able to play them
Really decent game but too many ads
The ads are too much and the boosts and too short 15 minutes is not enough they should be 30 minutes or at the very least 20 or 25 minutes I keep having to watch 4 long ads and then another long ads for a flying gold chest then 3 more long ads for summons then 3 more long ads for skills then another long ad for flying diamonds chest then 6 more long ads to do gold rush and boss rush for challenges the whole game is kinda just watching really long ads but outside of that the game is pretty cool and it is a shame about the ads the game would be truly amazing if they were less prevalent and you could spend more time on the gameplay also being able to earn stuff in the background when not using the app would be good coming back to a decent bit of gold earned would be very satisfying and encourage people to open the app more often
g
goood
Deleted everything
I was playing this game(and enjoying it!) For about 2 days. I even bought the 15$ package to remove adds. A tournament appeared and when I went to click on it, the game said I need to log in. I made an account and when I did the game reset and I lost all of my progress. The purchases were gone as well so the game has adds again. I clicked on the discord button trying the find some help in the settings and it opens the discord app but no server is linked. The discord button does not work. Next I tried to restore purchases to remove adds again(I lost all my progress but I like the game I’ll restart) the button to restore purchases is bugged and does not do anything as far as I can tell. Bottom line this game stole 15$ from me and won’t give me the benifit from the purchase. I have no way to contact the devs so I’m stuck here. Do not purchase anything from them there is no support.
Great Potential, But Lacking Depth
As I mentioned in the title, it’s a solid game with a fun core loop. However, it falls short in a few key areas that make it feel a bit unfinished. The biggest drawback is the lack of meaningful progression—there’s no skill tree or impactful perks tied to ascending, aside from a basic gold multiplier. This makes the endgame feel repetitive and leaves you wanting more. It would be great to see more daily events, player interactions, or clan features to keep things engaging over time. Right now, after just a few days, it already feels like I’ve seen everything the game has to offer. One other issue is that the game only generates gold while it’s actively open. While it doesn’t claim to be an idle game, the gameplay style gives that impression, so it’s a bit frustrating to realize that progress halts the moment you close it. With a few more features and deeper progression, this could easily be a five-star experience. Until then, it’s fun—but limited.
Not balanced
When your on 4 billion health and are healing 50hp per second and get hit for 600k per hit, what is the 50hp doing? That healing will never do anything because the scale per cost is always to low so its never worth spending anything on it. Money multi seems to be low on progression, seems like reseting instantly at 7.3 gives you the most increase per time?
PvP events
The game overall is fun but the pvp events need to be changed, I’m in bronze III league I have all my stats maxed out and can earn trophies easily. My issue is that the person in 1st place has 23000 trophies, you get 10 trophies for winning your fight and it costs 20 gems per fight. This player is going to win first place simply because they have spent about £300 worth of gems. PvP events need rebalancing
Best game ever!!!!!!!!!!
When I downloaded the game it was just so addictive I played for 30 minutes and it was worth it download now.
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You need to keep the game open to progress, but that progression is too slow to warrant that
Arena
The arena keeps saying there is an issue on the server and try again later
Fun but..
Game is fun but the whole discord chat is full of people talking about cheat engine and posting pictures of how they broke the game with unlimited currencies. No thanks.
Great Potential, Just Needs a Bit More Polish
I want to start by saying—don’t let the cons sway you from giving this game a try. What follows is just my personal experience and feedback based on the current state of the game. Overall, the game is enjoyable and well-crafted. I personally purchased a bundle, so I haven’t had any issues with ads. Some definite highlights include the engaging music, a decent leveling system, reasonably priced in-app purchases, and a solid variety of interesting units. That said, there are a few areas that I believe could use improvement: 1. PvP Scoring System: The current PvP ranking structure could benefit from a rework. Starting at zero and only gaining a handful of points per win, while top players sit at 5,000+, makes the limited progression feel unrewarding and discouraging. The rewards are appealing, but the grind is excessive and repetitive, especially when each play uses a ticket and involves minimal interaction. 2. Unit and Skill Clarity: I’d really appreciate more transparency or in-game guidance around how units and skills contribute to overall attack power. Right now, it feels like trial-and-error with little feedback, which can be frustrating when trying to optimize your setup. 3. Offline Progression: One of the more limiting aspects is the lack of offline functionality. Needing to keep the app running in the foreground overnight just to make progress is far from ideal. 4. Gold Rush Rewards: The reward scaling for the Gold Rush boss feels off. At level 79, I’m receiving around 1,095 gold per level, which is a drop in the bucket compared to the millions I’m earning per second during normal waves. For a mode that’s supposed to be rewarding, the return on investment just doesn’t match the difficulty or the player’s current progression. Despite these critiques, I genuinely believe this game has huge potential. I’m invested enough to continue checking in and updating this review as improvements are made. To the developer: I’d be more than happy to share more detailed feedback directly and for free, because I believe in what this game could become with the right tweaks.
CRAZY FUN
I’ve been playing for a bit and im addicted
Bought $15 pass, then it disappeared
I bought the $15 ad freepass, but when I tried to link my cloud, the pass disappeared. I can’t even request a refund since it’s an in-app transaction. I would at least like my pass back.
Not like the add but it is still good and no ads
The switchblade you can't add more knives to the single switchblade
Reset progress and lost remove ads card
I synced my account and when I did I lost all of my progress and my purchases are lost spent money to lose it all what a waste of
It's an ok game
The game itself plays well and it's a time waster in which you just select upgrades and choose your line up. It would be more interesting if you could actually change the position of the line ups before having to unlock all the spaces for your weapons. The other thing that annoys me is that the drop rates aren't really as advertised. For example if rare weapons are supposed to have a 10% chance of dropping id consistently get a rare every 30 summons. So I'm either consistently unlucky or the drop rates aren't accurate. All in all the game is just something to waste time and doesn't require any semblance of skill but it's not the worst thing out there.
Paper War price by country
A one-time purchase costs $9.15 in Canada and $21.33 in Hungary — 2× more for the same thing. Below is the going rate for each plan in every country that sells it — the middle price of what the app charges there, in the country's own currency with the dollar equivalent beneath it.
| Country | One-time |
|---|---|
| Afghanistan | $9.99 |
| Albania | $12.99 |
| Algeria | $9.99 |
| Angola | $9.99 |
| Anguilla | $9.99 |
| Antigua And Barbuda | $9.99 |
| Argentina | $9.99 |
| Armenia | $12.99 |
| Australia | A$14.99$10.41 |
| Austria | €9.99$11.24 |
| Azerbaijan | $11.99 |
| Bahamas | $9.99 |
| Bahrain | $9.99 |
| Barbados | $12.99 |
| Belarus | $12.99 |
| Belgium | €9.99$11.24 |
| Belize | $9.99 |
| Benin | $12.99 |
| Bermuda | $9.99 |
| Bhutan | $9.99 |
| Bolivia | $9.99 |
| Bosnia & Herzegovina | €12.99$14.61 |
| Botswana | $9.99 |
| Brazil | R$59.90$11.48 |
| British Virgin Islands | $9.99 |
| Brunei Darussalam | $9.99 |
| Bulgaria | €9.99$11.24 |
| Burkina Faso | $9.99 |
| Cambodia | $9.99 |
| Cameroon | $12.99 |
| Canada | CA$12.99$9.15 |
| Cape Verde | $9.99 |
| Cayman Islands | $9.99 |
| Chad | $9.99 |
| Chile | CLP 12,990$13.15 |
| Colombia | COP 49,900$15.08 |
| Congo | $11.99 |
| Congo, Democratic Republic | $9.99 |
| Costa Rica | $9.99 |
| Cote Divoire | $12.99 |
| Croatia | €12.99$14.61 |
| Cyprus | €12.99$14.61 |
| Czech Republic | CZK 249.00$11.46 |
| Denmark | DKK 89.00$13.38 |
| Dominica | $9.99 |
| Dominican Republic | $9.99 |
| Ecuador | $9.99 |
| Egypt | EGP 599.99$11.48 |
| El Salvador | $9.99 |
| Estonia | €12.99$14.61 |
| Fiji | $9.99 |
| Finland | €12.99$14.61 |
| France | €9.99$11.24 |
| Gabon | $9.99 |
| Gambia | $9.99 |
| Georgia | $12.99 |
| Germany | €9.99$11.24 |
| Ghana | $17.99 |
| Greece | €12.99$14.61 |
| Grenada | $14.99 |
| Guatemala | $14.99 |
| Guinea-bissau | $14.99 |
| Guyana | $14.99 |
| Honduras | $14.99 |
| Hong Kong | HK$88.00$11.21 |
| Hungary | HUF 6,990$21.33 |
| Iceland | $17.99 |
| India | ₹999.00$10.36 |
| Indonesia | IDR 199,000$11.11 |
| Iraq | $9.99 |
| Ireland | €9.99$11.24 |
| Israel | ₪29.90$9.84 |
| Italy | €9.99$11.24 |
| Jamaica | $14.99 |
| Japan | ¥1,500$9.51 |
| Jordan | $14.99 |
| Kazakhstan | KZT 8,990.00$20.03 |
| Kenya | $17.99 |
| Kosovo | €17.99$20.24 |
| Kuwait | $9.99 |
| Kyrgyzstan | $14.99 |
| Lao Peoples Democratic Republic | $14.99 |
| Latvia | €17.99$20.24 |
| Lebanon | $14.99 |
| Liberia | $14.99 |
| Libya | $14.99 |
| Lithuania | €17.99$20.24 |
| Luxembourg | €12.99$14.61 |
| Macao | $14.99 |
| Macedonia | $14.99 |
| Madagascar | $14.99 |
| Malawi | $14.99 |
| Malaysia | MYR 49.90$12.23 |
| Maldives | $14.99 |
| Mali | $14.99 |
| Malta | €17.99$20.24 |
| Mauritania | $14.99 |
| Mauritius | $17.99 |
| Mexico | MX$199.00$10.94 |
| Micronesia | $14.99 |
| Moldova | $17.99 |
| Mongolia | $14.99 |
| Montenegro | €12.99$14.61 |
| Montserrat | $14.99 |
| Morocco | $17.99 |
| Mozambique | $14.99 |
| Myanmar | $14.99 |
| Namibia | $14.99 |
| Nauru | $14.99 |
| Nepal | $17.99 |
| Netherlands | €9.99$11.62 |
| New Zealand | NZ$19.99$11.23 |
| Nicaragua | $14.99 |
| Niger | $14.99 |
| Nigeria | NGN 24,900.00$18.70 |
| Norway | NOK 129.00$13.41 |
| Oman | $14.99 |
| Pakistan | PKR 3,900$14.05 |
| Palau | $14.99 |
| Panama | $14.99 |
| Papua New Guinea | $9.99 |
| Paraguay | $14.99 |
| Peru | PEN 69.90$20.20 |
| Philippines | ₱599.00$9.56 |
| Poland | PLN 49.99$12.82 |
| Portugal | €17.99$20.24 |
| Qatar | QAR 49.99$13.73 |
| Romania | RON 79.99$16.84 |
| Russia | RUB 1,290.00$15.39 |
| Rwanda | $14.99 |
| Sao Tome & Principe | $14.99 |
| Saudi Arabia | SAR 39.99$10.66 |
| Senegal | $17.99 |
| Serbia | €17.99$20.24 |
| Seychelles | $14.99 |
| Sierra Leone | $14.99 |
| Singapore | SGD 14.98$11.70 |
| Slovakia | €17.99$20.24 |
| Slovenia | €17.99$20.24 |
| Solomon Islands | $14.99 |
| South Africa | ZAR 299.99$18.01 |
| South Korea | ₩15,000$11.16 |
| Spain | €12.99$14.61 |
| Sri Lanka | $14.99 |
| St. Kitts and Nevis | $14.99 |
| St. Lucia | $14.99 |
| St. Vincent & The Grenadines | $14.99 |
| Suriname | $14.99 |
| Swaziland | $9.99 |
| Sweden | SEK 129.00$12.85 |
| Switzerland | CHF 9.00$10.87 |
| Taiwan | NT$490.00$15.37 |
| Tajikistan | $14.99 |
| Tanzania | TZS 39,900.00$15.07 |
| Thailand | THB 399.00$11.89 |
| Tonga | $14.99 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | $14.99 |
| Tunisia | $14.99 |
| Turkmenistan | $14.99 |
| Turks and Caicos | $14.99 |
| Uganda | $17.99 |
| Ukraine | $12.99 |
| United Arab Emirates | AED 39.99$10.90 |
| United Kingdom | £9.99$13.21 |
| United States | $9.99 |
| Uruguay | $14.99 |
| Uzbekistan | $14.99 |
| Vanuatu | $14.99 |
| Venezuela | $14.99 |
| Vietnam | ₫299,000$11.52 |
| Yemen | $14.99 |
| Zambia | $17.99 |
| Zimbabwe | $17.99 |
Paper War FAQ
- Is Paper War free?
- Yes. The app and its basic features are free, in all 173 countries it sells in. Premium features are paid: they start from $1.99 (US), across 10 one-time purchases.
- Does Paper War have a free trial?
- No. None of its offers (US) come with a free trial.
- Where is Paper War cheapest?
- A one-time purchase costs CA$12.99 (≈$9.15) in Canada and HUF 6,990 (≈$21.33) in Hungary, its cheapest and dearest countries.
- What are the best alternatives to Paper War?
- AdVenture Communist (4.6 from 109,302 reviews, premium from $1.99), Cell to Singularity: Evolution (4.8 from 63,155 reviews, premium from $1.99) and Slime Castle: Idle TD RTS Game (4.8 from 34,122 reviews, premium from $2.49).
Paper War download
Last updated 1 year ago.
Paper War sells in 173 countries. It was released 1 year and 10 months ago, on 25 Nov 2024. It holds a 4.7 rating from 5,924 reviews.
Supports 7 languages: English, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Chinese, Spanish.
How much does Paper War make?
Third-party estimates for the last 30 days, worldwide — not the store's own figures, which Apple publishes for nobody.
Revenue by plan
- One-time 100%
Revenue by country
- United States 48%
- Taiwan 8%
- Japan 6%
- Canada 5%