Shooting Asteroids vs Swashteroids
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Shooting Asteroids
Defend Earth from an asteroid invasion using a powerful turret. Aim and fire to destroy incoming threats and save the planet. Experience intense arcade-style action.
- Turret-based gameplay
- Destroy incoming asteroids
- Save the planet
- Intense action
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Our planet is being attacked by asteroids. Your mission is to use the turret to fire these invaders. Try your best to save the world!
Swashteroids
Pilot a spaceship to mine asteroids for treasure while fending off aliens. Utilize power-ups for enhanced combat and navigation. This fast-paced, retro arcade experience offers multiple control options and increasing difficulty.
- Retro arcade gameplay
- Asteroid mining and treasure collection
- Alien combat
- Power-ups for combat and navigation
- Multiple control options (on-screen, accelerometer, controller)
- Increasing difficulty with levels
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Take command of the USS Swashbuckler in Swashteroids, a fast-paced retro vector arcade game where every asteroid field hides danger—and treasure. Mine asteroids, collect valuable cargo, and fight off alien workers and soldiers that want the loot for themselves. Each cleared field brings a tougher level, faster hazards, and more relentless enemies. Power up your ship with: • Plasma torpedoes and long-range phasers • Shields for protection • Hyperspace for emergency escapes • Phasing to pass safely through hazards • X-Ray vision to reveal treasure-bearing asteroids Master Newtonian spaceflight using on-screen controls, tilt steering, or a compatible game controller. A guided Training mode teaches every control and mechanic. Compete across five leaderboards, earn an extra ship every 5,000 points, and record your greatest runs. Watch replays, adjust their playback speed, and share .swrep replay files with friends. Swashteroids is small, fast, and built for quick arcade sessions on iPhone and iPad. How long can the USS Swashbuckler survive?
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Shooting Asteroids at Free against Swashteroids's $0.99. Shooting Asteroids also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.6). Swashteroids's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (every 10 days vs every 6 months). On rating, review sentiment, 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
Shooting Asteroids is free to download; Swashteroids costs $0.99 up front. Shooting Asteroids sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Swashteroids asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Shooting Asteroids against 5.0 for Swashteroids. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Swashteroids has 8 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Shooting Asteroids ships an update every 6 months, Swashteroids every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Shooting Asteroids | Swashteroids |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $0.99 |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (8 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 8 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 23 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Quang Tuan NGO | John Nyquist |
Customer experience
Shooting Asteroids
Swashteroids
In-app purchases
Shooting Asteroids
- No advertisement$0.99
Swashteroids
No in-app purchases
Questions
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