Comparison

Shooty Rocks vs Ringdown

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

Head to head
About

Shooty Rocks

Pilot a spaceship in this 3D endless space shooter inspired by Asteroids. Dodge and destroy orbiting asteroids, collect power-ups like shields, and compete for high scores on leaderboards. Share your achievements on social media.

Highlights
  • 3D endless space shooter gameplay
  • Asteroid dodging and destruction
  • Shield power-ups
  • Game Center leaderboards
  • Social media sharing
Features
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Shooty Rocks is a 3D endless space shooter inspired by the arcade classic Asteroids. Survive for as long as you can shooting apart or avoiding asteroids as they orbit the Earth. Be aware though that since you're flying around a planet the asteroids could come up from behind! Compete against your friends on the Game Center leaderboard and share your high score death cam selfie on Twitter or Facebook. If you're lucky blowing apart an asteroid will reveal a shield power-up! Collecting this will give you a life line should you collide with an asteroid later. The shield is strong enough for a single impact but after this will need to be replaced. We have lots more features to add in the future so get in touch if you have any ideas! Any questions or problems you can find us on twitter @shootyrocks

About

Ringdown

Features
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Ringdown is a premium, tactile, no-ads switchboard puzzle game where you race to connect calls using coloured cables before callers lose patience and hang up. You’re the operator and the calls won’t stop. Featured in PocketGamer, who said: “It's rare you get such an excellent combination of simple gameplay and an interesting theme as Ringdown: Switchboard Puzzler… It's a simple but challenging offering that's a pretty exciting new launch". Ringdown is a beautifully crafted switchboard puzzle game about speed, focus, and controlled chaos. A brass lamp lights up. It shows two things: a colour and a number. Grab the matching cable, drag it to the right jack, and make the connection before the shrinking patience ring turns red. Answer fast and you build a combo. Pick the wrong port or let a caller hang up, and the shift starts slipping away. The longer you last, the harder it gets. The board fills up. Priority calls expire fast but pay double. Held calls tie up a line until they clear. And on squeeze shifts, there are more callers than cables, forcing you to free old lines before the next lamp turns red. Compete every day. Take on the Daily Challenge: the same board for everyone, every day. Chase your best score, climb the leaderboard, and compete with friends and players worldwide. Built to feel like the real thing. Ringdown isn’t a grid of flat buttons. The boards are richly detailed, the cables have weight, and every plug lands with a click you feel in your fingers, backed by period sound and haptics. What you get: • The 1960s Campaign: timed shifts that climb from quiet evenings to controlled chaos. • The Blitz: a second campaign set during the London air raids of 1940, with blackouts, bomb blasts, and things scuttling across the switchboard. An atmospheric thriller of a campaign. • Endless: one shift that keeps ramping until you crack. • Daily Challenge: the same board for everyone, every day. • Game Center leaderboards. • A trophy cabinet of career milestones. More campaigns are coming soon. Only one in-app purchase is required to unlock the full Ringdown experience, including premium campaigns, daily challenges and special limited-time events. Pay once. It’s yours. No ads. One in-app purchase. Nothing locked behind more money.

Screenshots

Shooty Rocks3 screens
Ringdown4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Ringdown at every 6 weeks against Shooty Rocks's every 4 months. Shooty Rocks's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 26.2). On price, ads and in-app purchases 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. Shooty Rocks sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Ringdown sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Shooty Rocks ships an update every 4 months, Ringdown every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 5 level
Shooty Rocks versus Ringdown: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterShooty RocksRingdown
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 6 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS13.0 — better26.2
Further details — not scored
Size132 MB99 MB
Age rating9+12+
DeveloperTony CouplandIronic Thought ltd

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Shooty Rocks

One-time1
  • tip to the developer$1.99
1 purchases

Ringdown

One-time1
  • Ringdown — Full Version$3.99

Questions

Is Shooty Rocks free?
Shooty Rocks is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Ringdown free?
Ringdown is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Shooty Rocks or Ringdown have ads?
Neither Shooty Rocks nor Ringdown shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Shooty Rocks or Ringdown?
Shooty Rocks ships an update every 4 months, and Ringdown every 6 weeks. Most recently, Shooty Rocks was updated on October 3, 2026 and Ringdown on October 7, 2026.

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