Comparison

Faily Brakes vs Planetoids Vortex

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

Head to head
About

Faily Brakes

Experience hilarious ragdoll crashes and near misses in this physics-based driving game. Navigate treacherous mountainsides, avoid obstacles, and collect coins to unlock new vehicles and costumes. Enjoy endless gameplay with endless fun and crashes.

Highlights
  • Navigate downhill avoiding obstacles
  • Destroy obstacles with shields/weapons
  • Explore 5 different environments
  • Collect coins
  • Unlock vehicles and costumes
  • Record and share gameplay
Features
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Drive to survive - without Brakes! Crashing your car is half the fun as it results in hilarious near misses and crazy ragdoll yeets and crashes! Watch Phil Faily fly as he's thrown through the sky! In this physics-based driving and crashing game you must maneuver an endless mountainside dodging hazardous terrains such as trees, rocks, traffic and trains resulting in some fun and hilarious near misses and crashes. FEATURES • NAVIGATE downhill as far as you can go avoiding obstacles along the way • AVOID trees, rocks, creeks, traffic, and trains • DESTROY obstacles with your shield or weapons • EXPLORE 5 different environments • COLLECT coins as you go • UNLOCK unique vehicles and costumes • RECORD gameplay and share to YouTube, Facebook or Instagram • ENDLESS gameplay • ENDLESS crashes • ENDLESS fun! “This game is super cool” - DanTDM “This is a really fun game, I definitely recommend this” - AnnoyingOrange “I just blew up the train!’ - ThinkNoodles

About

Planetoids Vortex

Features
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Planetoids is a pixel-art arcade shooter for iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple TV. One ship. Endless asteroids. How long can you last? Inspired by the timeless Atari Asteroids, Planetoids brings the classic formula into the modern Apple ecosystem with a colour-coded asteroid system, power-up pickups, enemy saucers, and boss waves — all wrapped in a distinctive retro pixel aesthetic. THE FIELD Five asteroid colours. Each one behaves differently. Red moves fast. Green splits into three. Purple hunts you at close range. Orange drops power-ups when destroyed. Yellow blinds you on impact. Learning what each colour means — and adjusting your strategy accordingly — is the game within the game. YOUR SHIP Newtonian physics. No brakes. Thrust in one direction and you keep moving until you thrust the other way. Mastering your momentum is the entire skill of Planetoids. It takes minutes to learn and years to perfect. ENEMY SAUCERS Two types. The Large Saucer fires randomly — dangerous through bad luck alone. The Small Saucer aims directly at you with accuracy that improves every level. At 1,000 points it is the highest-value target in the game. It is also trying to kill you. POWER-UPS Spread Shot. Rapid Fire. Shield. Speed Boost. Score Multiplier. Five pickups drop from destroyed asteroids. Each lasts seconds. Each can turn a losing situation into a winning one — or tempt you into a mistake. BOSS WAVES Every five levels, a single enormous Planet Asteroid replaces the normal wave. Five hits to crack it open. Four large asteroids explode from the wreckage. The field is not clear when the boss breaks — it is just beginning. FEATURES • Gamepad support on all platforms — MFi, Xbox Series, PlayStation DualSense • Keyboard support on Mac — full arrow key and WASD • Touch controls on iPhone and iPad when no gamepad is connected • Windowed and fullscreen modes on Mac • Game Center leaderboards — All-Time, Weekly, and Highest Level • 17 achievements including secret challenges • iCloud sync — your high score follows you across every device • Dynamic Island support on iPhone 14 Pro and later • Haptic feedback on iPhone and iPad • No ads. No in-app purchases. No subscriptions. A NOTE ON DIFFICULTY Planetoids does not end. There is no final level, no credits sequence, no congratulation screen. The waves keep coming and they keep getting harder. The goal is simply to survive longer than you did last time. Every death is survivable in retrospect. The field is always fair. How far can you go?

Screenshots

Faily Brakes4 screens
Planetoids Vortex4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Planetoids Vortex at none against Faily Brakes's 10. Planetoids Vortex also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 10 days vs monthly). Faily Brakes's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18.6). On price 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

Both are free to download. Faily Brakes sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Planetoids Vortex asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Faily Brakes ships an update monthly, Planetoids Vortex every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Faily Brakes versus Planetoids Vortex: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFaily BrakesPlanetoids Vortex
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (23K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews52.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings23K — better—
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 10 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — betteriPhone, iPad, Apple TV
Requires iOS13.0 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size215 MB9 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperSpunge Games Pty LtdAlphaworks

Bugs and requests

Faily Brakes

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Cars disappearing from garage after updates
  • Inability to update or access the game
  • Crashes and freezes during gameplay
  • Inconsistent car/character unlocks

Requested features

4 requests
  • Bring back old maps and game modes
  • Ability to purchase cars and characters with in-game currency
  • Option to play in landscape mode
  • Reduce ads and make premium version more worthwhile

Planetoids Vortex

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Faily Brakes

One-time10
  • The Dom$1.99
  • The Beast$1.99
  • The Jerry$1.99
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  • The Gosling$1.99
  • The Bieber$1.99
  • The Foxx$1.99
  • The Max$1.99
  • Remove Ads$1.99
  • The Monty$2.99
  • Lil' Foot$2.99
None

Planetoids Vortex

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Faily Brakes free?
Faily Brakes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Planetoids Vortex free?
Planetoids Vortex is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Faily Brakes or Planetoids Vortex have ads?
Faily Brakes shows ads; Planetoids Vortex does not.
Which is updated more often, Faily Brakes or Planetoids Vortex?
Faily Brakes ships an update monthly, and Planetoids Vortex every 10 days. Most recently, Faily Brakes was updated on November 1, 2026 and Planetoids Vortex on October 25, 2026.

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