Pattrn vs Asteroidal
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pattrn
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A simple memory game where you tap the circles in the same order.
Asteroidal
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Asteroids are everywhere in this retro arcade game, your job is to blast em! Fly your mighty space destroyer to the Asteroid Belt, Earth's future is in your hands. Asteroids, there are an estimated 1.9 million planet killers in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. That's asteroids big enough to cause an extinction event for us here on our fragile little planet. Your mission is to head into the asteroid belt and destroy all the largest asteroids before they ever get a chance to get anywhere near the Earth. The dinosaurs were wiped out by a stray asteroid, if they had though ahead and built a mighty star ships to destroy the asteroids first then they would still be alive today! So don't wait for the asteroids to come to us, download Asteroidal now, fly to the asteroid belt and blast them first.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Pattrn at none against Asteroidal's shown. Pattrn also leads on update cadence (every 17 months vs every 35 months). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Pattrn ships an update every 17 months, Asteroidal every 35 months. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pattrn | Asteroidal |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 17 months — better | Every 35 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 43 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Peter Entwistle | Galatic Droids |
In-app purchases
Pattrn
No in-app purchases
Asteroidal
No in-app purchases
Questions
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Do Pattrn or Asteroidal have ads?
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