Smash Rocket vs Flying Tank
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Smash Rocket
Launch rockets orbiting Earth to hit all targets. Test your concentration and aim to conquer increasingly challenging stages. Compete for the highest score.
- Orbiting rocket mechanics
- Target hitting gameplay
- Progressive stage challenges
- High score competition
- Concentration-based gameplay
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The rockets that you can shoot revolves around the earth. Shoot the rockets and hit all target. Challenge the highest stage with the concentration!
Flying Tank
Pilot a powerful tank to blast aliens and reclaim Earth in this action-packed horizontal shooter. Customize your tank with unique weapons and abilities, and face off against giant bosses across 24 missions. Enjoy offline play and local co-op with a friend.
- 24 action-packed missions
- Tank customization with weapons and bombs
- Unique tank special abilities
- Over 30 upgrades including Bullet-Time and Drones
- Local co-op multiplayer
- Support for game controllers and keyboards
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Slay giant bosses, drop bombs from above and build an arsenal of fun, powerful weapons. Reclaim the stolen Earth in a rich action-packed horizontal shmup! • Embark on 24 missions • Three distinct factions and unique adversaries • Encounter 6 main bosses and 18+ boss fights • Customize your Tank with a variety of Weapons and Bombs • Each Tank comes with a unique special ability • Bullet-Time, Overdrive, Drones, and 30+ other Upgrades • Support for Bluetooth game controllers and keyboards • Team up with a friend for local co-op multiplayer • Premium content with a one-time purchase • The FREE version includes 8 missions • No ads, no microtransactions, offline CREDITS • Artwork by Zsolt Szabo • Sound design by Discofield • Original soundtrack by Kubatko
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Flying Tank at 4.7 against Smash Rocket's 3.6. Flying Tank also leads on ratings volume (384 vs 5). Smash Rocket's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 72%) and update cadence (weekly vs every 5 weeks). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Smash Rocket sells 5 one-off in-app purchases and Flying Tank sells 9 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Flying Tank holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Flying Tank has 384 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 100% of Smash Rocket's written reviews are positive against 72% of Flying Tank's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Smash Rocket ships an update weekly, Flying Tank every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Smash Rocket | Flying Tank |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.6 (5 ratings) | 4.7 (384 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 72.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 384 — better |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 5 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 6.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 28 MB | 176 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | STORMX | David Peroutka |
Customer experience
Smash Rocket
Flying Tank
Bugs and requests
Smash Rocket
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Flying Tank
Reported bugs
2 issues- One tank refuses to recover despite full upgrades
- Pilot messages become nonsensical during gameplay
Requested features
5 requests- Add official Backbone app support
- Allow selling or removing purchased equipment
- Make physical changes to ship design with upgrades
- Add ability to toggle between main weapons using gamepad joystick
- Implement Chinese language support
In-app purchases
Smash Rocket
- 5000 Coin$0.99
- No Ads$2.99
- 16500 Coin$2.99
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- 37500 Coin$4.99
- 100000 Coin$9.99
Flying Tank
- Deluxe Edition (Upgrade)$3.99
- Standard Edition$4.99
- Deluxe Edition (Upgrade)$4.99
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- Standard Edition$5.99
- Deluxe Edition (Upgrade)$5.99
- Deluxe Edition$7.99
- Standard Edition$9.99
- Deluxe Edition$9.99
- Deluxe Edition$14.99
