Smash Rocket vs Rift Riff
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!
Rift Riff
Engage in strategic tower defense by jumping through rifts to battle monsters and plunder their worlds. This game offers a deep experience with varied enemy types, tower upgrades, and challenging scenarios.
- Strategic tower loadouts
- Varied monster behaviors
- 20 worlds with multiple scenarios
- 17 tower types with upgrades
- 25 monster types
- 6 companion characters
- 45 challenges
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Try before you buy. No ads. A one-time in-app purchase unlocks the full game. Jump a rift, fight off monsters, plunder their world. Rift Riff is a strategic mix of juicy tower loadouts, varied monster behaviors, and forgiving mechanics. The game features ± 15–20 hours of gameplay, and includes: - 20 worlds with 2 or more scenarios each. - 17 tower types with 7 overpowered upgrades. - 25 monster types with varying behaviors. - 6 companions who'll assist you and your towers. - 45 challenges for die hards.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Rift Riff at 4.1 against Smash Rocket's 3.6. Rift Riff also leads on ratings volume (237 vs 5). Smash Rocket's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 72%) and iOS requirement (6.0 vs 16). On price, update cadence, 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
Both are free to download. Smash Rocket sells 5 one-off in-app purchases and Rift Riff sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Rift Riff holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 3.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Rift Riff has 237 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 Rift Riff's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Smash Rocket ships an update weekly, Rift Riff every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Smash Rocket | Rift Riff |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.6 (5 ratings) | 4.1 (237 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 71.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 237 — better |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 6.0 — better | 16 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 28 MB | 223 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | STORMX | Adriaan de Jongh |
Customer experience
Smash Rocket
Rift Riff
Bugs and requests
Smash Rocket
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Rift Riff
Reported bugs
2 issues- Chinese text displayed as gibberish
- Monster descriptions obscured by UI elements
Requested features
2 requests- Dark mode option
- Improved localization 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
Rift Riff
- Full Game$5.99
