Comparison

Planetoids Deluxe vs Disasteroids 3D

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

Head to head
About

Planetoids Deluxe

Experience a classic arcade shooter with glowing vector graphics and a parallax background. Blast asteroids, UFOs, and space mines while collecting power-ups to survive increasingly challenging waves. Can you achieve a high score in this retro-inspired space combat game?

Highlights
  • Vector graphics
  • Parallax background
  • Shoot asteroids, UFOs, and space mines
  • Collect power-ups
  • Increasing difficulty
  • Extra life every 10,000 points
Features
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A classic asteroids game with vector graphics. Inspired by the coin-op arcade games from the 80's, this game features a parallax background and glowing vector graphics that float on top for a pseudo 3D effect. To play you must stay alive by shooting asteroids, ufos, and space mines. The number of asteroids will increase as the game progresses, and the ufos will get smarter, and the space mines will start appearing sooner. Power up your shields and guns by collecting power-ups from destroyed asteroids. How long can you survive the deadly asteroid field?

About

Disasteroids 3D

Experience a classic arcade shooter reborn with stunning 3D graphics, particle effects, and explosions. Pilot an awesome ship through asteroid fields with authentic on-screen controls or an MFi controller. This open-source title is completely free to play.

Highlights
  • 3D meteors and explosions
  • Cool lighting and particle effects
  • Authentic on-screen arcade controls
  • Optional MFi controller support
  • Open-source code available
  • Classic freeware gameplay
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Disasteroids 3D is back! Originally released in 2000 for the PC, this freeware classic is now back for your iPhone and iPad. And yeah, it's still free. It's got wicked 3D meteors, cool lighting effects, original sounds, an awesome 3D ship, beautiful particle effects and radical explosions. Play using authentic on-screen arcade controls or with an optional MFi controller. Did we mention it's also open source? For those of you who want to get under the hood, we've got you covered there too. The original game was highly praised by defunct websites everywhere: “...very nice Open-GL 3D graphix and lighting/particle effects. Very cool looking explosions!” – Home of the Underdogs “Disasteroids 3D is based on OpenGL which gives the game awesome realistic graphics and sounds effects that blows your mind away!” GameHippo.com “Bottom Line: It’s simple and fun and easy to install...and hey, the darn thing is free!” – jedistorm IceCubed.com “The first thing that strikes you when you run Disasteroids 3D are the graphics. They are absolutely marvelous.” FreewareGaming.com “Compared to both the original and all of its clones, Disasteroids 3D includes well-designed spaceships and realistic asteroids. You’ll also enjoy flame and explosion effects.” RocketDownload.com “Disasteroids 3D is a terrific freeware version of the classic...” SoftPile.com What are you waiting for? Get the app and start blasting!

Screenshots

Planetoids Deluxe3 screens
Disasteroids 3D3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Disasteroids 3D at 5.0 against Planetoids Deluxe's 4.3. Disasteroids 3D also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 2) and device support (5 vs 3). Planetoids Deluxe's advantage is ratings volume (6 vs 2). On price, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Planetoids Deluxe sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Disasteroids 3D asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Disasteroids 3D holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 2 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Planetoids Deluxe versus Disasteroids 3D: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPlanetoids DeluxeDisasteroids 3D
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (6 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings6 — better2
Update frequencyFortnightly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, MaciPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac, Apple TV — better
Requires iOS17.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size277 MB11 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperThomas KollmeierTom Kidd

Customer experience

Planetoids Deluxe

All ratings6 ratings
Positive83.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative16.7%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral16.7%
Negative16.7%

Disasteroids 3D

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Planetoids Deluxe

One-time2
  • +100 Tokens$0.99
  • No Ads$2.99
None

Disasteroids 3D

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Planetoids Deluxe free?
Planetoids Deluxe is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Disasteroids 3D free?
Disasteroids 3D is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Planetoids Deluxe or Disasteroids 3D?
Disasteroids 3D is rated higher. Planetoids Deluxe averages 4.3 out of 5 from 6 ratings, while Disasteroids 3D averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Planetoids Deluxe or Disasteroids 3D have ads?
Neither Planetoids Deluxe nor Disasteroids 3D shows ads.

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