Machinaero vs Trench Attack
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Machinaero
Design and construct imaginative vehicles, from gliders to spacecraft, to traverse diverse environments. Explore a vast, procedurally generated world, overcoming natural obstacles to reach outer space. The only limit is your creativity.
- Realistic aerodynamics simulation
- Over 50 block types for machine creation
- Resource gathering (wood, stone, metals)
- Procedurally generated graphics and world
- Explore 5 different climate zones
- Overcome diverse environmental obstacles
- Compare achievements with other players
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Invent and build any machine that you can imagine, from simple gliders to complex spacecrafts, and use them to explore the world by air, land, and water! Overcome obstacles like blowing winds, rough seas, dark caves, wild jungles, hot deserts, and freezing mountains to finally reach the infinite space. Boldly go, where no man has gone before - the only limit is your imagination! Features: - Realistic simulation of aerodynamics like wind friction, lift, drag, pressure, temperature and fluids - Use more than 50 block types to create any machine you can imagine - Gather many different resources like wood, stone and metals - Procedurally generated graphics - Big randomly generated world - 5 different climate zones - Many obstacles to overcome like rough seas, wild jungles, freezing mountains and finally the infinite space - Compare your achievements with others and be the first to do a supersonic flight, overcome the desert or reach outer space In order to provide the best playing experience, Machinaero is a natively written game exclusively available on iOS. www.machinaero.com
Trench Attack
Engage in accessible PvP strategy battles on a modern battlefield. Expand your trench, uncover blueprints to build your base, and command diverse troops. Time your charges wisely to destroy enemy structures and win.
- Expand trench by digging tiles
- Uncover blueprints to construct buildings
- Generate gold and build barracks
- Command varied soldier roster
- Deploy unique hero
- Time decisive charges
- Destroy all enemy structures to win
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Dig in. Build your line. Choose the moment to charge. Trench Attack is an accessible PvP strategy game set on a stylized modern battlefield. Tap covered tiles to expand your trench, uncover building blueprints, and turn the ground beneath you into a working base. Every decision reshapes the fight. Secure gold-producing tiles, complete barracks blueprints, and field the right troops for the battle ahead. Your units deploy automatically, while you control the key tactical choices: where to dig, what to uncover, and when to launch an all-out charge. Field specialized soldiers - from riflemen and rapid-fire troops to snipers, grenadiers, mortar crews, and incendiary units. Unearth a unique hero who returns to headquarters after being defeated, then send your force back into the action. FEATURES - Dig tile by tile to expand your trench - Uncover complete blueprints to construct buildings - Generate gold and build barracks to reinforce your army - Command a varied roster of soldiers with distinct combat roles - Deploy a unique hero and time decisive charges - Win by bringing down every enemy structure before they bring down yours Dig smarter, build faster, and break through the enemy line.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Trench Attack at Free against Machinaero's $2.99. Trench Attack also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6). Machinaero's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (8 vs 1). On update cadence, in-app purchases 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
Trench Attack is free to download; Machinaero costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Trench Attack holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Machinaero has 8 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Machinaero ships an update every 2 weeks, Trench Attack every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Machinaero | Trench Attack |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.6 (8 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 40.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 8 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 309 MB | 204 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Tobias Sturn | 灵鑫 张 |
Customer experience
Machinaero
Trench Attack
In-app purchases
Machinaero
No in-app purchases
Trench Attack
No in-app purchases









