Explodey vs Red Hunt
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Explodey
Pilot a fighter through exotic planets, battling enemies and solving puzzles to save the galaxy. Customize your ship with a variety of weapons and face challenging bosses. Engage in multiplayer battles with friends and unlock cosmetic hats.
- AAA side-scroller gameplay
- Battle across 5 exotic planets
- Customize fighter with diverse weaponry
- Conquer ground and air units
- Solve challenging puzzles
- LAN multiplayer battles
- Unlock cosmetic hats
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The galaxy is in peril. Equipped with the latest weaponry, pilot your heavily armed fighter through 5 exotic planets to destroy the evil Dr Grag and save the Life Spark. Joining you on your journey is The Engineer, a silicon being capable of building anything you need. Unfortunately, he's also a bit of a jackass... ENGAGE THE ENEMY AND BLOW THEM TO BITS * AAA side scroller * Battle across 5 exotic planets * Conquer a large variety of ground and air units * Deliver precision strikes with an advanced dual joystick configuration * Solve challenging puzzles CUSTOMIZE YOUR FIGHTER WITH EXPLOSIVE WEAPONRY * 5 Ship Bodies - Each improving in destructive power as you progress * 5 Blasters - Normal, Spread, Heal, Cannon, and Sniper * 4 Rockets - Normal, Rapid Fire, Fire Ball, BIG ONE * 4 Bombs - Normal, Mini, Napalm, Fast Drop * 2 Special Weapons - Floating Mine, Shield BATTLE 5 CHALLENGING BOSSES * Battle The Ice Elemental, Mega Tank, Xenogiger, Zargbots, and Dr Grag - the evil mastermind who is holding the galaxy hostage * Recover each of 5 powerful crystals to re-ignite the Life Spark and save the galaxy * Follow along with a riveting story and cast of characters, including you (The Soldier), The Engineer, Dr Grag, and General Goat (The Leader of Resistance, Leader of The Knights of Galadorn, Defender of the Universe, and our pet). DESTROY YOUR FRIENDS IN MULTIPLAYER * Engage in LAN battles with friends. Show them who's boss by exploding them. INCREASE YOUR SOCIAL STATUS WITH HATS * Yeah, they don't do anything special except make you look awesome * Complete all levels and earn The General's Hat, complete with Cigar * Complete all achievements and earn The Mighty Beanie of Galderon. MAKE TRIPS TO THE TOILET LAST 4x LONGER * Forget sending email and browsing Instagram on the toilet - what a waste of time. Play Explodey for hours and hours and when your boss asks what's been going on, you can say EXPLODEY JERK. MORE INFO * Works with just the touch screen, but you can also use a gamepad (must be MFi compatible) * Headphones recommended to soak up the sound * The game is free to play the first world and to play LAN multiplayer. $2.99 unlocks the rest of the galaxy. You can also buy hats on the cheap or you can find them during missions. All proceeds go to tacos, coffee, the kids' college fund, and my next insane project. * iMessage stickers include a dancing engineer, for your dancing engineer convenience. Come chat on our Discord channel! https://discord.gg/7cRKNqD
Red Hunt
Engage in intense aerial combat against a rogue AI and its robotic army. Pilot advanced aircraft, upgrade your arsenal, and strategize your way through challenging missions and epic boss battles. Experience a visually stunning apocalyptic warzone.
- Intense aerial combat
- Strategic missions
- Epic boss battles
- Aircraft weapon upgrades
- Assassin drones
- Unique reactor mechanics
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The red alert hangs over the world. No more arcade games! The planet is on the brink of universal catastrophe! Only you and your plane, the Special Air Wing, the Ultimate Fighter, and the Raiden Fighter, can stop this uprising of the machines. Let's go to war! A rabid AI wants to enslave the entire world. It's already taking over continents and spreading its contagion, a virus launched into all systems. Robots, drones, armored trains, tanks - all under the power of the neural network. Invite your friends together and give the enemy hell in hurricane air battles in which only one can emerge victorious! Join our pre-registration campaign as a volunteer and wait to be called up for duty. RED HUNT - a real cocktail of adrenaline and emotion, a mix of strategy and shooter. Royal battle in the air! Exciting campaign. Many levels, of varying difficulty. Complete strategic missions, discover secret corners of the map, and analyze your enemies. Each mission can be replayed to earn stars and necessary resources. Experience the heart-pounding thrill of intense battles across multiple levels and challenge! Huge bosses. Each boss is unique and has its own special techniques. A towering quadcopter armed with a barrage of deadly missiles or a converted WWII-era stormtrooper. Can you overcome the challenge of facing an armored train head-on, even when you're outnumbered and outgunned? Beautiful graphics. Cool explosions, tracer shells, night missions where spotlights illuminate the airfield. Full immersion in the world of apocalypse and warfare! Atmospheric 3D levels. War has never been so beautiful! Upgrade your arsenal of weapons. You can change the weapons on the plane. You can use a shotgun if you want or a real machine gun. There is also a huge rocket launcher and even a BFG! And of course a laser! What is the best way to kill a tank? Simple gunslingers won't do here - you need something more serious. The Reactor. You've been dreaming of melting anything and everything in games for a long time, haven't you? Your dream has come true. You can atomize weapons, resources, and even a pilot (although we don't recommend it). The unique resource uranium is fuel for the reactor. But it is also hunted by AI. How much uranium can your plane carry? Assassin drones. You can also take assassin drones with you on a mission! They will shoot at the enemy while you quietly unpack your gum or wipe your flight glasses at the controls of the plane. Remember, drones are robots fighting a war on your side! Endless action. There is no limit to the amount of action. This is not just a vertical shoot 'em up game. This is a strategy! Raids are not similar to each other: with each game new enemies and boosters appear, and you open new locations that will not make even the most avid shooter lover bored. The game is still in development. RED HUNT is still in development. We are testing different mechanics, adding levels, and expanding content - everything to make a mind-blowing action game! Don't judge harshly if you think you made it through the whole game on easy, but rather tell us to add it. Send all suggestions to isorbgame@gmail.com. If you like arcade shooters, this is your choice. In the game, you will find everything you've been looking for: exciting gameplay, stunning 3D graphics, incredible battles with bosses, and there will even be an online mode to connect your friends in the toughest battles. This is not just a shooter - this is the drive of the battle in your phone! The planet is waiting for its hero! In RED HUNT, you can play indefinitely and completely free!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Red Hunt at 4.5 against Explodey's 3.9. Red Hunt also leads on ratings volume (1.3K vs 9). Explodey's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 3 days vs every 4 weeks). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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
Both are free to download. Explodey sells 12 one-off in-app purchases and Red Hunt sells 26 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Red Hunt holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Red Hunt has 1.3K ratings behind it against 9, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 67% of Explodey's written reviews are positive against 38% of Red Hunt's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Explodey ships an update every 3 days, Red Hunt every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Explodey | Red Hunt |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (9 ratings) | 4.5 (1.3K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better | 37.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 9 | 1.3K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days — better | Every 4 weeks |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1.1 GB | 826 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | YitYat Studios | Pulse8 LLC-FZ |
Customer experience
Explodey
Red Hunt
Bugs and requests
Explodey
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Red Hunt
Reported bugs
4 issues- Game freezes after reaching 400 crystals in online mode
- Weapon upgrades disappearing
- Controls become unresponsive after incoming calls/notifications
- Sound issues after watching ads
Requested features
4 requests- Add health bar display
- Implement clan/multiplayer features
- Improve online mode stability
- Reduce frequency and duration of ads
In-app purchases
Explodey
- VR Goggles$0.99
- Mohawk$0.99
- Pirate Hat$0.99
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- Plain Hat$0.99
- Top Hat$0.99
- Wizarding Hat$0.99
- Hair Bow$0.99
- Hard Hat$0.99
- Elf Hat$0.99
- Viking Hat$0.99
- Cheese$0.99
- Unlock All Worlds$2.99
Red Hunt
- Gold 1$0.99
- Iron coat$0.99
- Piercer$0.99
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- Red Grinder$0.99
- FlexLaser$1.09
- Fast Start$1.99
- Blessing$1.99
- Insane sale$1.99
- Alchimistry Set$1.99
- 200 Gold$2.29
- Gold #1$2.29
- Ether silence -75%$2.49
- VIP status for 10 days$2.99
- Angry Bee$2.99
- Gold 2$4.99
- 600 Gold$4.99
- Ship "Hog"$4.99
- Novice engineer$5.49
- Gold #2$5.99
- Maple Fury$7.99
- Festive Ring Dance$9.99
- 100 Nanites$9.99
- 1200 Gold$9.99
- Gold #3$11.99
- The Ghost Of Washington$12.99
- Gold #4$24.99









