Asteroidal vs Asteroid Defender
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side โ with what reviewers say about each.
Asteroidal
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Asteroids are everywhere in this retro arcade game, your job is to blast em! Fly your mighty space destroyer to the Asteroid Belt, Earth's future is in your hands. Asteroids, there are an estimated 1.9 million planet killers in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. That's asteroids big enough to cause an extinction event for us here on our fragile little planet. Your mission is to head into the asteroid belt and destroy all the largest asteroids before they ever get a chance to get anywhere near the Earth. The dinosaurs were wiped out by a stray asteroid, if they had though ahead and built a mighty star ships to destroy the asteroids first then they would still be alive today! So don't wait for the asteroids to come to us, download Asteroidal now, fly to the asteroid belt and blast them first.
Asteroid Defender
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Asteroid Defender is an endless arcade shoot 'em up where you must survive against waves of asteroids by dodging them or blasting them to set new high scores. Setting new high scores unlocks new icons for your ship and new colours to customise your gameplay experience. Features: - Endless gameplay that will challenge any player - A range of customisation options, with over 70 possible combinations
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Asteroidal at none against Asteroid Defender's 1. Asteroid Defender's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 35 months). On price, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Asteroid Defender sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Asteroidal asks for nothing beyond the download.
Asteroidal ships an update every 35 months, Asteroid Defender every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 7, 2026 and June 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Asteroidal | Asteroid Defender |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 35 months | Every 2 months โ better |
| Ads | Yes | No โ better |
| In-app purchases | No โ better | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod โ better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 โ better | 13.0 |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 43 MB | 55 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Galatic Droids | Reece Barr |
In-app purchases
Asteroidal
No in-app purchases
Asteroid Defender
- Remove Ads$0.99
Questions
Is Asteroidal free?
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Do Asteroidal or Asteroid Defender have ads?
Which is updated more often, Asteroidal or Asteroid Defender?
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