Comparison

Shuttle Defense vs Dot Shooter

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

Head to head
About

Shuttle Defense

Defend your shuttle through challenging space environments with various weapons. Navigate asteroid fields and battle enemy crafts across 40 levels. Enjoy fast graphics, haptic feedback, and a captivating soundtrack.

Highlights
  • 40 levels across 3 stages
  • Multiple weapon types
  • Keyboard controls
  • Haptic feedback
  • Speech guidance
  • Cross-device play
Features
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40 Levels in 3 stages and bosses. Play it on iPhone, iPad, iPhone touch, Apple TV - and on your Mac (sold separately! If you have a keyboard attached: Fully controllable with keys! Shuttle Defense is a full featured space game. Use your weapons against the perils of space. Navigate through meteors and asteroid fields and fight against tough enemy space crafts. Features: • No ads! • Fast graphics • Haptic feedback on iPhone • Very easy to learn - difficult to master! • Fantastic music and sounds • Many different weapons • Speech - to guide you through the game (can be turned off) • Suitable for all ages • Play on Apple TV, iPhone, iPad, Mac and iPod touch • Made with Xcode, Swift, Spritekit and supports Catalyst CREDITS I like to thank others for their great work and contributions: • Background images by NASA http://hubblesite.org • http://www.brianadvent.com • https://www.raywenderlich.com • https://kenney.nl • https://www.dl-sounds.com

About

Dot Shooter

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Dot Shooter is a twin-stick bullet hell drawn like a blueprint. Move with your left thumb, aim and fire with your right, and slip through enemy fire all the way to wave 20. Every level-up deals you a choice of cards. Split your shots, add crits, slow the swarm or harden the hull, then grow the right cards into one of 13 evolutions. Four sectors Drift, Belt, Reactor and Nebula each have their own enemies, their own Warden and their own trouble: asteroids that block your shots, a beam that sweeps the arena, and fog that hides what hunts you. Keep what you earn Enemies drop Cores. After a boss, extract to bank them all, or push on for more and risk the run. Spend Cores in the hangar on upgrades that last and on 12 of the 30 skins, trails and effects. Earn the other 18 through achievements. Eight ships and one secret Each ship changes the rules. Fork's shots bounce off the walls, Mirror fires both ways, Glass hits twice as hard on a thin hull. Unlock them by playing, then find the ninth. More ways to play - Time Challenge: three minutes, score only - Daily: one seeded run a day, with the same seed, sector and modifiers for everyone - Weekly: a harder seeded run that changes each week - Boss Rush: a sector's three bosses, back to back - Endless: past the Warden, the waves loop harder - Danger: seven levels of harder rules that pay more Cores - Three missions a day that pay Cores - The Log: 100 achievements and a page for every enemy, boss and card you meet Fair ads Your first run has no ads. After that, an ad plays only when you tap for one: a revive, double Cores at the end of a run, or a card reroll. No account needed. ----- Privacy policy: https://dangnguyen.app/dot-shooter/privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Shuttle Defense4 screens
Dot Shooter4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Dot Shooter at Free against Shuttle Defense's $2.99. Shuttle Defense's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On update cadence, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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

Dot Shooter is free to download; Shuttle Defense costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Shuttle Defense ships an update every 2 months, Dot Shooter every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Shuttle Defense versus Dot Shooter: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterShuttle DefenseDot Shooter
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating4.4 (5 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings5 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 5 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple TViPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS16.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size465 MB103 MB
Age rating+44+
DeveloperMarkus MalikDang Nguyen

In-app purchases

None

Shuttle Defense

No in-app purchases

None

Dot Shooter

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Shuttle Defense free?
Shuttle Defense costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Dot Shooter free?
Dot Shooter is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Shuttle Defense or Dot Shooter have ads?
Dot Shooter shows ads; Shuttle Defense does not.
Which is updated more often, Shuttle Defense or Dot Shooter?
Shuttle Defense ships an update every 2 months, and Dot Shooter every 5 months. Most recently, Shuttle Defense was updated on November 3, 2026 and Dot Shooter on October 30, 2026.

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