Flashbreak vs Defender Reborn
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Flashbreak
Participate in live, interactive game show competitions with thousands of other players. Compete in daily mini-games hosted by a live presenter. Test your skills and win prizes in this engaging entertainment app.
- Live game competitions
- Interactive mini-games
- Daily competitions
- Thousands of players
- Hosted by a live presenter
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Flashbreak is a Live Game Competitions app. Join our host and thousands of players for daily mini-games competitions!
Defender Reborn
Defend humanity's last colonists from alien raiders in this reimagined retro arcade shoot-'em-up. Experience classic gameplay rebuilt for modern touch screens.
- Retro arcade shoot-'em-up gameplay
- Rebuilt for modern touch screens
- Defend colonists from alien raiders
- Classic arcade tribute
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Humanity's last colonists are under siege. Alien raiders are sweeping in from every side to snatch them from the surface below — and you're the only ship standing between them and total abduction. DEFENDER REBORN brings the golden-age arcade shoot-'em-up back to life, rebuilt from scratch for modern touch screens. Enjoyed DEFENDER REBORN? I also made METEORIC, another classic arcade tribute, and ALIENSWARMS, an original 3D space combat game unlike anything else -- both available on the App Store.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Defender Reborn at 5.0 against Flashbreak's 4.4. Flashbreak's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). On price, update cadence, 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
Both are free to download. Defender Reborn sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Flashbreak asks for nothing beyond the download.
Defender Reborn holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Flashbreak has 236 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Flashbreak ships an update every 5 days, Defender Reborn weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Flashbreak | Defender Reborn |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (236 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 69.1% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 236 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days — better | Weekly |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 17 MB | 96 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Padadaz | Mark Mangieri |
Customer experience
Flashbreak
Defender Reborn
Bugs and requests
Flashbreak
Reported bugs
20 issues- Cannot sign up or create a username
- App is offline or not working
- Games not starting
- Username errors
- Account creation errors
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- Phone number verification issues
- App crashes or freezes
- Disconnections during gameplay
- Questions not appearing
- Eliminated without reason
- Notifications not received
- Chat issues
- Problems with sharing for referrals on iPhone
- SMS fees inquiry
- Bug with football quiz
- Game not accessible on older iPhones
- Issues with notifications
- Problems with voice over and chat focus
- Game closing suddenly during countdown
- Not seeing win/loss stats after losing
Requested features
19 requests- Allow users to play for money again
- Improve English language support
- Fix username/account creation issues
- Ensure games start on time
- More frequent game changes
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- Better host communication in English
- Option to practice on iPhone
- More games per day or longer rounds
- Thematic Flashbreaks
- Adjust notification frequency
- Improve accessibility for visually impaired users
- Option to continue playing after being eliminated
- Quizzes outside of live sessions for practice
- Allow changing answers before countdown ends
- Increase prize money
- Remove or moderate the chat
- Consider pre-recorded sequences instead of live for connection stability
- Allow users to hide the chat
- Settings to better locate questions for accessibility
Defender Reborn
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Flashbreak
No in-app purchases
Defender Reborn
- Remove Ads$0.99
Questions
Is Flashbreak free?
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