Thunderbird Strike vs Before Your Eyes
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Thunderbird Strike
Fly as a thunderbird in this 2D sidescroller, defending Turtle Island from a destructive snake. Use searing lightning to protect the lands and waters from the Great Lakes to the Tar Sands.
- 2D sidescrolling gameplay
- Play as a thunderbird
- Defend Turtle Island
- Use lightning attacks
- Protect lands and waters
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In the 2D sidescroller Thunderbird Strike, fly from the Tar Sands to the Great Lakes as a thunderbird protecting Turtle Island with searing lightning against the snake that threatens to swallow the lands and waters whole.
Before Your Eyes
Experience an emotional first-person adventure where your blinks control the narrative and its outcome. Relive significant life moments as a soul journeys through the afterlife, uncovering repressed memories and confronting a heartbreaking truth.
- Blink-controlled narrative
- First-person adventure
- Life journey simulation
- Memory exploration
- Voice-acted story
- Emotional storytelling
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Available exclusively for Netflix members. Embark on an emotional first-person adventure where you control the story — and affect the outcome — with your real-life blinks. Dive into a world of memories and experience a soul’s journey into the afterlife as your whole life flashes before your eyes. It all begins after you die. You're aboard the ship of a mysterious man tasked with shepherding souls to the afterlife. To help you pass on, he must learn the story of your life. Then he sends you back to relive your most important moments. The game uses your device's camera to fully immerse you in the story. Control the flow of the narrative with your real-life eyes – blinking through precious memories of family, first love and the birth of an artistic career. Dare to look deeper and delve into your most repressed memories, where a heartbreaking truth awaits. Combining an innovative blink-interaction mechanic with a charming world and fully voice-acted story, Before Your Eyes is a deeply emotional and relatable journey — one that explores the impossible expectations we place on ourselves and the regrets we carry with us.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Before Your Eyes at 4.7 against Thunderbird Strike's 4.2. Before Your Eyes also leads on review sentiment (87% vs 53%) and ratings volume (1.1K vs 39). Thunderbird Strike's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (7.0 vs 16.0). On price, ads, 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. Before Your Eyes sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $19.99 per month. Thunderbird Strike asks for nothing beyond the download.
Before Your Eyes holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Before Your Eyes has 1.1K ratings behind it against 39, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 53% of Thunderbird Strike's written reviews are positive against 87% of Before Your Eyes's.
| Parameter | Thunderbird Strike | Before Your Eyes |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (39 ratings) | 4.7 (1.1K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 52.9% of reviews | 86.6% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 39 | 1.1K — better |
| Update frequency | — | Every 13 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 7.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 614 MB | 1.3 GB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Elizabeth LaPensee | Netflix Entretenimento Brasil, Ltda. |
Customer experience
Thunderbird Strike
Before Your Eyes
Bugs and requests
Thunderbird Strike
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Before Your Eyes
Reported bugs
2 issues- Eye tracking not always accurate
- Game freezes or crashes on some devices
Requested features
3 requests- Option to disable eye tracking
- More branching storylines or multiple endings
- Ability to save progress
In-app purchases
Thunderbird Strike
No in-app purchases
Before Your Eyes
- Netflix Standard Plan$19.991 Month
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