Comparison

Quantum Shift vs Border Wars

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

Head to head
About

Quantum Shift

Pilot a starship through challenging space environments, battling alien forces with advanced weaponry. Unlock new ships, upgrades, and special abilities to defend the galaxy and achieve top pilot status.

Highlights
  • Navigate asteroid fields and forcefields
  • Battle alien ships with deadly weapons
  • Unlock new ships and specials
  • Customize onboard weapons
  • Achieve new pilot achievements
Features
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Take control of Commander Colson and navigate through asteroid fields, forcefields and much more. Battle alien ships armed with an array of deadly weapons. Unlock new and exciting ships, specials and much more to improve your chances of succeeding in defending the galaxy! Become the greatest pilot in the universe by hitting new achievements and ensuring you're #1 of all time. * Stunning space environments! * Unlock new ships, weapons and much more! * Race between battles and join in with your onboard customisable weapons! * Fight against alien ships and take control of the galaxy! What are you waiting for?

About

Border Wars

Command a variety of military units, from infantry to tanks and artillery, in strategic battles. Manage your resources and deploy troops to destroy enemy bases or survive until reinforcements arrive. Experience intense trench warfare and large-scale tank battles.

Highlights
  • Command diverse military units
  • Trench warfare gameplay
  • Resource management
  • Strategic troop deployment
  • Destroy enemy bases
  • Survive enemy assaults
  • Tank and artillery combat
Features
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Commander, you are needed to take control of your soldiers in the new army games. You are able to command troops ranging from pistol wielding units to snipers, tanks, machinegun jeeps and artillery. Inspired from some of the best military games on mobile which will challenge your skills in battle simulator. Players of battle simulator and military games will love the trench warfare like style of each mission with warpips like strategy games. You can deploy your troops like trench battles but also manage money like classic RTS games. The gameplay is styled to play like ww2 and ww3 strategy games with trench warfare like mechanics. Fight on the borders of your country in a battle simulator of infantry units. Or command missions in the forests and fields of your country with trench defense. You must protect your home from the enemy in battles that take place in the harsh weather of the desert and finally you must command your troops in tank games where large tank battles take place in the city. The goal of each mission in the military games is to destroy the enemy base or survive until reinforcements arrive. To win you will need to manage your money carefully and perform strategic advancement to win all the campaign missions. Mini warriors can be called to the battlefield by pressing their button from the soldier panel. Money is earned by killing enemy soldiers. Make careful use of tanks and artillery to win the battlefield. At the end you will have to fight the enemy general and defeat him by destroying the boss tank. A lot of work and effort was put in developing this project so that it can be enjoyed and played like classic ww2 games and modern ww3 games combined. The gameplay of both these military games combined makes this a fun and one of the more challenging campaign games. I hope you will enjoy playing this and if you do please leave feedback here as it encourages me to add even more campaign missions to the game.

Screenshots

Quantum Shift3 screens
Border Wars4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Border Wars at 92% against Quantum Shift's 35%. Border Wars also leads on rating (4.7 vs 4.3) and ratings volume (3.3K vs 586). Quantum Shift's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs every 4 weeks) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 13.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

Both are free to download. Quantum Shift sells 6 one-off in-app purchases and Border Wars sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Border Wars holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Border Wars has 3.3K ratings behind it against 586, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 35% of Quantum Shift's written reviews are positive against 92% of Border Wars's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Quantum Shift ships an update every 5 days, Border Wars every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Quantum Shift versus Border Wars: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterQuantum ShiftBorder Wars
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (586 ratings)4.7 (3.3K ratings) — better
Positive reviews35.0% of reviews92.5% of reviews — better
Number of ratings5863.3K — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterEvery 4 weeks
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size112 MB188 MB
Age rating9+12+
DeveloperPARADYME LIMITEDFaraz Khan

Customer experience

Quantum Shift

All ratings586 ratings
Positive81.6%
Neutral5.5%
Negative13.0%
Written reviews20 reviews
Positive35.0%
Neutral5.0%
Negative60.0%

Border Wars

All ratings3,309 ratings
Positive94.8%
Neutral3.1%
Negative2.1%
Written reviews506 reviews
Positive92.5%
Neutral3.0%
Negative4.5%

User reviews

Quantum Shift

From 586 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Enjoyable casual gameplay experience
  • 📱 Fun to play in short sessions
  • 🎮 No intrusive ads (optional reward ads only)
  • ⭐ Engaging for some players

Room to improve

  • 🎨 Poor graphics quality
  • 🕹️ Trash controls and mechanics
  • ❌ Limited gameplay variety and options
  • 🚫 Cannot customize character selection
  • 💰 Premium ships non-functional

Border Wars

From 3.3K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Good game
  • 👍 Well-oiled machine
  • 👍 Very good
  • 👍 Love it!!
  • 👍 Good game

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Pay To Pass Like Every Other Game
  • 🔋 Fun but numb
  • 🐛 Unbalanced
  • 🐛 Hard level
  • 🐛 Forces you to buy stars

Bugs and requests

Quantum Shift

Reported bugs

7 issues
  • Premium ships don't work properly
  • Screen freezes for extended periods
  • Inability to change directions when avoiding obstacles
  • Inconsistent meteor collision detection
  • Weapon acquisition system unclear or broken
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  • Dark matter collection causing unexpected damage
  • Game doesn't fit screen with no resolution options

Requested features

7 requests
  • Battle royale game mode with progression system
  • Cooperative multiplayer with allies defending alongside player
  • Planet destruction mechanics
  • Free aircraft/ship option
  • Character customization and selection
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  • Expanded gameplay modes beyond dodging
  • Game settings menu for screen adjustment

Border Wars

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Artillery no longer works until the mission is over once you leave first person
  • Snipers getting random damage from stray bullets
  • Login screen freezes
  • Incompatible with older devices

Requested features

14 requests
  • Add more units and a new map
  • Add a map selection in sandbox and add a prop placer to sandbox and let us choose if we want 1 or 2 turrets or no turrets and if we want artillary or not and sandbox game modes Lecter when you can like pick how many enemy's need to be eliminated or if a base has to be destroyed or survive for long enough
  • Show the attack speed of each unit
  • Add more transport trucks so it isn't just the shotgun one and make the available in sandbox and some more tanks
  • Implement a cover system like in warfare 1944 and 1917
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  • Add a machine gun unit with a fast shooting gun such as m-60 machine gun and maybe a stronger recruit unit
  • Add barbed wire to slow down and/or damage units, bunkers that give units a stay or leave decision with a buff and possibly a machine gun, terraforming to create tight spaces or hills or ambush positions, sandbags with a buff, and watchtowers with more range but stay still unless put out of tower
  • Allow units to be removed in sandbox
  • Add a revive-for-gold option if you lose a mission
  • Add more combat effects like tanks slowly going into the ground when destroyed and helicopters crashing out of the map
  • Add a difficulty selection for the campaign
  • Add unit upgrades
  • Add a machine gun unit
  • Add more units like defensive and anti air ciw and modern vehicles

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Quantum Shift

One-time6
  • 1000 Dark Matter$0.99
  • Chimera$0.99
  • Javeling$0.99
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  • 2500 Dark Matter$1.99
  • 5000 Dark Matter$2.99
  • 10000 Dark Matter$3.99
3 purchases

Border Wars

One-time3
  • Buy 1000 Gold$1.99
  • Buy 500 Gems$1.99
  • Disable ADS$5.99

Questions

Is Quantum Shift free?
Quantum Shift is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Border Wars free?
Border Wars is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Quantum Shift or Border Wars?
Border Wars is rated higher. Quantum Shift averages 4.3 out of 5 from 586 ratings, while Border Wars averages 4.7 from 3.3K ratings.
Do Quantum Shift or Border Wars have ads?
Both Quantum Shift and Border Wars show ads.
Which is updated more often, Quantum Shift or Border Wars?
Quantum Shift ships an update every 5 days, and Border Wars every 4 weeks. Most recently, Quantum Shift was updated on October 20, 2026 and Border Wars on October 17, 2026.

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