Comparison

Bounder vs Power Fighters

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

Head to head
About

Bounder

Experience a classic 80s arcade game faithfully recreated for mobile. Bounce and dodge through challenging levels, enjoying innovative features like parallax scrolling. This version offers multiple original platform ports with enhancements for modern devices.

Highlights
  • Faithful recreation of original game
  • Parallax scrolling
  • Multiple platform versions (C64, Spectrum, Amstrad)
  • Challenging levels
  • High score chasing
  • Mobile-optimized controls
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Bounder was one of the most successful games in the 80’s and was published by Gremlin Graphics in 1985. Gremlin were responsible for many classics such as Bounder, Re-Bounder, Monty Mole, Thing on a Spring, Zool etc… they were one of the biggest developers and publishers in the world and started by Ian Stewart, Gremlin was one of the pioneers to kickstart the games industry.  Bounder’s popularity spans decades and has continued to be featured in Retro Gamer with a 2 page spread only recently, Walk-through videos on Youtube, regular mentions about the game on social media and it’s been included in the new Mini C64 machine. This little tennis ball of fun continues to be highly regarded and fondly remembered in the retro-gaming community.  Originally created by Christian Shrigley, Andrew Green, Robert Toone, Bounder featured many ground-breaking features such as Parallax Scrolling, first seen on a computer game. The game featured 10 levels, all as challenging as the first and at times is unforgiving but that's what kept drawing people back to this best selling game. Zzap!64 gleefully pinned a Gold Medal on the daredevil tennis ball in its tenth issue, calling Bounder “an absorbing, demanding and totally innovative approach to the ageing platform formula,” and that's exactly what Bounder is.  Our Bounder version is faithful to the original and includes features which helps it translate to mobile devices. Our App includes the C64, Spectrum and Amstrad versions, not emulated but re-coded to a high standard so it looks and feels like the original computer versions but with new added extras to please retro gamers and attract new gamers to Bounder.  Bounce and dodge your way to your highest score yet!  This game is free to download but does offer in-app purchases.

About

Power Fighters

Engage in challenging retro-themed battles to defeat rival fighters and claim the title of the ultimate Power Fighter. This game offers intuitive controls for an accessible yet demanding fighting experience.

Highlights
  • Retro themed graphics
  • Easy to control gameplay
  • Challenging fighting mechanics
  • Defeat rival fighters
  • Become number one fighter
Features
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Do you have the POWER! Can you defeat all the rival fighters and become the number one POWER FIGHTER! Power Fighters is an easy to control but challenging retro themed fighting game.

Screenshots

Bounder4 screens
Power Fighters4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Power Fighters at none against Bounder's 1. Power Fighters also leads on review sentiment (77% vs 63%) and ratings volume (13 vs 4). Bounder's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, rating, 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

Both are free to download. Bounder sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Power Fighters asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.0 for Bounder against 4.1 for Power Fighters. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 13 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 63% of Bounder's written reviews are positive against 77% of Power Fighters's.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Bounder versus Power Fighters: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBounderPower Fighters
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (4 ratings)4.1 (13 ratings) — better
Positive reviews62.5% of reviews76.9% of reviews — better
Number of ratings413 — better
Update frequencyEvery 34 months—
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.012.0
Further details — not scored
Size75 MB14 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperAtatio Interactive LtdAndrew Baxter

Customer experience

Bounder

All ratings4 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive62.5%
Neutral12.5%
Negative25.0%

Power Fighters

All ratings13 ratings
Positive76.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative23.1%
Written reviews13 reviews
Positive76.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative23.1%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Bounder

One-time1
  • Full Game$1.99
None

Power Fighters

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Bounder free?
Bounder is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Power Fighters free?
Power Fighters is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Bounder or Power Fighters?
Power Fighters is rated higher. Bounder averages 4.0 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while Power Fighters averages 4.1 from 13 ratings.
Do Bounder or Power Fighters have ads?
Power Fighters shows ads; Bounder does not.

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