Machinal Instinct vs Space Frog Intern
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Machinal Instinct
Engage in fast-paced mech battles in a global tournament where animal pilots command powerful machines. Customize your fighting style with various weapons and upgrade your mech with unlockable parts to climb the global leaderboard.
- Select from 6 mech pilots
- Customize melee and ranged weapons
- Win supply boxes for rewards
- Unlock and combine upgradable mech parts
- Battle in 3 different arenas
- Climb the global leaderboard
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Fight your way to the top of the food chain, and watch your enemies become the prey! Machinal Instinct is a fast-paced fighting game, set in a world where animals pilot powerful mechs to compete against each other in a worldwide tournament. Unleash your inner beast and reach the top of the global leaderboard! Features: * Select from 6 cute but fearless mech pilots!. * Customize your fighting style: ** 3 different types of melee weapons: ax, fist, or chain. ** 2 different types of ranged weapons: grenade or rocket. ** And more coming soon! * Win supply boxes and get rewards to pump up your mech. * Unlock and combine dozens of upgradable mech parts. * Play in 3 different astonishing battle arenas. * Fight, loot, upgrade and climb that leaderboard! Join more than 22 million players from all over the world who enjoy our games!
Space Frog Intern
A frog, rescued by aliens, must clear a spaceship deck of invaders in this fast-paced arcade shooter. Master simple controls to dodge, stomp, and shoot enemies, utilizing power-ups and combos to achieve high scores.
- Two-button controls
- Fast-paced arcade action
- Unlockable characters
- Multiple stages and enemies
- Power-up selection
- Combo system
- Pixel art graphics
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Frog thoughts and alien thoughts, all at once... After being rescued by aliens from falling out of the sky, a frog is set to work by clearing the Mothership's deck from falling enemy invaders in this two-button, fast-paced arcade stomp & shooter. Easy to pick up but hard to master, SPACE FROG INTERN is JAM-packed full of strategy, technique, and precise controls. Choose your powerups wisely, dodge, stomp and shoot the enemies with skill and seize your best score! FEATURES - Simple controls - Challenging gameplay - Unlock different characters - Play on 3 different stages - Tons of upgrades - String combos together - Multiple enemies to destroy - Game Center leaderboard - Stats - Slammin' beats - Amazing Pixel Art by @astronautcurve Space Frog Intern was designed and developed by Astronaut Curve. Please rate and leave a review for Frog 8) Space Frog Intern is a free game supported by ads. The Privacy Policy can be found on the following link: http://privacy.deadjam.co.uk
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Space Frog Intern at 94% against Machinal Instinct's 51%. Space Frog Intern also leads on update cadence (every 9 days vs every 3 weeks) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 12.0). Machinal Instinct's advantage is rating (4.6 vs 4.3) and ratings volume (706 vs 37). 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
Both are free to download. Machinal Instinct sells 9 one-off in-app purchases and Space Frog Intern sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Machinal Instinct holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Machinal Instinct has 706 ratings behind it against 37, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 51% of Machinal Instinct's written reviews are positive against 94% of Space Frog Intern's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Machinal Instinct ships an update every 3 weeks, Space Frog Intern every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Machinal Instinct | Space Frog Intern |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (706 ratings) — better | 4.3 (37 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 51.4% of reviews | 93.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 706 — better | 37 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 337 MB | 171 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Pomelo Games | James Bolton |
Customer experience
Machinal Instinct
Space Frog Intern
Bugs and requests
Machinal Instinct
Reported bugs
4 issues- Crashes on startup
- Freezing at loading screens
- Matchmaking issues
- Inconsistent performance
Requested features
5 requests- Longer match duration
- Real-time multiplayer mode
- More character and weapon variety
- Customizable controls
- Additional game modes (e.g. endless, team battles)
Space Frog Intern
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Machinal Instinct
- Gems x80 pack$0.99
- Starter Pack$3.99
- Gems x500 pack$4.99
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- Starter Pack$5.99
- Starter Pack$7.99
- Gems x1,200 pack$9.99
- Gems x2,500 pack$19.99
- Gems x6,500 pack$49.99
- Gems x14,000 pack$99.99
Space Frog Intern
- Ads Removal$1.99
- Gem Pack - 350$2.99
- Gem Pack - 800$5.99
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- Gem Pack - 1200$9.99
Questions
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