Machinal Instinct vs Storm Wings
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!
Storm Wings
Engage in an action-packed sky adventure shooter where you pilot an ace to battle monsters. Upgrade weapons, dodge attacks, and compete in tournaments for rewards. This game is part of a subscription service offering exclusive, ad-free content.
- Swipe to fly
- Double-tap for MEGA sunbeam
- Collect coins to upgrade weapons
- Clear enemy waves for combo multiplier
- Compete in weekly tournaments
- Exclusive Halfbrick+ content
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Available exclusively for Halfbrick+ members - Storm Wings is in Early Access! Earn your wings in this incredible action-packed sky adventure shooter! Dodge your way to glory with no ads or in-app purchases! Take to the skies as the ace pilot, Haru, as you battle thousands of high-flying monsters. Turn off autopilot, upgrade your weapons, and get ready to face endless waves of fierce enemies and epic boss battles. KEY FEATURES: ● Effortless play – just swipe to fly like an ace! ● Double-tap to unleash your MEGA sunbeam and blast away the storm clouds! ● Skillfully collect coins to upgrade your weapons! ● Clear enemy waves to achieve maximum combo multiplier! ● Best your rivals' scores and collect their bounties! ● Compete in weekly tournaments to earn rewards! Play it now to help shape the future of the game! WHAT'S HALFBRICK+ Halfbrick+ is a mobile games subscription service featuring: ● Exclusive access to the highest-rated games ● No ads or in app purchases ● Brought to you by the makers of Award-winning mobile games ● Regular updates and new games ● Curated by hand - for gamers by gamers! Kick off your Guest Access with 60 minutes of gameplay! If you like what you see, start your One Month free trial and play all our games without ads, in app purchases, and fully unlocked games! Your subscription will auto-renew after 30 days, or save money with an annual membership! If you have any questions, please contact our support team https://support.halfbrick.com **************************************** View our privacy policy at https://www.halfbrick.com/halfbrick-plus-privacy-policy View our terms of service at https://www.halfbrick.com/subscription-agreement
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Machinal Instinct at 51% against Storm Wings's 0%. Machinal Instinct also leads on rating (4.6 vs 3.3) and monetization model (free with in-app purchases vs subscription). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Machinal Instinct sells 9 one-off in-app purchases and Storm Wings sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Machinal Instinct holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Machinal Instinct has 707 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 51% of Machinal Instinct's written reviews are positive against 0% of Storm Wings's.
Machinal Instinct ships an update every 3 weeks, Storm Wings every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Machinal Instinct | Storm Wings |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (707 ratings) — better | 3.3 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 51.4% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 707 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Subscription |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 337 MB | 124 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Pomelo Games | Halfbrick Studios |
Customer experience
Machinal Instinct
Storm Wings
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)
Storm Wings
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
Storm Wings
- Halfbrick+6 Months trial$2.991 Month
- Halfbrick+1 Month trial$2.991 Month
- Halfbrick+2 variants$2.991 Month
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- Halfbrick+3 variants$29.991 Year
- Halfbrick+1 Year trial$29.991 Year
- Halfbrick+$99.99
Questions
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