Comparison

Machinal Instinct vs AR

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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!

About

AR

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Turn your room into an AR strategy battlefield. Build your defenses, command your units, and protect your base — all in immersive augmented reality. In this AR tower defense game, your surroundings become part of the challenge. Every surface matters. Every corner can become an advantage. Features: - Place your base anywhere in your environment and shape the battlefield - Build towers and defensive structures with intuitive AR controls - Defend against increasingly challenging enemy waves - Claim territory and strategically expand your control - Produce units using special buildings - Multiplayer mode: battle a friend and see who can outsmart the other A fresh blend of classic tower defense gameplay with spatial AR interaction. Easy to pick up, fun to master, and different every time you play.

Screenshots

Machinal Instinct4 screens
AR4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: AR at none against Machinal Instinct's 9. AR also leads on ads (none vs shown). Machinal Instinct's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 3 months) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 18.0). On price 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Machinal Instinct sells 9 one-off in-app purchases. AR asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Machinal Instinct ships an update every 3 weeks, AR every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Machinal Instinct versus AR: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMachinal InstinctAR
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (707 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews51.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings707 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 3 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size337 MB5 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperPomelo GamesAckee

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)

AR

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

9 purchases

Machinal Instinct

One-time9
  • 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
None

AR

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Machinal Instinct free?
Machinal Instinct is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is AR free?
AR is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Machinal Instinct or AR have ads?
Machinal Instinct shows ads; AR does not.
Which is updated more often, Machinal Instinct or AR?
Machinal Instinct ships an update every 3 weeks, and AR every 3 months. Most recently, Machinal Instinct was updated on October 22, 2026 and AR on October 24, 2026.

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