Pocket Blaster vs Tanks vs Bugs
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pocket Blaster
Engage in a roguelike arcade shooter with powerful weapons and stunning graphics. Your goal is to defeat waves of unique enemies by dealing massive damage and using strategic abilities like dashing and slow motion to survive.
- Deal massive damage to enemies
- Defeat unique monster types
- Intuitive controls
- Dash and slow-motion abilities
- High-quality graphics
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Powerful guns, high-quality graphics and hordes of enemies against You! Welcome to Pocket Blaster. In this roguelike arcade shooter, your main objective is to DEAL A LOT OF DAMAGE! Defeat cool looking monsters. Knock them back, Slam them up, BLAST THEM! - Fight a lot of armed enemy types with unique behavior - Easy and intuitive controls. Maneuver between enemies, dash when surrounded or use slow motion ability to plan your next move in split-second
Tanks vs Bugs
Pilot powerful tanks to decimate swarms of alien bugs. Utilize unique tank combat styles and strategic skill combinations to overcome diverse enemy fauna. Engage in thrilling battles with simple, intuitive controls.
- Intuitive tank controls
- Unique tank combat styles
- Diverse enemy fauna
- Strategic skill combinations
- Multiple tank options
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Where archers fail, tanks rush in and prevail! As our general would always say: ‘A tank-sized bug can only be handled by a TANK!’ And this planet has them aplenty, right for everybody to have fun with! The game features: * Simple and intuitive controls; * Various tanks, each has its unique combat style and strategy; * Diverse enemy fauna demanding individual approach and tactics to defeat; * Great many efficient combinations of combat skills to take advantage of in battles. Get into your tank and go decimate the bugs side by side with us!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Tanks vs Bugs at 67% against Pocket Blaster's 0%. Tanks vs Bugs also leads on ratings volume (90 vs 4) and rating (4.7 vs 4.5). Pocket Blaster's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 16) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 13.0). On price, update cadence, ads 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. Tanks vs Bugs sells 16 one-off in-app purchases. Pocket Blaster asks for nothing beyond the download.
Tanks vs Bugs holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tanks vs Bugs has 90 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Pocket Blaster's written reviews are positive against 67% of Tanks vs Bugs's.
Pocket Blaster ships an update monthly, Tanks vs Bugs every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on June 1, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pocket Blaster | Tanks vs Bugs |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (4 ratings) | 4.7 (90 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 90 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 113 MB | 204 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Orbital Knight sp. z o.o. | Games Extras |
Customer experience
Pocket Blaster
Tanks vs Bugs
In-app purchases
Pocket Blaster
No in-app purchases
Tanks vs Bugs
- VIP1$1.99
- Quick start$1.99
- Crystals 500$1.99
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- Сезонный пропуск$3.99
- Tank "Sniper"$3.99
- Tank "Berserker"$3.99
- Evolution Pack$3.99
- Black Guardian$4.99
- Tank "Zippo"$4.99
- Photon$5.99
- Black Guardian (now)$5.99
- Crystals 2500$6.99
- Crystals 2000$6.99
- VIP2$9.99
- Набор улучшения$9.99
- VIP3$15.99
Questions
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