Comparison

Ballistic Defence 2 vs ICBMs Inbound

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

Head to head
About

Ballistic Defence 2

Defend your cities from waves of incoming missiles in this retro-style arcade action game. Survive increasingly difficult attacks, including splitting missiles, intelligent missiles, and alien motherships. Compete for a high score on the global leaderboard.

Highlights
  • Retro arcade style
  • City defense gameplay
  • Wave-based missile attacks
  • Enemy missile splitting
  • Intelligent missile evasion
  • Alien mothership boss
  • Global leaderboard
Features
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A Sequel to the original iOS title Ballistic Defence, a great retro style arcade action game which will throw you back to the 80's, a time when great games such as Missile Command were in popularity. The objective of the game is to protect your cities from the relentless onslaught of missile attacks. Day and night the waves of attacks will keep coming until eventually all your cities will be destroyed and all will be lost. How long can you survive? With each new wave of attacks, protecting the cities will become progressively more difficult. Things to watch out for: - Enemy missiles, they can split into more missiles at any point. - The intelligent missiles, they're smarter than the average missile and will attempt to avoid any explosions. - The mothership! Yes, for some reason aliens are involved now. They are tough and it will take more than one pathetic earth projectile to deal with those. Watch out for there mega laser beam, instant destruction to any city below! - Passing fighter jets, shoot them down for a bigger score. This is a much improved experience over the original game, both visually and mechanically. Play now and see how you rank on the world leaderboard. As the game progresses so does the score multiplier, keep going for a bigger score.

About

ICBMs Inbound

Defend your town from incoming rockets using touch controls. Manage your rocket stockpile carefully to prevent destruction. This classic defense game features improved graphics and performance.

Highlights
  • Rocket defense gameplay
  • Touch controls
  • Improved graphics
  • Stockpile management
  • Classic defense genre
Features
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Defend your town from a barrage of rockets in this classic defence game, with improved graphics and performance. Use touch controls to take down the inbound missiles before they destroy your town! But keep an eye on your rocket stockpile or your town is kaput!

Screenshots

Ballistic Defence 24 screens
ICBMs Inbound1 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: ICBMs Inbound at 50% against Ballistic Defence 2's 0%. ICBMs Inbound also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (every 3 months vs every 81 months). Ballistic Defence 2's advantage is price (Free vs $1.99) and ratings volume (6 vs 2). On ads, 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

Ballistic Defence 2 is free to download; ICBMs Inbound costs $1.99 up front. Ballistic Defence 2 sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. ICBMs Inbound asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

ICBMs Inbound holds the better App Store score, 3.5 against 3.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 2 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Ballistic Defence 2's written reviews are positive against 50% of ICBMs Inbound's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Ballistic Defence 2 ships an update every 81 months, ICBMs Inbound every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Ballistic Defence 2 versus ICBMs Inbound: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBallistic Defence 2ICBMs Inbound
PriceFree — better$1.99
Rating3.2 (6 ratings)3.5 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews50.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings6 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 81 monthsEvery 3 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better
Requires iOS13.013.0
Further details — not scored
Size54 MB20 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperJason FosterRichard Bannister

Customer experience

Ballistic Defence 2

All ratings4 ratings
Positive25.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%

ICBMs Inbound

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Ballistic Defence 2

One-time1
  • No Ads$0.99
None

ICBMs Inbound

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Ballistic Defence 2 free?
Ballistic Defence 2 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ICBMs Inbound free?
ICBMs Inbound costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Ballistic Defence 2 or ICBMs Inbound?
ICBMs Inbound is rated higher. Ballistic Defence 2 averages 3.2 out of 5 from 6 ratings, while ICBMs Inbound averages 3.5 from 2 ratings.
Do Ballistic Defence 2 or ICBMs Inbound have ads?
Neither Ballistic Defence 2 nor ICBMs Inbound shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Ballistic Defence 2 or ICBMs Inbound?
Ballistic Defence 2 ships an update every 81 months, and ICBMs Inbound every 3 months. Most recently, Ballistic Defence 2 was updated on October 24, 2026 and ICBMs Inbound on October 15, 2026.

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