Tiny Alien vs Mineblast!!
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Tiny Alien
Embark on a fast-paced arcade adventure through space. Jump, shoot, and defeat an evil empire to reclaim sacred gems. Enjoy retro pixel graphics, power-ups, and challenging boss battles.
- Fast-paced arcade platforming
- Pixel graphics
- Power-ups
- Boss battles
- Unlockable characters
- Game Center leaderboards
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Jump and shoot your way through space! Can you defeat the evil empire and bring back the sacred gems? You are our only hope T I N Y A L I E N ! * Fast paced arcade platforming action! * Sweet pixel graphics! * Music by Boy vs Bacteria! * Power-ups! * Bosses! * Unlock different characters! * Haptic Feedback on supported devices! * Game Center Leaderboards & Achievements! Good Luck!
Mineblast!!
Explore a dangerous mine and blast your way out using TNTs in this platformer destruction game. Utilize the fully destructible environments to create paths, uncover gems, and find hidden secrets. Enjoy hours of creative fun with pixel art graphics and chiptune music.
- Fully destructible environments and physics
- Pixel art graphics and chiptune music
- Hidden secrets and levels
- Creative pathfinding with TNT
- Gem collection
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Explore a dangerous mine and blast your way out using TNTs. Mineblast!! is a platformer destruction game with fully destructible environments. Blast walls to open your way, blast soil and crates to find precious gems, blast wooden platforms to use them as a bridge, there is no limit to your creativity. Features: • Fully destructible environments and physics. • Quality pixel art graphics and chiptune music. • Lots of hidden secrets and levels. • Super Cat Tales characters. • Hours and hours of fun!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Tiny Alien at none against Mineblast!!'s shown. Tiny Alien also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 3 months) and review sentiment (79% vs 56%). Mineblast!!'s advantage is ratings volume (153 vs 50). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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. Tiny Alien sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Mineblast!! sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Tiny Alien holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 50 and 153 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 79% of Tiny Alien's written reviews are positive against 56% of Mineblast!!'s.
Tiny Alien ships an update fortnightly, Mineblast!! every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Tiny Alien | Mineblast!! |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (50 ratings) — better | 4.0 (153 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 79.2% of reviews — better | 56.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 50 | 153 — better |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No — better | 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 | 11.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 16 MB | 26 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | A Small Game AB | Gionathan Pesaresi |
Customer experience
Tiny Alien
Mineblast!!
User reviews
Tiny Alien
From 50 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Great time killer
- 👾 Nice retro/8-bit feel
- ✨ Cute design and graphics
- 🚀 Simple and well-made gameplay
- 💰 Not pay-to-win
Room to improve
- 😩 Too many ads
- ⏳ Game is too short
- 🔄 Endless mode gets boring
- 🛒 Ads interrupt gameplay
- 💡 Items don't stack/stacking issues
Mineblast!!
From 153 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Smooth gameplay
- 👍 Cute and charming visuals
- 💡 Interesting story and background
- 🚀 Challenging and engaging levels
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent crashes and bugs
- 💰 Excessive and intrusive ads
- 🔋 High battery consumption
- 🕹️ Unresponsive and clunky controls
Bugs and requests
Tiny Alien
Reported bugs
7 issues- Glitch where aliens can't be stopped
- Cannot re-enable story mode
- Black screen after dying/restarting
- Bounce pads don't work sometimes
- Glitchy issues on iPad Air
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- First boss is too hard/impossible to dodge
- Green alien can't jump high enough for certain platforms
Requested features
9 requests- More levels/bosses
- Multiplayer mode
- Randomized boss encounters in endless mode
- Ability to re-enable story mode after beating
- More alien skins/characters to buy
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- Sensitivity change option
- More buttons/control options
- Bosses with scrollable screens
- Add power-ups for aliens
Mineblast!!
Reported bugs
4 issues- Levels freezing or not loading properly
- Inability to progress past certain stages
- Saved data being lost after updates
- Ads causing the game to crash or become unresponsive
Requested features
4 requests- Add checkpoint system to avoid restarting levels
- Introduce more playable characters and customization options
- Implement an option to remove ads for a one-time fee
- Improve level design to reduce frustrating dead ends
In-app purchases
Tiny Alien
- Remove Ads!$0.99
Mineblast!!
- Gate Ticket$0.99
- Premium$2.99
Questions
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