Anti Pong vs Nova Swing
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Anti Pong
Experience a fresh take on classic Pong where the goal is to avoid incoming balls. Bounce them off your paddle to break bricks and be the last one standing. Enjoy multiple game modes and difficulty settings for endless fun.
- Paddle dodging gameplay
- Brick breaking mechanics
- Single-player vs AI
- Local and online multiplayer
- 5 unique game modes
- Multiple difficulty settings
- Dark mode support
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Anti Pong turns the classic paddle game around. You're the paddle, and getting hit is how you lose. Your paddle is made of bricks. Every ball that hits it knocks one out, so you spend each match moving out of the way. Keep your bricks longer than the other side and you win. Play the computer on Easy, Normal, Hard or Expert, or play a friend on the same phone or iPad, each of you on your own half of the screen. Choose how you want to play: the classic game, balls that disappear between bounces, paddles that fade out, or a busy game full of balls and power-ups. Power-ups float out from the middle of the screen, and you grab one by moving into it. Some help you, like a shield or a brick that grows back. Others make things harder for the other side. Every match earns tokens. Spend them on new paint for your paddle and on different balls, trails and arenas. You can earn everything just by playing. Also: - Works with game controllers and keyboards - Drag to move, or have the paddle follow your finger, and you can play on the right side - Music, sound effects and vibration each have their own switch - Game Center leaderboard and achievements - Plays offline, with no account. Your progress stays on your device. Anti Pong is free. You'll sometimes see an ad between matches, never during one. A one-time purchase turns ads off, and token packs are there if you'd like to skip ahead. Bought Anti Pong before it was free? Thank you. You won't see ads, and a special paint for your paddle is waiting for you. There's nothing to restore.
Nova Swing
Tap to launch a ship into orbit around planets, chaining perfect captures to build momentum and achieve high scores. Navigate challenging space environments with moving celestial bodies and unique hazards. Unlock new ships and visual themes as you progress through different zones.
- One-tap orbital launches
- Chain perfect captures for score bonuses
- Navigate moving planets and hazards
- Unlockable ships and visual themes
- In-game soundtrack player
- Game Center integration
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One tap. A perfect orbit. One more try. Launch into Nova Swing, a space arcade game where timing turns a tiny ship into a streak of starlight. Swing around a planet, choose your moment, and tap to launch toward the next orbit. Catch it cleanly, build your Flow, and see how far your next run can take you. FIND YOUR FLOW Chain perfect captures for growing score bonuses. Thread the gap between a flawless landing and a close call, then chase a new personal best with an instant restart. BEND YOUR ROUTE THROUGH SPACE Choose safer paths or take on riskier routes for bigger rewards. Navigate moving planets, binary systems, asteroids, crossing meteors, and black holes as five zones bring tighter captures and faster flight. MAKE THE EXTRAORDINARY JUMP Ride slingshot planets into a burst of speed. Travel through wormholes. Time your arrival through the reinforced arc of a fragile crystalline world. Charge your Warp Drive and hold to surge across multiple planets. BUILD A FLIGHT THAT FEELS LIKE YOURS Choose from four ships, each with its own signature starter, and earn ship mastery through play. Discover four visual themes: Neon Frontier, Clockwork Aether, Pixel Pulse, and Classic Vector. Collect credits during your runs to unlock additional ships and themes permanently. GIVE EVERY RUN A PURPOSE Pick a run objective, pursue milestones, and track your captures, streaks, near misses, distance, and warp passes. Save a ghost run and race it to see where you can improve. Take your scores and achievements to Game Center. Made for iPhone and iPad, with luminous space scenery, responsive haptics on supported devices, and an in-game soundtrack player. Your next great run starts with one tap.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Nova Swing at none against Anti Pong's shown. Nova Swing also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 4 months) and rating (5.0 vs 4.6). Anti Pong's advantage is ratings volume (38 vs 1) and iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, 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. Anti Pong sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and Nova Swing sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Nova Swing holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Anti Pong has 38 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Anti Pong ships an update every 4 months, Nova Swing every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Anti Pong | Nova Swing |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (38 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 38 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple TV — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 30 MB | 49 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Chris DeWeese | Fernando Bunn |
Customer experience
Anti Pong
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In-app purchases
Anti Pong
- Handful of Tokens$0.99
- Remove Ads$1.99
- Cup of Tokens$2.99
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- Bucket of Tokens$4.99
Nova Swing
- Pocket pack$0.99
- Flight Pack$2.99
- Expedition Pack$5.99
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- Fleet Pack$12.99









