Comparison

VIP Guard vs Arcwise

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

Head to head
About

VIP Guard

Become a master of security in this challenging game. Protect your charge from enemy threats by diving to stop incoming bullets. Master your timing and skills to achieve the ultimate rescue.

Highlights
  • Close protection mode
  • Identify enemy threats
  • Dive to protect VIP
  • Stop bullets
  • Level up
  • Cool graphics
  • Smooth gameplay
Features
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Can you perform the ultimate rescue in VIP Guard? Time to switch on close protection mode and become a master of security! In this challenging, yet amazing and fun game, you’ll need to use all your skills. Here’s how to play. 1. Look for threats from your enemies. Spotted one? It’s time to spring into action. 2. Just the distance between you and your charge. Can you dive to make it in time to protect them? We hope so. 3. Wait! Did you just stop the bullet and level up? Go you! With cool graphics, satisfying and smooth gameplay, you’ll wonder what you did with your time before you discovered VIP Guard?

About

Arcwise

Features
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A dot circles the ring. An arc waits somewhere ahead. Tap when the dot is inside it. That is the whole game. Every hit makes the dot faster and the arc narrower. One miss ends the run. Hit the exact centre of the arc and it counts as a perfect and perfects in a row build a multiplier up to ×5. The colour of the screen shifts as the run goes on, so you can feel how far you have come without reading a number. FIVE MODES STEADY — Slow and wide, and it never reverses. The place to learn the rhythm. CLASSIC — The full curve, with the dot reversing direction later in a run. RUSH — No warm-up. It starts roughly where Classic begins to hurt. ALTERNATE — The dot reverses on every single hit. The timing is never twice the same. VANISH — The dot fades out before it reaches the arc. Tap from memory. Each mode keeps its own best score and its own global leaderboard. BUILT TO BE FAIR The next arc is never placed so close that it cannot be reached. However fast the dot is travelling, there is always time to react — so when you miss, it is because you mistimed it, not because the game cheated. ALSO • Twelve achievements, from your first perfect hit to fifty hits without a miss • Game Center leaderboards for all five modes • Your records follow you between devices over iCloud • Plays entirely offline and works without signing in to anything • No adverts, no in-app purchases, no account, no tracking • Every sound is generated as you play, so a long streak turns into a rising melody

Screenshots

VIP Guard4 screens
Arcwise4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Arcwise at none against VIP Guard's 1. Arcwise also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 5 days vs monthly). VIP Guard's advantage is iOS requirement (12.5 vs 17.0). 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. VIP Guard sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Arcwise asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

VIP Guard ships an update monthly, Arcwise every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
VIP Guard versus Arcwise: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVIP GuardArcwise
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (113K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews50.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings113K — better—
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 5 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.5 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size206 MB2 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperGismartBENCE ATTILA GACS

Bugs and requests

VIP Guard

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Levels repeating
  • Hints not working
  • Main menu issues
  • Crashes and freezes

Requested features

4 requests
  • More levels and content
  • Reduce ads
  • Fix bugs and glitches
  • Add more gameplay variety

Arcwise

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

VIP Guard

One-time1
  • No ads$2.99
None

Arcwise

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is VIP Guard free?
VIP Guard is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Arcwise free?
Arcwise is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do VIP Guard or Arcwise have ads?
VIP Guard shows ads; Arcwise does not.
Which is updated more often, VIP Guard or Arcwise?
VIP Guard ships an update monthly, and Arcwise every 5 days. Most recently, VIP Guard was updated on November 4, 2026 and Arcwise on October 29, 2026.

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