Polygon Wars vs PewPew Live
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Polygon Wars
Engage in a retro-style arcade twin-stick shooter. Navigate your ship, blast enemies, and upgrade your arsenal. Compete for high scores and unlock achievements.
- Twin-stick shooter gameplay
- On-screen controls
- External controller support
- In-game shop for upgrades
- Game Center leaderboards
- 16 unlockable achievements
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Enemies come in all shapes and sizes in Polygon Wars! Polygon Wars is an arcade twin stick shooter with a retro feeling. Use the on screen controls, or connect an external controller to move around and shoot your opponents. How to control your ship is up to you. Get a speed boost or weapons upgrade from the shop to help you reach new heights! Compete with your friends for the highest score with the Game Center leaderboard. Earn up to 16 different achievement, can you collect them all? The game is in active development, and will receive updates on a regular basis Keep coming back for new features! Songs: “Open Sore” (menu), “Final lap” (game time), "Phobos" (at boss time) Music provided and produced by LonePeakMusic
PewPew Live
Experience intense twin-stick arcade shooter action with vibrant neon graphics. Compete globally on leaderboards or team up with a friend for co-op survival. Enjoy classic arena shooter thrills, completely free to play.
- Twin-stick controls
- 2-player online co-op
- 2-player LAN co-op
- Online leaderboards
- Blitz mode competition
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Welcome to the ultimate twin-stick arcade shooter that is 100% free! Relive the frantic, neon-soaked chaos of classic arena shooters and dominate the global leaderboards! -= Features =- ⁍ Twin-Stick Thrills: Precision controls for intense survival action. ⁍ 2-Player Co-op: Double the firepower, double the fun! Supports Online and LAN co-op support. ⁍ Online Competition: Climb the leaderboards and battle rivals in the "Blitz" mode.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Polygon Wars at every 10 days against PewPew Live's every 4 months. Polygon Wars also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.4) and review sentiment (100% vs 74%). PewPew Live's advantage is ratings volume (64 vs 9) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Polygon Wars holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PewPew Live has 64 ratings behind it against 9, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Polygon Wars's written reviews are positive against 74% of PewPew Live's.
Polygon Wars ships an update every 10 days, PewPew Live every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Polygon Wars | PewPew Live |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (9 ratings) — better | 4.4 (64 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 74.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 9 | 64 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 57 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Wesley Jacobs | Jean-Francois Geyelin |
Customer experience
Polygon Wars
PewPew Live
Bugs and requests
Polygon Wars
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
PewPew Live
Reported bugs
17 issues- Multiplayer doesn't work
- Game crashes when viewing recordings
- Game crashes after login and viewing recordings
- Cannot retrieve forgotten account password
- Game crashes after registration
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- Game refuses to open after creating an account
- Joysticks don't appear after update
- Controls only move player left and shoot right
- Local multiplayer shows no room
- Online multiplayer crashes on game start
- Touch screen controls don't work on iPhone
- Left joystick only moves left, right stick only moves right
- Screen controls not working on iPad Air 5
- Unusable touchscreen controls on iPad mini 6
- App crashes when synchronizing
- App crashes when starting multiplayer game
- Game freezes when trying to create a room
Requested features
7 requests- Option to change background color
- Controller support on iOS
- Toggle-able auto-pause feature
- Increase max players in multiplayer to 4
- Physical version of the game
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- Controller support (Xbox controller mentioned)
- More intuitive level creator (less coding required)
In-app purchases
Polygon Wars
No in-app purchases
PewPew Live
No in-app purchases
Questions
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