Comparison

Mech Boa vs Astroid Runner

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

Head to head
About

Mech Boa

Control a giant mechanical snake monster and unleash destruction on towns. Experience hyper-casual gameplay as you rampage through cities, demolishing everything in your path.

Highlights
  • Control a giant mechanical snake
  • Destroy towns
  • Hyper-casual gameplay
  • Rampage through cities
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Mech Boa is a hyper-casual game, in which the player controls the giant mechanical snake monster and destroy every town that came across his path.

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Astroid Runner

Features
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You are a freight pilot on the Alpha run, and the belt does not care. ENDLESS FLIGHT Hold station while the field streams past. Thread the yellow gates to log rings and score. Green gates hand you a speed surge and an aura that vaporizes anything you touch. Red gates refit your hull one class heavier; a bigger ship, more cannons, and astroids that used to end a run barely marks you. KNOW YOUR ASTROIDS Three spectral types, and the difference matters. C-type is dark and brittle: one shot, light damage. S-type is stony and takes more. M-type is dense nickel-iron; three shots from a light hull, and it hits like it looks. Your cannons double with every refit, from one muzzle to four. GRAVITY IS THE REAL ENEMY Ten kinds of body drift past the lane: moons, planets, comets, white dwarfs, neutron stars, black holes. Each one pulls, and the pull is not a warning light; it drags the ship, it drags the astroids around you, and if you let a well win, your hull starts tearing before it takes you. The far side of the lane is shelter. Sitting still is not. EARN EVERY POINT There is no passive score. Points come from rings threaded, kills, refits, power gates, and from flying clear of a well that had you. Park in a corner and you earn nothing. The leaderboard ranks one thing: rings threaded in a single run. FLY IT YOUR WAY An analog thumb stick with a d-pad ring, tilt steering, or a hardware keyboard; and any combination of them at once. Hide the on-screen controls entirely and fly on tilt alone. Portrait or landscape, iPhone, iPad, or Mac. NO ASSET, NO WASTE Every asteroid, every planet surface, every sound effect is generated on the device. The whole game is a few megabytes and works with no network. THREE FREE RUNS A DAY Every calendar day resets three runs, free, forever. A Battle Pass subscription lifts the cap for pilots who want to keep flying. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://sparemic.app/astroidrunner/privacy

Screenshots

Mech Boa4 screens
Astroid Runner4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Mech Boa at none against Astroid Runner's 3. Mech Boa also leads on iOS requirement (12.5 vs 17.0). Astroid Runner's advantage is ads (none vs shown). 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. Astroid Runner sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days. Mech Boa asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Mech Boa versus Astroid Runner: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMech BoaAstroid Runner
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.7 (149 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews26.1% of reviews—
Number of ratings149 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 days—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.5 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size214 MB17 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperYso CorpSynergie Tech, Inc

In-app purchases

None

Mech Boa

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Astroid Runner

Subscriptions3
  • Weekly Battle Pass$0.997 Days
  • Monthly Battle Pass$2.991 Month
  • Yearly Battle Pass$29.991 Year

Questions

Is Mech Boa free?
Mech Boa is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Astroid Runner free?
Astroid Runner is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Mech Boa or Astroid Runner have ads?
Mech Boa shows ads; Astroid Runner does not.

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