Shot Factor vs The Strays
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Shot Factor
Customize your firearms with a variety of mods to create your ultimate weapon. Engage in gameplay and experience your personalized creations.
- Gun customization
- Modding system
- Create ultimate guns
- Gameplay integration
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The Strays
Lead a team of battle-hardened dogs against mutated horrors and uncover a dark conspiracy. Blast your way through infected city zones, from labs to sewers, utilizing each dog's unique abilities to fight grotesque bosses and reveal the truth behind the outbreak.
- Twelve playable dogs with unique abilities
- Seven distinct campaign zones
- Mutant enemies and boss battles
- Uncover a deep conspiracy through intel
- Fast-paced run-and-gun action
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THE CITY HAS GONE TO THE DOGS. The Helix Institute promised a cure. What they unleashed was an outbreak. Now the streets crawl with mutated horrors, the labs hide unspeakable secrets, and the Free Strays have banded together to fight back. Take control of a twelve-dog team of battle-hardened street survivors and blast your way through a city consumed by the Helix infection. From research labs to the sewers, abandoned mines, and the heart of the outbreak itself, every level pushes you deeper into the conspiracy. PICK YOUR FIGHTER Choose from twelve playable strays, each with their own look, abilities and ultimate moves. FIGHT THROUGH THE OUTBREAK Battle across distinct campaign zones, each with its own threats and atmosphere: the Abandoned Lab, the Overgrown Park, the Helix Fortress, the Ruined City, the Toxic Sewers, the Helix Mines, and the final Genesis facility. FACE THE NIGHTMARES Square off against grotesque bosses pulled straight from Helix's worst experiments, including the towering Wild Alpha Bear, the monstrous Sewer Queen, and the corrupted minds behind it all. UNCOVER THE CONSPIRACY Dig into the story through collectible intel notes, and use the evidence board packed with classified photos and disturbing clues to reveal more about what Helix really did, and who's still out there. WHAT YOU GET - Fast, satisfying run-and-gun action - Twelve unique playable dogs - Eight campaign zones - Mutant enemies and boss battles - A deep, unfolding conspiracy told through intel and lore The humans made the monsters. The strays are here to clean up the mess. Download The Strays and take back the city, one mutant at a time.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: The Strays at 5.0 against Shot Factor's 4.5. The Strays also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). Shot Factor's advantage is ratings volume (46K vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). 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
Both are free to download. Shot Factor sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. The Strays asks for nothing beyond the download.
The Strays holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Shot Factor has 46K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Shot Factor ships an update every 2 weeks, The Strays every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and September 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Shot Factor | The Strays |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (46K ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 19.5% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 46K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 285 MB | 83 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Voodoo | Do Not Get Abstracted Studios, LLC |
Customer experience
Shot Factor
The Strays
Bugs and requests
Shot Factor
Reported bugs
3 issues- Game crashes during high-speed gameplay
- Purchases not registering properly
- Leaderboard issues
Requested features
3 requests- Offline mode
- Reduce ad frequency
- Improve game stability
The Strays
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Shot Factor
- No Ads$2.99
The Strays
No in-app purchases
Questions
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