Missileer vs Poll Wars
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Missileer
Experience mercenary missile operations in a fictional civil war. Guide missiles in first-person, evade defenses, and earn money by completing contracts. Customize your missiles with upgrades to enhance performance.
- First-person missile guidance
- Evade detection and defenses
- Complete contracts for money
- Missile customization and upgrades
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Be a Missileer, a mercenary missile operator, and conduct your business in the midst of a fictional civil war. • Guide missiles to targets in first person view • Evade detection and missile defenses • Earn money by completing contracts • Customize your missiles with upgrades
Poll Wars
Engage in a one-thumb political satire arcade game where you pick a side and grapple through an endless news cycle. Your actions bank votes for your chosen party in a live national tug-of-war, with every player contributing to a global scoreboard. Master the controls to survive the relentless news cycle.
- One-thumb grappling gameplay
- Political satire with parody caricatures
- Live national vote counter
- Endless news cycle survival
- Daily double vote rallies
- Ability to switch sides
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THE NATION IS KEEPING SCORE. Poll Wars is a one-thumb political-satire arcade game. Pick a side — Team Red or Team Blue — grab a caricature of your favorite (or least favorite) public figure, and grapple your way across an endless news cycle. Every swing banks a vote for your party in a live national tug-of-war. Every player, everywhere, moving one giant scoreboard. HOW TO PLAY - HOLD to fire a grappling hook onto a passing news drone and swing. - RELEASE to slingshot forward — and bank a vote. - Chain your swings to build momentum and outrun the BREAKING NEWS wall closing in behind you. - Fall behind, and the news cycle swallows you whole. Easy to learn, brutal to master. The wall never stops closing in — and the longer you survive, the faster it comes. FEATURES - 18 parody caricatures — 9 for Team Red, 9 for Team Blue. - A LIVE national vote counter: every run by every player moves Red vs Blue. - Defect anytime — switch sides and fight for the other team. - Daily rally: your first run each day banks double votes. - Share your high score and recruit your side. - Free to play. One thumb. Endless. Which side are you on? The nation is watching. — Political satire. All characters are parody caricatures of public figures. No affiliation, no endorsement, no real quotes — just high scores. Poll Wars is a work of comedic commentary and doe
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Poll Wars at 5.0 against Missileer's 4.2. Poll Wars also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 4) and review sentiment (100% vs 72%). Missileer's advantage is ratings volume (59 vs 3) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads and iOS requirement 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. Missileer sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Poll Wars asks for nothing beyond the download.
Poll Wars holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Missileer has 59 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 72% of Missileer's written reviews are positive against 100% of Poll Wars's.
Missileer ships an update every 6 weeks, Poll Wars weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Missileer | Poll Wars |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (59 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 71.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 59 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 157 MB | 62 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Ifelse Media Ltd. | TKM Ventures LLC |
Customer experience
Missileer
Poll Wars
Bugs and requests
Missileer
Reported bugs
4 issues- Game won't tilt to match device orientation
- Automatic missile roll is too slow
- Night vision is useless
- Turrets can miss but still hit
Requested features
8 requests- Add ballistic/intercontinental missiles
- Add landscape mode setting
- Add Katyusha, more houses, civilians, military troops, bunkers
- More upgrade options
- Add more features for end game
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- Add unique missile abilities (e.g., smoke cloud)
- Improve UI and buttons for a more professional feel
- Add night vision functionality
Poll Wars
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Missileer
- Minor Investment$1.99
- Sensible Investment$2.99
- Major Investment$4.99
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- Aggressive Investment$17.99
Poll Wars
No in-app purchases
