Comparison

Newtro vs vordo

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

Head to head
About

Newtro

Experience a minimalist, pixel-art brick breaker arcade game. Control bars with one hand to prevent balls from falling, destroy bricks, and complete levels within time limits and without losing lives. Offers a relaxing solo player experience with unique gameplay challenges.

Highlights
  • Minimalist pixel-art graphics
  • One-handed gameplay
  • Offline play
  • Multiple levels with varied gameplay
  • Time-based challenges
  • Achievement system
Features
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Re discover the brick breaker like you never did ! Minimalist, made with some crispy pixels, this arcade game will test your skills without stress, enjoy ! Newtro - Brick Breaker is a non competitive, solo player mobile game. With the help of a finger, you will be able to control one or more bars simultaneously, not only to prevent the ball from going out, but to overcome the four challenges that all the levels will include. Once you have mastered the direction of the balls, you will have the opportunity to complete the levels in the allocated time and without losing a life. This will give you the chance to complete the difficult versions of each level. You have two ways to discover this arcade game: - Go through all the levels, explore the original gameplays and relax with Ludmila Postel's Sound Design! - Take the challenge and try to completely destroy the level wall! How to play the game? - The balls are launched after a first touch of the screen. - Destroy all the bricks. - Get 4 achievements from each level. Successes: - finish the level with at least one life - finish a level without losing a life. - finish a level within the time limit. - finish the level in difficult version Features : - Free to play - Many levels with varied gameplay - Easy to play, designed to be played with one hand - Offline, no conection required - Tablet not supported - Leaderboard not supported The game is initially released with 48 different levels but many updates are planned: - the addition of many more levels - the addition of graphic and musical themes - the addition of collectables in case of complete success of a level group

About

vordo

Features
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VORDO — climb worlds, beat bosses, survive the glitch. You are a single cube. The screen rises. The platforms shift. The hazards multiply. At the end of every world, something is waiting for you. ▸ WORLDS AND BOSSES Every world has its own colors, music, atmosphere — and a boss waiting at the top with its own attack patterns. And then there's the glitch world. You'll find it. ▸ CLIMB AND COMBAT Bounce up through procedurally arranged platforms. Dodge projectile hazards. Shoot back. Black holes warp your trajectory. Moving platforms speed up as you rise. The higher you go, the meaner the mix. ▸ BURST MODE Collect coins. Trigger rainbow chaos — your cube cycles every color, jumps go higher, the screen streaks past, your trail paints the sky. Time it for a boss fight. Stack it on a bouncy chain. Watch your run go vertical. ▸ COMBO CHAINS String bouncy platforms back-to-back to build combos. Break the chain on a breakable platform and start over. Push it past every threshold to unlock achievements you'll actually want to brag about. ▸ SHOP Spend the coins you survived to collect. ▸ ACHIEVEMENTS Score tiers. Combo peaks. Lifetime stats. Each one gates something new. ▸ ONE TAP. NO BULLSHIT. Tap left to go left. Tap right to go right. That's the whole control scheme. Designed for portrait. Designed for your thumb. Designed for the 30 seconds you have right now.

Screenshots

Newtro4 screens
vordo4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: vordo at Free against Newtro's $1.99. vordo also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 3) and update cadence (every 5 days vs fortnightly). Newtro's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On device support 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

vordo is free to download; Newtro costs $1.99 up front. Newtro sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. vordo asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Newtro ships an update fortnightly, vordo every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Newtro versus vordo: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNewtrovordo
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating4.0 (45 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews40.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings45 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 5 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.014.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size234 MB109 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperEVB StudioDmitrii Strelkov

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Newtro

One-time3
  • Dark Knight Color Palette$0.99
  • GameBoy Color Theme$0.99
  • Ads remover$1.99
None

vordo

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Newtro free?
Newtro costs $1.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is vordo free?
vordo is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Newtro or vordo have ads?
vordo shows ads; Newtro does not.
Which is updated more often, Newtro or vordo?
Newtro ships an update fortnightly, and vordo every 5 days. Most recently, Newtro was updated on November 3, 2026 and vordo on November 5, 2026.

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