Digital Defence vs Swashteroids
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Digital Defence
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As the world takes on a step towards a digital age, a new dimension is born and the ancient civilization strikes fast to capture and colonize this free dimension. A hero emerges to make a last stand and every bullet counts. A digital dimension survival game and freedom depends on your abilities. Defend it to your last bullet. A challenging scoring game where enemies are coming from every direction. Watch out for their firepower and dodge their ships at all costs. Digital dimension depends on your survival.
Swashteroids
Pilot a spaceship to mine asteroids for treasure while fending off aliens. Utilize power-ups for enhanced combat and navigation. This fast-paced, retro arcade experience offers multiple control options and increasing difficulty.
- Retro arcade gameplay
- Asteroid mining and treasure collection
- Alien combat
- Power-ups for combat and navigation
- Multiple control options (on-screen, accelerometer, controller)
- Increasing difficulty with levels
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Take command of the USS Swashbuckler in Swashteroids, a fast-paced retro vector arcade game where every asteroid field hides danger—and treasure. Mine asteroids, collect valuable cargo, and fight off alien workers and soldiers that want the loot for themselves. Each cleared field brings a tougher level, faster hazards, and more relentless enemies. Power up your ship with: • Plasma torpedoes and long-range phasers • Shields for protection • Hyperspace for emergency escapes • Phasing to pass safely through hazards • X-Ray vision to reveal treasure-bearing asteroids Master Newtonian spaceflight using on-screen controls, tilt steering, or a compatible game controller. A guided Training mode teaches every control and mechanic. Compete across five leaderboards, earn an extra ship every 5,000 points, and record your greatest runs. Watch replays, adjust their playback speed, and share .swrep replay files with friends. Swashteroids is small, fast, and built for quick arcade sessions on iPhone and iPad. How long can the USS Swashbuckler survive?
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Digital Defence at Free against Swashteroids's $0.99. Digital Defence also leads on iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.6). Swashteroids's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 2.0) and ads (none vs shown). On in-app purchases 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
Digital Defence is free to download; Swashteroids costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Swashteroids holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Swashteroids has 8 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Digital Defence ships an update every 16 months, Swashteroids every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Digital Defence | Swashteroids |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $0.99 |
| Rating | 2.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (8 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 8 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 16 months | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 20 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Safak Yalcinkaya | John Nyquist |
In-app purchases
Digital Defence
No in-app purchases
Swashteroids
No in-app purchases
Questions
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