Comparison

Blue Defense! vs TryAngle

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

Head to head
About

Blue Defense!

Defend your planet from an relentless invasion force. This action-packed game challenges your reflexes and strategic thinking as you manage increasing pressure from attackers. Experience classic gameplay with modern features like level selection and global leaderboards.

Highlights
  • Classic mode gameplay
  • Quick Start difficulty selection
  • Level Select for practice and medals
  • Global High Scores list
  • Save state functionality
  • Tilt controls for aiming
Features
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Defend your planet! Blue Defense puts you in charge of protecting your world from an invasion force that wants nothing more than your utter destruction. 6.7 billion lives hang in the balance... are your hands steady enough to handle the ever-increasing pressure of the attackers? Features: - Classic mode: play the game as it was in the original game - Quick Start mode: choose a starting difficulty! - Level Select mode: practice individual levels, start the game on your favourite level, or try to earn medals! - Clean, oldschool graphical style - Global High scores list - Save state ensures that you can leave and come back to your game at any time Controls: - Hold the device upright - Tilt left and right to control the stream of bullets - Double-tap the screen to pause Reviews: "If you like shooters, you should just get this game ... it’s all about the gameplay." -Touch Arcade "Fantastic, simple, fun, wonderful game. Very unexpected but very much appreciated." -148Apps "the way it effortlessly shifts from style to style and handles motion controls make[s it] fresh in a decades-old genre. It's a bullseye for any shooter fan." -Maclife "Blue Defense! is tastefully designed and brimming with twists, turns and tongue biting. Its polished graphics, smooth animation and habit-forming gameplay are praiseworthy." -TouchMyApps "A great space shooter that utilizes the iPhones controls to the max." -Everyday Gamers "Apple has finally released the [2.0] update and it does NOT disappoint." -The APPera "'Tilt to aim. Bullets shoot straight up.' I said, 'that’s it?' The answer was a wall of red death streaming down towards my planet." -appleiphoneapps.com

About

TryAngle

Features
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TryAngle: Rush is a simple Rush game by just tapping on your screen to rotate the triangle and catch the coloured small triangles with the matching side! Can you beat your own Highscore? By Aleksa Sever on May 30, 2020

Screenshots

Blue Defense!4 screens
TryAngle2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: TryAngle at Free against Blue Defense!'s $0.99. Blue Defense!'s advantage is update cadence (every 4 months vs every 13 months) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 13.5). On ads, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

TryAngle is free to download; Blue Defense! costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Blue Defense! ships an update every 4 months, TryAngle every 13 months. The most recent releases landed on September 18, 2026 and June 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Blue Defense! versus TryAngle: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBlue Defense!TryAngle
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating4.0 (8 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews84.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings8 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 months — betterEvery 13 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS9.0 — better13.5
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB1 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperCat in a Box SoftwareAleksa Sever

Bugs and requests

Blue Defense!

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Crashes on newer iOS versions
  • Medals not saving properly

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add sound effects and background music
  • Option to invert or adjust controls
  • Gradual difficulty increase
  • Power-ups and weapon upgrades
  • Global high score leaderboards

TryAngle

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Blue Defense!

No in-app purchases

None

TryAngle

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Blue Defense! free?
Blue Defense! costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is TryAngle free?
TryAngle is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Blue Defense! or TryAngle have ads?
Neither Blue Defense! nor TryAngle shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Blue Defense! or TryAngle?
Blue Defense! ships an update every 4 months, and TryAngle every 13 months. Most recently, Blue Defense! was updated on September 18, 2026 and TryAngle on June 4, 2026.

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