TargetTap vs Blue Attack!
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
TargetTap
Test your reflexes in this fast-paced game. Hit red targets to score and build combos, but avoid other colors and missed targets to keep your lives. Survive as long as possible and look for bonus lives.
- Test reflexes
- Hit red targets
- Build combos
- Avoid other targets
- Score extra lives
- High score survival
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TargetTap is back! Replay the original iPhone game from 2008! Test your reflexes with this exciting new game made exclusively for the iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad. Hit the red targets quickly to pop them and build up massive combos, but watch out for other colored targets which will make you lose a life! Also don't miss any red ones because you will also lose a life! Look out for the one-up cloud to score an extra life! How long can you survive! "It's addictive, uncomplicated, addictive, and sleek. Did I mention it's addictive?" - whatsoniphone.com
Blue Attack!
Engage in an intergalactic war, piloting your squadron against enemy forces. Collect resources from destroyed ships to upgrade your fleet and customize your vessels. Your mission is to protect your carrier and destroy the enemy's home planet.
- Fully customizable ships
- Ship upgrade system
- Retro graphical style
- Global leaderboards
- Multiple control options
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Attack the Red planet! Blue Attack places you on the front lines of the intergalactic war between the Red and Blue forces. Use the scraps picked up from your enemies' wrecked hulls to turn your squadron into an unstoppable army! Protect your carrier, upgrade your wingmen, and cut a path clean through to your target: the Red home planet! Features: - Fully customizable ships, from speed to weapon capabilities - Clean, retro graphical style - Global leaderboards - Touch, tilt, keyboard, and gamepad controls Reviews: "Does Blue Attack deliver on the promise of the earlier game and notch it up a bit? The short answer, Yes. The longer answer, Hell Yes." -appVersity.com "...a surprisingly fun and deep game... Blue Attack! comes highly recommended." -Touch Arcade "...a graphically unique, intense, and engaging shooter. It features some wonderfully varied gameplay, great power-up system, and great options. Even the tutorial is good. I can’t say enough good things about this game." -148apps: 5/5 stars "Blue Attack! The graphics, music, a very high level of space-shooter game…” -AppBank (Japanese) "There are pretty good chances that you will be playing Blue Attack for many hours after reading this review." -igameme.com "Blue Attack! is a great deal ... don’t miss out on this great space shooter!" -OSX Reality "There is a word I rarely use when reviewing a game: exceptional. Yet, Blue Attack! rightly deserves this description." -TouchMyApps.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Blue Attack! at none against TargetTap's shown. Blue Attack! also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.6). TargetTap's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 16.0). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and update cadence 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. TargetTap sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Blue Attack! sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Blue Attack! holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 21 and 11 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 95% of TargetTap's written reviews are positive against 89% of Blue Attack!'s, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
TargetTap ships an update every 2 months, Blue Attack! every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | TargetTap | Blue Attack! |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (21 ratings) | 4.8 (11 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 95.1% of reviews — better | 89.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 21 — better | 11 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 20 MB | 13 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Swift Fox Software LLC | Cat in a Box Software |
Customer experience
TargetTap
Blue Attack!
User reviews
TargetTap
From 21 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 😊 Highly addictive gameplay
- ⚡ Quick and easy to pick up
- 🎮 Great for competitive play with friends
- 🎨 Nice graphics and clean interface
- ⏱️ Perfect time-killer/casual game
Room to improve
- 🐛 Tap detection issues/missed taps
- 😴 Gets boring after extended play
- 📱 Not optimized for iPad
- 💰 Not worth the price point
- ⚠️ Inconsistent difficulty balance
Blue Attack!
From 11 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Smooth and polished gameplay
- 👍 Intuitive controls
- 💎 Excellent graphics and visual style
- 🎮 Addictive and engaging gameplay
- 🔧 Satisfying upgrade system
Room to improve
- 🐛 Occasional crashes or bugs
- 🕹️ Sensitive controls can be difficult to master
- ⏱️ Campaign mode is too short
- 🔄 Lack of save/checkpoint system in campaign
Bugs and requests
TargetTap
Reported bugs
5 issues- Tap detection doesn't always register hits on targets
- Red targets sometimes hidden behind other colors
- App crashes frequently
- Update notification persists incorrectly
- Difficulty inconsistency after updates
Requested features
10 requests- Global leaderboard/online high scores
- Landscape mode support
- iPad version
- Additional game modes or variations
- Multiplayer/WiFi multiplayer support
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- Special targets with bonus points
- Easier kids difficulty level
- Colorblind mode
- Alternate gameplay modes (e.g., tap alternating colors)
- More frequent updates
Blue Attack!
Reported bugs
2 issues- Crashes on loading screen after recent update
- Score submission glitch preventing leaderboard updates
Requested features
5 requests- More levels and content for campaign mode
- Ability to select and replay specific campaign levels
- Co-op or multiplayer modes
- More weapon and upgrade options
- Customizable control schemes
In-app purchases
TargetTap
- Remove Ads$2.99
Blue Attack!
- Infinite Mode$0.99









