Blue Attack! vs Ding Dong XL
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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
Ding Dong XL
Bounce between the top and bottom of the screen, dodging obstacles and collecting points in this fast-paced arcade game. Master one-touch controls for endless survival challenges, with dual and infinite modes for advanced players. Customize your experience with unlockable skins.
- One-touch controls for sliding
- Endless progressive difficulty
- Dual Mode challenge
- Infinite Mode for experts
- Unlockable cosmetic skins
- Multi-language support
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Ding and Dong Your Way to Survival! Tap, dodge, and survive as you bounce between the top and bottom of the screen, avoiding obstacles, collecting points, and smashing power-ups. How long can you last in this fast-paced arcade challenge? Easy to Play, Hard to Master - One-Touch Controls – Tap to slide between the top and bottom of the screen. Time your moves carefully to avoid enemies! - Endless Arcade Action – The game gets progressively harder the longer you survive with more challenging obstacles. - Dual Mode – A two-touch challenge for a real brain teaser! - Infinite Mode – An extreme test for Ding Dong experts looking for the ultimate challenge. Unlock Unique Skins Customize your player with a variety of cosmetic skins, including some from other Adamvision Studios games! Sound & Music The in-game sound effects were created with my own voice and a consumer mic, mixed with royalty-free sounds from FreeSFX. The music features loops from Difourks - "It's Complextro & Dance." Now available in 10 languages: English, Russian, German, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese, Japanese, and Korean.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Blue Attack! at Free against Ding Dong XL's $0.99. Ding Dong XL's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and rating (5.0 vs 4.8). On update cadence, ads, 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
Blue Attack! is free to download; Ding Dong XL costs $0.99 up front. Blue Attack! sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Ding Dong XL asks for nothing beyond the download.
Ding Dong XL holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Ding Dong XL has 99 ratings behind it against 10, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 89% of Blue Attack!'s written reviews are positive against 98% of Ding Dong XL's.
Blue Attack! ships an update every 3 months, Ding Dong XL every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Blue Attack! | Ding Dong XL |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $0.99 |
| Rating | 4.8 (10 ratings) | 5.0 (99 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 89.5% of reviews | 98.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 10 | 99 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | — | #187 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 95 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Cat in a Box Software | Adamvision |
Customer experience
Blue Attack!
Ding Dong XL
User reviews
Blue Attack!
From 10 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
Ding Dong XL
From 99 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Addictive gameplay
- 👍 Simple and easy to play
- 👍 Great time killer
- 👍 Good value for money
- 👍 Fun visuals and concept
Room to improve
- 🐛 Unclear power-up functionality
- 🐛 Repetitive music
- 🐛 Leaderboard not working on older devices
Bugs and requests
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
Ding Dong XL
Reported bugs
1 issue- Leaderboard not working on iPhone 6s
Requested features
3 requests- More characters, modes, upgrades
- Apple TV support
- More power-up explanations
In-app purchases
Blue Attack!
- Infinite Mode$0.99
Ding Dong XL
No in-app purchases
Questions
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