Comparison

Blue Attack! vs Ding Dong XL

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Fully customizable ships
  • Ship upgrade system
  • Retro graphical style
  • Global leaderboards
  • Multiple control options
Features
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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

About

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.

Highlights
  • One-touch controls for sliding
  • Endless progressive difficulty
  • Dual Mode challenge
  • Infinite Mode for experts
  • Unlockable cosmetic skins
  • Multi-language support
Features
Currently charting
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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.

Screenshots

Blue Attack!4 screens
Ding Dong XL4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

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.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Blue Attack! versus Ding Dong XL: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBlue Attack!Ding Dong XL
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating4.8 (10 ratings)5.0 (99 ratings) — better
Positive reviews89.5% of reviews98.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1099 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
Best chart rank—#187 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, MaciPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS16.015.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB95 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperCat in a Box SoftwareAdamvision

Customer experience

Blue Attack!

All ratings10 ratings
Positive90.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews219 reviews
Positive89.5%
Neutral6.4%
Negative4.1%

Ding Dong XL

All ratings99 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews58 reviews
Positive98.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative1.7%

User reviews

Blue Attack!

From 10 App Store ratings

What 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 ratings

What 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

1 purchases

Blue Attack!

One-time1
  • Infinite Mode$0.99
None

Ding Dong XL

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Blue Attack! free?
Blue Attack! is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Ding Dong XL free?
Ding Dong XL costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Blue Attack! or Ding Dong XL?
Ding Dong XL is rated higher. Blue Attack! averages 4.8 out of 5 from 10 ratings, while Ding Dong XL averages 5.0 from 99 ratings.
Do Blue Attack! or Ding Dong XL have ads?
Neither Blue Attack! nor Ding Dong XL shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Blue Attack! or Ding Dong XL?
Blue Attack! ships an update every 3 months, and Ding Dong XL every 2 months. Most recently, Blue Attack! was updated on September 23, 2026 and Ding Dong XL on September 6, 2026.

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