Blue Attack! vs Tilterpillar
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
Tilterpillar
Control a growing caterpillar by tilting your device. Eat leaves to increase its length and unlock different butterfly breeds. Compete for the top spot in this unique take on the classic snake game.
- Tilt-to-control gameplay
- Caterpillar growth mechanic
- Collect different colored leaves
- Unlock butterfly breeds
- Level up points system
- Leaderboard competition
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Play this classic game of "snake" by tilting your device as a controller. Using this novel control technique, tilt in a direction to make a caterpillar eat leaves. Eating leaves makes the caterpillar grow in length, providing more of a challenge. Sometimes different coloured leaves will appear, causing different things to happen! "It's a good little game and well worth a look." - Kotaku.com Learn about butterfly breeds in this unique "snake" game. Each play awards level up points. Collect enough points to unlock different butterflies! Can you tilt your way to no.1?
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Blue Attack! at 4.8 against Tilterpillar's 4.1. Tilterpillar's advantage is monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 4 months). On price, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases 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. Blue Attack! sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Tilterpillar sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Blue Attack! holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 11 and 43 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 89% of Blue Attack!'s written reviews are positive against 86% of Tilterpillar's.
Blue Attack! ships an update every 4 months, Tilterpillar every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Blue Attack! | Tilterpillar |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (11 ratings) — better | 4.1 (43 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 89.5% of reviews — better | 85.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 11 | 43 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 14.5 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 92 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Cat in a Box Software | Dadako |
Customer experience
Blue Attack!
Tilterpillar
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
Tilterpillar
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Blue Attack!
- Infinite Mode$0.99
Tilterpillar
- 5 Tokens$0.99
- Remove ads$1.99
Questions
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