Blue Attack! vs A Swing Monkey
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
A Swing Monkey
Embark on a thrilling side-scrolling adventure as a monkey, swinging through mysterious lands. Explore jungle, ice, and fire cave environments, overcoming monsters and cutting ropes to progress through challenging stages. Escape the ordinary with this engaging and fast-paced game.
- Side-scrolling gameplay
- Monkey swinging mechanics
- Multiple themed chapters (Jungle, Ice Land, Fire Cave)
- Stage-based progression
- Rope cutting action
- Monster encounters
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[Game Introduction] Giving a gift to a girl friend, Monkey scrolling game Speed in a side-scrolling game. National swing game! Escape Boring routine! Cool ~ ~ ~ ~ take a rope and explore mysterious Land! Monsters being added each stage!. [Game configuration] Chapter1-Jungle. 12stage Chapter2-Ice Land. 12stage Chapter3-Fire Cave. 12stage And More ... [How to play] a. Jump: jumps when you touch the screen. b. Touch the screen when monkey is on Jump c. Cut the rope by touch. [About Us] Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/SpongeMobile Twitter: http://twiter.com/ #! / Spongegame Blog: http://spongemobile.blogspot.com [Contact Us] if you have anything, please email spongemobile@naver.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Blue Attack! at 89% against A Swing Monkey's 46%. Blue Attack! also leads on rating (4.8 vs 3.5). A Swing Monkey's advantage is iOS requirement (4.3 vs 16.0). On price, ratings volume, 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 A Swing Monkey sells 3 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 3.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 11 and 8 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 89% of Blue Attack!'s written reviews are positive against 46% of A Swing Monkey's.
| Parameter | Blue Attack! | A Swing Monkey |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (11 ratings) — better | 3.5 (8 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 89.5% of reviews — better | 46.2% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 11 — better | 8 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 4.3 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 13 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Cat in a Box Software | Sponge Mobile |
Customer experience
Blue Attack!
A Swing Monkey
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
A Swing Monkey
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Blue Attack!
- Infinite Mode$0.99
A Swing Monkey
- 100,000 Gold$0.99
- 500,000 Gold$2.99
- 1,000,000 gold$4.99
