Comparison

Blue Attack! vs John Bottom

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

John Bottom

Experience classic retro arcade action as you guide John to escape the Bottom and reach the Top. Clear levels, defeat monsters, and uncover John's story in this challenging and fun game for all ages.

Highlights
  • Classic retro arcade action
  • Level clearing
  • Defeat cute monsters
  • Compete for best score
  • Multiple difficulty levels
  • Old school graphics with TV filters
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John Bottom is classic retro inspired arcade action at its best! Help John escape the Bottom and reach the Top. Clear levels, defeat the cute monsters and read John's story. - Free for ever - Fast paced - Challenging - Fun for all ages - Compete for the best score against the world - 4 different difficulty levels - Old school graphics with multiple old school TV filters

Screenshots

Blue Attack!4 screens
John Bottom3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: John Bottom at none against Blue Attack!'s 1. John Bottom also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 3 months) and review sentiment (100% vs 89%). On price, ads and device support 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

Both are free to download. Blue Attack! sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. John Bottom asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Blue Attack! ships an update every 3 months, John Bottom every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and June 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Blue Attack! versus John Bottom: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBlue Attack!John Bottom
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (10 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews89.5% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings10 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, MaciPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better
Requires iOS16.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB111 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperCat in a Box SoftwareMarios Karagiannis

Customer experience

Blue Attack!

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

John Bottom

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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

John Bottom

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Blue Attack!

One-time1
  • Infinite Mode$0.99
None

John Bottom

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Blue Attack! free?
Blue Attack! is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is John Bottom free?
John Bottom is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Blue Attack! or John Bottom have ads?
Neither Blue Attack! nor John Bottom shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Blue Attack! or John Bottom?
Blue Attack! ships an update every 3 months, and John Bottom every 2 days. Most recently, Blue Attack! was updated on September 23, 2026 and John Bottom on June 1, 2026.

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