Comparison

Blue Attack! vs RetroFighter2

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

RetroFighter2

Pilot a commandeered fighter craft to escape alien pursuers. Utilize wit and agility to overcome numerous, better-equipped enemies and evade recapture.

Highlights
  • Pilot a fighter craft
  • Escape alien pursuers
  • Engage in space combat
  • Utilize wit and agility
  • Evade recapture
Features
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You broke free of the alien holding cell and commandeered a fighter craft. You are out of the frying pan and now must escape the fire. The enemy are numerous and better-equipped, but you have your wit and agility. Will you adapt, overcome, and evade recapture?

Screenshots

Blue Attack!4 screens
RetroFighter24 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: RetroFighter2 at none against Blue Attack!'s 1. RetroFighter2 also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.8). Blue Attack!'s advantage is update cadence (every 4 months vs every 45 months). On price, ratings volume, 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. RetroFighter2 asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

RetroFighter2 holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 11 and 5 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Blue Attack! ships an update every 4 months, RetroFighter2 every 45 months. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Blue Attack! versus RetroFighter2: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBlue Attack!RetroFighter2
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (11 ratings)5.0 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews89.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings11 — better5
Update frequencyEvery 4 months — betterEvery 45 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS16.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB35 MB
Age rating9+12+
DeveloperCat in a Box SoftwareDerek Young

Customer experience

Blue Attack!

All ratings11 ratings
Positive90.9%
Neutral9.1%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews219 reviews
Positive89.5%
Neutral6.4%
Negative4.1%

RetroFighter2

All ratings5 ratings
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

RetroFighter2

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Blue Attack!

One-time1
  • Infinite Mode$0.99
None

RetroFighter2

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Blue Attack! free?
Blue Attack! is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is RetroFighter2 free?
RetroFighter2 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Blue Attack! or RetroFighter2?
RetroFighter2 is rated higher. Blue Attack! averages 4.8 out of 5 from 11 ratings, while RetroFighter2 averages 5.0 from 5 ratings.
Do Blue Attack! or RetroFighter2 have ads?
Neither Blue Attack! nor RetroFighter2 shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Blue Attack! or RetroFighter2?
Blue Attack! ships an update every 4 months, and RetroFighter2 every 45 months. Most recently, Blue Attack! was updated on October 7, 2026 and RetroFighter2 on October 5, 2026.

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