Blue Attack! vs RetroFighter2
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
RetroFighter2
Pilot a commandeered fighter craft to escape alien pursuers. Utilize wit and agility to overcome numerous, better-equipped enemies and evade recapture.
- Pilot a fighter craft
- Escape alien pursuers
- Engage in space combat
- Utilize wit and agility
- Evade recapture
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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?
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Verdict
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
Both are free to download. Blue Attack! sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. RetroFighter2 asks for nothing beyond the download.
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.
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.
| Parameter | Blue Attack! | RetroFighter2 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (11 ratings) | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 89.5% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 11 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months — better | Every 45 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 35 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Cat in a Box Software | Derek Young |
Customer experience
Blue Attack!
RetroFighter2
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
Blue Attack!
- Infinite Mode$0.99
RetroFighter2
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Blue Attack! free?
Is RetroFighter2 free?
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