Blue Attack! vs Brass Reckoning
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
Brass Reckoning
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Brass Reckoning is a premium steampunk twin-stick shooter built for fast runs, explosive weapons, and pure mechanical mayhem. Blast through industrial zones packed with rust-bots, cogwork sentries, boiler hounds, snipers, bruisers, and worse. Collect cogs, unearth deadlier weapons, outlast escalating waves, and push toward a final showdown with Baron Vulcanus von Kessel. Every run is a fight for momentum. Swap weapons on the fly, watch your health, dodge what you can't outgun, and clear each zone before the factory overwhelms you. Features: - Fast, twitchy twin-stick combat - Steampunk enemies, bosses, and industrial ruin - Multiple weapons, each with a distinct fire style - A boss finale against Baron Vulcanus von Kessel - Cogs, loot, upgrades, and run stats - Overpressure mode — unlocked after your first victory - No ads. No accounts. No tracking. Buy once. Play offline. Survive the reckoning.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Blue Attack! at Free against Brass Reckoning's $3.99. Blue Attack! also leads on iOS requirement (16.0 vs 26.5). Brass Reckoning's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1). On 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
Blue Attack! is free to download; Brass Reckoning costs $3.99 up front. Blue Attack! sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Brass Reckoning asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Blue Attack! | Brass Reckoning |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $3.99 |
| Rating | 4.8 (10 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 89.5% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 10 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 26.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 103 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Cat in a Box Software | Frankie Ross |
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
Brass Reckoning
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Blue Attack!
- Infinite Mode$0.99
Brass Reckoning
No in-app purchases
Questions
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