Comparison

Blue Attack! vs Rotating Duel

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

Rotating Duel

Engage in fast-paced tactical duels against friends. Manage your energy by rotating gears and collecting pellets, while strategically sending bombs to your opponent. Compete locally or online via Game Center.

Highlights
  • Energy management gameplay
  • Gear and pellet rotation mechanics
  • Bomb projectile attacks
  • Local head-to-head multiplayer
  • Online multiplayer via Game Center
Features
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Challenge your friends to a duel of speed and tactics. Keep your energy (as shown in the gauge) from running out. Whoever runs out of energy first loses! Rotate the large gear, and rotate the pellets on the gear around. Collect pellets of energy to regain energy. Send bombs flying to your opponent! Play with friends head-to-head offline with the Local mode, or send them invites on Game Center with Online mode. **When you have accepted the invite, just enter Online mode, the match will be started with your inviting friend as the opponent automatically.

Screenshots

Blue Attack!4 screens
Rotating Duel4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Blue Attack! at 4.8 against Rotating Duel's 4.2. Blue Attack! also leads on review sentiment (89% vs 67%). Rotating Duel's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (weekly vs every 4 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. Rotating Duel asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Blue Attack! holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 11 and 5 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 89% of Blue Attack!'s written reviews are positive against 67% of Rotating Duel's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Blue Attack! ships an update every 4 months, Rotating Duel weekly. Both last shipped on October 23, 2026.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Blue Attack! versus Rotating Duel: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBlue Attack!Rotating Duel
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (11 ratings) — better4.2 (5 ratings)
Positive reviews89.5% of reviews — better66.7% of reviews
Number of ratings11 — better5
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, MaciPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS16.07.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB5 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperCat in a Box SoftwareSwitt Kongdachalert

Customer experience

Blue Attack!

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

Rotating Duel

All ratings5 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral33.3%
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

Rotating Duel

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Blue Attack!

One-time1
  • Infinite Mode$0.99
None

Rotating Duel

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Blue Attack! free?
Blue Attack! is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Rotating Duel free?
Rotating Duel is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Blue Attack! or Rotating Duel?
Blue Attack! is rated higher. Blue Attack! averages 4.8 out of 5 from 11 ratings, while Rotating Duel averages 4.2 from 5 ratings.
Do Blue Attack! or Rotating Duel have ads?
Neither Blue Attack! nor Rotating Duel shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Blue Attack! or Rotating Duel?
Blue Attack! ships an update every 4 months, and Rotating Duel weekly. Most recently, Blue Attack! was updated on October 23, 2026 and Rotating Duel on October 23, 2026.

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