Blue Attack! vs Rotating Duel
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
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.
- Energy management gameplay
- Gear and pellet rotation mechanics
- Bomb projectile attacks
- Local head-to-head multiplayer
- Online multiplayer via Game Center
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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.
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Verdict
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
Both are free to download. Blue Attack! sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Rotating Duel asks for nothing beyond the download.
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.
Blue Attack! ships an update every 4 months, Rotating Duel weekly. Both last shipped on October 23, 2026.
| Parameter | Blue Attack! | Rotating Duel |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (11 ratings) — better | 4.2 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 89.5% of reviews — better | 66.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 11 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 7.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Cat in a Box Software | Switt Kongdachalert |
Customer experience
Blue Attack!
Rotating Duel
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
Blue Attack!
- Infinite Mode$0.99
Rotating Duel
No in-app purchases
Questions
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