Barrel Defender vs Pinvaders
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Barrel Defender
Defend your energy barrels from alien invaders in this retro arcade space shooter. Enjoy simple, intuitive controls and blast through waves of enemies with various weapons and challenging boss fights.
- Two game modes: endless and wave
- 25 alien-filled waves
- Variety of aliens and movement patterns
- Boss enemy battles
- Weapon power-ups
- Easy finger-slide controls
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Barrel Defender is an old school retro Arcade Shooter. Protect your Energy Barrels, collect extra weapons and blast away waves of aliens! Barrel Defender is easy to control. Your spacecraft follows the slide of your finger and is in 'auto shoot' mode. It is the ideal game for the casual player and retro fans. Enjoy blasting aliens... Features: - two game modes ( 'endless' and 'wave' mode ) - fight your way through 25 alien filled waves - tons of different aliens and movement pattern - fight boss enemies - collect extra weapons - beautiful space sci-fi environment - easy to control - quite easy, well known game play
Pinvaders
Experience a unique blend of classic pinball and arcade shooter gameplay. Control flippers to launch a ball and defeat invading aliens without a spaceship. Test your reflexes and aim to conquer the invaders.
- Pinball mechanics
- Invader combat
- Ball and flipper controls
- Addictive gameplay
- Retro arcade fusion
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Pinvaders is a very fun and addictive game. Its a combination of the old Pinball and Invaders games. Fight the Invaders without any spaceship. Use only a ball and the sticks to get them. Can you do it?
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Pinvaders at Free against Barrel Defender's $0.99. Pinvaders also leads on update cadence (every 15 months vs every 39 months). Barrel Defender's advantage is rating (4.0 vs 3.0). On ratings volume, ads, in-app purchases 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
Pinvaders is free to download; Barrel Defender costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Barrel Defender holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively.
Barrel Defender ships an update every 39 months, Pinvaders every 15 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Barrel Defender | Pinvaders |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.0 (1 ratings) — better | 3.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 39 months | Every 15 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 33 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Stefan Preuss | ilan TETRUASHVILI |
Customer experience
Barrel Defender
Pinvaders
In-app purchases
Barrel Defender
No in-app purchases
Pinvaders
No in-app purchases
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