FallDown! vs Tractor Beam
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
FallDown!
A fast-paced, addictive game where you tilt your device to guide a ball through falling holes. Avoid being crushed at the top and collect powerups to score points. It's a perfect game for quick bursts of entertainment.
- Tilt device to control ball
- Fall through holes
- Avoid crushing at the top
- Collect powerups
- Score points by surviving
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---------------------------- Reached top 5 free apps in US, UK, Germany, Canada, Sweden, and more! ---------------------------- "Falldown! is one of the most addictive games on the iPhone" - Mobile Computing Today (5/5) ---------------------------- "I could play it forever" - AppSafari (4.5/5) ---------------------------- FallDown! is a simple but fast-paced and addictive game. Just tilt your device to control the ball. Fall down through the holes and avoid getting squished at the top. Pick up powerups and score points by staying alive as long as possible. FallDown! is the perfect way to kill off a few spare minutes.
Tractor Beam
Pilot a ship through an asteroid field using only a tractor beam. Slingshot your vessel and use the beam to manipulate asteroids, creating a unique and challenging arcade experience. Enjoy dynamic music or play your own.
- Tractor beam mechanics
- Asteroid field navigation
- Multi-touch gameplay
- Procedurally generated music
- Portrait and landscape modes
- Three difficulty levels
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Your engines are down. Use your tractor beams to move. "Some of the most fun we've had with $0.99 on the iPhone and we still can't put it down" - Slide To Play Tractor beam is a powerfully simple and addictive arcade game inspired by the classics. Unarmed and out of fuel, to survive you must slingshot your ship through an asteroid field using only your tractor beam. But the beam will also send the asteroids on a collision course with your ship, making for a unique challenge as you press onward to earn points. Tractor Beam can be played in either portrait or landscape orientation, and multi-touch gameplay allows for more than one beam and complex strategies. The procedurally generated background music is never the same twice, or choose to listen to your own music from within the iPod application. - Classic arcade look and feel - Multi-touch gameplay - Three levels of difficulty - Dynamic music is created on-the-fly - Allows for music from other applications
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: FallDown! at Free against Tractor Beam's $0.99. FallDown! also leads on ratings volume (2K vs 6) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 6 months). Tractor Beam's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.3) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). On review sentiment, 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
FallDown! is free to download; Tractor Beam costs $0.99 up front. FallDown! sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Tractor Beam asks for nothing beyond the download.
Tractor Beam holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: FallDown! has 2K ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 84% of FallDown!'s written reviews are positive against 82% of Tractor Beam's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
FallDown! ships an update every 2 months, Tractor Beam every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | FallDown! | Tractor Beam |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $0.99 |
| Rating | 4.3 (2K ratings) | 5.0 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 83.7% of reviews — better | 82.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2K — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 6 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 5.1 — better | 9.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Hannes Jensen | Manufacturing Content |
Customer experience
FallDown!
Tractor Beam
Bugs and requests
FallDown!
Reported bugs
3 issues- Crashes on launch
- Unresponsive touch controls
- Scoring system issues after updates
Requested features
4 requests- Update to support latest iOS versions
- Add new game modes or levels
- Implement online leaderboards
- Allow customization of ball and background
Tractor Beam
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
FallDown!
- No ads$0.99
Tractor Beam
No in-app purchases
