Airplane Duel vs TorpedoRun
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Airplane Duel
Engage in thrilling 2-player air combat with intuitive controls and realistic flight physics. Shoot down balloons or your opponent's aircraft to score points and win the match. Choose between single-player training or multiplayer duels.
- 2-player air combat
- Easy controls
- Realistic flight physics
- Balloon and opponent shooting
- Single-player training mode
- Multiplayer duels via Game Center
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Airplane Duel is a 2 player air combat game with easy controls and flight physics! Shoot down the balloon or your opponent's plane! How to Play: Choose Training (Singleplayer) or Duel (Multiplayer). Dual mode will setup a connection via Game Center with a second iPad, iPhone or iPod touch. - Press the FIRE Button to take off. - Use the ARROW Buttons to head nose up and down. - Be careful: If you climb too fast, you'll stall! - The game is over when one plane scores 15 points.
TorpedoRun
Pilot a submarine and launch torpedoes to sink enemy vessels. Defend against depth charges with your canon and strategically deploy mines. Manage escaping ships to avoid game over in this intense naval combat experience.
- Launch torpedoes to sink enemy ships
- Destroy incoming depth charges with canon
- Deploy mines for strategic attacks
- Real-time 3D graphics
- Rank system to become Grand Admiral
- Health drops for submarine repair
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Take control of a surfaced submarine and use your Tigerfish torpedoes to sink the enemy ships. Just touch screen to launch torpedoes in the direction of your finger. Watch out for incoming depth charges and use your canon to destroy them before they hit your sub. Enemy ships can fire either single shots or devastating barrages, watch out for the destroyer as it can fire staccato Barrages. Mines! Every ten seconds you can launch a mine, up to 6 mines can be in theatre in one go. Be Careful not to destroy your own mines with torpedoes! Don't let too many ships escape otherwise its game over! The game starts off with just one enemy ship but soon builds into an all our fight for survival. Try not to let the depth charges get to close otherwise the explosions can temporarily blind you. Use your torpedoes carefully, hit fast moving ships first to slow them down, then finish them off at your leisure. Features of TorpedoRun:- * Realtime 3d graphics * 4 types of enemy ships, Super Destroyer,Destroyer, Frigate and PT boat (Mayhem Mode available by in-app purchase includes friendly ships and Aircraft) * Particle effects * Mines!! Deploy mines to sink those pesky ships. * Health Drops, call for a health drop, make sure you shoot the crate for your health recharge. * Local High-score table or Game Centre support * Rank system, rise to the rank of Grand Admiral of the fleet. * iCade compatible * iControlPad (ICP) compatible * Works in all orientations on all IOS devices * iPad2 & 3,4, Air include realtime lighting. Note Mayhem & Retro mode only available by in-app purchase
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: TorpedoRun at 4.0 against Airplane Duel's 3.0. TorpedoRun also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 7 months) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 18.0). Airplane Duel's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and review sentiment (62% vs 53%). On 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
Airplane Duel costs $1.99 and TorpedoRun $2.99 up front. TorpedoRun sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Airplane Duel asks for nothing beyond the download.
TorpedoRun holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 2 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 62% of Airplane Duel's written reviews are positive against 53% of TorpedoRun's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Airplane Duel ships an update every 7 months, TorpedoRun every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Airplane Duel | TorpedoRun |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 — better | $2.99 |
| Rating | 3.0 (2 ratings) | 4.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 61.5% of reviews — better | 52.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 8.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 28 MB | 151 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | caweb.de | QED Gaming PTY. Ltd |
Customer experience
Airplane Duel
TorpedoRun
In-app purchases
Airplane Duel
No in-app purchases
TorpedoRun
- Mayhem Mode$1.99
- Retro Game Mode$1.99
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