Comparison

Doodle Army vs Void Drifter

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Doodle Army

Engage in an endless shooting adventure against waves of enemies. Utilize a vast arsenal of over 40 weapons and play as more than 40 unlockable characters across multiple battle zones. The game features a tutorial and auto-saving to guide your progress.

Highlights
  • Endless shooting gameplay
  • Over 40 weapons
  • Over 40 unlockable characters
  • Multiple battle zones
  • In-game tutorial
  • Checkpoint auto-saving
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The Doodle Army™ wants you! Enlist today and cut down wave after wave of enemies in this endless shooting adventure! Hear the sweet screams of your victims as you strafe them with submachine gun fire or explode them with grenades and roast their remains with the flamethrower. The in game tutorial and Drill Sergeant will guide you through the basics in Boot Camp. Soon you will be on your way to creating your very own heaping piles of bloodied baddies. See how far you can go before the enemy overwhelms you! -Employ over 40 different weapons including: pistols, submachine guns, sniper rifles, shotguns, grenade launchers,assault rifles, chainsaws, lasers, grenades, and the dreaded flamethrower -Play as one of over 40 unlock-able characters in one of over six battle zones. -Two control styles available. -Continue your progress with checkpoint auto saving. THANK YOU: Thank you to the users for your support and feedback.

About

Void Drifter

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One thumb. One ship. One hundred sectors of hostile void. VOID DRIFTER is a neon space survivor: drag anywhere to fly and your ship fires on its own. Release your thumb and time dilates while you drift — thread the swarm, line up the next move. EVERY RUN MAKES YOU STRONGER Enemies drop energy shards. Shards become level-ups. Level-ups become builds: split cannons, piercing rounds, orbital drones, tractor fields. Max out a matching pair and it EVOLVES — the Nova Lance that carves the whole screen, the Plasma Storm that detonates around you, the Drone Swarm, the Aegis Field. Every 30 seconds you are meaner than you were. A CAMPAIGN WITH A BOTTOM The void is 100 sectors deep, split into ten biomes — the Crimson Nebula, the Verdant Drift, Cobalt Deep, all the way down to The Singularity. Every tenth sector is guarded by a named warden. Kill it, and choose: extract with your haul, or push deeper and risk it all. Greed is a strategy. So is dying. BREACH. REFIT. REDEPLOY. Breaching a gate saves your exact build as a checkpoint — deploy straight back to the frontier next run. Spend salvage in the hangar on 25 levels of permanent ship systems and new hulls. The campaign fuels the hangar; the hangar cracks the campaign. HONEST BY DESIGN • No ads. None. • No consumables, no currencies to buy, no energy timers. • Sectors 1–20 free forever. One single purchase unlocks the full campaign. • Offline from takeoff — no account, no tracking, nothing collected. • Haptics, reduced-effects mode, and one-handed play built in. Runs are 10–15 minutes. Sessions end when you say so — pause anytime, abandon a run and keep most of your haul. The void will be here. How deep will you drift?

Screenshots

Doodle Army4 screens
Void Drifter4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Void Drifter at Free against Doodle Army's $1.99. Doodle Army's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and chart position (#88 vs unranked). On update cadence and ads 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

Void Drifter is free to download; Doodle Army costs $1.99 up front. Void Drifter sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Doodle Army asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Doodle Army ships an update monthly, Void Drifter fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
Doodle Army versus Void Drifter: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDoodle ArmyVoid Drifter
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating4.5 (1.5K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews84.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1.5K — better—
Update frequencyMonthlyFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
Best chart rank#88 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS11.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size227 MB62 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperChad TownsThomas Lynghøj

Bugs and requests

Doodle Army

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Sound not working in missions
  • Boss battle scores not recording
  • Game Center integration not functioning
  • Compatibility issues with newer iOS versions

Requested features

6 requests
  • Update for iOS 11 and newer devices
  • Add more levels and maps
  • Implement multiplayer mode
  • Add character customization options
  • Improve vehicle controls
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  • Introduce new gameplay modes (e.g., zombie survival)

Void Drifter

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Doodle Army

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Void Drifter

One-time1
  • Full Campaign$4.99

Questions

Is Doodle Army free?
Doodle Army costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Void Drifter free?
Void Drifter is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Doodle Army or Void Drifter have ads?
Neither Doodle Army nor Void Drifter shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Doodle Army or Void Drifter?
Doodle Army ships an update monthly, and Void Drifter fortnightly. Most recently, Doodle Army was updated on October 29, 2026 and Void Drifter on October 22, 2026.

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