Comparison

Tractor Beam vs Ball and Blast

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Tractor beam mechanics
  • Asteroid field navigation
  • Multi-touch gameplay
  • Procedurally generated music
  • Portrait and landscape modes
  • Three difficulty levels
Features
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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

About

Ball and Blast

Features
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This ultra simple game that keeps you on your toes. Try to stay alive as long as possible! Tap the screen to neutralize the bomb for a short time and avoid hitting the ball with a mine! Otherwise - a blast! BOOM! Your actions should be quick, correct and confident. Simple and beautiful.

Screenshots

Tractor Beam3 screens
Ball and Blast4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Ball and Blast at Free against Tractor Beam's $0.99. Tractor Beam's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 6 months vs every 69 months). On in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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

Ball and Blast is free to download; Tractor Beam costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tractor Beam ships an update every 6 months, Ball and Blast every 69 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Tractor Beam versus Ball and Blast: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTractor BeamBall and Blast
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (6 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews82.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings6 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 months — betterEvery 69 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS9.08.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB69 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperManufacturing ContentRuslan Goncharenko

In-app purchases

None

Tractor Beam

No in-app purchases

None

Ball and Blast

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Tractor Beam free?
Tractor Beam costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Ball and Blast free?
Ball and Blast is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Tractor Beam or Ball and Blast have ads?
Ball and Blast shows ads; Tractor Beam does not.
Which is updated more often, Tractor Beam or Ball and Blast?
Tractor Beam ships an update every 6 months, and Ball and Blast every 69 months. Most recently, Tractor Beam was updated on October 24, 2026 and Ball and Blast on October 26, 2026.

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