Comparison

Tractor Beam vs Blast Rush

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

Blast Rush

Experience an action-packed shooter where unlimited bombs are your primary weapon. Blast through waves of enemies and escape overwhelming situations with screen-clearing explosives. Enjoy intense levels, diverse ships, and retro-style graphics.

Highlights
  • Unlimited screen-clearing explosives
  • 40 intense levels
  • Randomized onslaught survival mode
  • Three distinct fighter ships
  • Three distinct bomb types
  • One-thumb control
  • Share gameplay and scores
Features
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Ever played a shooter game and wanted more bombs to escape tight spots? Blast Rush gives you as many as you want... and more! The core of the enemy mothership is destroyed and reinforcements are approaching fast, but your guns are overheated and weak. You can't shoot your way out, but you can BLAST your way out! Feel empowered with unlimited screen-clearing explosives, then take on increasingly complex waves of enemy drones and RUSH to victory! • Fly through 40 intense levels or survive a randomized onslaught • Three distinct fighter ships and bomb types • One-thumb control keeps you blasting • Share your gameplay and scores • Screamin' 16-bit-style graphics and sound

Screenshots

Tractor Beam3 screens
Blast Rush4 screens

Verdict

The call

Tractor Beam and Blast Rush both sit at 5.0 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Blast Rush's written reviews are positive against 82% of Tractor Beam's. Blast Rush also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 6 months) and ratings volume (64 vs 6). Tractor Beam's advantage is price ($0.99 vs $2.99) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 12.0). On rating, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Tractor Beam costs $0.99 and Blast Rush $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Tractor Beam against 5.0 for Blast Rush. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Blast Rush has 64 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 82% of Tractor Beam's written reviews are positive against 100% of Blast Rush's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tractor Beam ships an update every 6 months, Blast Rush every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Tractor Beam versus Blast Rush: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTractor BeamBlast Rush
Price$0.99 — better$2.99
Rating5.0 (6 ratings)5.0 (64 ratings)
Positive reviews82.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings664 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS9.0 — better12.0
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB222 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperManufacturing ContentBipedal Dog

Customer experience

Tractor Beam

All ratings6 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews61 reviews
Positive82.0%
Neutral9.8%
Negative8.2%

Blast Rush

All ratings64 ratings
Positive98.4%
Neutral1.6%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews21 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Tractor Beam

No in-app purchases

None

Blast Rush

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Tractor Beam free?
Tractor Beam costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Blast Rush free?
Blast Rush costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Tractor Beam or Blast Rush?
Tractor Beam and Blast Rush are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 6 and 64 ratings respectively.
Do Tractor Beam or Blast Rush have ads?
Neither Tractor Beam nor Blast Rush shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Tractor Beam or Blast Rush?
Tractor Beam ships an update every 6 months, and Blast Rush every 2 months. Most recently, Tractor Beam was updated on October 7, 2026 and Blast Rush on October 15, 2026.

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