Comparison

Tractor Beam vs N

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

N

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An acid trip back to classic vector arcade action games with the unique bullet magnet mechanic. Dodge ruthless attacks, bend your projectile trajectory, destroy waves of enemies with the massive explosion chains. Die a lot! Then try again and get yourself to top of the leaderboards

Screenshots

Tractor Beam3 screens
N4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Tractor Beam at every 6 months against N's every 23 months. Tractor Beam also leads on price ($0.99 vs $4.99) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.0). On 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 N $4.99 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, N every 23 months. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Tractor Beam versus N: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTractor BeamN
Price$0.99 — better$4.99
Rating5.0 (6 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews82.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings6 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 months — betterEvery 23 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS9.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB56 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperManufacturing ContentGrigorii Makarov

In-app purchases

None

Tractor Beam

No in-app purchases

None

N

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Tractor Beam free?
Tractor Beam costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is N free?
N costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Tractor Beam or N have ads?
Neither Tractor Beam nor N shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Tractor Beam or N?
Tractor Beam ships an update every 6 months, and N every 23 months. Most recently, Tractor Beam was updated on October 16, 2026 and N on October 11, 2026.

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