Comparison

Tractor Beam vs Flip Switcher

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

Flip Switcher

Features
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* Raise your score - Collect scores randomly generated on the floor. - Each time you collect a score, the color of you changes.. * Avoid the lines. - Avoid the moving lines. - If your is the same color as the line, you will not be detected. * Clear the stages - Achieve the target score of each stage. - Get a high score. You can easily reach the target score. - Challenge new stages with varying difficulty levels.

Screenshots

Tractor Beam3 screens
Flip Switcher4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Flip Switcher at Free against Tractor Beam's $0.99. Flip Switcher also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 6 months). Tractor Beam's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 11.0). On 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

Flip Switcher 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, Flip Switcher every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Tractor Beam versus Flip Switcher: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTractor BeamFlip Switcher
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (6 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews82.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings6 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS9.0 — better11.0
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB42 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperManufacturing ContentKAEGUREE

In-app purchases

None

Tractor Beam

No in-app purchases

None

Flip Switcher

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Tractor Beam free?
Tractor Beam costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Flip Switcher free?
Flip Switcher is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Tractor Beam or Flip Switcher have ads?
Flip Switcher shows ads; Tractor Beam does not.
Which is updated more often, Tractor Beam or Flip Switcher?
Tractor Beam ships an update every 6 months, and Flip Switcher every 2 weeks. Most recently, Tractor Beam was updated on October 16, 2026 and Flip Switcher on October 3, 2026.

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