Comparison

Tractor Beam vs Velocispider

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

Velocispider

Pilot a unique spider-velociraptor hybrid in this retro arcade shooter. Defend your endangered eggs from an evil robot seafood corporation's aquatic army. Enjoy pixel art, chiptune music, and power-ups.

Highlights
  • Unique spider-velociraptor protagonist
  • Retro pixel art graphics
  • Chiptune soundtrack
  • Power-ups
  • Game Center leaderboards and achievements
  • Smooth tilt controls
Features
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Part Spider, Part Velociraptor, it's Velocispider!!! Take control of a heavily armed araknasaur in this retro arcade shoot-em-up. Your delicious endangered eggs have attracted the taste buds of the evil CEO of the Robot Seafood Corporation. He will stop at nothing to feast on your eggs, defend them from his relentless army of aquatic robot beasts. IGN: "The best dinosaur spider cyborg game ever created." Touch Arcade: "Velocispider is a ton of fun. The game is gorgeous, in a pixel art and chiptune sort of way. The art is full of character, and that character is super ridiculous. I can't decide if I love the drop sharks (manta rays?) or the bomber whales more." Games Radar: "It's a simple arcade-like shooter, but Velocispider's sharp aesthetics and approachable play mechanics make for a stellar iOS experience that's an easy recommendation on both iPad and iPhone." In your arsenal:- Awesome power ups Game Center leaderboards Sweet pixel art Thumping tunes Smooth tilt controls Game Center achievements Retina & Universal app support

Screenshots

Tractor Beam3 screens
Velocispider4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Tractor Beam at none against Velocispider's 1. Tractor Beam also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.8) and price ($0.99 vs $2.99). Velocispider's advantage is review sentiment (92% vs 82%). On ratings volume, update cadence, ads and monetization model 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 Velocispider $2.99 up front. Velocispider sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Tractor Beam asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Tractor Beam holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 14 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 82% of Tractor Beam's written reviews are positive against 92% of Velocispider's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tractor Beam ships an update every 6 months, Velocispider every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Tractor Beam versus Velocispider: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTractor BeamVelocispider
Price$0.99 — better$2.99
Rating5.0 (6 ratings) — better4.8 (14 ratings)
Positive reviews82.0% of reviews91.6% of reviews — better
Number of ratings614 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsEvery 3 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS9.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB7 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperManufacturing ContentRetro Dreamer

Customer experience

Tractor Beam

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

Velocispider

All ratings14 ratings
Positive92.9%
Neutral7.1%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews155 reviews
Positive91.6%
Neutral5.2%
Negative3.2%

Bugs and requests

Tractor Beam

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Velocispider

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Game freezes on level completion
  • Incompatibility with certain devices

Requested features

3 requests
  • More levels and game modes
  • Touch control option
  • Cloud save/sync progress

In-app purchases

None

Tractor Beam

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Velocispider

One-time1
  • Unlock all available levels$0.99

Questions

Is Tractor Beam free?
Tractor Beam costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Velocispider free?
Velocispider costs $2.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Tractor Beam or Velocispider?
Tractor Beam is rated higher. Tractor Beam averages 5.0 out of 5 from 6 ratings, while Velocispider averages 4.8 from 14 ratings.
Do Tractor Beam or Velocispider have ads?
Neither Tractor Beam nor Velocispider shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Tractor Beam or Velocispider?
Tractor Beam ships an update every 6 months, and Velocispider every 3 months. Most recently, Tractor Beam was updated on November 6, 2026 and Velocispider on November 1, 2026.

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