Comparison

Tractor Beam vs Bullet Time HD

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

Bullet Time HD

Embark on an epic action-adventure in a post-apocalyptic world. Engage in intense dual-stick combat, customize your character and gear, and battle mutated beasts. Team up with friends in online co-op or compete in thrilling deathmatch modes.

Highlights
  • Epic storyline with multiple campaigns
  • Extensive character and gear customization
  • Dual-stick action gameplay with boosts
  • 4-player online deathmatch
  • 3-player online co-op survival mode
  • In-game communities for player support
  • Character backup service
Features
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EPIC STORYLINE 3 massive Campaigns! HD CUSTOMIZATION Extensive Character & Gear customization and upgrade possibilities! AWESOME GAMEPLAY Epic dual-stick action with powerful boosts and powerups! 4-PLAYER DEATHMATCH Online WI-FI and 3G deathmatch multiplayer with up to four players! Own your friends and earn fantastic rewards. SURVIVAL MODE Online WI-FI and 3G co-op multiplayer with up to three players! Reach number 1 with your friends! IN-GAME COMMUNITIES Players helping players! --- They took all he had and left him for dead! In a vivid post-apocalyptic world you’ll join the engaging story of John Irish as he strives to reclaim his family from the cold grasp of a savage breed of mutated beasts. Welcome to the universe of Bullet Time – an epic action adventure story like no-other in the App Store! Play through multiple campaigns delving deeper into the story of Bullet Time or join the action online, as players take part in three-player co-op MULTIPLAYER against the vicious mutated hordes! Experience a large, living 3d-world with multiple quests and hidden secrets along the way. Retina and HD graphics optimized for iPad 2 & iPhone 4S. Survive a depraved, distant future where dangers lurk around every corner and only a few human survivors are living scattered throughout the wilderness. Customize your character uniquely and upgrade every weapon in extensive ways. Unleash the power of destructive boosts as the mutant armies attempt to take John Irish down. Compete with your friends to reach number one on the GameCenter leaderboards and unlock exquisite achievements deep within the world of Bullet Time! Backup your character from device to device through Bullet Times very own backup service located within the app. Fast & efficient gaming across all your iOS devices. Bullet Time is compatible with iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, iPod Touch 3, iPod Touch 4, iPad 1 & iPad2.

Screenshots

Tractor Beam3 screens
Bullet Time HD4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Bullet Time HD at Free against Tractor Beam's $0.99. Bullet Time HD also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 6 months) and ratings volume (777 vs 6). Tractor Beam's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.4) and in-app purchases (none vs 9). On ads 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

Bullet Time HD is free to download; Tractor Beam costs $0.99 up front. Bullet Time HD sells 9 one-off in-app purchases. 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 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Bullet Time HD has 777 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 82% of Tractor Beam's written reviews are positive against 92% of Bullet Time HD'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, Bullet Time HD fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
Tractor Beam versus Bullet Time HD: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTractor BeamBullet Time HD
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (6 ratings) — better4.4 (777 ratings)
Positive reviews82.0% of reviews92.1% of reviews — better
Number of ratings6777 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS9.04.3 — better
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB418 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperManufacturing ContentKiloo

Customer experience

Tractor Beam

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

Bullet Time HD

All ratings777 ratings
Positive85.7%
Neutral5.8%
Negative8.5%
Written reviews328 reviews
Positive92.1%
Neutral4.6%
Negative3.4%

Bugs and requests

Tractor Beam

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Bullet Time HD

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Game crashes when returning to main menu
  • Multiplayer games not found
  • Compatibility issues on newer devices

Requested features

4 requests
  • Update to support latest iOS versions
  • Add more maps and game modes
  • Improve matchmaking for multiplayer
  • Introduce new weapons and power-ups

In-app purchases

None

Tractor Beam

No in-app purchases

9 purchases

Bullet Time HD

One-time9
  • 10 Crystals$0.99
  • 10000 Silver$0.99
  • 55 Crystals$4.99
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  • 55.000 Silver$4.99
  • 125 Crystals$9.99
  • 130.000 Silver$9.99
  • 350 Crystals$24.99
  • 800 Crystals$49.99
  • 1750 Crystals$99.99

Questions

Is Tractor Beam free?
Tractor Beam costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Bullet Time HD free?
Bullet Time HD is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Tractor Beam or Bullet Time HD?
Tractor Beam is rated higher. Tractor Beam averages 5.0 out of 5 from 6 ratings, while Bullet Time HD averages 4.4 from 777 ratings.
Do Tractor Beam or Bullet Time HD have ads?
Neither Tractor Beam nor Bullet Time HD shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Tractor Beam or Bullet Time HD?
Tractor Beam ships an update every 6 months, and Bullet Time HD fortnightly. Most recently, Tractor Beam was updated on October 16, 2026 and Bullet Time HD on October 22, 2026.

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