Comparison

Tractor Beam vs Space BlocKing

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

Space BlocKing

Features
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▶ A future where all Earth's space fleet is destroyed by a sudden alien invasion. You are the only surviving pilot of the last space fighter. ▶ Invaders are represented by blocks, and the number written on the block is the enemy's health. Destroy the blocks as quickly as possible while avoiding collisions with enemies! ▶ If you acquire an arrow-shaped item during battle, the attack direction changes and the ship's attack speed increases at the same time. ▶ Destroy different types of special blocks to gain power-ups, shield recovery, and other helpful effects. ▶ With the auto-save and resume function, you can continue playing at any time when the game is over. ▶ The most important thing is to survive for a long time and leave your name on the high score. Plunge into space wars right now and compete for scores with people around the world! ▶ Various updates are planned in the future.

Screenshots

Tractor Beam3 screens
Space BlocKing4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Space BlocKing at Free against Tractor Beam's $0.99. Space BlocKing also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 6 months). Tractor Beam's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.0). 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

Space BlocKing 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, Space BlocKing monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 19, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Tractor Beam versus Space BlocKing: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTractor BeamSpace BlocKing
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (6 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews82.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings6 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS9.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB87 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperManufacturing ContentQuantumBit . INC

In-app purchases

None

Tractor Beam

No in-app purchases

None

Space BlocKing

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Tractor Beam free?
Tractor Beam costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Space BlocKing free?
Space BlocKing is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Tractor Beam or Space BlocKing have ads?
Space BlocKing shows ads; Tractor Beam does not.
Which is updated more often, Tractor Beam or Space BlocKing?
Tractor Beam ships an update every 6 months, and Space BlocKing monthly. Most recently, Tractor Beam was updated on September 19, 2026 and Space BlocKing on September 22, 2026.

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