Tractor Beam vs Phoenix Returns
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Tractor beam mechanics
- Asteroid field navigation
- Multi-touch gameplay
- Procedurally generated music
- Portrait and landscape modes
- Three difficulty levels
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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
Phoenix Returns
Experience an 80s arcade classic where you battle waves of bird-like aliens. Your mission is to defeat the ultimate Phoenix Mothership boss.
- Wave-based alien combat
- Retro 80s arcade style
- Boss battles
- Classic gameplay mechanics
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Fight waves of bird-like aliens to reach the final Phoenix Mothership boss in this 80s arcade classic.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Tractor Beam at 5.0 against Phoenix Returns's 3.5. Tractor Beam also leads on review sentiment (82% vs 40%) and ratings volume (6 vs 2). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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
Tractor Beam costs $0.99 and Phoenix Returns $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Tractor Beam holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 2 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 82% of Tractor Beam's written reviews are positive against 40% of Phoenix Returns's.
| Parameter | Tractor Beam | Phoenix Returns |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | $0.99 |
| Rating | 5.0 (6 ratings) — better | 3.5 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 82.0% of reviews — better | 40.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 6 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 10.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Manufacturing Content | Lazaros Dinakis |
Customer experience
Tractor Beam
Phoenix Returns
In-app purchases
Tractor Beam
No in-app purchases
Phoenix Returns
No in-app purchases
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