Comparison

Tractor Beam vs TriBlaster

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
Read full description

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

TriBlaster

Engage in an old-school vector-style arcade shooter. Navigate an unknown dimension, blast enemies, and strive for the highest scores across 100 challenging levels. Unlock achievements and compete on leaderboards.

Highlights
  • Old school vector style graphics
  • 100 challenging levels
  • Beam weapon with resource gathering
  • Shot speed and smart bomb power-ups
  • Jump back mechanic to avoid enemies
  • Game Center achievements and leaderboards
Read full description

Shoot enemies, survive, gain lives and achieve the highest scores possible all in an old school vector style game. START! Control the TriBlaster in an unknown dimension and bring down your foes The goal is to survive and achieve high scores. LEVEL COMPLETE! Retro-games were never easy, and this ain't changing. Go go go! There are 100 levels waiting for you! ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED! Completing levels isn't enough when you're a hardcore player, and what you need is more challenge, right? Some of them achievements are hard to find. GAME OVER! The good old "Game Over" screen, can't live without it. Features: - 60 fps on latest devices... the smoother the better! - Start new game where you left off / records your best per level. - Beam weapon based on how many resources you gather - Shot speed power up - Smart bomb weapon - Jump back in space to avoid enemies - 100 levels - Game Center achievements & Leaderboards

Screenshots

Tractor Beam3 screens
TriBlaster4 screens

Verdict

The call

Tractor Beam and TriBlaster both sit at 5.0 stars, but that hides the real split: 82% of Tractor Beam's written reviews are positive against 53% of TriBlaster's. Tractor Beam also leads on update cadence (every 6 months vs every 15 months) and price ($0.99 vs $2.99). On rating, ads, 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

Tractor Beam costs $0.99 and TriBlaster $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Tractor Beam against 5.0 for TriBlaster. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 2 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 82% of Tractor Beam's written reviews are positive against 53% of TriBlaster's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tractor Beam ships an update every 6 months, TriBlaster every 15 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Tractor Beam versus TriBlaster: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTractor BeamTriBlaster
Price$0.99 — better$2.99
Rating5.0 (6 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews82.0% of reviews — better53.1% of reviews
Number of ratings6 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 6 months — betterEvery 15 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS9.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB104 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperManufacturing ContentoeFun, Inc.

Customer experience

Tractor Beam

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

TriBlaster

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews32 reviews
Positive53.1%
Neutral9.4%
Negative37.5%

In-app purchases

None

Tractor Beam

No in-app purchases

None

TriBlaster

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Tractor Beam free?
Tractor Beam costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is TriBlaster free?
TriBlaster costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Tractor Beam or TriBlaster?
Tractor Beam and TriBlaster are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 6 and 2 ratings respectively.
Do Tractor Beam or TriBlaster have ads?
Neither Tractor Beam nor TriBlaster shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Tractor Beam or TriBlaster?
Tractor Beam ships an update every 6 months, and TriBlaster every 15 months. Most recently, Tractor Beam was updated on October 24, 2026 and TriBlaster on October 23, 2026.

Other comparisons