Crazy Darts vs Dart Defense
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Crazy Darts
Engage in zany balloon-busting action with this arcade-style game. Drag and fling darts with elastic action to pop endless balloons, compete on global leaderboards, and enjoy stunning graphics. It's a free, fun way to pass the time.
- Elastic dart-flinging action
- Endless balloon-busting gameplay
- Global Game Center leaderboards
- High-resolution graphics and sound
- Arcade-style action
Read full descriptionHide full description
•• #1 Overall App in Several App Stores Across the Globe! •• Ready, aim, fire! Crazy Darts is back from the top of the pops and ready for more with all new graphics and tons of new features! Drag darts down with extra awesome elastic action and send them flying face first into an endless blitz of balloons! This rockin' arcade-style action game is sure to please gamers everywhere. Just relax and casually burst your boredom or shred oldschool, competing on a global scale with Game Center leader boards! Don't be fooled by these slick little darts, they pack a mean punch! Use your cunning to burst through tons of crazy cool patterns in clever and creative ways with the pull-back springy fling-y tossing mechanism! Crazy darts now works on iPads, iPhone, and iPod touches, with stunning high-rez graphics and sound. Best of all, it's still free!
Dart Defense
Tap to launch darts and pop a barrage of balloons. Utilize power-ups and special effects to clear levels. Compete in a challenging mode with 50 levels and aim for high scores.
- Tap to fire darts
- Pop special balloons for power-ups
- Challenge Mode with 50 levels
- High score tracking
- Fun power-ups and special effects
Read full descriptionHide full description
Fast, fun, and exciting! Tap the screen to fire darts at the incoming balloons. Pop special balloons to power up and knock out balloons with cool special effects! But aim carefully... you don't want to run out of darts because those balloons come falling in like a birthday party! Challenge Mode: Put your skills to the test by completing different goals while popping balloons to advance through each level. Each level gets faster and tougher, so you need to bring your A Game! Can you complete all 50 challenges? See how long you can go! Challenge your friends to beat your high score! Game features: -Free to play! -Simple tap control -Fun power ups and special effects -Challenge Mode with 50 levels! -High score, accuracy, and balloon pop tallies
Screenshots
Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Dart Defense at 5.0 against Crazy Darts's 4.1. Dart Defense also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 74%). Crazy Darts's advantage is ratings volume (36 vs 4) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 12.0). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Crazy Darts sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Dart Defense sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Dart Defense holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Crazy Darts has 36 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 74% of Crazy Darts's written reviews are positive against 100% of Dart Defense's.
Crazy Darts ships an update every 7 months, Dart Defense every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Crazy Darts | Dart Defense |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (36 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 73.9% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 36 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Every 4 months — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 19 MB | 17 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Froggy Studios | Aaron Hall |
Customer experience
Crazy Darts
Dart Defense
Bugs and requests
Crazy Darts
Reported bugs
4 issues- Ads interrupt gameplay
- Game crashes
- Ad came up then blacked out
- Advertisement is pretty poorly placed
Requested features
4 requests- Add more levels
- Increase difficulty
- Add different backgrounds
- Update for new iOS devices
Dart Defense
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Crazy Darts
- Ad-Free Version$0.99
Dart Defense
- Disable Ads$0.99
