Galaxy Defender vs Cyclo
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Galaxy Defender
Engage in fast-paced space combat to defend the galaxy from alien invaders. Blast through unlimited levels, improve your score, and master increasingly challenging gameplay. Enjoy vivid graphics and cool sound effects in this timeless arcade experience.
- Rapid fire laser combat
- Unlimited game levels
- Progressively harder gameplay
- 4 degrees of game difficulty
- Game Center enabled
- Full game statistics
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Defend the galaxy against alien invaders with a rapid fire laser while racking up points and advancing to unlimited levels! Have fun for hours blasting alien spaceships into oblivion as the game gets progressively harder to play... are you up for the challenge? NOW GAME CENTER ENABLED!!! - Easy to learn... Hard to master - 4 degrees of game difficulty - Unlimited game levels - Cool sound effects - Vivid graphics - Full game statistics - Rated for all ages DEVICE COMPATIBILITY: For all iPhone iPod touch and iPad devices running iOS 7.0 and above.
Cyclo
An endless sidescrolling game where players must rotate their character to dodge incoming blocks. The unique mechanic involves swapping rotation direction to swerve between obstacles, with increasing difficulty and unpredictable challenges.
- Endless sidescrolling gameplay
- Rotation-based dodging
- Unique block patterns
- Increasing difficulty challenges
- Unpredictable obstacle changes
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Cyclo is an endless sidescrolling game, where your one and only goal is to dodge the incoming blocks. But there's a twist: you can't move your character up and down! Instead, you must harness the power of rotation to swerve between obstacles. There is a unique trait to the incoming blocks: they never come in pairs. This means, with careful timing, you can swap your direction of rotation and swerve right between them! Watch out! At various points throughout the game, it will become more difficult to survive. Watch out for things like your character moving up and down, blocks increasing speed, or even blocks switching to different heights at the last second! ---------------------------------------- This game was first created for a WWDC student scholarship application, before being improved for launch on the App Store.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Galaxy Defender at none against Cyclo's 1. Galaxy Defender also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 32 months) and iOS requirement (7.0 vs 10.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. Cyclo sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Galaxy Defender asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Galaxy Defender against 5.0 for Cyclo. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.
Galaxy Defender ships an update fortnightly, Cyclo every 32 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Galaxy Defender | Cyclo |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 32 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 7.0 — better | 10.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 28 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Procypher Software Co. | Avery Vine |
Customer experience
Galaxy Defender
Cyclo
In-app purchases
Galaxy Defender
No in-app purchases
Cyclo
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