Operation wow HD vs Switchy Sides
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Operation wow HD
Experience a legendary multi-touch shooter where your mission continues across six thrilling levels. Utilize unique finger-based firing mechanics and trigger massive chain explosions to overcome exciting battles. Compete with others through Game Center challenges and online scores.
- Multi-touch firing mechanics
- Six distinct mission levels
- Interactive chain explosions
- Three difficulty levels
- Game Center integration
- HD optimized graphics
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Enjoy the first multi-touch shooter! 25 years later your mission continues. Are your fingers up for fight? ★ LEGENDARY GAME WITH A UNIQUE GAMEPLAY! Operation Wow challenges you to complete six enthralling missions, but this time you'll need to use your fingers fast enough to get through exciting battles that will keep you glued to your iPhone. ★ AMAZING MULTITOUCH FIRE! Forget about the boring machine gun! Now you have the exclusive multi-touch fire that allows you to kill your enemies using several fingers at a time. ★ MASSIVE EXPLOSIONS! Interact with items that appear on the screen to cause massive chain explosions. ★ NO TIME FOR BORING: ✓ History mode with 6 different levels: Base camp, Jungle, Warehouse, Village, Rescue and Airport. ✓ Three difficulty levels. ✓ Game Center with challenges and online scores. Fight to be the best. ✓ Graphics and explosions optimized to look great on the iPAD HD display ✓ 2 Minigames and 2 new endless mode available in the Extended pack. ★ FANS & CRITICS AGREE: OPERATION WOW FOR iOS IS AMAZING GAME… ✓ TOUCH ARCADE: "Operation Wow has been lovingly crafted in the vein of Operation Wolf .... Operation Wow takes advantage of multitouch allowing you to shoot up to 10 bullets simultaneously (or possibly more, I ran out of fingers to test with)." ✓ APPLE: Featured as "New and Noteworthy” and “What’s hot” in several countries. ✓ THE IPHONE APP REVIEW: "I’ve played loads of different games on the iPhone, including hugely popular titles like Angry Birds, Legends and many more, but nothing I have played so far is so much fun from the moment" (5/5). Suggestions? problems? email us to support@ivanovichgames.com and we will be happy to answer you.
Switchy Sides
Test your reflexes and accuracy in this fast-paced avoidance game. Tap to switch sides and dodge obstacles, collecting stars to unlock new characters. With challenging levels and an endless mode, you might find yourself hopelessly addicted.
- Tap to switch sides
- Avoid obstacles
- Collect stars
- Unlock special characters
- 52 challenging levels
- Endless play mode
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Switchy Sides is an easy to learn fast paced game about reflexes, avoidance and accuracy. Watch out or you may get hopelessly addicted. Download now if you dare. How to Play > Tap your screen to switch from side to side > Avoid all obstacles in your path > Collect stars to unlock special characters Features - Fun and addictive gameplay - Easy to learn - 52 challenging levels - Endless play mode - Custom groovy soundtrack Stay Connected Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tastypill Twitter: https://twitter.com/tastypillgames Support: support@tastypill.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Operation wow HD at 87% against Switchy Sides's 61%. Operation wow HD also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 5 weeks) and iOS requirement (3.2 vs 6.0). Switchy Sides's advantage is rating (4.3 vs 4.0) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, ratings volume, 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. Operation wow HD sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and Switchy Sides sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Switchy Sides holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 62 and 61 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 87% of Operation wow HD's written reviews are positive against 61% of Switchy Sides's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Operation wow HD ships an update fortnightly, Switchy Sides every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Operation wow HD | Switchy Sides |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (62 ratings) | 4.3 (61 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 87.3% of reviews — better | 61.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 62 — better | 61 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 5 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 3.2 — better | 6.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 31 MB | 59 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ivanovich Games | tastypill |
Customer experience
Operation wow HD
Switchy Sides
Bugs and requests
Operation wow HD
Reported bugs
3 issues- Crashes on launch
- In-app purchases not working
- Endless mode not functioning
Requested features
4 requests- More levels and content
- Ability to upgrade weapons
- Multiplayer mode
- Improved graphics and visuals
Switchy Sides
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Operation wow HD
- Infinite Retry$0.99
- Extended pack$1.99
Switchy Sides
- Remove Ads$1.99
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