Comparison

Wind Up Robots vs Blow Them Up 3D

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Wind Up Robots

Defend a boy's dreamscape from nightmares by strategically deploying unique robot defenders. Upgrade your robots, utilize powerful super weapons, and battle a variety of creepy enemies across numerous levels in this engaging base defense game.

Highlights
  • Unique robot defenders
  • Creepy enemy variety
  • 28 challenging levels
  • Dynamic upgrade system
  • Powerful super weapons
  • Robot personalization
Features
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Critics are LOVING Wind Up Robots! * Named 'Gaming App of The Day' on Kotaku * Featured here four times and counting! * Nominated "Game of The Week" on TouchArcade From giant B-Movie robots, iron giants and beeping droids, robots captivate our hearts. Part imaginary friend part tin man they fill our dreams. For Zach though they stand between peaceful slumber and the nightmares that have haunted him since his birth. Enter the world of Wind Up Robots where the battlefield is the dreamscape of a boy with a powerful destiny. "It’s downright fun and engaging, and it certainly doesn’t lack in the challenge department." "...a base defense game with a fantastic story, loads of polish, an awesome upgrade system, and great gameplay. " "Soma Games has done an incredibly good job." "Wind Up Robots is remarkably deep." Recent Enhancements: * Much improved controls * Better level balancing * Integrated range indicators. Features: * 7 totally unique robots defenders including sniper, healer and SAM launcher. * 12 increasingly creepy enemies to blow back to the darkness. * 28 levels from kids play to legendary brawls! * Dynamic upgrade system to make powerful robots even stringer, faster, more devastating to those dastardly creatures. * Powerful super weapons to back you up when robots slip. * Special costumes to personalize your robots and get ready for the upcoming Wind Up Theatre... Help keep the monsters at bay. Explore Zachs world in a fully 3 dimensional world. Choose your robots to battle an onslaught of monsters from cow spawning alien ships to Beaver toothed t-rexes. Don't miss out! Wind Up Robots will delight and wonder kids both young and old. Wind Up Robots is only compatible with iOS 5 devices.

About

Blow Them Up 3D

Unleash your inner superhero by wielding syringes to inflate and explode enemies. Master your magic finger to defeat all bad guys and become the ultimate force master. Time your throws perfectly to avoid getting caught and revel in the crowd's applause.

Highlights
  • Inflate and explode enemies with syringes
  • Master your magic finger
  • Defeat all bad guys
  • Timed syringe throws
  • Superhero force master gameplay
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Hey super hero! Ready to blow them up with your syringes? Show the bad guys your super powers, you are a force master that will knock em all with just a move with your magic finger! You are an elemental master that throws syringes into the enemies to inflate and explode them! Knock all the bad guys that will appear in front of you with your powers like a super hero and make the crowd clap for you! Don't let the bad guys get you, use your magic finger to throw the syringes on time and blow them up! A super hero or a force master? It's your choice to show em that you are the best! To opt out of CrazyLabs sales of personal information as a California resident, please visit the settings page within this app. For more information visit our privacy policy: https://crazylabs.com/app

Screenshots

Wind Up Robots4 screens
Blow Them Up 3D4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Blow Them Up 3D at 70% against Wind Up Robots's 34%. Blow Them Up 3D also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 4) and ratings volume (32K vs 6). Wind Up Robots's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and rating (4.8 vs 4.6). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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

Both are free to download. Wind Up Robots sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Blow Them Up 3D asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Wind Up Robots holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Blow Them Up 3D has 32K ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 34% of Wind Up Robots's written reviews are positive against 70% of Blow Them Up 3D's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Wind Up Robots ships an update every 5 weeks, Blow Them Up 3D every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Wind Up Robots versus Blow Them Up 3D: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWind Up RobotsBlow Them Up 3D
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (6 ratings) — better4.6 (32K ratings)
Positive reviews34.2% of reviews69.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings632K — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksEvery 10 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better12.0
Further details — not scored
Size348 MB173 MB
Age rating9+12+
DeveloperSoma GamesCoco Play

Customer experience

Wind Up Robots

All ratings6 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews38 reviews
Positive34.2%
Neutral10.5%
Negative55.3%

Blow Them Up 3D

All ratings29,634 ratings
Positive91.1%
Neutral4.3%
Negative4.6%
Written reviews99 reviews
Positive69.7%
Neutral9.1%
Negative21.2%

Bugs and requests

Wind Up Robots

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Blow Them Up 3D

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Random flying and extra hands glitch
  • Delayed enemy response

Requested features

3 requests
  • More level variety
  • Ability to disable ads
  • Improved enemy AI

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Wind Up Robots

One-time4
  • 1,000 coins$0.99
  • 2,500 Coin Pack$1.99
  • 5,000 Coins$3.99
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  • 20,000 Coins$12.99
None

Blow Them Up 3D

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Wind Up Robots free?
Wind Up Robots is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Blow Them Up 3D free?
Blow Them Up 3D is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Wind Up Robots or Blow Them Up 3D?
Wind Up Robots is rated higher. Wind Up Robots averages 4.8 out of 5 from 6 ratings, while Blow Them Up 3D averages 4.6 from 32K ratings.
Do Wind Up Robots or Blow Them Up 3D have ads?
Blow Them Up 3D shows ads; Wind Up Robots does not.
Which is updated more often, Wind Up Robots or Blow Them Up 3D?
Wind Up Robots ships an update every 5 weeks, and Blow Them Up 3D every 10 days. Most recently, Wind Up Robots was updated on October 20, 2026 and Blow Them Up 3D on October 29, 2026.

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