Comparison

Disasteroids vs Planetoids Deluxe

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

Head to head
About

Disasteroids

Pilot a ship through swarms of incoming asteroids using device tilt for navigation and tapping to destroy them. Earn achievements and challenge friends, all while enjoying engaging visuals and sound.

Highlights
  • Tilt-based asteroid dodging
  • Tap-to-destroy mechanic
  • Achievement system
  • Game Center challenges
  • Visually appealing graphics
  • Engaging sound effects
Features
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You don't shoot the asteroids. You touch them. Tilt your device and your little ship drifts — really drifts, with the weight and momentum of the arcade original. Then you reach into the swarm with a finger and rocks burst under your touch. It is a strange and lovely feeling, and it gets its hooks in fast. Lean away from a rock closing on your left. Pop it. Pop the two pieces it becomes. Keep the chain alive and your multiplier climbs; miss and it's gone. Somewhere out in the dark a saucer notices you and starts making its way over. Push far enough and the sky fills up: splinters everywhere, a saucer's shots crossing the field, your ship sliding through a gap you're not sure was there. That's the good part. Game Center leaderboards and a pile of achievements, including one you're not going to find by accident. Built for iPhone and iPad, edge to edge, with the moody hum of deep space behind it.

About

Planetoids Deluxe

Experience a classic arcade shooter with glowing vector graphics and a parallax background. Blast asteroids, UFOs, and space mines while collecting power-ups to survive increasingly challenging waves. Can you achieve a high score in this retro-inspired space combat game?

Highlights
  • Vector graphics
  • Parallax background
  • Shoot asteroids, UFOs, and space mines
  • Collect power-ups
  • Increasing difficulty
  • Extra life every 10,000 points
Features
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A classic asteroids game with vector graphics. Inspired by the coin-op arcade games from the 80's, this game features a parallax background and glowing vector graphics that float on top for a pseudo 3D effect. To play you must stay alive by shooting asteroids, ufos, and space mines. The number of asteroids will increase as the game progresses, and the ufos will get smarter, and the space mines will start appearing sooner. Power up your shields and guns by collecting power-ups from destroyed asteroids. How long can you survive the deadly asteroid field?

Screenshots

Disasteroids4 screens
Planetoids Deluxe3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Disasteroids at 100% against Planetoids Deluxe's 67%. Disasteroids also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.3) and ratings volume (30 vs 6). Planetoids Deluxe's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 52 months) and monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Disasteroids sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Planetoids Deluxe sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Disasteroids holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Disasteroids has 30 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Disasteroids's written reviews are positive against 67% of Planetoids Deluxe's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Disasteroids ships an update every 52 months, Planetoids Deluxe fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on August 23, 2026 and September 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Disasteroids versus Planetoids Deluxe: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDisasteroidsPlanetoids Deluxe
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (30 ratings) — better4.3 (6 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better66.7% of reviews
Number of ratings30 — better6
Update frequencyEvery 52 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better
Requires iOS17.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size115 MB176 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperKaolin FireThomas Kollmeier

Customer experience

Disasteroids

All ratings30 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews27 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Planetoids Deluxe

All ratings6 ratings
Positive83.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative16.7%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral16.7%
Negative16.7%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Disasteroids

One-time1
  • No Ads$0.99
2 purchases

Planetoids Deluxe

One-time2
  • +100 Tokens$0.99
  • No Ads$2.99

Questions

Is Disasteroids free?
Disasteroids is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Planetoids Deluxe free?
Planetoids Deluxe is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Disasteroids or Planetoids Deluxe?
Disasteroids is rated higher. Disasteroids averages 4.8 out of 5 from 30 ratings, while Planetoids Deluxe averages 4.3 from 6 ratings.
Do Disasteroids or Planetoids Deluxe have ads?
Neither Disasteroids nor Planetoids Deluxe shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Disasteroids or Planetoids Deluxe?
Disasteroids ships an update every 52 months, and Planetoids Deluxe fortnightly. Most recently, Disasteroids was updated on August 23, 2026 and Planetoids Deluxe on September 17, 2026.

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