Disasteroids vs Planetoids Deluxe
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Tilt-based asteroid dodging
- Tap-to-destroy mechanic
- Achievement system
- Game Center challenges
- Visually appealing graphics
- Engaging sound effects
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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.
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?
- Vector graphics
- Parallax background
- Shoot asteroids, UFOs, and space mines
- Collect power-ups
- Increasing difficulty
- Extra life every 10,000 points
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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?
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Verdict
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
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.
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.
Disasteroids ships an update every 52 months, Planetoids Deluxe fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on August 23, 2026 and September 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Disasteroids | Planetoids Deluxe |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (30 ratings) — better | 4.3 (6 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 66.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 30 — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Every 52 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 115 MB | 176 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kaolin Fire | Thomas Kollmeier |
Customer experience
Disasteroids
Planetoids Deluxe
In-app purchases
Disasteroids
- No Ads$0.99
Planetoids Deluxe
- +100 Tokens$0.99
- No Ads$2.99
Questions
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