Comparison

Disasteroids vs Disasteroids 3D

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

Disasteroids 3D

Experience a classic arcade shooter reborn with stunning 3D graphics, particle effects, and explosions. Pilot an awesome ship through asteroid fields with authentic on-screen controls or an MFi controller. This open-source title is completely free to play.

Highlights
  • 3D meteors and explosions
  • Cool lighting and particle effects
  • Authentic on-screen arcade controls
  • Optional MFi controller support
  • Open-source code available
  • Classic freeware gameplay
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Disasteroids 3D is back! Originally released in 2000 for the PC, this freeware classic is now back for your iPhone and iPad. And yeah, it's still free. It's got wicked 3D meteors, cool lighting effects, original sounds, an awesome 3D ship, beautiful particle effects and radical explosions. Play using authentic on-screen arcade controls or with an optional MFi controller. Did we mention it's also open source? For those of you who want to get under the hood, we've got you covered there too. The original game was highly praised by defunct websites everywhere: “...very nice Open-GL 3D graphix and lighting/particle effects. Very cool looking explosions!” – Home of the Underdogs “Disasteroids 3D is based on OpenGL which gives the game awesome realistic graphics and sounds effects that blows your mind away!” GameHippo.com “Bottom Line: It’s simple and fun and easy to install...and hey, the darn thing is free!” – jedistorm IceCubed.com “The first thing that strikes you when you run Disasteroids 3D are the graphics. They are absolutely marvelous.” FreewareGaming.com “Compared to both the original and all of its clones, Disasteroids 3D includes well-designed spaceships and realistic asteroids. You’ll also enjoy flame and explosion effects.” RocketDownload.com “Disasteroids 3D is a terrific freeware version of the classic...” SoftPile.com What are you waiting for? Get the app and start blasting!

Screenshots

Disasteroids4 screens
Disasteroids 3D3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Disasteroids 3D at none against Disasteroids's 1. Disasteroids 3D also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.8) and device support (5 vs 2). Disasteroids's advantage is ratings volume (30 vs 2). On price 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Disasteroids sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Disasteroids 3D asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Disasteroids 3D holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Disasteroids has 30 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Disasteroids versus Disasteroids 3D: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDisasteroidsDisasteroids 3D
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (30 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings30 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 52 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac, Apple TV — better
Requires iOS17.612.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size115 MB11 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperKaolin FireTom Kidd

Customer experience

Disasteroids

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

Disasteroids 3D

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Disasteroids

One-time1
  • No Ads$0.99
None

Disasteroids 3D

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Disasteroids free?
Disasteroids is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Disasteroids 3D free?
Disasteroids 3D is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Disasteroids or Disasteroids 3D?
Disasteroids 3D is rated higher. Disasteroids averages 4.8 out of 5 from 30 ratings, while Disasteroids 3D averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Disasteroids or Disasteroids 3D have ads?
Neither Disasteroids nor Disasteroids 3D shows ads.

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