Disasteroids vs Disasteroids 3D
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.
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.
- 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!
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Verdict
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
Both are free to download. Disasteroids sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Disasteroids 3D asks for nothing beyond the download.
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.
| Parameter | Disasteroids | Disasteroids 3D |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (30 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 30 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 52 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac, Apple TV — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 115 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kaolin Fire | Tom Kidd |
Customer experience
Disasteroids
Disasteroids 3D
In-app purchases
Disasteroids
- No Ads$0.99
Disasteroids 3D
No in-app purchases
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