Comparison

Disasteroids vs Skyfighter Arcade

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

Skyfighter Arcade

Engage in a classic top-down vertical scroller shooter. Outmaneuver enemies, blast them with powerful weapons, and upgrade your ship to survive increasingly difficult challenges. Execute combo attacks to escape tough situations.

Highlights
  • Classic top-down vertical scroller gameplay
  • Outmaneuver difficult enemies and obstacles
  • Powerful and unique weapon upgrades
  • Ship and weapon enhancement
  • Stunning combo attack execution
Features
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Skyfighter Arcade Shoot. Dodge. Upgrade. Repeat. Classic shoot-em-up with a twist! Skyfighter Arcade is the classic top-down shoot-em-up vertical scroller, with a twist. Outmaneuver increasingly difficult enemies and obstacles. Blast your enemies out of the sky with powerful and unique weapons. Upgrade your weapons and ship to make yourself more powerful. Execute stunning combo attacks to get yourself out of a bind. Skyfighter Arcade is simple but will keep you entertained and coming back for more. Can you survive just a little bit longer? Will your new upgrades get you through to new levels?

Screenshots

Disasteroids4 screens
Skyfighter Arcade4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Skyfighter Arcade at none against Disasteroids's 1. Skyfighter Arcade also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.8) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 17.6). Disasteroids's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (30 vs 5). On price, review sentiment and device support 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. Skyfighter Arcade asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Skyfighter Arcade 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 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Disasteroids versus Skyfighter Arcade: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDisasteroidsSkyfighter Arcade
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (30 ratings)5.0 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings30 — better5
Update frequencyEvery 52 months—
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.611.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size115 MB350 MB
Age rating9+9+
DeveloperKaolin FireTWO KINGS 22 LLC

Customer experience

Disasteroids

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

Skyfighter Arcade

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Disasteroids

One-time1
  • No Ads$0.99
None

Skyfighter Arcade

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Disasteroids free?
Disasteroids is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Skyfighter Arcade free?
Skyfighter Arcade is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Disasteroids or Skyfighter Arcade?
Skyfighter Arcade is rated higher. Disasteroids averages 4.8 out of 5 from 30 ratings, while Skyfighter Arcade averages 5.0 from 5 ratings.
Do Disasteroids or Skyfighter Arcade have ads?
Skyfighter Arcade shows ads; Disasteroids does not.

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