Smash ► vs Space Buster X
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Smash ►
Engage in a classic brick-breaking experience with modern twists. Choose between Arcade Mode to chase high scores or Challenge Mode to progress through levels at your own pace. Upgrade power-ups in the shop to enhance your gameplay.
- Brick breaking gameplay
- Arcade Mode for high scores
- Challenge Mode for progression
- Power-up upgrades
- Stunning music and graphics
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Break the bricks! Discover the power of Smash today. Stunning music and stunning graphics for this new Arkanoid-like game. If you like brick breakers games, you will love Smash as it remains true to the best ones ever created while adding new bonuses and options. Smash sets a new standard of fun over any break out style game you’ve ever played! Indeed, you will have the choice between 2 amazing modes for 2 different experiences! If you want to work on being the best of the best by constantly beating your best score, try the Arcade Mode! You will also be able to play in Challenge Mode to progress over the packs and levels at your own pace. Blocked in your progress? Have a look around the shop and upgrade your power-ups! Download it today for free!
Space Buster X
Engage in a classic brick-breaking experience with daily challenges and a vast collection of pixel art levels. Rediscover retro arcade fun with unique gameplay, original sound effects, and a competitive online leaderboard.
- Daily new challenges
- 492 pixel art levels
- Online leaderboard
- Retro arcade atmosphere
- Original sound effects
- Power-ups and bonuses
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Play 3 new challenges of 3 levels in different worlds every day and fight to rise on the online leaderboard! The game contains 492 gorgeous pixel art levels, awesome music and sound effects! You thought you knew everything about Brick Breakers? Guess you don’t! With Space Buster X, Farting Ponies will really surprise you. Endowed with an irreproachable gameplay and a cleverly balanced level of difficulty, Space Buster X is still THE mobile bricks breaking game reference! Discover a visual world and original-retro sound effects, full of options and bonuses which will help you to get through the hardest levels. This game is different because of its creativity and the fun of rediscovering those retro arcade games. Relive the genuine atmosphere and charisma of the 1980s arcade games and everything that made them such great classics. Space Buster X will make you lose all track of time...
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Space Buster X at none against Smash ►'s 1. Space Buster X also leads on update cadence (every 9 days vs every 13 months) and rating (4.5 vs 4.3). Smash ►'s advantage is review sentiment (76% vs 53%) and iOS requirement (8.4 vs 11.0). On price, ratings volume, ads 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
Both are free to download. Smash ► sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Space Buster X asks for nothing beyond the download.
Space Buster X holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 29 and 25 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 76% of Smash ►'s written reviews are positive against 53% of Space Buster X's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Smash ► ships an update every 13 months, Space Buster X every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Smash ► | Space Buster X |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (29 ratings) | 4.5 (25 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 75.8% of reviews — better | 53.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 29 — better | 25 |
| Update frequency | Every 13 months | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.4 — better | 11.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 70 MB | 33 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Magma Mobile | Sylvain Nowe |
Customer experience
Smash ►
Space Buster X
In-app purchases
Smash ►
- Remove Ads$1.99
Space Buster X
No in-app purchases
Questions
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