Final Guard vs I.F.O
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Final Guard
Engage in a retro-style shooter defending Earth from alien invaders. Pilot robot planes, equip various weapons, and team up with a friend for two-player action.
- Retro shooting gameplay
- Robot cop heroes
- Ride robot form battle planes
- Multiple weapon options
- Defend Earth from aliens
- Two-player support on iPad
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Final Guard is a classic retro shooting game. The Heroes are robot cops and Ride the Robot Form Battle planes, Armed with many different Weapons and Options. to defend the Earth from the Outer space alien Invader. *Support two players in ipad
I.F.O
Pilot a classic aircraft to shoot down UFOs and rescue kidnapped animals. Power up your plane with mysterious alien energy and utilize unique weapons and items. Engage in a high-score focused weapon mode to prove your mastery.
- Simple left/right rotation controls
- Dash maneuver
- Alien power-ups
- Weapon and item collection
- Life recovery
- Weapon-only high score mode
- iMessage stickers
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I.F.O is an old school LCD-style shoot'em up game. You have to shoot UFOs using a classic aircraft and save the animals which kidnapped by the aliens. Let's save the Earth from the aliens! You are the last hero of the world. *Very simple controls - You can rotate aircraft by left & right buttons. and you can dash by pushing both buttons together. That's all. *The mysterious alien power - If you kidnap an alien, your classic airplane gets power up by the mysterious alien power. *Unique weapon & item - You can change weapon while saving the animals kidnapped by the aliens. And you can recover your life at the same time. Depends on the kind of animal, you can earn a heart piece which make your maximum life larger. *iMessage stickers - When you install this application, I.F.O sticker is added to "iMessage". - v1.6 Updated - *Weapon mode - This is a mode where you aim for high scores only with your favorite weapon. I am number one with this weapon only! Total Battery is Gon Lee - Code, Art and Title BGM is OTOnoniwa In game BGM is Skipmore
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: I.F.O at 97% against Final Guard's 50%. I.F.O also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.5) and in-app purchases (none vs 8). Final Guard's advantage is price (Free vs $2.99). On ratings volume, update cadence 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
Final Guard is free to download; I.F.O costs $2.99 up front. Final Guard sells 8 one-off in-app purchases. I.F.O asks for nothing beyond the download.
I.F.O holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 6 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Final Guard's written reviews are positive against 97% of I.F.O's.
Final Guard ships an update every 4 months, I.F.O every 2 months. Both last shipped on October 13, 2026.
| Parameter | Final Guard | I.F.O |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $2.99 |
| Rating | 4.5 (8 ratings) | 5.0 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 97.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 8 — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 18 MB | 69 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Tang Cho man | gon lee |
Customer experience
Final Guard
I.F.O
In-app purchases
Final Guard
- Stage 2 Unlock$0.99
- Stage 3 Unlock$0.99
- Stage 4 Unlock$0.99
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- 10 credits$0.99
- Stage 5 Unlock$1.99
- Stage 6 Unlock$1.99
- Unlock All Stages$1.99
- Stage 7 Unlock$2.99
I.F.O
No in-app purchases
