Final Guard vs the NIGHT SHIFT
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
the NIGHT SHIFT
Survive endless waves of giant, radioactive bugs after a nuclear event. Set bait to lure them in and shoot them out of the sky to protect the remaining crops.
- Bug hunting gameplay
- Wave-based survival
- Bait setting mechanics
- Shooting action
- Post-apocalyptic setting
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There was some Nuclear Event a few years ago. Now crops fail to grow, except for giant, radioactive berries. Oh, and bugs are huge now too. That's where the Hunters come in. Set bait to lure the bugs close enough, and then shoot them out of the sky. Survive the relentless waves of bugs for as many nights as you can.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: the NIGHT SHIFT at 100% against Final Guard's 50%. the NIGHT SHIFT also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 8) and ads (none vs shown). Final Guard's advantage is rating (4.5 vs 4.0) and ratings volume (8 vs 2). On price 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. Final Guard sells 8 one-off in-app purchases. the NIGHT SHIFT asks for nothing beyond the download.
Final Guard holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 2 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 50% of Final Guard's written reviews are positive against 100% of the NIGHT SHIFT's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
| Parameter | Final Guard | the NIGHT SHIFT |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (8 ratings) — better | 4.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 8 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | — |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 7.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 18 MB | 90 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Tang Cho man | Trevor Ryan |
Customer experience
Final Guard
the NIGHT SHIFT
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
the NIGHT SHIFT
No in-app purchases
Questions
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