Final Guard vs Core Crasher
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
Core Crasher
Defend your Crystal Core from waves of alien attackers using a powerful arm cannon. Enhance your weapon with energy and survive as long as possible in this action-arcade combat game.
- Arcade-style defense gameplay
- Defend Crystal Core
- Fight hoards of aliens
- Use powerful arm cannon
- Enhance weapon with energy
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Defend your Crystal Core from hoards of vicious aliens in Core Crasher, an exciting, arcade-style defense game. Use your powerful arm cannon to blow away foes coming from all sides in a game perfect for those who love action-arcade combat. - Use a powerful arm cannon to defeat foes - Fend off a hoard of hostile aliens - Enhance your weapon with crackling energy - Defend your Crystal Core as long as possible Core Crasher is waiting for you to join the defense and blast away your enemies.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Final Guard at 4.5 against Core Crasher's 3.6. Final Guard also leads on review sentiment (50% vs 33%) and update cadence (every 4 months vs every 9 months). Core Crasher's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 8) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.6). 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. Final Guard sells 8 one-off in-app purchases. Core Crasher asks for nothing beyond the download.
Final Guard holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 21 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Final Guard's written reviews are positive against 33% of Core Crasher's.
Final Guard ships an update every 4 months, Core Crasher every 9 months. The most recent releases landed on September 9, 2026 and June 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Final Guard | Core Crasher |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (8 ratings) — better | 3.6 (21 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better | 33.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 8 | 21 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months — better | Every 9 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 18 MB | 83 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Tang Cho man | Adknown Inc. |
Customer experience
Final Guard
Core Crasher
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
Core Crasher
No in-app purchases
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