Voxel Invaders vs Space Defender
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Voxel Invaders
Engage in a retro arcade space shooter experience with voxel graphics. Navigate through asteroid fields, collect power-ups, and battle waves of alien invaders and bosses across 24 levels. Enjoy intuitive one-finger controls and original vintage sound effects.
- Retro voxel graphics
- 24 levels with over 140 stages
- Dozens of alien invaders and bosses
- 9 different weapons
- Intuitive single-finger control
- 3D OpenGL based graphics
- Original vintage sound effects
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Voxel Invaders is a space shooter powered by true retro voxel graphics Fight again waves of invaders in a pure arcade space shooter. A refresh of the old school arcade space shooters, with invaders made of voxels. Control is ultra simple, just move the spaceship in space with one finger, and auto-fire on the invaders. Collect power-up to obtain new weapons and lives, make your way through asteroid fields and collect power-up that suddenly switches to a 3D space mode. Features include: - Full free version (with ads) - 24 levels containing more than 140 stages - dozens of different alien invaders including big bosses - 9 different weapons - various gameplay depending on the levels - 3 levels of difficulties - intuitive single-finger control - 3D OpenGL based voxel graphics - original vintage sound effects and electro soundtracks
Space Defender
Engage in an addictive space combat experience with vibrant pixel art. Navigate through challenging waves and aim for the highest score to protect the galaxy. This game offers endless replayability and fun.
- Endless gameplay
- Challenging and fun
- Pixel art animations
- 24 different waves
- Hi-score competition
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Space Defender - Ultimate A fun and very addictive Space Defender game with amazing pixel art animations. - Endless Gameplay - Challenging and fun Game - Pixel art - 24 different Waves Try to beat the hi-score and save the Space! Have fun :)
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Space Defender at 4.8 against Voxel Invaders's 3.9. Space Defender also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and review sentiment (100% vs 77%). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Space Defender holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 14 and 6 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 77% of Voxel Invaders's written reviews are positive against 100% of Space Defender's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 13 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Voxel Invaders | Space Defender |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (14 ratings) | 4.8 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 77.3% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 14 — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Every 13 months | Every 13 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Noctua Software Ltd | ilan TETRUASHVILI |
Customer experience
Voxel Invaders
Space Defender
In-app purchases
Voxel Invaders
No in-app purchases
Space Defender
No in-app purchases
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