METEORIC vs Dusty’s Magic 8 Ball
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
METEORIC
Pilot a spaceship, blasting meteoroids and UFOs while avoiding collisions. Earn bonus ships for high scores and skillful play. Enjoy classic arcade action with modern touch controls or a Bluetooth controller.
- Spaceship control with touch joystick
- Blast meteoroids and UFOs
- Progressive difficulty levels
- Bonus ships for score and UFO destruction
- Persistent high score recording
- Optional Bluetooth controller support
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The playing field consists of your spaceship, floating meteoroids, and the occasional UFO taking shots at you. You control the spaceship to avoid collisions and to blast obstacles. You start with 3 spaceships. Bonus ships are awarded at progressive score thresholds, and for successfully destroying a UFO. When you start the game, your spaceship will be in the middle of the screen. Heading toward your ship will be anywhere from 4 to 6 large meteoroids. Your job is to blast those rocks. However, when you blast them, they break up into 2 medium rocks. Blasting a medium rock gives you 2 small rocks. In addition, you have to contend with random UFO attacks. FEATURES: - Touch controls: drag to steer and thrust, tap the right side of the screen to fire. - Optional Bluetooth game controller support (tested with wireless/BT Xbox controllers). - Smart Bomb: clear the screen of asteroids and the UFO in a pinch (limited charges per game). - Adjustable difficulty -- Easy, Normal, or Hard -- from the in-game Settings menu. - Bonus ships awarded for score thresholds met, and for destroying UFOs. - Persistent high score tracking, with the option to reset it anytime from Settings. - Optional Remove Ads purchase for an uninterrupted, ad-free experience. Enjoyed METEORIC? I also made DEFENDER REBORN, another classic arcade tribute, and ALIENSWARMS, an original 3D space combat game unlike anything else -- both available on the App Store.
Dusty’s Magic 8 Ball
This app provides humorous and animated answers to life's big and small questions. Get instant, witty responses to your dilemmas with a fun, engaging interface.
- Animated answers
- Witty responses
- Decision-making aid
- Humorous interface
- Instant predictions
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Dusty’s Magic 8 Ball 3.0 is a new app. We rebuilt it from the felt up. Full 3D. All-new design. A real ball you can drag, shake, and sit with — not a flat picture of one. Ask anything. Shake, flick, or tap. Watch the 8 think. Storm when it’s mad. Sparkle when it’s happy. Sleep when you leave it alone. This is the Magic 8 Ball we always wanted to make. A real 3D 8 Glass. Chrome. Ice. Gold. Felt. The void. Light moves on it. The room lives in the metal. Long-press if you want a Spirit Guide sitting behind it. All-new design Comic speech bubbles. A Closet instead of a settings dump. A new Ask button, new Stats, new onboarding. Everything matches. Make it yours • Wear a new 8 from the Collection • Paint the room — that’s the floor • Snow Globe — drop a photo in the glass and pick a frame • Answer Packs — spend Magic Points on Anime, 80s, 90s, Y2K, 2010s Swag, or 2020s Brain Rot • House Rules — change Yes Chance or Lock Chance and MP turns off. Play fair. • Boomer Mode if you want the classics Built with care No ads. No account. Nothing you ask leaves the phone. English and Spanish. One $0.99 unlock opens every ball, every floor, and Snow Globe — or just keep asking and earn it. Thank you for shaking it with us.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Dusty’s Magic 8 Ball at none against METEORIC's shown. Dusty’s Magic 8 Ball also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 2 weeks) and monetization model (free with in-app purchases vs paid). METEORIC's advantage is iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and in-app purchases 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. METEORIC sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Dusty’s Magic 8 Ball sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for METEORIC against 5.0 for Dusty’s Magic 8 Ball. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Dusty’s Magic 8 Ball has 16 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
METEORIC ships an update every 2 weeks, Dusty’s Magic 8 Ball every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | METEORIC | Dusty’s Magic 8 Ball |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (16 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 16 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 82 MB | 35 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Mark Mangieri | Dustin Rodriguez |
Customer experience
METEORIC
Dusty’s Magic 8 Ball
In-app purchases
METEORIC
- Remove Ads$0.99
Dusty’s Magic 8 Ball
- Custom Magic 8 Ball Skin$0.99
Questions
Is METEORIC free?
Is Dusty’s Magic 8 Ball free?
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