Comparison

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.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

About

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.

Highlights
  • Animated answers
  • Witty responses
  • Decision-making aid
  • Humorous interface
  • Instant predictions
Features
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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.

Screenshots

METEORIC4 screens
Dusty’s Magic 8 Ball4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

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.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
METEORIC versus Dusty’s Magic 8 Ball: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMETEORICDusty’s Magic 8 Ball
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings)5.0 (16 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings316 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 5 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS16.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size82 MB35 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperMark MangieriDustin Rodriguez

Customer experience

METEORIC

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Dusty’s Magic 8 Ball

All ratings16 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews14 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

METEORIC

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$0.99
1 purchases

Dusty’s Magic 8 Ball

One-time1
  • Custom Magic 8 Ball Skin$0.99

Questions

Is METEORIC free?
METEORIC is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Dusty’s Magic 8 Ball free?
Dusty’s Magic 8 Ball is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, METEORIC or Dusty’s Magic 8 Ball?
METEORIC and Dusty’s Magic 8 Ball are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 3 and 16 ratings respectively.
Do METEORIC or Dusty’s Magic 8 Ball have ads?
METEORIC shows ads; Dusty’s Magic 8 Ball does not.
Which is updated more often, METEORIC or Dusty’s Magic 8 Ball?
METEORIC ships an update every 2 weeks, and Dusty’s Magic 8 Ball every 5 days. Most recently, METEORIC was updated on October 19, 2026 and Dusty’s Magic 8 Ball on October 10, 2026.

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