Comparison

Flying Tank vs Notebook Artillery

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Flying Tank

Pilot a powerful tank to blast aliens and reclaim Earth in this action-packed horizontal shooter. Customize your tank with unique weapons and abilities, and face off against giant bosses across 24 missions. Enjoy offline play and local co-op with a friend.

Highlights
  • 24 action-packed missions
  • Tank customization with weapons and bombs
  • Unique tank special abilities
  • Over 30 upgrades including Bullet-Time and Drones
  • Local co-op multiplayer
  • Support for game controllers and keyboards
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Slay giant bosses, drop bombs from above and build an arsenal of fun, powerful weapons. Reclaim the stolen Earth in a rich action-packed horizontal shmup! • Embark on 24 missions • Three distinct factions and unique adversaries • Encounter 6 main bosses and 18+ boss fights • Customize your Tank with a variety of Weapons and Bombs • Each Tank comes with a unique special ability • Bullet-Time, Overdrive, Drones, and 30+ other Upgrades • Support for Bluetooth game controllers and keyboards • Team up with a friend for local co-op multiplayer • Premium content with a one-time purchase • The FREE version includes 8 missions • No ads, no microtransactions, offline CREDITS • Artwork by Zsolt Szabo • Sound design by Discofield • Original soundtrack by Kubatko

About

Notebook Artillery

Engage in strategic cannon combat with this arcade-simulation-action game. Adjust firing angle and powder to hit targets or opponents, accounting for wind and random stage layouts. Features hand-drawn art and multiple game modes.

Highlights
  • Adjust firing angle and powder
  • Account for wind and stage layouts
  • Solo target practice mode
  • CPU opponent
  • Local multiplayer vs mode
  • Hand-drawn game art
  • Unlockable stickers
Features
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Apple called it "sketchy — in a good way." Multiple-time Game of the Day in 80+ countries. Nintendo Force gave it 8.5/10. And it started as a doodle. Once upon a time in a middle school computer lab, a student ignored every assignment for an entire semester to fire cannons at a friend. That student grew up, spent 20 years making games professionally, and eventually decided the world needed a proper love letter to that wasted time. This is it. Notebook Artillery is a hand-drawn artillery game inspired by the classic Mac game that got confiscated off school computers everywhere. Set your angle. Load your powder. Fire. Account for the wind. Try not to hit your own tower. Play your way: Solo target practice — break floating targets across randomly generated stages VS CPU — take on a computer opponent Local multiplayer — challenge someone in the same room What makes it feel different: Every frame hand-drawn in Procreate — ruled lines, coil binding, pencil textures, the whole notebook aesthetic Trees splinter. Towers explode. Cannonballs collide mid-air. Wind changes everything. Read the flag. Use your shot trails. Unlock stickers by pulling off feats — first-shot eliminations, mid-air collisions, and yes, accidentally destroying your own tower Randomly generated stages mean no two games play the same Made by one person, with audio by Kevin Samuels and Switch/console ports by PolyCrunch Games. No AI tools were used in making this game. All art hand-drawn. Developed in GameMaker Studio.

Screenshots

Flying Tank4 screens
Notebook Artillery4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Flying Tank at Free against Notebook Artillery's $0.99. Flying Tank also leads on ads (none vs shown). Notebook Artillery's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 9) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 5 weeks). On rating, ratings volume, monetization model 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Flying Tank is free to download; Notebook Artillery costs $0.99 up front. Flying Tank sells 9 one-off in-app purchases. Notebook Artillery asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Flying Tank holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 384 and 149 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 72% of Flying Tank's written reviews are positive against 82% of Notebook Artillery's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Flying Tank ships an update every 5 weeks, Notebook Artillery every 2 weeks. Both last shipped on October 30, 2026.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Flying Tank versus Notebook Artillery: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFlying TankNotebook Artillery
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating4.7 (384 ratings) — better4.5 (149 ratings)
Positive reviews72.3% of reviews81.6% of reviews — better
Number of ratings384 — better149
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank—#66 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.412.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size176 MB115 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperDavid PeroutkaAustin Ivansmith

Customer experience

Flying Tank

All ratings381 ratings
Positive90.0%
Neutral3.7%
Negative6.3%
Written reviews213 reviews
Positive72.3%
Neutral8.9%
Negative18.8%

Notebook Artillery

All ratings148 ratings
Positive87.2%
Neutral6.8%
Negative6.1%
Written reviews87 reviews
Positive81.6%
Neutral10.3%
Negative8.0%

User reviews

Flying Tank

From 384 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Smooth performance
  • 🎨 Excellent graphics
  • 💰 Worth the purchase
  • 🛠️ Customizable ships
  • 🎮 Fun and simple gameplay

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Glitches with tank recovery
  • ⏱️ Repetitive tutorial
  • 🔫 Weapon overlap issues with controller
  • 🎮 Sluggish controls
  • 💰 Overpriced full game

Notebook Artillery

From 149 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Engaging gameplay
  • 👍 Charming hand-drawn visuals
  • 🎨 Creative twist on artillery games
  • 💡 Simple yet effective mechanics
  • 🕹️ Satisfying challenge of mastering angles and power

Room to improve

  • 🔁 Repetitive gameplay
  • 🤖 Erratic AI behavior
  • 🕹️ Controls could be improved for one-handed play
  • 🎨 Pixelated terrain graphics
  • 🕹️ Lacking difficulty settings or progression

Bugs and requests

Flying Tank

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • One tank refuses to recover despite full upgrades
  • Pilot messages become nonsensical during gameplay

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add official Backbone app support
  • Allow selling or removing purchased equipment
  • Make physical changes to ship design with upgrades
  • Add ability to toggle between main weapons using gamepad joystick
  • Implement Chinese language support

Notebook Artillery

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Crashes on iOS 12 and 13 on iPad Pro
  • Inconsistent animation speeds

Requested features

7 requests
  • Online multiplayer
  • Campaign mode with objectives
  • Weapon/tower upgrades
  • Customization options
  • Special game modes (speed run, boss battles, etc.)
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  • Ability to save and continue games
  • Detailed badge/achievement system

In-app purchases

9 purchases

Flying Tank

One-time9
  • Deluxe Edition (Upgrade)$3.99
  • Standard Edition$4.99
  • Deluxe Edition (Upgrade)$4.99
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  • Standard Edition$5.99
  • Deluxe Edition (Upgrade)$5.99
  • Deluxe Edition$7.99
  • Standard Edition$9.99
  • Deluxe Edition$9.99
  • Deluxe Edition$14.99
None

Notebook Artillery

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Flying Tank free?
Flying Tank is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Notebook Artillery free?
Notebook Artillery costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Flying Tank or Notebook Artillery?
Flying Tank is rated higher. Flying Tank averages 4.7 out of 5 from 384 ratings, while Notebook Artillery averages 4.5 from 149 ratings.
Do Flying Tank or Notebook Artillery have ads?
Notebook Artillery shows ads; Flying Tank does not.
Which is updated more often, Flying Tank or Notebook Artillery?
Flying Tank ships an update every 5 weeks, and Notebook Artillery every 2 weeks. Most recently, Flying Tank was updated on October 30, 2026 and Notebook Artillery on October 30, 2026.

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