Comparison

MoonstruckMackerel vs TapTrap Balloon

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

Head to head
About

MoonstruckMackerel

Embark on a retro-style 2D platforming adventure as a walking mackerel. Explore diverse environments, from underwater realms to cloud caves, and battle invading robots. Strategically use water and air bullets to defeat different robot types and reach the moon.

Highlights
  • Retro-style 2D platforming
  • Horizontal and vertical scrolling
  • Amphibious walking mackerel protagonist
  • Water and air bullet mechanics
  • Diverse exploration environments
  • Infinite lives with attempt tracking
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Moonstruck Mackerel is a retro-style 2D platformer game with both horizontal and vertical scrolling. Play as an amphibious walking mackerel, and rid the kingdom of the invading robots! Explore underwater rooms, gardens, castles, and cloud caves. Fight your way from the ground to the sky, and reach the moon at the end of each level! Destroy the robot factory and save the kingdom! * Shoot water bullets on land, after being in the water. * Shoot air bullets in the water, after being on land. * Land and air robots cannot become wet. You can destroy them with water. * Underwater robots cannot leave the water. You can destroy them with air. * You regain a health point with either 10 gems or 1 large gem. * Strategically sacrifice a health point to save a bullet for later, then refuel with gems as soon as possible. * Strategically ration your bullets, and plan where to refuel air or water. * If you lose all your health points, you automatically teleport back to the start of the level, without losing progress. * You have infinite lives, but your number of attempts is incremented each time you restart a level, automatically or manually. * You can manually teleport to the start of a level without losing progress. This is useful when you don't want to backtrack from a dead end, or just as a fun way to escape the robots.

About

TapTrap Balloon

Features
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Simple to learn, impossible to master. Tap to fly your balloon through an endless field of cacti. How far can you go before you pop? - One-tap controls - Infinite levels – gets faster the further you get - Beat your high score and challenge your friends - Share your score and see who's best Warning: Highly addictive.

Screenshots

MoonstruckMackerel4 screens
TapTrap Balloon4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: MoonstruckMackerel at Free against TapTrap Balloon's $0.49. MoonstruckMackerel also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.1). On ads, in-app purchases 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

MoonstruckMackerel is free to download; TapTrap Balloon costs $0.49 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard2 real differences · 6 level
MoonstruckMackerel versus TapTrap Balloon: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMoonstruckMackerelTapTrap Balloon
PriceFree — better$0.49
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size169 MB31 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperDouglas Keith-NakamuraRorvasslia Invest AS

In-app purchases

None

MoonstruckMackerel

No in-app purchases

None

TapTrap Balloon

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is MoonstruckMackerel free?
MoonstruckMackerel is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is TapTrap Balloon free?
TapTrap Balloon costs $0.49, with no in-app purchases.
Do MoonstruckMackerel or TapTrap Balloon have ads?
Neither MoonstruckMackerel nor TapTrap Balloon shows ads.

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