Comparison

Blunder Boats vs Asteroid Emperor

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

Head to head
About

Blunder Boats

Features
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Explore procedurally generated islands, destroy enemy ships and forts, upgrade your ship, capture and control the most forts!

About

Asteroid Emperor

Embark on a fast-paced roguelike shooter adventure across nine distinct worlds. Discover powerful upgrades and challenging levels in a unique pixel-art space environment. Become the strongest in this indie game inspired by classic space combat.

Highlights
  • Roguelike gameplay
  • Nine unique worlds
  • Powerful upgrades
  • Pixel-art graphics
  • Fast-paced combat
  • Interesting levels
Features
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Rise up and fight through 9 unique worlds to take your rightful place as the strongest in this fast paced, asteroid filled, rogue-like shooter. Unique pixel-art, powerful upgrades and loads of interesting levels await you in this Faster Than Light inspired indie game.

Screenshots

Blunder Boats3 screens
Asteroid Emperor4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Blunder Boats at none against Asteroid Emperor's 1. Blunder Boats also leads on ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). Asteroid Emperor's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 9 months). On price 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

Both are free to download. Asteroid Emperor sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Blunder Boats asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Blunder Boats ships an update every 9 months, Asteroid Emperor weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 5 level
Blunder Boats versus Asteroid Emperor: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBlunder BoatsAsteroid Emperor
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequencyEvery 9 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size150 MB47 MB
Age rating9+12+
DeveloperMax BuchholzJacob Alexander Beaumont

In-app purchases

None

Blunder Boats

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Asteroid Emperor

One-time1
  • Premium (Remove Ads)$3.99

Questions

Is Blunder Boats free?
Blunder Boats is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Asteroid Emperor free?
Asteroid Emperor is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Blunder Boats or Asteroid Emperor have ads?
Asteroid Emperor shows ads; Blunder Boats does not.
Which is updated more often, Blunder Boats or Asteroid Emperor?
Blunder Boats ships an update every 9 months, and Asteroid Emperor weekly. Most recently, Blunder Boats was updated on October 27, 2026 and Asteroid Emperor on October 21, 2026.

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