Yellow Tank vs Vertex Core
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Yellow Tank
Pilot a tank to escape captivity by defeating enemies in a retro bullet-hell shooter. Utilize ricocheting rockets and bombs while dodging a barrage of projectiles.
- Retro bullet-hell gameplay
- Wall-bouncing rocket mechanics
- Destructive bomb detonation
- Projectile dodging
- Tank combat
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You are the Yellow Tank, enslaved by your enemies. Escape your imprisonment by destroying all your oppressors! Bounce rockets off walls, detonate destructive bombs, and dodge incoming projectiles in this retro-tanks-meets-bullet-hell shooter.
Vertex Core
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SWIPE. FIRE. SURVIVE THE TUBE. Vertex Core is a neon vector tube shooter built for one-thumb-fire, one-thumb-swipe mobile play. Spin around a glowing wireframe web, blast down everything crawling toward your rim, and chain kills into screen-clearing power. • PURE VECTOR STYLE - every line on screen is drawn in real time. No sprites, no textures. Just glowing neon against black. • SEVEN ENEMY TYPES - cartwheeling Tumblers, splitting Splitters, wall-climbing Impalers, lane-electrifying Conductors, swarming packs, and Hunters that shoot back. Learn them, or lose to them. • THREE POWER-UPS - a tube-clearing Plasma Bomb, piercing Laser Storm, and a time-bending Chrono Field. Bank them. Unleash them when it counts. • BOSS BATTLES EVERY 6 LEVELS - a colossal, ever-morphing Core Guardian descends from the sky. Armored. Evasive. Only vulnerable in the instant its core cracks open. Beat it and earn a wingman. • ENDLESS VARIETY - 10 tube shapes and 8 color schemes cycle independently, so the run never looks the same way twice. • CHASE THE LEADERBOARD - a local top-8 table, three-letter arcade name and all. No ads mid-run, no pay-to-win. Free through the first boss fight. Unlock the full run whenever you're ready to go further. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Yellow Tank at 14.0 against Vertex Core's 17.0. On price, update cadence, ads 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. Yellow Tank sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Vertex Core sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Yellow Tank ships an update every 3 days, Vertex Core daily. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Yellow Tank | Vertex Core |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days | Daily — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 102 MB | 132 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jonathan Denis | SPRUCE PROJECT, Y.K. |
In-app purchases
Yellow Tank
- Remove Ads$1.99
Vertex Core
- Vertex Core Full Version$2.99
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