Comparison

ZED vs Space Outpost

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

Head to head
About

ZED

Pilot a customizable combat vehicle to destroy hordes of zombies in this idle shooter. Upgrade your ride with deadly weapons and unlock unique skills to survive the apocalypse across diverse environments. It's a high-octane blend of action and strategic upgrades.

Highlights
  • Customize combat vehicles with weapons
  • Destroy endless waves of zombies and bosses
  • Upgrade weapons, vehicle, and armor
  • Explore diverse post-apocalyptic environments
  • Unlock unique skills and characters
  • Idle gameplay with active combat
Features
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ZED – Zombie Enemy Destruction Upgrade. Survive. Destroy. Rev up and mow down the undead. Customize your death machine, blast through waves of zombies, and survive the apocalypse. The world’s gone to rot, and the dead won’t stay down. You’re not a hero, you’re a weapon on wheels. In this post-apocalyptic game, you’ll upgrade a heavily modified vehicle, recruit a crew of shotgun-toting survivors, and blast your way through endless waves of the undead. Smash through hordes of zombies Upgrade your ride with deadly weapons Unlock unique skills and devastating firepower It’s you vs the apocalypse. Good luck. ZED is a high-octane 2D zombie survival shooter combining idle gameplay, explosive action, and deep upgrade systems. Crush zombies, collect loot, unlock new characters, and build the ultimate vehicle of destruction across snowfields, deserts, and apocalyptic cities. FEATURES DRIVE & DESTROY Race through zombie-infested lands in a fully customizable combat car. Add saws, cannons, flamethrowers, missile launchers, and more to tear through undead swarms. ZOMBIE MAYHEM Fight off endless waves of zombies, terrifying bosses, and bizarre creatures. Every run is packed with action, gore, and chaos. UPGRADE EVERYTHING Power up your weapons, vehicle, and armor. Unlock new characters, equip different gadgets, and evolve your zombie-killing machine with each level. DIVERSE DEAD ZONES From frozen wastelands to burning deserts—survive in beautifully illustrated post-apocalyptic environments, each packed with unique enemies and hazards. STUNNING VISUALS ZED features bold, stylized 2D graphics with smooth animations, flashy explosions, and over-the-top enemy designs. EASY TO START, HARD TO MASTER Intuitive controls, fast-paced combat, and satisfying progression make ZED a perfect game for casual sessions or long zombie-grinding marathons. HOW TO PLAY During the game, collect silver by destroying zombies. Use silver instantly to upgrade abilities like speed, fire rate, saw damage, and health regeneration—giving you a temporary boost to survive longer in that run. After the game ends, you earn gold based on your performance. Spend gold in the Garage for permanent upgrades, including stronger weapons, better armor, and vehicle enhancements. Each run makes you stronger. Upgrade smart, survive longer, and crush more zombies next time! Become the ultimate zombie destroyer. Upgrade your ride, unlock epic weapons, survive waves of enemies, and show the undead who rules the apocalypse. Download ZED – Zombie Enemy Destruction now and take the wheel in the most explosive idle shooter on mobile!

About

Space Outpost

Defend your outpost against relentless alien hordes in this sci-fi tower defense game. Strategically build and upgrade defensive towers, deploy mobile units, and utilize powerful orbital strikes to save the sun. Play offline and one-handed.

Highlights
  • Campaign across unique planets
  • Diverse tower and unit types
  • Mobile strike units and orbital powerups
  • Multiple enemy types and bosses
  • Classic and Sudden Death game modes
  • Offline and one-handed play
  • Unlockable towers, units, and powerups
Features
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Space Outpost is a hand-crafted sci-fi tower defense game, built for one-handed portrait play and fully playable offline. The sun is dying. Kyro is the only fuel that can keep it burning, and it is mined on the most hostile worlds in the system. You command the outpost that holds them. Hold the line, Commander. A growing roster of planets, an escalating bestiary, mobile strike units, and orbital powerups mean no two stands play the same. HOLD THE LINE • Battle across a campaign of unique planets, from the pale dust of Lunar Field to the black cliffs of the Obsidian Throne, with more worlds on the way. • Each world has its own terrain, lanes, and threats, ramping from Easy to Nightmare. • Clear milestone waves at 25, 50, 75, and 100 for escalating Kyro payloads, then hold out as long as you can in endless waves past 100. BUILD YOUR DEFENSE • Stack guns and support buildings: Laser, Plasma, Burst, Beam, and Nova towers, plus Barracks, Repair Bay, Refinery, Trading Post, Targeting Uplink, and Shield Pylon. • Upgrade every tower through multiple tiers. • Mine rock, raise walls, and lay mines to shape the kill zone. GO ON THE OFFENSIVE • Deploy mobile units that march out and fight: Troopers, Snipers, Rocket Troopers, and Medic Drones. • Call in single-use powerups: Meteor strikes, Orbital Strikes flown by your own ship, Fission Bombs, Supply drops, field Repair, Freeze, Overclock, Trooper Drops, and Energy Boosters that triple one turret's damage for thirty waves. KNOW YOUR ENEMY • Face Grunts, Runners, Brutes, swarming Mites, shielded Bulwarks, tower-diving Reavers, splitters, flyers, freeze-proof Wraiths, and self-healing Hive Crawlers. • Survive boss waves: Warlords, Warbringers, Titans, Colossus brood-carriers, and the flying Dreadnought capital ship. • Study every threat in the in-game Armory before it lands on your doorstep. TWO WAYS TO PLAY • Classic: repair your base between waves and dig in for the long haul. • Sudden Death: low base HP, no repairs. One leak ends the run. Higher Kyro payouts for the brave. SPEND KYRO, UNLOCK EVERYTHING • Earn Kyro by clearing milestone waves, then permanently unlock new towers, units, and powerups in the Armory. • Plays fully offline: no account, no internet required. • Designed for portrait, one-handed play. Hold the line. Every gram of Kyro buys the sun another day.

Screenshots

ZED4 screens
Space Outpost4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Space Outpost at none against ZED's 9. ZED's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. ZED sells 9 one-off in-app purchases. Space Outpost asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for ZED against 5.0 for Space Outpost. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
ZED versus Space Outpost: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterZEDSpace Outpost
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings12 — better
Update frequency—Daily
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size212 MB78 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperAppideaSteven Brown

Customer experience

ZED

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Space Outpost

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

9 purchases

ZED

One-time9
  • 300 Gems$1.99
  • Gold & Gem Chest$1.99
  • Permanent Speed Up 1.5X$3.99
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  • Permanent Speed Up 2X$5.99
  • 1100 Gems$6.99
  • Permanent Speed Up 3X$9.99
  • 2000 Gems$14.99
  • 9000 Gems$49.99
  • 20,000 Gems$109.99
None

Space Outpost

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ZED free?
ZED is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Space Outpost free?
Space Outpost is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, ZED or Space Outpost?
ZED and Space Outpost are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 2 ratings respectively.
Do ZED or Space Outpost have ads?
Both ZED and Space Outpost show ads.

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