Comparison

Neon Wings vs Exploding Brain

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

Head to head
About

Neon Wings

Pilot a customizable aircraft, strategically choosing skills to enhance its capabilities. Engage in challenging battles against formidable bosses, aiming to build the ultimate flying machine.

Highlights
  • Skill selection
  • Aircraft customization
  • Boss battles
  • Strategic gameplay
  • Plane building
Features
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Carefully select your skills, build the strongest plane and defeat bosses!

About

Exploding Brain

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Exploding Brain is a fast, tactile flow-state game about keeping an overheating mental machine under control. Manage pressure, heat, balance, and scrambled words at the same time as the system gets faster, louder, and harder to hold together. Each instrument is simple on its own. The challenge is staying calm when everything starts demanding your attention at once. Features: - One-handed multitasking gameplay - Analog-inspired pressure, heat, and balance instruments - Fast scrambled word challenges - Dynamic difficulty that ramps as you survive - Game Center leaderboards - Haptics and reactive sound effects - No ads, accounts, or backend services How long can you stay in flow before your brain explodes?

Screenshots

Neon Wings4 screens
Exploding Brain4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Exploding Brain at none against Neon Wings's 16. Exploding Brain also leads on ads (none vs shown). Neon Wings's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price 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. Neon Wings sells 16 one-off in-app purchases. Exploding Brain asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Neon Wings versus Exploding Brain: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNeon WingsExploding Brain
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (6.4K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews15.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings6.4K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 days—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size554 MB10 MB
Age rating12+9+
DeveloperVoodooALEXANDER SEAWARD SEDENSTR COGGINS

Bugs and requests

Neon Wings

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Can't beat first boss on level 280
  • Forced to equip module but none available
  • Data reset after update

Requested features

2 requests
  • Unlock level 13 upgrades
  • Explain what upgrades/abilities do

Exploding Brain

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

16 purchases

Neon Wings

One-time16
  • Revive Skip It Pack 1$0.99
  • Gem Pack 1$0.99
  • Saw Blade Pack$1.99
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  • Super Revive$1.99
  • Starter Pack$1.99
  • Revive Skip It Pack 2$2.49
  • No Forced Ads$2.99
  • Curve Laser Pack$3.99
  • Gem Pack 2$4.99
  • Drone Bundle #2$9.99
  • Premium Pack$14.99
  • Gem Pack 3$14.99
  • NO RV$24.99
  • Gem Pack 4$29.99
  • Gem Pack 5$49.99
  • Gem Pack 6$99.99
None

Exploding Brain

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Neon Wings free?
Neon Wings is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Exploding Brain free?
Exploding Brain is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Neon Wings or Exploding Brain have ads?
Neon Wings shows ads; Exploding Brain does not.

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