Bloons Blitz vs Descent
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Bloons Blitz
Embark on a roguelike adventure battling waves of Bloons with iconic characters and strategic upgrades. Collect toys and stickers to power up your heroes and unlock new abilities in fast-paced, one-handed gameplay.
- Survivor-style gameplay
- Iconic Bloons characters
- Strategic upgrade selection
- Endless replayability
- Collect and upgrade heroes
- One-handed controls
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Embark on the ultimate road trip adventure across the Bloons universe! Get ready to dive into exciting battles against hundreds of menacing Bloons and unleash your arsenal of attacks in action-packed, roguelike gameplay. Key Features: • Non-Stop Action: Engage in fast-paced, survivor-style gameplay against relentless waves of Bloons using intuitive, one-handed controls. • Iconic Bloons Characters: Play as powerful Heroes each with their own signature weapon and gameplay style. Recruit your favorite Monkeys to join your team and unlock their unique weapons and upgrades. • Strategic, Decision-Based Gameplay: Carefully select your upgrades each run and unlock different powers based on your choices. Make your Monkeys versatile generalists or dive deep into a single path to find powerful epic weapons. • Endless Replayability: Take on exciting, roguelike levels across an infinite map. Discover unique encounters, awesome power-ups, and epic boss fights. Replay levels with special rules and challenges for a new Bloon-popping experience every time. • Collect and Upgrade: Find rare collectible toys to level up your Heroes and unlock game-changing new upgrades. Collect gorgeous stickers to empower your team with special boosts.
Descent
Embark on an old-school mining adventure on your iPhone. Dig through six unique strata, collecting increasingly valuable ores as you descend. Upgrade your rig, strategically use dynamite, and uncover buried secrets to find your way home.
- Six unique strata to explore
- Collect various ores including gold and platinum
- Upgrade drill, fuel, cargo, hull, and engine
- Use dynamite for difficult rock
- Discover buried bones for rewards
- Offline play with autosave
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Descent is an old-school mining game, made for iPhone. • Six strata with unique characteristics • Ore gets richer with depth: iron, copper, silver, gold, platinum — and Descentium, the rare guidance ore that opens the way home • Five rig systems to upgrade: drill, fuel tank, cargo bay, hull, engine • Dynamite... for when the rock disagrees with you • Insurance: rescues aren't free! • Buried bones scattered in the deep: assemble the whole skeleton for a payout • Bring 3 Descentium and $150,000 to the launch pad, to complete the game • Autosaves constantly; pick any run back up where you left it • Fully offline. No ads. No in-app purchases. • Game Center and iCloud sync are optional: achievements, leaderboards, and your save on every device The ore gets richer the deeper you go. So does everything trying to stop you!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Bloons Blitz at Free against Descent's $1.99. Bloons Blitz also leads on ratings volume (2.8K vs 2) and chart position (#48 vs unranked). Descent's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 65%) and in-app purchases (none vs 10). On update cadence, device support and iOS requirement 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
Bloons Blitz is free to download; Descent costs $1.99 up front. Bloons Blitz sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Descent asks for nothing beyond the download.
Descent holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Bloons Blitz has 2.8K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 65% of Bloons Blitz's written reviews are positive against 100% of Descent's.
Bloons Blitz ships an update weekly, Descent every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Bloons Blitz | Descent |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $1.99 |
| Rating | 4.7 (2.8K ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 64.5% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2.8K — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 9 days |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Best chart rank | #48 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 378 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ninja Kiwi | Cartographer ApS |
Customer experience
Bloons Blitz
Descent
In-app purchases
Bloons Blitz
- Monkey Fast Track$1.99
- Bag of Bloonstones$1.99
- Hero Fast Track$2.99
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- Medium Bag of Bloonstones$4.99
- Hero Starter Pack$4.99
- Hero Fast Track$6.99
- Hero Fast Track$9.99
- Large Bag of Bloonstones$9.99
- Hero Starter Pack$13.99
- Huge Bag of Bloonstones$19.99
Descent
No in-app purchases









