Meteorfall vs Bitmap Bay
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Meteorfall
Engage in rapid card battles by strategically playing cards and positioning allies. Build powerful combos by mixing card upgrades and impress the crowd with challenging feats to gain an edge. Assemble a dream team of heroes and explore over 200 unique cards to dominate the arena.
- Fast-paced card battles
- Mix-and-match card upgrades
- Impress crowd with feats
- Build a team of 3 heroes
- Over 200 unique cards
- Upgrade cards in Bramble Town
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Play cards, maneuver your allies, and brawl in fast-paced battles. Welcome to the Rustbowl Rumble - the great tournament in all of Meteorfall - where the likes of sozzled bearbearians and nuke-addled snotwolves battle it out for a chance to win the legendary Mask of the Uberlich. Win over legions of fans and help fill Bramble’s pockets as he seeks to rebuild his once-mighty arena. Winning the Rustbowl Rumble isn't about fighting fair - it's about winning. The crowd demands spectacle! Take advantage of Wild Cards to change the rules of the brawl, exploiting them to your advantage. - Mix-and-match multiple upgrades on a single card to build overpowered combos - Impress the crowd and power-up in battle by completing challenging feats - Build your dream team of 3 heroes (from a pool of 8), each with their own unique set of cards - Discover more than 200 cards to turn the tides of battle in your favor Between bouts in the arena, you'll take a break in Bramble Town, where you'll have an opportunity to upgrade your cards, train your heroes, or just enjoy the sights. There's not enough time between brawls to do it all, so you'll have to make critical decisions about which vendors you want to visit.
Bitmap Bay
Embark on a retro pirate adventure with a handcrafted pixel art world. Engage in skillful cannon battles, face legendary captains, and recruit your crew in this roguelite experience. Enjoy endless replayability with a full save system, playable completely offline.
- Handmade pixel art
- Challenge legendary pirates
- Endlessly replayable voyages
- Skillful cannon battles
- Recruit your crew
- Full save and load system
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"A bold new retro take... quite the intriguing one" – Pocket Gamer. Welcome to Bitmap Bay - a pixel-art pirate adventure. Explore the low-res high seas, build your legacy, and test your cannon-firing reflexes against legendary historical captains. • Authentic Pixel Art: A charming, low-res retro world created by an artist. • Legendary Pirates: Challenge over 40 real historical captains, each with unique, hand-drawn portraits. • Tactical Cannon Battles: Combat is simple to learn but hard to master. Time your shots perfectly to claim victory. • Recruit Your Crew: Hire a loyal crew of sailors, specialists, and scoundrels. • Endlessly Replayable: Encounter a wide range of random events – duels, storms, thieves, and mysteries. • Premium Experience: Playable completely offline with zero ads and zero in-app purchases. About the Developer: Bitmap Bay is the creation of Grandom Games, the solo dev studio of a visual artist and designer. It is built with a passion for classic retro gaming and offered as a true premium mobile experience.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Bitmap Bay at $0.99 against Meteorfall's $6.99. Bitmap Bay also leads on review sentiment (83% vs 69%). Meteorfall's advantage is chart position (#71 vs unranked) and ratings volume (31 vs 8). On rating, 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
Meteorfall costs $6.99 and Bitmap Bay $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.3 for Meteorfall against 4.3 for Bitmap Bay. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 31 and 8 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 69% of Meteorfall's written reviews are positive against 83% of Bitmap Bay's.
Meteorfall ships an update weekly, Bitmap Bay every 4 days. Both last shipped on October 30, 2026.
| Parameter | Meteorfall | Bitmap Bay |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $6.99 | $0.99 — better |
| Rating | 4.3 (31 ratings) — better | 4.3 (8 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 69.4% of reviews | 82.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 31 — better | 8 |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Best chart rank | #71 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 780 MB | 102 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Eric Farraro | NICHOLAS GENTRY |
Customer experience
Meteorfall
Bitmap Bay
Bugs and requests
Meteorfall
Reported bugs
3 issues- Game stalls and crashes during battles
- UI elements like card previews bug out
- Misclicks due to poor UI design
Requested features
3 requests- More playable characters
- Improved tutorial and training mode
- Larger text and better UI readability
Bitmap Bay
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Meteorfall
No in-app purchases
Bitmap Bay
No in-app purchases
