Comparison

UFO Catcher vs UAPD

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

Head to head
About

UFO Catcher

Features
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Embark on an exciting UFO adventure to catch and study all kinds of fish! Catch enough fish to clear each stage and progress to new areas. Gather materials to forge treasures that enhance your fishing skills! And don’t forget to grab the rubber duck dropped by the pelican—it might just help you!

About

UAPD

Pilot a UFO to abduct cows from rural America while evading federal agents, helicopters, and police. Utilize different UFO types and mechanics like crop circles to distract pursuers and maintain your cover.

Highlights
  • Abduct cows with tractor beam
  • Evade federal agents and helicopters
  • Three distinct UFO archetypes
  • Create crop circle distractions
  • Global leaderboard
  • No accounts or tracking
Features
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UAP/D — UNIDENTIFIED AERIAL PHENOMENA DETECTED You're piloting an unmarked saucer over rural America. Your mission: extract every cow. Their mission: pretend everything is normal. Hover, line up the tractor beam, hold to lock — but stay out of every cone of vision on the map. Federal agents walk the fields. Helicopters circle overhead. Local police patrol the back roads. Get spotted and the threat meter climbs; max it out and your cover is blown. Three UFO archetypes to fly: HORNET (fast, short beam), STARLIGHT (balanced, mid-range), GREYHOUND (slow, long beam, deep reserves). Each handles differently and changes how you approach a level. MECHANICS - Hold BEAM to abduct cows - Hold OVERDRIVE to outrun a chase — but only as long as your reactor lasts - Hold CROP to trace a crop circle. Any agent that walks into a completed circle latches onto it, broadcasts the location, and pulls the whole investigation toward it. Free distraction. ESCALATION Levels add agents, helicopters, watchtowers, and aggressive AI. Witness photographs appear in the corner each time someone spots you — collect too many and the mission ends. Submit your initials to the global leaderboard or skip and try again. No accounts. No tracking. Just you, the cows, and an increasingly hostile rural night.

Screenshots

UFO Catcher4 screens
UAPD4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: UFO Catcher at every 5 days against UAPD's every 5 months. UFO Catcher also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

UFO Catcher ships an update every 5 days, UAPD every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
UFO Catcher versus UAPD: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterUFO CatcherUAPD
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterEvery 5 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size120 MB505 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSesisoftRichard Blundell

In-app purchases

None

UFO Catcher

No in-app purchases

None

UAPD

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is UFO Catcher free?
UFO Catcher is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is UAPD free?
UAPD is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do UFO Catcher or UAPD have ads?
Neither UFO Catcher nor UAPD shows ads.
Which is updated more often, UFO Catcher or UAPD?
UFO Catcher ships an update every 5 days, and UAPD every 5 months. Most recently, UFO Catcher was updated on October 25, 2026 and UAPD on October 24, 2026.

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