Comparison

Z vs Archer Blast

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

Head to head
About

Z

Lead humanity's last stand in a post-apocalyptic world. Build and upgrade your base, battle zombie hordes, and manage production chains. Even when offline, your base continues to generate resources and progress.

Highlights
  • Build and upgrade survival base
  • Battle zombies, mutants, and bosses
  • Level up weapons, gear, and skills
  • Rescue survivors for power boosts
  • Idle gameplay with offline progress
Features
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Z-Arc: Wasteland – Lead the last stand. Rebuild the future. The world’s gone dark. You're the only one left to hold the line. Build your base, fight off zombie swarms, and bring humanity back from the brink. In Z-Arc: Wasteland, you’ll manage production chains, upgrade your hero, and send out expeditions into mutant-filled zones. Even when you're offline, your base keeps grinding. Features: Build and upgrade your survival base Battle zombies, mutants, and epic bosses Level up weapons, gear, and special skills Rescue survivors to boost your power Idle gameplay with real progress It’s time to rise from the ruins. Fight for what’s left.

About

Archer Blast

Features
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Archer Blast is a puzzle adventure combining tower defense and color-based matching. Place archer towers on a grid and match them to waves of monsters of corresponding hues to unleash arrow flurries and defeat animations. Charge abilities and upgrade archers with skills and gear to tackle complex enemy formations. With intuitive controls, vibrant visuals, and many progressively challenging levels, Archer Blast delivers addictive gameplay for all ages. Sharpen your aim, devise strategies, and conquer every color in this immersive tower defense puzzle. Embark on a quest, master dozens of stages.

Screenshots

Z4 screens
Archer Blast4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Archer Blast at every 2 days against Z's monthly. Archer Blast also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). 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

Z ships an update monthly, Archer Blast every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Z versus Archer Blast: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterZArcher Blast
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 2 days — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supported—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size255 MB163 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperKirill GusevAli Said Yuksel

In-app purchases

None

Z

No in-app purchases

None

Archer Blast

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Z free?
Z is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Archer Blast free?
Archer Blast is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Z or Archer Blast have ads?
Both Z and Archer Blast show ads.
Which is updated more often, Z or Archer Blast?
Z ships an update monthly, and Archer Blast every 2 days. Most recently, Z was updated on November 5, 2026 and Archer Blast on November 8, 2026.

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