Comparison

Void Ranger vs Meta Control*

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

Head to head
About

Void Ranger

Defend a spaceship in a cosmic roguelike tower defense game. Build and upgrade towers, equip your hero with dual weapons, and mine resources to survive increasingly difficult alien sectors. Each playthrough offers a unique challenge with permanent upgrades.

Highlights
  • Over 20 unique towers
  • Equip hero with dual weapons
  • Mine asteroids for resources
  • Roguelike escort missions
  • Permanent upgrades
  • Randomly generated sectors
Features
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Embark on a perilous journey across the cosmos! In this unique roguelike tower defense game, your mission is to protect a vulnerable spaceship through hostile alien sectors. KEY FEATURES: Over 20 Unique Towers: Unleash a diverse arsenal! Erect everything from the chain-lightning Tesla Coil to the gravity-warping Singularity Generator. Adapt your strategy with each new sector. Arm Your Hero: Don't just build—fight! Your hero can equip multiple weapons simultaneously. Wield a Lightsaber in one hand and a Shotgun in the other, creating powerful, synergistic combat builds on the fly. Mine to Build: Strategy starts with resources. Mine asteroids for precious minerals during your flight, then spend them to purchase and upgrade your deadly tower network at the in-run shop. Smart economy is key to survival. Roguelike Escort Missions: Every journey is unique. Forge a path through randomly generated galactic sectors, face escalating threats, and unlock permanent upgrades to prepare for the next, even tougher run.

About

Meta Control*

Engage in a post-apocalyptic strategy game where you control Metahumans with unique abilities. Draft your army, outsmart opponents, and defeat enemy Mind Controllers to save humanity or seize power.

Highlights
  • Metahuman drafting with point system
  • Tactical turn-based combat
  • Unique Metahuman abilities
  • Fog of War mechanic
  • Invisible bomb traps
  • Online multiplayer mode
Features
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Welcome to Meta Control! In this world meteors rained down from space and the radiation gave humans many different remarkable superpowers, making them Metahumans. For a while everyone used their powers for good and lived happy lives until a group of Mind Controllers started controlling other Metahumans to gain wealth and power and dispose of anyone who got in their way. This created the post-apocalyptic world we are in now and it is up to you to use your rare Mind Controlling abilities to fight back against the other Controllers to save everyone, or to claim as much for yourself as you can. Your reasons are your own. Goal of the game: Defeat the enemy by eliminating their Mind Controller. Use your Metahumans' unique stats & abilities to outsmart and overpower your opponent. Drafting Phase: You have 10 Points to build your army. • Metahuman units cost 1 Point. • Bombs cost 0.5 Points. • You MUST include at least 1 Mind Controller. • You can only include 1 of each metahuman type in your army. • Place units on your side of the board (green highlight). Press CONFIRM when ready. • In the online mode you have 90 seconds to draft your team and place them where you want. If time runs out, the amount of units you are missing will be randomly generated and placed. Movement & Attacks: • Tap a unit to select it. Green tiles are valid moves. • Units can move 1 tile orthogonally (Up, Down, Left, Right). • Moving into an enemy initiates Combat. The attacker attacks first, then if the defender lives they retaliate doing 1 damage. If the defender dies then the attacker takes their tile. if the attacker dies then the defender stays where they are. • Water tiles (Lakes) block movement for every unit but the hydrokinetic. • Special Abilities can be activated by clicking on the orange button in the bottom right after selecting them. Read the metahumans tab in the app's tutorial for more information about each special ability. Important Rules: • Fog of War: You can see enemy units, but you don't know what they are until they attack, get attacked, or use an ability. • Bombs: Invisible traps. Contact deals massive damage. Cannot be moved once draft ends unless using the Technopathic. • Turn Timer: You have 15 seconds per turn. If time runs out, your turn is skipped. • Alternating turns: You alternate turns with the enemy. When it is your turn it will display your name in green and outline the game map in green. The first turn is random. • When your unit's information is revealed to the other team, it will have an eye at the bottom of its image. • Surrendering: You can surrender matches at any time. If you surrender in an online match it is considered a normal loss. • Maximum Rounds: The maximum amount of rounds that can be played is 80. If a match exceeds 80 rounds then the player with the most combined HP left wins (excluding bombs). If total HP from both players is the same then it is a tie and battle scores are unaffected. Other Info: • Battle Score: Your Battle Score measures your skill level and determines your world rank. The game will try to match you up against players with similar Battle Scores. Increasing your battle score is also how you can unlock new metahuman units. • Friends: You can add your friends on the account screen. Once added you can view their stats, play them in a custom match, or spectate them. • Replays: You can watch the replay of yours or your friends previous 3 matches on the account screen. All replays are automatically deleted after 24 hours. • Notifications: Your notifications are where you can accept or decline friend requests and private challenges. • Leaderboard: The leaderboard displays the top 100 players in all of Meta Control along with their Battle Score. • Offline: None of your stats are affected by the offline gamemode or friendly challenge battles. • Individual metahuman units descriptions, stats, and special/passive abilities can be found in the game tutorial

Screenshots

Void Ranger4 screens
Meta Control*4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Void Ranger at none against Meta Control*'s 1. Void Ranger also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 10 days) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.6). Meta Control*'s advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, review sentiment 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. Meta Control* sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Void Ranger asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Void Ranger ships an update every 3 days, Meta Control* every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on September 28, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Void Ranger versus Meta Control*: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVoid RangerMeta Control*
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—4 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterEvery 10 days
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size211 MB182 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperytgameEDWARD ANTHONY BARCH

Customer experience

Void Ranger

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Meta Control*

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Void Ranger

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Meta Control*

One-time1
  • Conversion Star$5.99

Questions

Is Void Ranger free?
Void Ranger is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Meta Control* free?
Meta Control* is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Void Ranger or Meta Control* have ads?
Void Ranger shows ads; Meta Control* does not.
Which is updated more often, Void Ranger or Meta Control*?
Void Ranger ships an update every 3 days, and Meta Control* every 10 days. Most recently, Void Ranger was updated on September 28, 2026 and Meta Control* on October 2, 2026.

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