AsciiTapper vs VOLTFIELD
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
AsciiTapper
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Serve up frosty mugs of root beer in a glowing green terminal. AsciiTapper is a love letter to 80s arcade serving games, rendered entirely in living phosphor text. Customers are walking up the bars and they're thirsty. Slide mugs down the bar to push them back, catch the empties before they crash, and read the room: rush the big spenders for early-serve bonuses, keep up with speedy customers, and never pour for the grumpy ones. Features: - An eight-stage career of 84 hand-authored shifts, each with its own twist and a Master contract - Clear, Clean, and Master ratings on every shift - Daily Challenge: one ranked attempt per day, the same seeded puzzle for everyone, unlimited practice afterward - Combo scoring that rewards sustained, error-free serve-and-catch play - Achievements tracked in-game, plus Game Center leaderboards - A pure retro terminal aesthetic: the whole game is ASCII art, with optional cosmetic CRT themes - Simple two-tap play: tap a lane to move, tap again to serve, and be there to catch - No ads. Ever. The tutorial, the first three career stages, and Daily Challenge are free. One optional Full Shift purchase unlocks stages 4 through 8 plus Endless mode. No subscriptions, and purchases never affect ranked play. The terminal is warmed up. The mugs are cold. Tap in. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
VOLTFIELD
Pilot a ship to claim territory on a grid by drawing lines. Avoid enemies that hunt your wire and close loops to capture areas. Conquer 100 handmade levels and daily challenges.
- Claim territory by drawing live wires
- 100 handmade levels with unique hazards
- Daily challenges with global leaderboards
- Code-generated graphics, sound, and music
- Boss fights against Wardens
- Variety of boosters and power-ups
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VOLTFIELD is a neon arcade game about taking ground back, made in the spirit of the old classics Qix and Volfied. You fly a small ship along the edge of a grid. Swipe to turn. The ship never stops. Leave the safe edge and you draw a live wire behind you. Close the loop, and everything you cut off is yours. Enemies hunt your wire. One touch and the run is over. Claim enough and the exit gate opens. Leave, or keep carving for more stars. The enemies get angrier the deeper you cut. THE GRID • 100 handmade levels across 10 sectors • Burning walls, moving fire bars, rotors, arc gates, and currents that push your ship • 10 boss fights against the Wardens, each in its own arena • Boosters: homing bolt, pulse bomb, mines, ghost wire, breaker, overdrive DAILY VOLT • One new field every day, the same for every player • 3 attempts. Carve as much as you can, every percent counts • Share your result and challenge friends on Game Center leaderboards All graphics, sound and music are generated by code. No ads.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: VOLTFIELD at every 5 days against AsciiTapper's monthly. AsciiTapper's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.0). On price, 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
Both are free to download. AsciiTapper sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and VOLTFIELD sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
AsciiTapper ships an update monthly, VOLTFIELD every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | AsciiTapper | VOLTFIELD |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 24 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Vertolini | Hasan Turken |
In-app purchases
AsciiTapper
- Faster Mugs$0.99
- Mug Catcher$1.99
- CRT Theme Pack$1.99
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- Full Shift$3.99
VOLTFIELD
- Core Pouch$1.99
- Core Crate$4.99
- Core Vault$9.99









