Comparison

Alien Barrage vs Strike

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

Head to head
About

Alien Barrage

Defend Earth from relentless alien invaders in this fast-paced retro arcade shooter. Dodge plasma, collect powerups, and survive challenging boss battles. Compete on global leaderboards for the highest score and wave survived.

Highlights
  • Touch-and-drag controls with automatic firing
  • Endless escalating waves of alien enemies
  • Bonus Rounds and Boss Battles
  • Collectible powerups and screen-clearing bombs
  • Unlockable ships and difficulty modes
  • Game Center leaderboards and achievements
Features
Read full description

Defend Earth from endless alien waves in this fast-paced retro arcade shooter. Collect powerups, survive boss battles, and climb the global leaderboards. Touch and drag to move your ship while it fires automatically, dodge incoming plasma, and clear wave after wave of invading aliens before they reach the bottom. What starts as a classic arcade battle quickly escalates into a tougher survival challenge, with faster enemies, more pressure, and bigger rewards the longer you last. Alien Barrage mixes traditional formation-based waves with special events that keep every run fresh. Every 4th level is a Bonus Round, where aliens break formation and streak across the screen in unpredictable patterns for extra points. Every 7th level is a Boss Level, featuring a massive enemy that absorbs heavy damage, fires missiles, and gets tougher each time it returns. Powerups can turn the tide in an instant. Collect Rapid Fire to double your fire rate, Spread Shot to blast multiple enemies at once, Shield to absorb a hit, and Extra Life to stay in the fight longer. When things get desperate, unleash a bomb to clear the screen and save your run. Choose how you want to play with Easy, Normal, and Hard difficulty modes, each offering a different challenge level and score potential. Fly the default Classic Ship or unlock the Dual Cannon ship for permanent double firepower. Compete on Game Center leaderboards for top score and highest wave survived, challenge your friends, and unlock achievements as you play. Whether you want a quick arcade session or a long high-score grind, Alien Barrage delivers classic shooter action with modern progression and competitive replay value. Features: - Touch-and-drag controls with automatic firing - Endless escalating waves of alien enemies - Bonus Rounds every 4th level - Boss battles every 7th level - UFO encounters, swooping aliens, and missile attacks - Four powerups: Rapid Fire, Spread Shot, Shield, and Extra Life - Screen-clearing bombs for clutch moments - Classic Ship plus unlockable Dual Cannon ship - Game Center leaderboards and achievements - Three difficulty modes for casual play or hardcore score chasing

About

Strike

Manage an esports team in this idle simulation game. Draft players, set tactics, and watch your team compete and earn rewards even when you're offline. Climb the ranks and build a legendary squad.

Highlights
  • Idle esports team management
  • Tactical simulation of matches
  • Player drafting and scouting
  • Team progression and upgrades
  • Live and offline gameplay
  • Global ranking system
Features
Read full description

Build your squad. Rule the scrims. Strike-Command: Idle Esports is an idle esports team manager. Scout prospects, sign them cheap, train them into legends, and watch your five play animated tactical bomb-defusal matches — even while you sleep. FIELD A K9 Every squad now runs with a dog. Pick one of twelve breeds, each with a role (Detection, Bomb, Apprehension, Tracker or Guardian) that boosts your team, and watch it work beside your five in every match. Bond with it up to level 10, upgrade your kennel, fuse duplicates into stars and dress it up in the K9 style shop. Every manager gets a free starter pup. TAKE DOWN THE WORLD BOSS Three times a day a giant boss drops into the arena and every manager attacks it together. Break its phases, climb the boss leaderboard, and earn gear mods for every damage milestone your squad reaches. DAILY EVENTS, TWICE A DAY Something is always happening: free Supply Drops after every boss, Rush Hour with double career frags and bigger match prizes, a Global Push where everyone's wins count toward one shared goal, Bounty Hour against the top ranked defences, Trivia Blitz in world chat, the Daily Gauntlet of ten tougher and tougher squads, and Clan Rallies that power up your whole clan. The events calendar shows it all in your local time. YOUR SQUAD, ON EVERY DEVICE Sign in with Apple, Google or a CGS ID and your progress saves to the cloud automatically. Switch phones or reinstall and your roster, currency and purchases come with you. REAL RIVALS, REAL CLANS Queue ranked PvP scrims against real managers and climb the divisions from Bronze to Immortal. Enter the Weekend Tournament for a share of the gem pool, battle through the Weekly Open, and join a clan for weekly clan wars, raid bosses that scale to your clan's strength, and in-clan rankings with weekly prizes for your top donors and fighters. GEAR, SETS & MODS Kit out every agent with helmets, armor, gloves and weapons. Wear 2, 4 or 6 pieces of a set for stacking bonuses, socket mods into rare gear for team-wide boosts, and fuse three mods into the next tier. ANIMATED TACTICAL MATCHES Every fixture plays out round by round on six original maps with animated soldiers: executes, retakes, plants, defuses, clutches. Per-agent K/D/A and MVP, a play-by-play, and a full per-round buy economy — call SAVE, ECO, FORCE or FULL yourself, or let auto-call handle it. CUPS ARE REAL TOURNAMENTS Three cups, three formats: an 8-team Street Cup knockout, a Country Cup where you play for your flag in a group of four nations, and a Champions Cup with best-of-3 semi-finals and finals you can watch. Lift trophies, fill your trophy cabinet and earn cup titles. TRANSFER MARKET Scout prospects across eight rarity tiers — from Common up to Ancient and Relic. Every agent rolls unique stats, so two equal-rated players play very differently. TALK IT UP Global, clan and direct chat, with agent stickers and a full arsenal of weapon emoji. FAIR BY DESIGN No energy walls, and your first day is free of interstitial ads. Key crates guarantee the top rarity within 40 openings. Rewarded ads are always optional, and a one-time No Ads unlock removes every ad forever. From fresh save to first trophy in minutes: name your club, meet your five, set your tactics, and let the scrims begin. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://strikecommand.chaoticgamestudios.com/privacy.html

Screenshots

Alien Barrage4 screens
Strike4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Alien Barrage at none against Strike's shown. Strike's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 3 months) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.6). On price, rating, ratings volume 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Alien Barrage sells 6 one-off in-app purchases and Strike sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Alien Barrage against 5.0 for Strike. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Alien Barrage ships an update every 3 months, Strike every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Alien Barrage versus Strike: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAlien BarrageStrike
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 2 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS17.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size45 MB81 MB
Age rating12+12+
Developerarnold biffnaKENNETH DANIEL LIGHTBOURNE

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Alien Barrage

One-time6
  • 3 Revives$0.99
  • 10 Revives$1.99
  • 10 Extra Bombs.$1.99
Show 3 more
  • Dual Shooter Ship$2.99
  • 40 revives$4.99
  • 100 Revives$9.99
10 purchases

Strike

One-time10
  • 10 + 1 Crystal$0.99
  • 3x Idle Gains$4.99
  • Silver Pass$5.99
Show 7 more
  • Power Pass Premium$5.99
  • 2x Income$9.99
  • No Ads$11.99
  • Gold Pass$22.99
  • Power Pass VIP$22.99
  • 3x Income$29.99
  • 5000 + 1000 Crystals$99.99

Questions

Is Alien Barrage free?
Alien Barrage is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Strike free?
Strike is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Alien Barrage or Strike?
Alien Barrage and Strike are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Alien Barrage or Strike have ads?
Strike shows ads; Alien Barrage does not.
Which is updated more often, Alien Barrage or Strike?
Alien Barrage ships an update every 3 months, and Strike every 2 days. Most recently, Alien Barrage was updated on October 5, 2026 and Strike on October 8, 2026.

Other comparisons