Jet Wars vs Alien Hordes
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Jet Wars
Engage in intense aerial combat piloting iconic fighter jets. Customize your aircraft with a deep loadout system and upgrade components to dominate diverse mission environments. Experience intuitive touch controls designed for mobile devices.
- Pilot iconic fighter jets
- Deep loadout system
- Aircraft upgrades
- Handcrafted mission environments
- One-tap touch controls
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Fly ten fighter jets through 66 missions of arcade air combat, then take on the world on the Survival leaderboards. The sky starts shooting back the second your wheels leave the runway. Eight chapters of strikes behind enemy lines. A Survival mode that does not end until you do, ranked on Game Center. Ranked BRAWL deathmatches, and LAN dogfights with up to six friends. The war runs from the Afghan ridgelines to the lunar dust, and your orders are simple to state and hard to fly: take it all back! NEW IN THIS UPDATE • Jet Wars now speaks 13 languages: English, Deutsch, Español, Français, Italiano, Polski, Português (Brasil), Türkçe, Русский, 日本語, 한국어, 简体中文 and 繁體中文. Switch any time in Settings > Language • New pilots take off on their first sortie right away, with a PULL UP warning and a crash safety net on the opening missions • Clear your first mission to collect Day 1 of the daily calendar Your briefing follows. Read it once, then fly. KNOW YOUR AIRCRAFT Ten flyable warplanes, and some are secret. Find them. The F-35 Lightning II leads the formation: you have seen it already, it is the jet on the icon. Behind it, the F-22 Raptor, the F-16 Fighting Falcon, the J-20, the Su-57, the AH-64 Apache for the days the job calls for a gunship, and the F-14 Tomcat, the only jet on the line that folds its wings back at speed. FLY THE CAMPAIGN 66 handcrafted missions across 8 chapters: Afghanistan, Iran, the Arctic, volcanic ridges, tropical islands, and more. Escort the convoy through the pass. Hunt the radar towers. Hold course through tracer fire thick enough to read by. Every victory pays, and pay buys firepower. Land, rearm, read the next briefing. OUTLAST SURVIVAL MODE No briefing covers this one. A procedurally generated run with no finish line, only escalation. Deserts give way to arctic passes, arctic passes to volcanic canyons. Fortified enemy bases dig in ahead of you, and the deeper you push, the harder the world reorganizes against you. Post your best run to Game Center and see exactly whose score is next. Fly until you fall. ARM YOURSELF Guns, bombs, and AIM missiles for the target. Flares, ECM jammers, and laser defense for everything coming back at you. Buy what the sortie calls for, drag it onto a hardpoint, upgrade between sorties. Your loadout is the difference between a medal and a hole in the sea. Then drag every HUD button to wherever your thumb wants it. Your cockpit, your layout. WIN THE BRAWL Ranked deathmatch against five rival pilots who all want your rank. Earn Rank Points, climb the divisions from Bronze to Ace, and hold your place. Then settle it in person: LAN dogfights with up to six players on the same Wi-Fi, no internet required. Perfect for parties and road trips. CHANGE THE MAP Unlock terrain packs and Survival changes shape: harvest valleys, tropical lagoons, low-poly dreamscapes, and the Moon, where nine planets hang in a black sky, UFOs lift enemy tanks off the battlefield, and sea serpents erupt from the dust. STANDING ORDERS No forced ads: rewarded video plays only when you call for it. The full campaign and Survival mode fly offline: airplane mode is a flight condition, not a problem. With iCloud, your hangar comes with you to a new phone, your iPad or a fresh install. The deck is clear and the jet is fueled. Wheels up, pilot. DEVICE COMPATIBILITY Play on iPhone and iPad with iOS 16 or later, including iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max. iPhone Duo is supported through its standard compatibility layout. Full-screen Duo optimization is not yet available. 30 FPS on older devices, 60 FPS on 18 Pro models and 17 Pro models.
Alien Hordes
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A lone space marine stationed at a secret weapons testing base on the moon finds himself the only thing between Earth and a full scale Alien invasion. Place yourself in his shoes as he battles endless waves of alien ships and ground warriors from the alien race known as the Draxx Assembly. With multiple weapons at your disposal, see how long you can survive in Arcade Mode. Alternatively battle the Draxx through multiple missions in Campaign. How long can you survive ? Battle though 19 different missions + teaser in Campaign Mode. The Draxx are coming. Only you can stop them! THIS GAME IS COMPLETELY AD FREE!
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Verdict
Jet Wars and Alien Hordes are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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. Jet Wars sells 9 one-off in-app purchases and Alien Hordes sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Jet Wars ships an update every 9 days, Alien Hordes weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Jet Wars | Alien Hordes |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (16 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 16 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days | Weekly — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 602 MB | 1.1 GB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | BESTAPPS LLC | David Thomas |
In-app purchases
Jet Wars
- 100 Gems$0.99
- 300 Gems$2.99
- Beginner Super Kit$2.99
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- 1,200 Gems$4.99
- Squadron Value Pack$4.99
- 3,000 Gems$9.99
- 10,000 Gems$19.99
- Full War Load$19.99
- The Quartermaster's Contract$29.99
Alien Hordes
- Alien Hordes Campaign$2.99
- Infinite Arcade$3.99
- Infinite Arcade and Campaign$4.99
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