Comparison

AlienSwarms vs Radioactive

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

Head to head
About

AlienSwarms

Experience intense arcade survival against intelligent alien swarms that adapt and transform the battlefield. Dodge, adapt, and endure as the enemies evolve their tactics and trigger game-altering events. This fast-paced shooter offers quick, addictive runs with simple controls and deep strategic challenges.

Highlights
  • Dynamic Swarm AI
  • Ritual System
  • Word Rituals
  • Pure Arcade Survival
  • Simple Controls, Deep Challenge
  • Fast, Addictive Runs
Features
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Survive relentless waves of alien drones in this fast-paced arcade action game where the swarm moves with eerie intelligence—and ritualistic purpose. Dodge. Adapt. Endure. Because the longer you survive… the more the rules change. At first, it feels manageable. Then the formations tighten. The patterns shift. Then you notice the eyes. Every drone in the swarm is watching you now—glowing, deliberate, aware. And then it begins. They don't just attack anymore. They transform the battlefield. ~ FEATURES Dynamic Swarm AI Enemies don't just chase you—they organize, surround, and evolve in real time. Ritual System The swarm triggers gameplay-altering events that reshape each run in unexpected ways. Word Rituals They don't just move—they communicate. Watch the swarm form ominous messages mid-game. The Eye (NEW in 3.0) Survive long enough, and the swarm assembles into something far worse than a formation. It watches. It tracks. It burns. Your Ship, Reborn (NEW in 3.0) A new look for your pilot—an alert face, a glowing steering belt that reads every move you make. Every Victory, Celebrated (NEW in 3.0) Beat your best score and watch the sky light up. You earned it. Pure Arcade Survival No filler. No downtime. Just escalating intensity. Simple Controls, Deep Challenge Easy to pick up. Brutal to master. Fast, Addictive Runs Quick sessions that turn into "just one more try." ~ STRATEGY MATTERS Stay moving—or get surrounded Read the swarm before it closes in Adapt when the rituals begin Survive long enough to face what's watching They are watching. ~ VERSION 3.0 – MAJOR UPDATE New: The Eye—a dangerous boss encounter with tracking beams and fiery impacts New: A redesigned player ship with an expressive face and glowing steering bel New: Every enemy drone now bears glowing, menacing eyes New: Fireworks celebration when you beat your high score Improved: Difficulty balance, ad experience, and overall stability Numerous bug fixes and polish ~ AI HOOK This isn't just another shooter. The swarm feels alive. It adapts. It signals. And now, it watches. Can you survive when the game turns against you? Enjoyed ALIENSWARMS? I also made METEORIC and DEFENDER REBORN, two classic arcade tributes reborn for modern touch screens -- both available on the App Store. Icons by Twemoji, licensed under CC-BY 4.0.

About

Radioactive

Experience a realistic nuclear war simulation where you launch and observe the unfolding consequences of strikes on a global satellite map. Witness the impact of real weapons, realistic flight times, and dynamic casualty counts over simulated days, influenced by weather-driven fallout.

Highlights
  • Realistic nuclear warfare simulation
  • Real-world weapons with accurate yields
  • Simulated flight times and delivery methods
  • Dynamic casualty unfolding over days
  • Weather-driven fallout simulation
  • Detailed aftermath inspection
  • Offline operation
Features
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Radioactive is an immersive nuclear-warfare sandbox — not another static blast-radius calculator. Every strike is a living event you launch, fly, and watch play out on a real satellite map of Earth. REAL WEAPONS, REAL DELIVERY Choose from a catalog of real-world weapons with their accurate yields — from Little Boy to the 50-megaton Tsar Bomba — and deliver them the way they were actually fielded: silo-launched ICBMs, submarine-launched ballistic missiles, ship-launched cruise missiles, or gravity bombs dropped from era-correct strategic bombers that fly the full sortie: ingress, release, loop-around, and return to base. REALISTIC FLIGHT, YOUR CLOCK Flights take realistic travel times — an intercontinental shot really takes half an hour. A universal simulation clock (Day 1, 11:36 AM…) runs the whole world, and you control it: watch in real time or fast-forward at up to 100×. Queue up an entire salvo and release it one strike at a time, or all at once. CASUALTIES THAT UNFOLD, NOT A PRELOADED NUMBER Built on a full offline population grid of the entire planet (8+ billion people), casualty tolls play out over simulated days, not as an instant statistic: the immediate blast, delayed trauma, firestorms, and radiation each take their toll on their own realistic timelines. The injured can succumb. The dead stay dead — strike the same city twice and the second blast finds only survivors. WEATHER-DRIVEN FALLOUT Groundbursts loft fallout that rides the wind — and the wind changes day to day. A plume that drifts north today can fan east tomorrow, painting realistic multi-day contamination footprints across the land. Airbursts maximize blast but leave little fallout, just like the real physics. Contaminated ground stays contaminated. INSPECT THE AFTERMATH Tap any city for a live census: pre-war population, killed, injured, the share of land rendered uninhabitable, and who's still alive. Track national tolls as percentages of each country's real population. Drill into every detonation for its full breakdown — death waves, injury types, and ongoing effects like firestorms and radiation exposure. BUILT NATIVE Pure SwiftUI and MapKit on a real 3D satellite globe. No accounts, no ads, no data collection — everything runs on your device, and your session persists exactly where you left it. All effects are approximations derived from public, declassified scaling-law physics (Glasstone & Dolan, 1977) and public population data. Radioactive is a simulation for entertainment and education — not a targeting or civil-defense tool.

Screenshots

AlienSwarms4 screens
Radioactive4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Radioactive at none against AlienSwarms's 1. Radioactive also leads on ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (9 vs 1). AlienSwarms's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, rating, monetization model 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. AlienSwarms sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Radioactive asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for AlienSwarms against 5.0 for Radioactive. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Radioactive has 9 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard4 real differences · 5 level
AlienSwarms versus Radioactive: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAlienSwarmsRadioactive
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (9 ratings)
Number of ratings19 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size116 MB16 MB
Age rating9+12+
DeveloperMark MangieriREGGIE LEE SLABA

In-app purchases

1 purchases

AlienSwarms

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$0.99
None

Radioactive

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is AlienSwarms free?
AlienSwarms is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Radioactive free?
Radioactive is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, AlienSwarms or Radioactive?
AlienSwarms and Radioactive are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 9 ratings respectively.
Do AlienSwarms or Radioactive have ads?
AlienSwarms shows ads; Radioactive does not.

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