Speed Trawler vs Face Invaders
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Speed Trawler
A retro arcade game where you drag a basket to catch sea creatures. Dodge obstacles and aim for high scores across three distinct game modes. Enjoy a lo-fi soundtrack and pixel art visuals.
- Catch crabs, shells, and lobsters
- Dodge jellyfish and pufferfish
- Three game modes: Zen, Normal, Hard
- Pixel art visuals and lo-fi soundtrack
- Streak multiplier for bonus points
- Haptic feedback on catches
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Drag your basket through the ocean and catch as many crabs as you can! Speed Trawler is a fast-paced retro arcade game with pixel art visuals. Catch crabs, shells, and lobsters for points. Dodge jellyfish and pufferfish or lose your hearts. The longer you play, the faster they fall! FOUR GAME MODES: - Zen Mode: No lives, no pressure. Just trawl and chill. - Normal: Start with 5 hearts. Earn them back every 100 points. - Hard Mode: Miss a good catch and you lose a heart too. - Arcade: Battle through endless waves, grab power-ups, and survive boss waves with the Giant Eel. POWER-UPS & BOSS WAVES: - Golden Crab frenzy, Score Doubler, Shield, and Slow Motion - Stash power-ups in your inventory and swipe to unleash them - Every third wave is a boss wave. The Giant Eel blocks part of the ocean! PEARLS, UPGRADES & THE SHOP: - Earn pearls every run. Spend them on permanent upgrades - Wide Net, Lucky Charm, and Streak Keeper change how you play - Chain catches for x2, x3, x4 streak multipliers. Don't drop them! PLENTY TO CHASE: - 42 achievements, from your first 100 crabs to a 1,000x streak - Daily challenges with streaks AND pearl bonuses. Come back every day - Game Center leaderboards for Normal, Hard, and Arcade - 6 unlockable basket skins and 3 ocean themes (Coral Reef!) - 8 sea creatures, each with its own way of moving - Share cards to show off your best hauls FEATURES: - Pixel art creatures, animated ocean backgrounds - Lo-fi chiptune soundtrack with aquatic vibes - Streak bonuses. Chain catches for extra points - Per-mode high scores and lifetime stats - Haptic feedback with full toggle controls, plus a Reduce FX comfort option - One-time purchase to remove all ads Can you beat your high score?
Face Invaders
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Defend Earth with a bouncing ball, a paddle ship, and your friends' faces stuck on the aliens. Face Invaders is a one-thumb arcade game. Steer your ship, bounce the ball up into the swarm, and pop the invaders before they punch through Earth's shield. Easy to pick up, tricky to put down. Here's the twist: open Invader Studio, hand it a few photos, and your friends become the aliens. Give them names and they'll be announced when they turn up as a boss. Their faces never leave your phone. WHAT'S INSIDE • 120 levels across 12 galaxies, each with its own look and mood • 12 giant bosses, one per galaxy, every one of them wearing a face • 61 alien designs, so no two galaxies send the same invaders at you • Power-ups: multiball, wide paddle, piercing fireball, overdrive • Eight upgrade tracks — guns, ball, hull, shield, luck, magnet, cannon, auto-fire • Ten ship hulls in the Shipyard, bought with gems you earn by playing • Three mini games: Whack-an-Alien, Gold Rain and Meteor Dash • Seasonal events with their own aliens, gems and double rewards • A medal for every galaxy you finish PLAYS THE WAY YOU EXPECT One thumb, portrait, iPhone and iPad. No timers, no energy bars, nothing to wait for. Every level plays the same way each time you retry it, so a level you lost is a level you can learn. FAIR BY DESIGN No ads, ever. No accounts. No tracking. You can buy gems if you want to move faster, but everything in the game can be earned by playing — and the mini games pay their own separate currency, so nothing is locked behind a purchase. YOUR PHOTOS STAY YOURS Face Invaders has no photo-library permission and cannot browse your album. You hand it individual pictures through the iOS picker, face detection runs on your device, and the crops stay inside the app. Nothing is ever uploaded. Questions or bugs: fi.echelon.im/support
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Face Invaders at none against Speed Trawler's shown. Face Invaders also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 9 days). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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. Speed Trawler sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Face Invaders sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Speed Trawler ships an update every 9 days, Face Invaders every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and September 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Speed Trawler | Face Invaders |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 24 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Westmidlanders LLC | Zoltan Tuskes |
In-app purchases
Speed Trawler
- Remove Ads$3.99
Face Invaders
- Gem Pouch$0.99
- Gem Pile$3.99
- Gem Crate$7.99
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- Gem Vault$14.99





