Comparison

Harbor Rush vs Cuckoo BOOM

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

Head to head
About

Harbor Rush

Lead your army in fast-paced 1v1 real-time strategy battles on a 3D hex map. Build structures, collect heroes, and conquer territory before time runs out. Outsmart opponents with strategic hero skills and deck building.

Highlights
  • 1v1 real-time strategy battles
  • Hero and army command
  • Base building (Barracks, Gold Mines, Defense Towers)
  • Hero collection and leveling
  • Deck building with eight cards
  • Territory conquest on a hex map
  • Climb through seven ranks
Features
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LEAD YOUR ARMY. CONQUER THE MAP. Take control of your hero, lead your army across a 3D hex battlefield, and claim the map in fast 1v1 real-time strategy battles. Build Barracks, Gold Mines and Defense Towers, collect legendary heroes, and turn every hex to your color before the clock runs out. Harbor Rush is a hero strategy game that blends real-time strategy, tower defense and hero collecting into quick 1v1 battles. Command your hero, outsmart your opponent with the right deck, and defend your base with towers that hold the line. Every strategy battle is a race for territory, and every hex counts. YOUR HERO LEADS. YOUR ARMY FOLLOWS. Move your hero and your army marches with it. Push through a weak flank, pull back to defend your towers, or charge straight for the enemy base. Use hero skills at the right moment to break a defense or turn a losing battle. In this real-time strategy game, your army is only as strong as the hero leading it. FAST 1V1 STRATEGY BATTLES Every 1v1 battle lasts 3 to 5 minutes. Grow your economy, break through the enemy line, and destroy every enemy building, or hold the most hex territory when time runs out, to win. Quick enough for a coffee break, deep enough to keep you coming back for one more battle. BUILD, DEFEND, CONQUER Every coin is a strategy choice. Gold Mines grow your economy, Barracks send heroes into battle, and Defense Towers guard your territory with classic tower defense firepower. Spend too much on defense and you fall behind; rush too fast and your base is exposed. Find the balance, then snowball your advantage hex by hex across the map. COLLECT LEGENDARY HEROES Every Barracks you build calls a hero, from Common up to Legendary, who fights for you all battle. Land a Legendary hero and watch the fight turn. Every hero brings its own attack style, so the heroes you collect shape your strategy. Level up your favorite heroes and discover new ones as you play. FOUR FACTIONS. ENDLESS STRATEGIES. Sentinels: iron-willed defenders who hold the line. Outlaws: cunning raiders who strike where you least expect. Crown: noble warriors who fight with honor and steel. Academy: arcane scholars who bend magic to their will. Each faction counters another. Match factions for bonuses, read your opponent’s lineup, and build the hero counter that wins the battle. BUILD YOUR BATTLE DECK Choose eight cards before every battle. Level up your heroes, test new combinations, and find the strategy deck that fits your style, whether you love fast rushes, solid tower defense, or a late-game comeback. CLIMB THE RANKS Battle your way up through seven ranks and unlock new ways to play: expand your home territory at Silver and wield powerful artifacts at Gold. The higher you climb, the tougher the opponents and the bigger the rewards. GROW BETWEEN BATTLES Earn chests, level up your heroes, and expand your territory. Unlock artifacts, powerful abilities you cast mid-battle to turn the tide, and upgrade them to make every cast count. Command your hero, master real-time strategy, and conquer the hex map. Ready to claim it? A network connection is required.

About

Cuckoo BOOM

This vintage-styled arcade game challenges your reflexes to tap, crack, and hold time segments. Earn multipliers and special "BOOM" abilities to clear the screen. Progress through escalating worlds designed to punish hesitation.

Highlights
  • Tap, crack, and hold time segments
  • Splitting enemies
  • Streak multipliers
  • BOOM screen-clearing ability
  • 16 stages across 4 worlds
  • Vintage arcade feel
Features
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TIME NEVER STOOD A CHANCE. Cuckoo Boom is a vintage-styled reflex arcade for anyone who's ever wanted to kill time instead of watching it kill them. Tap the seconds. Crack the minutes. Hold down the hours. Feels simple — until the second you just crushed splits into two, and comes back doubled. Time doesn't go down without a fight. Built with the instincts of the cabinets we grew up on: no tutorial, no hand-holding, just reflexes, a streak that rewards precision, and a scoreboard that remembers everything. If you've been killing time since before "killing time" needed an app for it, Cuckoo Boom is yours. HOW TO PLAY • Tap the Second — one hit, gone. Fast, small, relentless. • Crack the Minute — three hits, cracking visibly with every one. • Hold the Hour — keep your finger down and watch the ring close in. • Let one escape and you lose a life. Miss a tap and nothing happens — hesitation costs you more than a bad shot. WHAT MAKES IT DIFFERENT • The Second splits. Closing out every world, the enemy you thought you understood breaks into two smaller ones coming at you at once. Nothing stays simple for long. • Streak multipliers reward speed and precision — the faster your run, the more every kill is worth. • Chain a big enough streak and earn a BOOM: a screen-clearing sweep that turns a losing stage into a comeback. • 16 stages across 4 escalating worlds, each with its own color and its own pace. Built to punish hesitation, not memorization. A vintage arcade feel, built for the pockets of time you actually have — the commute, the waiting room, the five minutes before a meeting starts. Cuckoo BOOM. Kill time.

Screenshots

Harbor Rush4 screens
Cuckoo BOOM4 screens

Verdict

The call

Harbor Rush and Cuckoo BOOM both sit at 5.0 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Cuckoo BOOM's written reviews are positive against 50% of Harbor Rush's. Cuckoo BOOM also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs weekly). Harbor Rush's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. Cuckoo BOOM sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Harbor Rush 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 Harbor Rush against 5.0 for Cuckoo BOOM. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 3 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 50% of Harbor Rush's written reviews are positive against 100% of Cuckoo BOOM's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Harbor Rush ships an update weekly, Cuckoo BOOM every 3 days. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Harbor Rush versus Cuckoo BOOM: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHarbor RushCuckoo BOOM
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (8 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings8 — better3
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 3 days — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size466 MB22 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperFirst Fun Inc.BATISCAFO LLC

Customer experience

Harbor Rush

All ratings8 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

Cuckoo BOOM

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Harbor Rush

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Cuckoo BOOM

One-time1
  • Cuckoo Pass$2.99

Questions

Is Harbor Rush free?
Harbor Rush is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Cuckoo BOOM free?
Cuckoo BOOM is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Harbor Rush or Cuckoo BOOM?
Harbor Rush and Cuckoo BOOM are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 8 and 3 ratings respectively.
Do Harbor Rush or Cuckoo BOOM have ads?
Both Harbor Rush and Cuckoo BOOM show ads.
Which is updated more often, Harbor Rush or Cuckoo BOOM?
Harbor Rush ships an update weekly, and Cuckoo BOOM every 3 days. Most recently, Harbor Rush was updated on October 31, 2026 and Cuckoo BOOM on October 31, 2026.

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