Comparison

BattleBots Arena vs RoboCage

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

Head to head
About

BattleBots Arena

Design and customize your own combat robot, then pit it against enemy bots and environmental hazards in intense arena battles. Progress through various game modes, unlock powerful weapons, and upgrade your machine to dominate the competition.

Highlights
  • Fast robot arena combat
  • Campaign, quick battle, and survival modes
  • Customizable chassis, weapons, and upgrades
  • Themed arenas with hazards
  • Boss fights and progression
  • Optional multiplayer battles
Features
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Build your combat robot and fight through brutal arenas filled with hazards, enemy bots, and powerful bosses. BattleBots Arena lets you customize your chassis, equip destructive weapons, upgrade your machine, and battle across multiple game modes. Fight quick matches, push through campaign worlds, survive escalating waves, and take on boss machines with unique arena threats. Unlock new weapons, collect scrap, improve your build, and prove your bot belongs at the top of the arena. Features: - Fast robot arena combat - Campaign, quick battle, and survival modes - Customizable chassis, weapons, and upgrades - Themed arenas with hazards - Boss fights and progression - Local save progression - Optional multiplayer battles

About

RoboCage

Features
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RoboCage is a fast native iPhone robot combat game built around readable one-versus-one cage fights, responsive controls, and Metal-rendered humanoid robots. Enter quick cage matches against an AI opponent, customize your robot in the Fighter Locker, or use Game Center to match with another player. Iron Reach free roam lets players run, vault, climb, wall-run, and explore with synchronized world state. The game focuses on direct robot movement, punch and kick timing, context-aware blocking, dodging, hit reactions, knockouts, and durable cosmetic identity. There are no ads, no in-app purchases, no account creation, and no user tracking.

Screenshots

BattleBots Arena4 screens
RoboCage4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: RoboCage at daily against BattleBots Arena's every 4 months. BattleBots Arena's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

BattleBots Arena ships an update every 4 months, RoboCage daily. Both last shipped on October 9, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
BattleBots Arena versus RoboCage: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBattleBots ArenaRoboCage
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (4 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings4 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size132 MB258 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperMaximilian SchadeggNuman Thabit

In-app purchases

None

BattleBots Arena

No in-app purchases

None

RoboCage

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is BattleBots Arena free?
BattleBots Arena is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is RoboCage free?
RoboCage is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do BattleBots Arena or RoboCage have ads?
Neither BattleBots Arena nor RoboCage shows ads.
Which is updated more often, BattleBots Arena or RoboCage?
BattleBots Arena ships an update every 4 months, and RoboCage daily. Most recently, BattleBots Arena was updated on October 9, 2026 and RoboCage on October 9, 2026.

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