RAID 1990 vs Afterburner
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side โ with what reviewers say about each.
RAID 1990
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Take to the skies in RAID 1990 โ a retro vertical scrolling shooter inspired by the golden age of arcades. Pilot your fighter through 30 waves of enemies, dodging bullets and powering up your weapons from a single shot to a devastating quad spread. Face off against massive bosses every 5 waves with intense multi-pattern bullet attacks. Can you survive all the way to the final mission? FEATURES - Classic arcade-style pixel art graphics with CRT scanline effects - 4 enemy types with unique movement patterns - 4 weapon power levels โ collect medals to upgrade - Epic boss battles every 5 waves - Retro chiptune sound โ procedurally generated, no samples - Simple touch controls โ touch to move and fire - High score tracking - Ending sequence for those who conquer all 30 waves
Afterburner
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You are the Last Sentinel: one pilot carrying the final signal through a sky full of the Swarm. Earth is gone. The route ahead is not. ONE-THUMB FLIGHT No virtual buttons and no dual-stick layout. Drag your thumb and the Sentinel follows while firing automatically. Read the gaps, dodge incoming fire, collect fragments, and keep the signal alive. EIGHT MISSIONS Cross a complete route of eight distinct battlefields: Awakening, Oort Cloud, The First Star, Stellar Nursery, Ashes of Light, Two Horizons, The Blind Clock, and Memory of Others. Solar pressure, ice debris, veiled attacks, binary forces, pulsar timing, and the ruins of a lost signal change how every mission flows. Each mission has three mastery emblems. Complete the route, chase all 24 objectives, and earn eight medals that preserve your progress. FIVE BOSS ENCOUNTERS Three Swarm commanders return across five encounters with different attack patterns. Break the Harvester's laser sweep, crack the Herald's guarded lanes, and read the Mirage before its decoys close in. NINE FIGHTERS Collect fragments and unlock nine fighters in the Hangar. Each ship changes your power, fire rate, spread, shield, movement, and special ability. Choose precision, crowd control, piercing fire, rescue, or raw defense for the mission ahead. Power cells evolve your weapon during each flight. Your build grows as the pressure rises, then resets for the next run. PATROL AND DAILY OPERATIONS Patrol is an endless survival route with escalating sectors and recovery pauses. Daily Operations give every day a repeatable doctrine, three objectives, a best score, and progress toward a weekly reward. NEON HOLOGRAPHIC HUD Dark-glass panels, cyan ally marks, amber thrust, and magenta danger warnings keep threats readable. The battlefield changes across the campaign while the controls stay immediate. FEEL THE CLIMAX Haptics, sound, sparks, screen response, and short holographic stamps celebrate meaningful moments: kill chains, multi-kills, precision grazes, boss defeats, medals, and weapon evolution. HONEST ARCADE โ No account or login wall โ No in-app purchases or subscription โ No energy timer or artificial waiting โ Fast restarts after every attempt Eight missions. Nine fighters. Twenty-four mastery emblems. One thumb against the Swarm.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: RAID 1990 at none against Afterburner's shown. On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | RAID 1990 | Afterburner |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Ads | No โ better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod โ better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.0 โ better |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 0 MB | 64 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Sungjun Kim | PEGUIM TECNOLOGIA LTDA |
In-app purchases
RAID 1990
No in-app purchases
Afterburner
No in-app purchases









