Comparison

RAID 1990 vs Afterburner

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

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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

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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.

Screenshots

RAID 19903 screens
Afterburner4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference ยท 4 level
RAID 1990 versus Afterburner: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRAID 1990Afterburner
PriceFreeFree
AdsNo โ€” betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod โ€” betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.615.0 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size0 MB64 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperSungjun KimPEGUIM TECNOLOGIA LTDA

In-app purchases

None

RAID 1990

No in-app purchases

None

Afterburner

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is RAID 1990 free?
RAID 1990 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Afterburner free?
Afterburner is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do RAID 1990 or Afterburner have ads?
Afterburner shows ads; RAID 1990 does not.

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