Comparison

NeonVortex vs Brass Reckoning

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

Head to head
About

NeonVortex

Experience a psychedelic arcade survival game with fast-paced action and high score challenges. Rotate the vortex to aim enemies, collect power-ups, and survive increasingly chaotic waves. Enjoy a unique visual and audio experience with a tracker soundtrack.

Highlights
  • Rotation-based arcade survival gameplay
  • Psychedelic vector visuals
  • Shape-shifting playfields
  • Power-ups and bonus rounds
  • Tracker soundtrack playback
  • Game Center leaderboards and achievements
  • Controller-friendly
Features
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Enter Neon Vortex, a psychedelic vector arcade survival game built for quick runs, high scores, and screen-filling chaos. Rotate the vortex to line enemies into your firing lane. Chain perfect shots, collect power-ups, survive bonus rounds, and push deeper as the geometry shifts around you. Every run ramps into faster waves, heavier projectiles, brighter explosions, and bigger score opportunities. Features: • Fast arcade survival built around rotation, timing, and positioning • Psychedelic vector visuals with shape-shifting playfields • MOD/XM/S3M tracker soundtrack playback • Audio-reactive music visualizer mode • Power-ups including slow-mo, rapid fire, nukes, shields, and twin sweeps • Game Center leaderboards and achievements • iPhone and Apple TV support • Controller-friendly gameplay

About

Brass Reckoning

Features
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Brass Reckoning is a premium steampunk twin-stick shooter built for fast runs, explosive weapons, and pure mechanical mayhem. Blast through industrial zones packed with rust-bots, cogwork sentries, boiler hounds, snipers, bruisers, and worse. Collect cogs, unearth deadlier weapons, outlast escalating waves, and push toward a final showdown with Baron Vulcanus von Kessel. Every run is a fight for momentum. Swap weapons on the fly, watch your health, dodge what you can't outgun, and clear each zone before the factory overwhelms you. Features: - Fast, twitchy twin-stick combat - Steampunk enemies, bosses, and industrial ruin - Multiple weapons, each with a distinct fire style - A boss finale against Baron Vulcanus von Kessel - Cogs, loot, upgrades, and run stats - Overpressure mode — unlocked after your first victory - No ads. No accounts. No tracking. Buy once. Play offline. Survive the reckoning.

Screenshots

NeonVortex4 screens
Brass Reckoning3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: NeonVortex at Free against Brass Reckoning's $3.99. NeonVortex also leads on ratings volume (18 vs 1) and iOS requirement (18.6 vs 26.5). Brass Reckoning's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1). On rating, ads and device support 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

NeonVortex is free to download; Brass Reckoning costs $3.99 up front. NeonVortex sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Brass Reckoning asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for NeonVortex against 5.0 for Brass Reckoning. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: NeonVortex has 18 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
NeonVortex versus Brass Reckoning: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNeonVortexBrass Reckoning
PriceFree — better$3.99
Rating4.9 (18 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings18 — better1
Update frequencyWeekly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple TV — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.6 — better26.5
Further details — not scored
Size129 MB103 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperJeff CurtisFrankie Ross

In-app purchases

1 purchases

NeonVortex

One-time1
  • Full Game Unlock$0.99
None

Brass Reckoning

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is NeonVortex free?
NeonVortex is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Brass Reckoning free?
Brass Reckoning costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, NeonVortex or Brass Reckoning?
Brass Reckoning is rated higher. NeonVortex averages 4.9 out of 5 from 18 ratings, while Brass Reckoning averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do NeonVortex or Brass Reckoning have ads?
Neither NeonVortex nor Brass Reckoning shows ads.

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