Comparison

Drone Backlash vs Ghost Orbit

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

Head to head
About

Drone Backlash

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The sky above your field post is no longer clear. Scouts fly low, heavy drones hold their course, and jet-powered drones give you just seconds to intercept them. Hold your position and ready your weapon for the next raid. Complete six 90-second operations with different enemy formations. Meet the objective, keep your position intact and improve your result to earn three stars. Take a five-minute pickup patrol through fields, villages and forests. Shoot down incoming FPVs before they hit the truck and shake your aim. Complete three-stage contracts across 12 ranks. Build your arsenal. Nine weapons change how you fight, with general-purpose and heavy machine guns, rapid-fire barrages, short bursts, buckshot, airburst fire, guided missiles and an interceptor drone. Lead moving targets and manage recoil and heat. Face eight drone types, including FPVs. Damage to individual parts changes their flight; burning wreckage falls to the ground. Rewards vary by drone type. Buy weapons, four upgrade paths with five levels for each weapon, and selectable modifications. Purchases persist; retired autonomous support is refunded. Ammunition is free. No real-money payments, ads or paid currency packs. Aim with motion and touch together, or use the joystick alone. Play in portrait or landscape; recenter your aim, adjust sensitivity and mirror controls for left-handed play. Sound and vibration are adjustable. No registration or internet connection is needed after installation. The interface is available in 30 languages. All aircraft and weapon characteristics are fictional game designs.

About

Ghost Orbit

Features
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Eyes in the sky. Death from above. Ghost Orbit puts you behind the thermal camera of a stealth strike drone circling high above the battlefield. Scan the ground in white-hot, black-hot or night vision, mark your targets and bring the rain. THERMAL WARFARE • Switch between white-hot, black-hot, night vision and more • Zoom from wide orbit to tight precision shots • Heat signatures glow through night, dust and rain FULL ARSENAL • Rapid-fire cannon for soft targets • Homing missiles that track the boxed target • Guided bombs, cluster munitions and carpet strikes • Flares to dodge incoming SAMs 30 CAMPAIGN OPERATIONS • Five theaters: desert compounds, a blacked-out city, a military airfield, a snowy mountain pass and a night harbor • Protect friendly squads, stop cargo takeoffs, suppress air defenses • Earn up to 3 stars on every operation ENDLESS DEFENSE • Hold a forward base against waves that never stop • Every wave pays credits, every fifth pays Gold UPGRADE YOUR DRONE • Upgrade cannon, missiles and armor in the Armory • Unlock airframes, thermal palettes, reticles and HUD colors • Daily supply drops No ads, no sign-up and fully playable offline. Ghost Orbit is free to play. Optional in-app purchases are available for Gold and the one-time Starter Kit.

Screenshots

Drone Backlash3 screens
Ghost Orbit4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Drone Backlash at none against Ghost Orbit's 6. Ghost Orbit's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price and ads there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. Ghost Orbit sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Drone Backlash asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences Ā· 3 level
Drone Backlash versus Ghost Orbit: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDrone BacklashGhost Orbit
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyDaily—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size31 MB8 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperMaksim KudriavtsevWisdom Entertainment LTD

In-app purchases

None

Drone Backlash

No in-app purchases

6 purchases

Ghost Orbit

One-time6
  • Handful of Gold$0.99
  • Starter Kit$2.99
  • Pouch of Gold$4.99
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  • Crate of Gold$9.99
  • Chest of Gold$19.99
  • Vault of Gold$49.99

Questions

Is Drone Backlash free?
Drone Backlash is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Ghost Orbit free?
Ghost Orbit is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Drone Backlash or Ghost Orbit have ads?
Neither Drone Backlash nor Ghost Orbit shows ads.

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