Comparison

Defend Meteor City! vs River Bunch

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

Head to head
About

Defend Meteor City!

Control a stickman to defend a city from falling meteors by bouncing them back. Residents are safe, and your mission is to protect the city. This is part of the Cassette Games series.

Highlights
  • Move stickman left and right
  • Bounce back meteors
  • Defend Meteor City
  • Cassette Games: Volume 4
Features
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A brave stickman swoops left and right to defend Meteor City from massive space junk! Residents have already been evacuated! We’re counting on you! Cassette Games: Volume 4 is here! - Move the stickman left and right to bounce back the meteors!

About

River Bunch

Features
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Tim The Thing has always been known as the happiest living thing on Earth and now that it is a Parent its happiness will live on forever! But, oh no! The evil flies have arrived to take away Tim's little one. Never fear! Tim has a plan! It'll eat all the flies one by one. But it needs your help! Help Tim aim and it'll do the rest, unless you really want to eat some of the flies yourself! Will you be a hero and help Tim save its precious little one? Of course you will!

Screenshots

Defend Meteor City!3 screens
River Bunch4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: River Bunch at none against Defend Meteor City!'s shown. River Bunch also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 4 months) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On price, in-app purchases 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

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

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Defend Meteor City! ships an update every 4 months, River Bunch every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Defend Meteor City! versus River Bunch: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDefend Meteor City!River Bunch
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB12 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMasakazu YoneharaLluis Ulzurrun de Asanza Saez

In-app purchases

None

Defend Meteor City!

No in-app purchases

None

River Bunch

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Defend Meteor City! free?
Defend Meteor City! is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is River Bunch free?
River Bunch is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Defend Meteor City! or River Bunch have ads?
Defend Meteor City! shows ads; River Bunch does not.
Which is updated more often, Defend Meteor City! or River Bunch?
Defend Meteor City! ships an update every 4 months, and River Bunch every 3 weeks. Most recently, Defend Meteor City! was updated on November 4, 2026 and River Bunch on November 6, 2026.

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