Stick Ranger vs Mini Blaster
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Stick Ranger
Embark on an action RPG adventure with four stick figures. Explore diverse environments, battle enemies, and upgrade weapons. Level up your character by assigning experience points to attributes.
- Action RPG gameplay
- Explore diverse environments
- Battle enemies
- Upgrade weapons
- Character attribute customization
- Level up system
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This game is the 18th iPhone game for the Web Game Site "DAN-BALL". Adventure of 4 Stickmans! It's a simple action RPG. Battle enemies in a variate of environments across a huge map including, grasslands, caverns, deserts, and snowfields! Use items to upgrade your weapons at 8 different types of professions. Level up and assign your experience points to your attributes and create your own character!
Mini Blaster
Engage in a minimalist arcade shooter where you control your ship with one hand. Automatically attack enemies, collect gems to level up, and choose powerful upgrades to strengthen your vessel. Unlock new color palettes and styles to customize your gameplay experience.
- One-handed controls
- Automatic attacking
- Leveling and upgrades
- Gem collection
- Unlockable palettes
- Unlockable styles
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Mini Blaster is an arcade shooter with minimal graphics. Raise the level and get upgrade, strengthen your ship and defeat the approaching enemies. ■ Game System The operation is only movement, you can play with one hand. Automatically attack enemies within range. No need to aim in detail! Defeat enemies, collect gems and level up. Choose a upgrade and get stronger and stronger. ■ Many Upgrades You can get various kinds of upgrades for each level up. If you combine them, they will be even more powerful. Let's defeat the enemy with the strengthened your machine. ■ Various Palettes and Styles Unlock new palettes and styles with the gems you've collected. The palette can change the color scheme of the screen. Aim for a high score with a new color. Style affects the upgrades that appear. Find your favorite style.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Mini Blaster at every 4 days against Stick Ranger's every 5 months. Mini Blaster also leads on iOS requirement (10.0 vs 13.0). Stick Ranger's advantage is review sentiment (88% vs 77%). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Stick Ranger against 4.5 for Mini Blaster. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 291 and 171 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 88% of Stick Ranger's written reviews are positive against 77% of Mini Blaster's.
Stick Ranger ships an update every 5 months, Mini Blaster every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and September 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Stick Ranger | Mini Blaster |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (291 ratings) — better | 4.5 (171 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 88.0% of reviews — better | 76.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 291 — better | 171 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 10 MB | 86 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | DAN-BALL | Masamichi Nakada |
Customer experience
Stick Ranger
Mini Blaster
Bugs and requests
Stick Ranger
Reported bugs
4 issues- Map and menu buttons not working
- Certain weapons/abilities not functioning
- Inconsistent enemy behavior
- Progression-blocking issues
Requested features
5 requests- Add multiplayer mode
- Improve character controls
- Introduce new classes and updates
- Provide an option to disable ads
- Enhance in-game descriptions
Mini Blaster
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Stick Ranger
No in-app purchases
Mini Blaster
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Stick Ranger free?
Is Mini Blaster free?
Which has better reviews, Stick Ranger or Mini Blaster?
Do Stick Ranger or Mini Blaster have ads?
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