Blast vs HOP! 8
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Blast
Tap to steer your rocket through endless waves of asteroids. Collect coins and compete for high scores. Unlock new rockets as you progress through this arcade-style game.
- Tap-to-steer gameplay
- Endless asteroid waves
- Coin collection
- Unlockable rockets
- Leaderboards
- Gamecenter integration
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HOW TO PLAY? Your rocket can only fly left or right. Each time you tap the screen your rocket will accelerate in the opposite direction. It doesn't matter where you tap on the screen. If you tap fast enough your rocket will almost fly straight. 3... 2... 1... BLAST-OFF! Tap your way through endless waves of asteroids. How many coins can you pick up before getting blown to pieces? And most importantly... can you beat your friends' high scores? This version includes: - 8 Unlockable Rockets - 5 Colorful Meteors - Gamecenter Login - Leaderboards
HOP! 8
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Boot up the PIXELON 64. Type LOAD "HOP",8,1 — or just tap SHIFT+RUN/STOP, the way you did when you were a kid — and hop your way home. HOP! 8-Bit is a lovingly recreated retro arcade for iPhone and iPad. Five lanes of traffic. A river full of logs and turtles. Five home slots at the top. One frog, three lives, and a stopwatch that never stops running. ▸ AUTHENTIC 8-BIT LOOK The full home-computer experience — beige case, blue CRT, chunky pixel sprites, and a scanline glow that hides no crime. It boots with the familiar READY. prompt, complete with a blinking cursor. ▸ HOP IN ONE TAP On the real thing, you held SHIFT and pressed RUN/STOP to auto-boot the first program on tape. HOP! 8-Bit honors that shortcut with a big yellow button. One tap and you're playing. ▸ PROGRESSIVE ROUNDS Round 1 runs at 30% speed so you can learn the timing. Each cleared board speeds things up. By round 6 you're at base arcade tempo, and it keeps climbing. ▸ PLAY YOUR WAY Swipe up/down/left/right to hop. Or plug in a keyboard — arrow keys and WASD both work. Portrait for typing, landscape for full-screen action. ▸ SID-STYLE SOUND Every chirp and bloop is a square wave, synthesized live. No sample files, no bloat — just the sound of a real 8-bit chip. ▸ HAPTICS Every hop, every splat, every home slot filled — you feel it. ▸ THE PIXELON 64 An original creation — the PIXELON 64 is our tribute to every beige box that took over the family room in 1982. It runs PIXEL BASIC V2.0, has 64K of RAM, and 38,911 bytes free. Made by an 80s kid who missed the sound of a datasette. Enjoy.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Blast at none against HOP! 8's shown. Blast also leads on iOS requirement (10.0 vs 17.0). HOP! 8's advantage is update cadence (every 9 days vs every 5 weeks). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Blast ships an update every 5 weeks, HOP! 8 every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Blast | HOP! 8 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (3 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 19 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Dag Andersen | James Baker |
In-app purchases
Blast
No in-app purchases
HOP! 8
No in-app purchases









