Comparison

Blast vs HOP! 8

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Tap-to-steer gameplay
  • Endless asteroid waves
  • Coin collection
  • Unlockable rockets
  • Leaderboards
  • Gamecenter integration
Features
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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

About

HOP! 8

Features
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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.

Screenshots

Blast4 screens
HOP! 84 screens

Verdict

The call

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

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

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.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Blast versus HOP! 8: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBlastHOP! 8
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.7 (3 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksEvery 9 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS10.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size19 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDag AndersenJames Baker

In-app purchases

None

Blast

No in-app purchases

None

HOP! 8

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Blast free?
Blast is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is HOP! 8 free?
HOP! 8 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Blast or HOP! 8 have ads?
HOP! 8 shows ads; Blast does not.
Which is updated more often, Blast or HOP! 8?
Blast ships an update every 5 weeks, and HOP! 8 every 9 days. Most recently, Blast was updated on November 1, 2026 and HOP! 8 on October 24, 2026.

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