Comparison

Timberman vs Asteroid Raider

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

Head to head
About

Timberman

Become a lumberjack in this arcade-style casual game. Chop trees, avoid branches, and unlock dozens of characters and environments. Compete for high scores on global leaderboards and build your village.

Highlights
  • Chop trees and avoid branches
  • Unlock dozens of characters
  • Explore various environments
  • Build and expand a village
  • Compete on global leaderboards
  • Trade wood for gold
Features
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Over 20 million players could not be wrong - featured as one of the best games since 2014 and still eagerly played in 2022! Especially with a new update that adds dozens of new characters, new environments and an expandable village! And as always tons of fun & lot of trees to cut. Timberman is an oldschool arcade style casual game. Become a Timberman, chop wood and avoid the branches. Sounds like an easy task? It's easy to play but hard to master. Dozen of variable environments and 104 lumberjacks to unlock. Master your skills for the top records on the leaderboards. Take your axe as every lumberjack does and chop the tree as fast as you can! Cut down trees, trade wood for gold, buy plots of land and discover new islands. Generate passive income, buy new axes and randomize super fantastic packs of epic characters! Many characters, trees, tons of cutting fun & wood around! Timberman is an original old school arcade style casual free game. Become a Timberman! Chop, cut and slice wood while avoiding branches. Improve your skill to reach the top of the leaderboards in this easy to learn, hard to master game. - Dozens of characters to choose from - Countless high scores to beat - Global leaderboards - Cutting edge chopping action Cut your way to the top of the leaderboards and beat others’ high scores. Chop with speed, precision and focus to become a master lumberjack. Unlock tons of different lumberjack characters, including: ninja, ghost, fireman, devil, angel, santa, monster slayer and more. Play in various environments, including: forest, wild west, circus and even hell. As a lumberjack you will race against the clock to chop down as much as you can of an endless tree. Quick thinking will be necessary to avoid branches - your biggest enemy. Cut left or chop right? You only have milliseconds to answer this question. Get it right and you’ll beat the competition and become the best Timberman ever! Along the way on this free chopping action adventure you will unlock many different characters and trees. Each one requires you to complete a unique quest! Are you up for the challenge? If so, then we at Digital Melody invite you to pick up an axe, yell timber and start chopping to test your skills and become the best Timberman ever!

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Asteroid Raider

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You are a salvage pilot dropped into a neon asteroid belt. Your ship leaves a glowing plasma trail behind it — and that trail is both your tool and your biggest threat. Use it to mine drifting stars, encircle hostile drones, and outsmart UFO raiders. Just don't crash into your own crystallized plasma when you come back around. Asteroid Raider is a fast, snappy arcade roguelite built for short sessions. Each run is its own story: how deep do you push, how much loot do you risk dragging home, how long do you survive before the asteroid belt eats you alive? CORE GAMEPLAY - Hold the boost to emit plasma. Plasma drains from a tank you refill at your station. Release to glide silently. - Loop around anything to capture it. Crystals and rare cores become extractable loot. Enemies caught inside the ring are destroyed for bonus Starcoins. - Loot beads attach to your trail and follow you home. Reach the docking station at the bottom-left of the map to bank everything as Starcoins. - Die before banking and you lose half your haul. The other half banks automatically. Risk it. YOUR SHIP Choose your role: - Seeker — balanced starter pilot. Fast turns, small tank, recovers a sip of plasma on small loops. - Stormbird — high-speed risk taker with a dash. Built for aggressive plays. More ships drop later as you climb the wallet. UPGRADES Spend Starcoins between runs to make every future run easier: - Tank — more plasma capacity per level - Engine — more ship speed per level - Hull — absorb a lethal hit per level ENEMIES - Drones — fast, suicidal, scratch through liquid plasma but explode against crystal walls. Use your trail as a fence. - UFO Raiders — bigger, smarter, take two captures to destroy. Fire homing lasers that briefly slow you down. Worth triple the bounty. PROGRESSION Every dropped crystal, every popped drone, every full lap of survival pays. Crystal +10. Core +25. Drone destroyed +1. UFO Raider +3. Every 1,000 score adds another +5 to your wallet. Score still gates the global leaderboard, but your Starcoins are what change your next run. ASTEROID BELT The map drifts in slow motion around you. Resources move. Enemies spawn off-screen and approach. The screen never lies — what you see is what's there. No surprise spawns on top of you. FEATURES - Pure landscape arcade — built for one-handed phone play on the toilet, two-handed on the couch - Global Top 100 leaderboard — leave your initials, climb the ranks. No account required. - Single-player. No ads. No real-money store. Pure score-and-ship progression. - Universal iPhone — works on every modern iOS device including iPad in landscape. REQUIRES - iPhone landscape orientation - Internet only to sync the leaderboard — offline play scores fine For pilots who liked Geometry Wars, Asteroids, Snake, and any "draw a loop" io-game — but want their own ship to upgrade, their own loot to chase, and their own death streak to break. Mine the belt. Build the ship. Top the board.

Screenshots

Timberman4 screens
Asteroid Raider4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Asteroid Raider at none against Timberman's 15. Asteroid Raider also leads on update cadence (every 11 days vs every 5 weeks). Timberman's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, ads 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. Timberman sells 15 one-off in-app purchases. Asteroid Raider asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Timberman ships an update every 5 weeks, Asteroid Raider every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Timberman versus Asteroid Raider: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTimbermanAsteroid Raider
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (523 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews55.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings523 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksEvery 11 days — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size255 MB11 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperDigital MelodyGSTD

Bugs and requests

Timberman

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Inconsistent score tracking and achievement unlocking
  • Crashes and freezes on certain devices
  • Paid version not removing all ads as expected

Requested features

4 requests
  • Option to skip retry countdown
  • More diverse character unlocks and abilities
  • Improved leaderboard system and tracking
  • Customization options for gameplay and visuals

Asteroid Raider

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

15 purchases

Timberman

One-time15
  • Remove ads$0.99
  • Package of 2000 coins$0.99
  • Special Characters Pack #2$0.99
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  • Special Characters Pack #3$0.99
  • Special Characters Pack #6$0.99
  • Special Characters Pack #5$0.99
  • Special Characters Pack #4$0.99
  • Buy package of 5000 wood$0.99
  • Special Characters Pack #1$0.99
  • Unlock all characters$1.99
  • Special Offer 1$1.99
  • Special Offer 2$1.99
  • Package of 5000 coins$1.99
  • Special Offer 3$3.99
  • Package of 20000 coins$6.99
None

Asteroid Raider

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Timberman free?
Timberman is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Asteroid Raider free?
Asteroid Raider is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Timberman or Asteroid Raider have ads?
Both Timberman and Asteroid Raider show ads.
Which is updated more often, Timberman or Asteroid Raider?
Timberman ships an update every 5 weeks, and Asteroid Raider every 11 days. Most recently, Timberman was updated on October 24, 2026 and Asteroid Raider on October 19, 2026.

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