Comparison

FlashInvaders vs InvaderQuest

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

Head to head
About

FlashInvaders

Discover and document street art mosaics globally. Scan artwork to add it to your personal gallery, earn points, and track your progress. Share your finds and compete with friends.

Highlights
  • Discover street art mosaics
  • Scan and document artwork
  • Personal mosaic gallery
  • Share discoveries on social media
  • Follow friends' scores
  • Live worldwide flash stream
Features
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FlashInvaders is the official application of the artist Invader. Go and search for his thousands mosaics all around the world, flash them and get points. - Valid flashes are added to your own gallery where you can find all the mosaics you have found anytime. - You can also share your discoveries on social networks. - Create your followers list and follow your friends' scores. - Follow the live stream to see all the flashes in real time worldwide.

About

InvaderQuest

Discover and track unique street art mosaics hidden in cities worldwide. Plan your routes to find them efficiently, get alerts when you're near, and monitor your collection's progress with detailed statistics and achievements. This app turns urban exploration into an engaging treasure hunt.

Highlights
  • Map of nearby mosaics
  • Route planning for hunts
  • Optimized loop routes
  • Proximity alerts
  • Collection tracking
  • Progress statistics
  • News updates on mosaics
Features
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InvaderQuest - become the best Space Invaders hunter! You know those little pixel art mosaics tucked away on the walls of your city? For years they have been hiding in plain sight. InvaderQuest turns you into a hunter: spot them, plan your outings, and watch your collection grow - in Paris and in more than 80 cities around the world. FIND THEM A map shows every Invader around you. Each mosaic has its own page: a location hint and a link to photos, so you can spot even the most discreet ones. By default the map only shows what you still have to flash - no distraction, just your next target. PLAN YOUR HUNTS No more wandering at random: 1. Route - enter a start and a finish, and discover every Invader along your way. 2. Hunt - just say "I have an hour, around here", and the app builds an optimised loop to flash as many as possible in the time you have. 3. Walk alerts - get notified when you pass close to an Invader, even with the phone in your pocket and the app closed. DISCOVER THE CITY ALONG THE WAY Your routes and your hunts also take in what is worth seeing nearby: monuments, squares, gardens, artworks. More than 1,700 documented places, each with a summary of its history. The best finds are the ones you were not looking for. YOUR COLLECTION Every catch joins your Collection: its photo, its date, its points. Write a note beside each one to remember where it was, and who you were with. A grid that fills up, city by city. TRACK YOUR PROGRESS 1. Cities - your completion city by city and, in Paris, district by district. Those bars filling up are dangerously addictive. 2. Stats - your activity over time, your streaks, your records. 3. News - new Invaders, mosaics reactivated or gone, in the cities you care about. ARRIVING WITH A HISTORY? Bring in all your flashes at once from your FlashInvaders account, or from a .csv or .txt file. And you can export the whole thing again to switch phones without losing anything. BUILT FOR HUNTERS No account, no server: your flashes, your notes and your locations never leave your phone. A carefully crafted arcade style interface, in French, English, Spanish and Italian. Whether you are a Sunday stroller or a relentless collector, InvaderQuest is with you from the first mosaic to the last. The city is your playground. Now go flash them all! Unofficial app, not affiliated with any artist or brand.

Screenshots

FlashInvaders4 screens
InvaderQuest4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: InvaderQuest at every 2 weeks against FlashInvaders's every 11 months. InvaderQuest also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 77%). FlashInvaders's advantage is ratings volume (903 vs 2) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.1). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for FlashInvaders against 5.0 for InvaderQuest. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: FlashInvaders has 903 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 77% of FlashInvaders's written reviews are positive against 100% of InvaderQuest's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

FlashInvaders ships an update every 11 months, InvaderQuest every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
FlashInvaders versus InvaderQuest: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFlashInvadersInvaderQuest
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (903 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews76.6% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings903 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 11 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size20 MB47 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerflash invadersMarc-Henri Colson

Customer experience

FlashInvaders

All ratings903 ratings
Positive98.1%
Neutral0.6%
Negative1.3%
Written reviews64 reviews
Positive76.6%
Neutral7.8%
Negative15.6%

InvaderQuest

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews23 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

FlashInvaders

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Camera not working
  • Login/sign-up issues
  • Crashes and black screens
  • Inability to restore lost galleries

Requested features

5 requests
  • Ability to upload existing photos
  • Improved validation and recognition
  • Geolocation support for damaged invaders
  • Higher zoom levels
  • More invaders in different regions

InvaderQuest

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

FlashInvaders

No in-app purchases

None

InvaderQuest

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is FlashInvaders free?
FlashInvaders is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is InvaderQuest free?
InvaderQuest is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, FlashInvaders or InvaderQuest?
InvaderQuest is rated higher. FlashInvaders averages 4.9 out of 5 from 903 ratings, while InvaderQuest averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do FlashInvaders or InvaderQuest have ads?
Neither FlashInvaders nor InvaderQuest shows ads.
Which is updated more often, FlashInvaders or InvaderQuest?
FlashInvaders ships an update every 11 months, and InvaderQuest every 2 weeks. Most recently, FlashInvaders was updated on October 15, 2026 and InvaderQuest on October 12, 2026.

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