Top Tank vs Simple Air Combat
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Top Tank
Engage in explosive retro arcade tank combat on your touch screen. Navigate diverse terrains, defeat land and air enemies with simple controls, and collect power-ups. Unlock new tanks and achievements as you conquer challenging locales.
- One-touch aiming and firing
- Collect and deploy power-ups
- Unlock six unique tanks
- Thirteen achievements
- Seven distinct locales
- Game Center high score battles
- Lifetime statistics tracking
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Experience explosive retro arcade action tailored exclusively for the 21st century touch screen! Jump in to your heavily-armored war machine and face off against an army of foes from both land and air. Navigate rolling terrain and lob projectiles at oncoming threats with nothing more than the simple touch of a finger. Do you have what it takes to be TOP TANK? Features: ● One-touch control - Hold to aim, release to fire ● Collect and deploy devastating power-ups ● Win and unlock six unique tanks, each with their own special perk! ● Thirteen achievements to unlock ● Seven locales, each featuring unique graphics and original soundtrack ● Battle your friends for high score supremacy on Game Center ● Track your progress through lifetime stats
Simple Air Combat
Engage in thrilling aerial combat with straightforward controls. Defeat a variety of land, sea, and air enemies using an arsenal of powerful weapons. Experience exciting battles with simple rules designed for quick play.
- Simple controls for easy operation
- Defeat enemies on land, sea, and air
- Variety of enemy types
- Multiple weapon options
- Exciting 3D combat experience
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Simple but Exciting Air Combat with Easy Operation. - Simple rules to defeat all enemies on Land, Sea and Air. - Various enemies such as Battleship, Anti-Aircraft Gun, Bomber, etc. - Various weapons such as Cannon, AT-Gun and Homing Missile.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Top Tank at none against Simple Air Combat's shown. Top Tank also leads on update cadence (every 10 days vs every 3 months) and ratings volume (65 vs 13). Simple Air Combat's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 83%). On price, rating, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Top Tank sells 6 one-off in-app purchases and Simple Air Combat sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Simple Air Combat holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Top Tank has 65 ratings behind it against 13, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 83% of Top Tank's written reviews are positive against 100% of Simple Air Combat's.
Top Tank ships an update every 10 days, Simple Air Combat every 3 months. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Top Tank | Simple Air Combat |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (65 ratings) | 4.8 (13 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 83.1% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 65 — better | 13 |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 25 MB | 171 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Fun Fetched | Eiji Shimada |
Customer experience
Top Tank
Simple Air Combat
Bugs and requests
Top Tank
Reported bugs
8 issues- Screen alignment issues on newer iPads
- Nuclear option not always working
- App crashes when collecting prizes
- Tanks not permanently unlocked after purchase/prize
- Cannot purchase certain tanks
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- Game glitches sometimes
- Delay and difficulty with firing on newer iPhones (3D Touch related)
- Struggling to aim after firing
Requested features
16 requests- Add more tanks
- Implement permanent tank unlocks
- More varied scenarios/levels
- Upgrade system for tanks
- Option to disable sound effects
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- Better prize/gift system
- Update for newer device screen resolutions
- Add WW2 tanks
- Save game progress across devices (iCloud)
- Allow trying all tanks
- Add nitro boost
- More tank styles
- Add levels or lives
- Faster firing rate
- More locales/maps
- Ability to cancel tank firing/moving
Simple Air Combat
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Top Tank
- Rover Patroller Tank$0.99
- CyberTrack Tank$0.99
- Tank 54$0.99
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- Quacker Attacker Tank$0.99
- Unicorn Tank$0.99
- Scorpion Tank$0.99
Simple Air Combat
- Remove Ads$0.99
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