.Decluster vs The Tawashi
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
.Decluster
Engage in a vertically scrolling 2D shooter with simple controls and graphics. Dodge waves of bullets and enemies while firing a powerful homing laser to clear your path and earn bonuses. Offers multiple difficulty levels and customizable settings for an accessible bullet-hell experience.
- Simple two-finger controls
- Homing laser with bullet canceling
- Automatic basic shots
- Small player hitbox
- Game speed slowdown with many bullets
- Four difficulty levels
- Adjustable game view and touch sensitivity
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Simple controls and simple graphics. A mass of bullets and enemies. All you need is just to dodge and to fire. Enjoy your bullet-hell life. #################################### # DEVICE REQUIREMENTS # # iPhone 5 or later # iPad Air or later #################################### .Decluster (dot decluster) is a vertically scrolling 2D shooter game (shmup). The controls you need are just two. To move your ship and to fire the homing laser. Because it is designed for mobile devices, you can control easily on the iPhone / iPad. Slide your finger anywhere on the screen to move your ship. The relative touch movement is adopted. And tap second finger to fire the homing laser. Basic shots are automatic. The homing laser is powerful activity and is also a key to surviving. The homing laser requires the gauge of it at least 1 Lv. The moment the homing laser was fired, bullets around your ship are canceled and get cancel bonuses. This is so important. Don't forget it. The player's unhitting box is very small. It is displayed as a white rectangle in the center of the ship. And when a lot of bullets appear, the game-speed gets slowdown. Therefor you can keep surviving more than meets the eye. Four different difficulties. From beginner to expert. The novice difficulty has some benefits from the start. Extra options and extra lives. If you are beginner fun of shooter, the novice difficulty is a good choice. In the settings, you can adjust the size of game view and you can also adjust the touch sensitivity for slide control. If it is hard to see the screen because of your finger, or you have incongruous with the slide control, then try to adjust them. From version 2.0.1, the boss battle mode was added. HOW TO PLAY ======================================== ## Basics - Slide one finger to move the Player. - The Player automatically fires. ## Homing Laser - Tap second finger to fire the Homing Laser. - The Homing Laser will target at the nearest Enemy. ## Homing Laser Gauge - The Homing Laser can be fired when the gauge is enough. - The gauge is filled by shooting enemies or collecting items. ## Homing Laser Tips - The moment the Homing Laser was fired, bullets around the Player are canceled. - And cancel bonuses are obtained. ## Homing Laser Tips+ - The more gauge is the larger cancel range. - The more bullets are canceled, the more bonuses are obtained. ## Items - Collect items to obtain score and fill the Homing Laser Gauge. - Option items are alternately switched to each other every 5 sec. ## Tips - The higher bonuses are obtained by faster destroy enemies. - Additional bonuses by the Homing Laser. - Extra life every 3,000,000 pt. #################################### # DEVICE REQUIREMENTS # # iPhone 5 or later # iPad Air or later ####################################
The Tawashi
Engage in a retro-style shooter where you must evade enemy bullets while simultaneously attacking them. Collect power-ups and treasures to boost your score and gain extra lives. Master five challenging stages with adjustable difficulty levels.
- Bullet evasion and shooting gameplay
- Multiple control options (touch, gamepad, keyboard)
- Weapon power-ups and upgrades
- Collectible treasures for extra lives
- Five distinct stages with boss battles
- Adjustable difficulty levels
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- What kind of game is it? A game where you evade enemy bullets whilst shooting them down. Don't think, just evade and shoot! - Controls Smartphone: Move: Tap and slide Attack: Tap Precision control: Slowly slide Pause: Tap with 2 fingers Horizontal feed: None Vertical feed: tap and slide Gamepad: Move: Left joystick Attack: Button 1 (A) Precision control: Button 2 (B) + direction Pause: Menu button Horizontal feed: Button L/R Vertical feed: Right joystick The game is best experienced using a gamepad. Select the 'Gamepad' icon on the settings screen when using a gamepad. However, the compatibility of gamepads may affect the controls of the game. If this occurs, please use another method of control. You can also use the arrow keys or numeric pad for keyboard controls. Disable NumLock to use the numeric pad. Failing to do so will prevent the game from stopping. - Gameplay Select a stage and difficulty. Use the directional controls to avoid enemy bullets, and shoot down enemies using the attack button. Collect your friends to boost your score, and shoot at present boxes to switch to better weapons every now and then. When you see a flash on the ground, dig up the treasure, and if you get bombarded with enemy shots then use your precisions controls to slowly dodge them. Don't forget to 'pause' if you get tired. It might sound difficult, but you'll get the hang of it as you play. - Game rules Getting hit by enemy bullets reduces your HP. You lose 1 life when you run out of HP, and the game ends once you've lost all your lives. Complete a stage by defeating a boss before you lose all of your lives! Bumping into an enemy will not reduce your HP, but you may get knocked back or paralyzed. - Stages You can select the next stage once you have cleared a stage. There are 5 stages in total! Can you clear all the stages? Cleared stages and proceeding unlocked stage are always available to play, so you can constantly play stages you're good at or practice difficult ones at your leisure. - Power-ups Collect the weapons that appear when you destroy present boxes! They change the bullets shot from your character. Choose from various weapons to suit the situation. Some strong enemies can be easily defeated by switching weapons. Just a quick heads up - all weapons are disposable. - Difficulty There are 5 difficult levels: Easy, Light, Normal, Hard, and Hell. Select a difficulty level that suits you at the Start Stage screen. Try playing on 'Easy' or 'Light' if you're new to these kinds of games. If you're a veteran to this scene, then choose 'Hard' or 'Hell' and aim for a high score! The harder the difficulty, the higher your possible score. - Treasure Collecting various treasures in the game will increase your number of extra lives at the start of the game. When you collect 50/100/200/300/400/450/ALL different types of treasures, you will gain 1 extra life. (Note: collecting multiples of the same type of treasure does not count) The more extra lives you have, the easier it is to clear a stage. Try dropping the difficulty to collect more treasures if you're having trouble avoiding bullets. Each stage features different treasures, so play through different ones to collect more of them. - Any bombs? No, nothing like that. - What about 1UPs? Nope. Nothing. Collecting various different treasures will increase the number of lives you start with. - Any HP recovery? Your HP is recovered when you clear a stage. You can do it! - What about replays? Sorry to break it to you, but no. Please use the automatic highlights recording function. Recorded videos are saved to your gallery or my videos folder. Videos are saved in GIF format, so please use compatible software to view them. Unfortunately, there is no sound-recording function.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: .Decluster at Free against The Tawashi's $3.99. .Decluster also leads on update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 22 months) and ratings volume (27 vs 5). The Tawashi's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.5) and review sentiment (100% vs 86%). On ads, 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
.Decluster is free to download; The Tawashi costs $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
The Tawashi holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: .Decluster has 27 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 86% of .Decluster's written reviews are positive against 100% of The Tawashi's.
.Decluster ships an update every 5 weeks, The Tawashi every 22 months. The most recent releases landed on August 26, 2026 and August 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | .Decluster | The Tawashi |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $3.99 |
| Rating | 4.5 (27 ratings) | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 86.2% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 27 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 22 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 54 MB | 115 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 9+ |
| Developer | MASAYUKI ITO | Makoto Umeda |
Customer experience
.Decluster
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In-app purchases
.Decluster
No in-app purchases
The Tawashi
No in-app purchases
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