Comparison

Beach Defender vs Space Alert

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

Head to head
About

Beach Defender

Experience a retro 8-bit arcade shooter inspired by classic fantasy games. Defend the beach in an adventure where the whole world counts on you. Compete with friends on leaderboards and enjoy haptic feedback.

Highlights
  • Retro 8-bit pixel art
  • Simple one-touch gameplay
  • GameCenter leaderboards
  • Infinite arcade mode
  • Haptic feedback
Features
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Defend the beach in this retro 8-bit arcade shoot’em up! Your fellow villagers, your friends and even your own mother are counting on you… in fact, the whole world is. You are the Guardian of the Beach, and it’s adventure time! Handcrafted pixel art and 8-bit sound effects pay tribute to the classic handheld adventures of the 90s. Easy to pick up, hard to put down. FEATURES • One-touch controls: simple to learn, hard to master • Endless waves of sea creatures: octopuses, sea urchins, jellyfish, crabs that dig out of the sand and turtles whose shells bounce your shots back • A wooden palisade protects the village: an enemy that breaks a plank opens the way for the next one • Game Center leaderboard: challenge your friends and beat their scores • Optional “Remove Ads” purchase • Haptic feedback • Retro pixel art and sound

About

Space Alert

Pilot a spaceship through deep space, collecting life force and avoiding obstacles. This addictive game features simple one-touch controls and endless gameplay with high score tracking.

Highlights
  • Endless gameplay
  • One-touch controls
  • Obstacle avoidance
  • Collect life force
  • High score tracking
Features
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Play Free Games on: www.boogygames.com Pilot your Space Ship through the deep space and collect Earth's life force and survive as long as possible. Space Alert has a creative design and very comprehensive and easy to follow rules, yet it immediately becomes addictive. You are controlling your Space Ship and directing him so that collision with the tricky obstacles is avoided. Your Space Ship is the primary focus of this game and all the actions he was designed to perform such as avoiding obstacles and collecting essential items. Features: -Insanely simple and addictive -Endless gameplay -One Touch gameplay -High scores with Game Center

Screenshots

Beach Defender4 screens
Space Alert4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Space Alert at 100% against Beach Defender's 43%. Space Alert also leads on ads (none vs shown) and rating (4.7 vs 4.4). Beach Defender's advantage is ratings volume (34 vs 3). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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. Beach Defender sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Space Alert sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Space Alert holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Beach Defender has 34 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 43% of Beach Defender's written reviews are positive against 100% of Space Alert's.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Beach Defender versus Space Alert: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBeach DefenderSpace Alert
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (34 ratings)4.7 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews42.9% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings34 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 10 days—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.06.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size126 MB18 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFlorian BrochardOcal Sonmez

Customer experience

Beach Defender

All ratings34 ratings
Positive82.4%
Neutral5.9%
Negative11.8%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive42.9%
Neutral14.3%
Negative42.9%

Space Alert

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Beach Defender

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$2.99
1 purchases

Space Alert

One-time1
  • Remove ADS$0.99

Questions

Is Beach Defender free?
Beach Defender is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Space Alert free?
Space Alert is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Beach Defender or Space Alert?
Space Alert is rated higher. Beach Defender averages 4.4 out of 5 from 34 ratings, while Space Alert averages 4.7 from 3 ratings.
Do Beach Defender or Space Alert have ads?
Beach Defender shows ads; Space Alert does not.

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