Comparison

Spacecom vs Robots On

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

Head to head
About

Spacecom

Engage in a deep strategic starfleet command game where victory hinges on deception, smart movement, and tactical choices. Test your planning and real-time tactics in a campaign, multiplayer battles, or AI skirmishes. This game emphasizes creative strategy over rapid clicking.

Highlights
  • Strategic starfleet command gameplay
  • Real-time tactics and planning
  • Single player campaign
  • Multiplayer battles (up to 5 players)
  • AI skirmish mode
  • Minimalistic military-inspired design
Features
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PLEASE NOTE: This game is optimized for iPads, iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus. Playing on iPhone 4 or iPod touch is not recommended. Spacecom – a strategic-to-the-bone, starfleet command game in which deception, smart movement, and choices to battle decide victory or defeat. No coincidence, no luck. Spacecom pushes your ability to strategize with a focus on real-time tactics and planning. Use proven maneuvers learned from military legends or devise your own plans. Test your wits in single player campaign, go head-to-head with up to 5 opponents in multiplayer or experiment with new strategies in AI skirmish mode. Most of all, you'll need a bright mind, cunning, and sound tactics. When the war begins, leave the little things behind and dive into austere soundscapes as you immerse yourself in starfleet command. From now on, what matters is your grasp of tactics and strategy, not how fast you can click. Spacecom is about creativity in planning, not complexity of game mechanics. Key Features: - Single player campaign that will test your wit in diverse tactical puzzles - Tense multiplayer - dominate up to 5 players per map - No coincidence, no luck. What matters is good planning and successful execution - Sound designed specifically to trigger strategic thinking - Minimalistic visual design inspired by military technology - Created to exalt smart thinking over fast clicking Supported languages: English, Polish, German, French, Russian and Spanish.

About

Robots On

Engage in a fast-paced arcade shooter where you must blast through waves of killer robots. Utilize power-ups and strategic targeting to survive increasingly difficult levels in this retro-inspired game.

Highlights
  • Intensive arcade gameplay
  • Multiple camera angles
  • AI-powered robot enemies
  • Power-up collection
  • Retro 2D mode
  • Rapid fire controls
Features
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Robots On Can you defeat the swarm of killer robots in this old school arcade classic. This is a quick moving intensive arcade game, you will need to keeps moving and keep blasting to stay alive. The robots are attacking in this retro game from the days of classic arcade games. Play flat 2D mode like the original arcade games, or tap the camera icon to zoom in on action and play from several different camera angles including 1st and 3rd person modes. These Robots run the latest Artificial Intelligence (AI 2.0a), but they are still not quite as smart as us humans. I'm assuming you are a human, please forgive me if you are ... er something else... Anyway another advantage is that you get about a 2 second start on the robots, while they are powering up, but all too soon its "Robots On" and you need to move. Make the most of the vital few seconds to target the most powerful and difficult robots first. The action is manic, you are out numbered a thousand to one by the collective bunch of evil killer robots. To get to the next level you must destroy all Robots, accept the Grunts which are indestructible. Be sure to collect the specials and power ups along the way :- Star : Auto aim on, this will override aiming for a short term and target the most dangerous robots. Diamond : Shields Cherry: Big points. Heart: Bonus Life. Lightning: Robots freeze until recharged. You start with 5 lives, but will get bonus lives, initially every 5000 points, later every 10,000 points. Here's a quick guide to the Robots :- Reds, - Common worker bots, shoot lasers from eyes. Greens, Grunt bots. heavy indestructible, avoid. Brain Bots. Shoot homing missiles - deadly Torus Bull Bots - replication bots. Wil make other deadly robots. Cake Bots. Fly straight at you, so keep moving. Cube Bots - A faster replication robot, makes deadly cash registers. Cash registers - Another deadly android, shoot bouncing electric balls. Dumb blocks - Harmless, unless you run into them. Firing controls - Tap on the board, or on a robot to fire in that direction. Tap off the board to fire straight ahead. Hold finger down for rapid fire. That's it, easy - download "Robots On" now and help prevent the killer Robots from overwhelming the human race.

Screenshots

Spacecom4 screens
Robots On4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Robots On at 100% against Spacecom's 48%. Robots On also leads on price (Free vs $3.99). Spacecom's advantage is rating (3.8 vs 1.0) and ads (none vs shown). On 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Robots On is free to download; Spacecom costs $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Spacecom holds the better App Store score, 3.8 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Spacecom has 23 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 48% of Spacecom's written reviews are positive against 100% of Robots On's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Spacecom ships an update every 6 months, Robots On every 31 months. The most recent releases landed on November 13, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
Spacecom versus Robots On: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSpacecomRobots On
Price$3.99Free — better
Rating3.8 (23 ratings) — better1.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews48.2% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings23 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 6 months — betterEvery 31 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS6.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size166 MB62 MB
Age rating12+12+
Developer11 bit studios s.a.Galatic Droids

Customer experience

Spacecom

All ratings23 ratings
Positive69.6%
Neutral8.7%
Negative21.7%
Written reviews110 reviews
Positive48.2%
Neutral10.0%
Negative41.8%

Robots On

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Spacecom

Reported bugs

39 issues
  • Unplayable due to touch reactions
  • Game randomly reacts to touch by scrolling map
  • Screen jumps around when trying to use it
  • Game won't load past headphone screen
  • Game won't load on iPhone 7 Plus
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  • Game won't load after showing headphone screen
  • Game has tendency to throw camera across map
  • Game won't load on iPad Pro after iOS update
  • Game locks on blank load screen
  • Game won't load past headphone recommendation
  • Game won't load past headphones recommend screen
  • Game won't start if headphones are plugged in
  • Game won't load beyond Game Center banner and headphone message
  • Black screen bug
  • Black screen after opening credits
  • Game won't start on iPhone 6s
  • iPhone 6S Touch issues
  • 3D Touch seems to have broken interface
  • Game didn't work after iOS 8.0 update
  • App fails to start on iOS 8 and iPhone 6
  • Black screen before loading game contents
  • Map randomly jumps to far flung space
  • Game glitches when trying to look around
  • Map jumping on iPhone 6+
  • Scrolling around map is near impossible
  • Too easy to select wrong units
  • Black screen after flow combine
  • Unplayable glitches
  • Screen won't scroll
  • Instantly zooms in or out
  • Cannot click/manage planets after 10 minutes
  • Unable to load the game at all
  • Screen goes almost completely dark
  • Targeting reticles floating around
  • Enemy units become unselectable
  • Game crashes
  • Game would crash
  • Screen goes black and cannot play anymore
  • Game won't even start, goes to black screen

Requested features

10 requests
  • Rally points for production builds
  • In-game help page
  • Save point feature
  • More single player missions
  • Larger text and UI elements
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  • Mid-game save feature
  • Map updates
  • Fix for AI aggressiveness
  • Fix for invisible fleets
  • Fix for dialogue boxes not opening

Robots On

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Spacecom

No in-app purchases

None

Robots On

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Spacecom free?
Spacecom costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Robots On free?
Robots On is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Spacecom or Robots On?
Spacecom is rated higher. Spacecom averages 3.8 out of 5 from 23 ratings, while Robots On averages 1.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Spacecom or Robots On have ads?
Robots On shows ads; Spacecom does not.
Which is updated more often, Spacecom or Robots On?
Spacecom ships an update every 6 months, and Robots On every 31 months. Most recently, Spacecom was updated on November 13, 2026 and Robots On on November 3, 2026.

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