Vertigus vs Back to the ship
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Vertigus
Embark on a perilous journey to recover stolen diamonds. Navigate through diverse worlds with unique challenges and engage in thrilling boss battles. Experience fluid physics and motion-based gameplay in this vertical platformer.
- 40 handcrafted levels
- 5 boss fights
- Vertical level design
- Fluid physics
- Motion-based gameplay
- Slow motion platforming
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Can you help Vertigus find his father's stolen diamonds? Go on a journey that will take you through different worlds full of dangers at every step. Vertigus features: • 40 handcrafted levels including 5 boss fights • Vertical level design • Fluid physics and motion based gameplay • Slow motion platforming
Back to the ship
Guide a space traveler to their ship by controlling their ascent and descent. Navigate obstacles by touching and holding the screen to move up or down, releasing to return to the center.
- Touch and hold controls
- Vertical movement
- Obstacle avoidance
- Simple gameplay
- Space theme
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Help the space traveller get into his ship! Touch and hold the upper side of the screen to make him go up, in the lower side to make him move down, and stop touching the screen to let him go back to the center of the screen.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Back to the ship at 5.0 against Vertigus's 4.0. Back to the ship also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 10) and ads (none vs shown). Vertigus's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 16 months) and iOS requirement (16.6 vs 26.0). On price, ratings volume 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
Both are free to download. Vertigus sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Back to the ship asks for nothing beyond the download.
Back to the ship holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 75% of Vertigus's written reviews are positive against 100% of Back to the ship's.
Vertigus ships an update every 2 months, Back to the ship every 16 months. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Vertigus | Back to the ship |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 16 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple TV — better | iPhone, Apple TV |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 70 MB | 16 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Dominik Ringler | yurai.cl |
Customer experience
Vertigus
Back to the ship
In-app purchases
Vertigus
- Retries +2$0.99
- Level Key$0.99
- Retries +10$1.99
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- Ammo +20$1.99
- Lifes +5$2.99
- Retries +20$3.99
- Retries +30$4.99
- Hardcore Mode$4.99
- Retries +40$6.99
- Retries +50$7.99
Back to the ship
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Vertigus free?
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