Comparison

Stellar Wanderer vs Sol Frontiers

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

Head to head
About

Stellar Wanderer

Embark on an epic space adventure in a vast open-world universe. Develop your character, choose your playstyle, and explore diverse star systems. Engage in combat, trading, mining, or piracy, and customize your ship with numerous upgrades.

Highlights
  • Vast open-world universe
  • Multiple playstyles (Fighter, Trader, Tank, Engineer)
  • Engage in combat, mining, trading, and piracy
  • Ship customization with over 100 items
  • Cockpit and third-person camera views
  • Gorgeous visuals and unique atmosphere
Features
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Stellar Wanderer is a beautiful space opera set in a vast open-world universe. Grow your skills and choose the best path that suits your play style. Become a FIGHTER, TRADER, TANK or ENGINEER, each with its own bonuses and special abilities. Follow the main storyline or choose the side missions you would like to play. Mine for resources or be the most dangerous pirate in the galaxy. Experience a variety of gorgeous space sets, each with several interest points. Earn credits for the ship of your choice or choose multiple ships! Tune your ship with more than 100 items that are currently available in the game. • 10+ hours of gameplay to complete the story line • Use accelerometer or virtual joystick • Cockpit view for a more immersive feeling or third person view for better observation • Fight, mine, explore, trade • Gorgeous visuals with unique atmosphere for each space set. The game is optimized to work on all devices starting from iPhone 4s, iPad 2 and iPad Mini. Follow us for the latest info and game news! • http://crescentmoongames.com/other-games/ • http://facebook.com/crescentmoongames • http://twitter.com/cm_games • http://www.stellarwanderer.com

About

Sol Frontiers

Embark on a sci-fi odyssey to reclaim humanity's lost home. Captain a mothership, awaken your crew, gather resources, and battle cosmic threats in an idle strategy adventure.

Highlights
  • Explore uncharted cosmos
  • Battle the Swarm and Deeper Darkness
  • Upgrade mothership and starfighters
  • Awaken and train diverse crew
  • Gather resources for repairs
  • Idle gameplay mechanics
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Millennia after our sun inexplicably began dying, the ember of humanity's hope burns anew. As the cosmos stretches out, vast and uncharted, the call of a homecoming beckons. Entrusted with the dream of reclaiming our long-lost cradle, the flagship THE CROWN OF DAHLIA set forth. But silence has shrouded its heralded journey, and now, it's gone missing. In SOL FRONTIERS you captain the JONAH'S WHALE, dispatched on a perilous mission to uncover the fate of the lost Dahlia and to piece together the fragments of a cosmic puzzle. Awaken your crew and expand your mothership. Navigate through haunting space graveyards, confront the sinister SWARM, and face the lurking DEEPER DARKNESS that threatens more than just humanity's return. Gather resources to repair your mothership With a diverse array of resources such as metal, crystals, and credits, ensure you grow your headquarters and, in turn, your reach by equipping and upgrading your crew's starfighters. Prevail over the Swarm Select from a multitude of available crew and awaken up to 18 to your roster. Explore and secure various areas of the cosmos by defeating enemy bosses. Hone your crew's skills in preparation for random enemy encounters as well as the ultimate challenge. Will you pierce the enigma and reclaim Earth? Or will the vastness of space swallow our last hopes? Allow the diverse idle gameplay to transport you into outer space and embark on a saga of discovery, destiny, and the unyielding spirit of humankind in this gripping sci-fi odyssey.

Screenshots

Stellar Wanderer4 screens
Sol Frontiers4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Sol Frontiers at Free against Stellar Wanderer's $4.99. Sol Frontiers also leads on review sentiment (59% vs 42%) and ratings volume (122 vs 8). Stellar Wanderer's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 13.0). On update cadence, 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

Sol Frontiers is free to download; Stellar Wanderer costs $4.99 up front. Stellar Wanderer sells 7 one-off in-app purchases and Sol Frontiers sells 11 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Sol Frontiers holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Sol Frontiers has 122 ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 42% of Stellar Wanderer's written reviews are positive against 59% of Sol Frontiers's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Stellar Wanderer ships an update every 2 weeks, Sol Frontiers fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Stellar Wanderer versus Sol Frontiers: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStellar WandererSol Frontiers
Price$4.99Free — better
Rating4.0 (8 ratings)4.2 (122 ratings) — better
Positive reviews41.9% of reviews58.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings8122 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterFortnightly
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS8.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size193 MB192 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperCrescent Moon Games LLCEarly Morning Studio AB

Customer experience

Stellar Wanderer

All ratings8 ratings
Positive62.5%
Neutral25.0%
Negative12.5%
Written reviews105 reviews
Positive41.9%
Neutral15.2%
Negative42.9%

Sol Frontiers

All ratings120 ratings
Positive80.8%
Neutral7.5%
Negative11.7%
Written reviews75 reviews
Positive58.7%
Neutral4.0%
Negative37.3%

Bugs and requests

Stellar Wanderer

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Sol Frontiers

Reported bugs

16 issues
  • Save progress not working
  • Game no longer works on iPhone 12
  • Awaken 2 heroes bug
  • Crew is locked
  • Cannot save progress due to no login
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  • First quest bug (crew locked)
  • Buggy combat (0 damage rolls)
  • Promo code issues
  • Unable to open crew window
  • Game bugged after update, progress lost
  • Ad on galaxy screen stretches picture
  • Login issues after a day of playing
  • Game crashes
  • Text too small to read
  • Zooming in combat limited
  • Optimization issues (stuttering graphics)

Requested features

15 requests
  • Add skip ad feature
  • Add overview map
  • Option to buy with less/no ads
  • Add building base options
  • Add ship customization
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  • Add battle formations
  • Add unique weapons
  • Add more endgame content
  • Add more missions
  • Add permanent IAP (e.g., remove ads)
  • Add cloud save functionality
  • Add Steam version
  • Add more gold from ads
  • Add more story/backstory
  • Add voice actors for missions

In-app purchases

7 purchases

Stellar Wanderer

One-time7
  • 10 CHIPS$0.99
  • Special Offer$0.99
  • 35 CHIPS$2.99
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  • 70 CHIPS$4.99
  • Special Offer$4.99
  • 150 CHIPS$9.99
  • 350 CHIPS$9.99
11 purchases

Sol Frontiers

One-time11
  • Packet of Credits$0.99
  • Canister of Dark Matter$2.99
  • Starter Pack$2.99
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  • Starter Bundle$4.99
  • Canister of Credits$6.99
  • Starter Package$7.99
  • Array of Credits$9.99
  • Array of Dark Matter$14.99
  • Stockpile of Credits$29.99
  • Vault of Credits$59.99
  • Vault of Dark Matter$59.99

Questions

Is Stellar Wanderer free?
Stellar Wanderer costs $4.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Sol Frontiers free?
Sol Frontiers is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Stellar Wanderer or Sol Frontiers?
Sol Frontiers is rated higher. Stellar Wanderer averages 4.0 out of 5 from 8 ratings, while Sol Frontiers averages 4.2 from 122 ratings.
Do Stellar Wanderer or Sol Frontiers have ads?
Sol Frontiers shows ads; Stellar Wanderer does not.
Which is updated more often, Stellar Wanderer or Sol Frontiers?
Stellar Wanderer ships an update every 2 weeks, and Sol Frontiers fortnightly. Most recently, Stellar Wanderer was updated on October 29, 2026 and Sol Frontiers on October 24, 2026.

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