Comparison

Galaxy88 vs Void Drifter

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

Head to head
About

Galaxy88

Engage in classic arcade-style space combat, shooting down alien invaders. This game offers three difficulty levels and intuitive one-handed controls, perfect for on-the-go play. Compete for high scores and master its bonus scoring system.

Highlights
  • Alien invasion gameplay
  • Three difficulty levels
  • Retro 8-bit pixel art
  • One-handed swipe and tap controls
  • Game Center high score competition
  • Bonus scoring system
Features
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Shoot down waves of alien invaders from space! Enemies attack in formation, diving and swooping in classic arcade style. Simple to pick up, hard to master. ■ 3 Difficulty Levels - Easy: Perfect for casual players - Hard: A real challenge for experienced gamers - Expert: 4 bosses, 1.2x bullet speed — only for the brave ■ Controls - Swipe: Move your ship left and right - Tap: Fire your weapon Easy one-handed controls for gaming on the go! ■ Features - Retro 8-bit pixel art graphics - Compete for high scores on Game Center - Bonus scoring system — destroy boss escorts for massive points

About

Void Drifter

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One thumb. One ship. One hundred sectors of hostile void. VOID DRIFTER is a neon space survivor: drag anywhere to fly and your ship fires on its own. Release your thumb and time dilates while you drift — thread the swarm, line up the next move. EVERY RUN MAKES YOU STRONGER Enemies drop energy shards. Shards become level-ups. Level-ups become builds: split cannons, piercing rounds, orbital drones, tractor fields. Max out a matching pair and it EVOLVES — the Nova Lance that carves the whole screen, the Plasma Storm that detonates around you, the Drone Swarm, the Aegis Field. Every 30 seconds you are meaner than you were. A CAMPAIGN WITH A BOTTOM The void is 100 sectors deep, split into ten biomes — the Crimson Nebula, the Verdant Drift, Cobalt Deep, all the way down to The Singularity. Every tenth sector is guarded by a named warden. Kill it, and choose: extract with your haul, or push deeper and risk it all. Greed is a strategy. So is dying. BREACH. REFIT. REDEPLOY. Breaching a gate saves your exact build as a checkpoint — deploy straight back to the frontier next run. Spend salvage in the hangar on 25 levels of permanent ship systems and new hulls. The campaign fuels the hangar; the hangar cracks the campaign. HONEST BY DESIGN • No ads. None. • No consumables, no currencies to buy, no energy timers. • Sectors 1–20 free forever. One single purchase unlocks the full campaign. • Offline from takeoff — no account, no tracking, nothing collected. • Haptics, reduced-effects mode, and one-handed play built in. Runs are 10–15 minutes. Sessions end when you say so — pause anytime, abandon a run and keep most of your haul. The void will be here. How deep will you drift?

Screenshots

Galaxy883 screens
Void Drifter4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Galaxy88 at none against Void Drifter's 1. Galaxy88 also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). Void Drifter's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price and update cadence 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. Void Drifter sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Galaxy88 asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Galaxy88 ships an update monthly, Void Drifter fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Galaxy88 versus Void Drifter: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGalaxy88Void Drifter
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.3 (4 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings4 — better—
Update frequencyMonthlyFortnightly — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size93 MB62 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperTAKASHI HANABEThomas Lynghøj

In-app purchases

None

Galaxy88

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Void Drifter

One-time1
  • Full Campaign$4.99

Questions

Is Galaxy88 free?
Galaxy88 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Void Drifter free?
Void Drifter is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Galaxy88 or Void Drifter have ads?
Galaxy88 shows ads; Void Drifter does not.
Which is updated more often, Galaxy88 or Void Drifter?
Galaxy88 ships an update monthly, and Void Drifter fortnightly. Most recently, Galaxy88 was updated on November 2, 2026 and Void Drifter on October 31, 2026.

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