Comparison

Heponoid vs Shuttle Defense

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

Head to head
About

Heponoid

Features
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Heponoid is a brick breaker set in deep space. Guide your ship along the bottom of the field, keep the ball in play and clear every brick across four worlds: Outer Rim, Nebula, Asteroid Belt and Dark Matter. TWO WAYS TO PLAY • Relax: no lives and no pressure. A lost ball comes straight back to your ship. Play any level you have opened and beat the clock for up to three stars. • Arcade: a run through a whole world on three lives. Your score carries from level to level, and your best run in each world is kept. Lose the last life and you can spend one of your stars to continue. ELEVEN PRIZE SPHERES Some bricks drop a glowing sphere when they break. Catch it with your ship: • Wide and Small change the size of your ship • Guns mount two cannons that fire at the bricks • Triple splits the ball into three • Piercing sends the ball straight through bricks, stone included • Magnet holds the ball on your ship until you launch it again • Radar steers the ship for you • Slow and Fast change the speed of the ball • Remote turns the ball around in flight • Extra Ball gives you one more life 41 LEVELS Every level of the original Heponoid is back, rebuilt with glossy neon bricks, armoured bricks that take several hits and stone that only a piercing ball can break. STEER YOUR WAY • Tilt your iPhone or iPad to move the ship, as in the original game • Or choose touch steering in Settings and slide your finger • Game controllers work too ALSO • Original space music and sound effects, each with its own switch • Nebula backdrops made for the game • Your progress stays on your device • No accounts, no ads, no tracking

About

Shuttle Defense

Defend your shuttle through challenging space environments with various weapons. Navigate asteroid fields and battle enemy crafts across 40 levels. Enjoy fast graphics, haptic feedback, and a captivating soundtrack.

Highlights
  • 40 levels across 3 stages
  • Multiple weapon types
  • Keyboard controls
  • Haptic feedback
  • Speech guidance
  • Cross-device play
Features
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40 Levels in 3 stages and bosses. Play it on iPhone, iPad, iPhone touch, Apple TV - and on your Mac (sold separately! If you have a keyboard attached: Fully controllable with keys! Shuttle Defense is a full featured space game. Use your weapons against the perils of space. Navigate through meteors and asteroid fields and fight against tough enemy space crafts. Features: • No ads! • Fast graphics • Haptic feedback on iPhone • Very easy to learn - difficult to master! • Fantastic music and sounds • Many different weapons • Speech - to guide you through the game (can be turned off) • Suitable for all ages • Play on Apple TV, iPhone, iPad, Mac and iPod touch • Made with Xcode, Swift, Spritekit and supports Catalyst CREDITS I like to thank others for their great work and contributions: • Background images by NASA http://hubblesite.org • http://www.brianadvent.com • https://www.raywenderlich.com • https://kenney.nl • https://www.dl-sounds.com

Screenshots

Heponoid4 screens
Shuttle Defense4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Heponoid at Free against Shuttle Defense's $2.99. Shuttle Defense's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 130 months). On ads, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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

Heponoid is free to download; Shuttle Defense costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Heponoid ships an update every 130 months, Shuttle Defense every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Heponoid versus Shuttle Defense: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHeponoidShuttle Defense
PriceFree — better$2.99
Rating—4.4 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—5 — better
Update frequencyEvery 130 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Paid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV — betteriPhone, iPad, Apple TV
Requires iOS17.016.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size50 MB465 MB
Age rating4++4
DeveloperAleksei NeronovMarkus Malik

In-app purchases

None

Heponoid

No in-app purchases

None

Shuttle Defense

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Heponoid free?
Heponoid is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Shuttle Defense free?
Shuttle Defense costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Heponoid or Shuttle Defense have ads?
Neither Heponoid nor Shuttle Defense shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Heponoid or Shuttle Defense?
Heponoid ships an update every 130 months, and Shuttle Defense every 2 months. Most recently, Heponoid was updated on November 2, 2026 and Shuttle Defense on November 3, 2026.

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