Pakal vs SicTransit
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pakal
Embark on an arcade adventure as an astronaut mapping alien planets and protecting Earth. Cut through territory, avoid enemy attacks, and collect gold leaves to unlock new worlds. Enjoy a challenging experience with a chance to revive lives through gameplay.
- Territory cutting gameplay
- Planet mapping missions
- Enemy avoidance
- Collect gold leaves for progression
- Multiple difficulty levels
- Unlockable worlds
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Pakal is a free mobile arcade game inspired by games like "Volfied" or the oldest "Qix Game". This game tells the story of Pacal , the astronaut of the " black knight satellite" that travels to the discovery of other planets , and his function is to protect the planet earth and map the alien planet's surface visited avoiding enemy attacks. The game features different planets to visit arranged in a growing difficulty. In fact, subsequent to the first planets can be visited only upon reaching of a minimum number of gold leaves. Each planet is divided into different areas each offering 3 leaves of gold if you complete all the objectives of the area (complete the minimum detection rate of the area of land, destroy all enemies, destroy all the bases and obstructions). To go to the next area you must end the current region. The purpose of the game is to cut most possible area of sections avoiding the enemies hit your ship or cross the line that Pakal spacecraft track to cut that part of the route, all within a set time early in the game. Reached a percentage marked on the map at the top right with the finish area will be completed and you can view a photo of the discovered territory. The game give 5 lives to the player. If all lives are exhausted an advertising videos give you a chance to get back all lives. By purchasing the package "World 1, 2 and 3" you will have unlimited lives, no advertising in the game, all the three worlds and the inland areas are unlocked and made playable immediately. Just play. Have fun. Enjoy the game.
SicTransit
Engage in a retro-style space shooter with procedurally generated levels. Master inertial controls to destroy debris, avoid obstacles, and survive enemy encounters. Customize your gameplay experience and unlock powerful upgrades.
- Procedurally generated levels
- Inertial flight controls
- Asteroid and debris destruction
- Enemy bases and combat
- Force fields and portals
- Highly configurable gameplay
- In-app shop for upgrades
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SicTransit provides endless hours of fun with procedurally-generated levels — never play the same game twice! SicTransit throws you a classic retro-style challenge: can you fly a ship inertially within a closed level, without bumping around like a flipper ball, and just stay alive? To complete a level, you have to destroy all its rocky debris (asteroids and planets) within a certain amount of time, so the most important thing is to get acquainted with classic inertial controls — rotate left, rotate right, thrust. Plus shoot, of course: make sure to have a look at the Ctrl screen before playing. Once you've cleared a level, just return to the starting spot, and you'll advance to the next level. That is, assuming you still have enough shields for your ship — every collision hurts, so make sure to avoid all obstacles. Each level may contain any quantity of debris, as well as any number of force fields: these come in several types, and each type will seriously affect your ability to fly (and possibly to shoot). Levels also contain enemy bases, which might be triggered in several ways — once a base spawns an enemy and it starts chasing you, your best bet is just to blast it away. Levels also contain portals, which allow you to jump around to fixed positions much like a teleporter would do... just remember to watch out when jumping through a portal — who knows what's on the other side... Furthermore, levels may also contain electrified fences — while you can certainly cross them, it's not particularly recommended. SicTransit is highly configurable: the Pref screen contains all sorts of options that support playing in radically different ways. For instance, you can decide how and when enemies are spawned or force fields are activated. Actually, you can also change how a level is completed — you're highly encouraged to try out the various options, in order to find the combination that best suits you. Finally, when you're ready to start playing *really* seriously, have a look at the Shop — you'll find all sorts of powerful lasers, which will be of invaluable help once you reach a certain level size. Not to mention the absolutely crucial retro-rockets, which will allow you to fly really anywhere, in any situation... including the most intense combat ones! ••••• ORIGINAL MUSIC: Suddi Raval — https://www.suddiraval.com Davos Live Music — https://www.facebook.com/Davos.Live.Music Vincenzo Lucarelli — https://www.facebook.com/vincenzo.lucarelli.58 SOUND FX — https://www.freesound.org SPRITE MODELS — https://www.turbosquid.com UI FONTS — https://www.dafont.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: SicTransit at 5.0 against Pakal's 4.0. SicTransit also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 6 weeks). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and ads 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. Pakal sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and SicTransit sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
SicTransit holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Pakal ships an update every 6 weeks, SicTransit fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pakal | SicTransit |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 12.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 163 MB | 83 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Alessandro Ornano | Dario Accornero |
Customer experience
Pakal
SicTransit
In-app purchases
Pakal
- World 1, 2 and 3 unlock$0.99
- World 4, 5, 6, 7 e 8 unlock$0.99
SicTransit
- Double Lasers$0.99
- Triple Lasers$1.99
- Antimatter Lasers$2.99
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- Ray Lasers$3.99
- Retro-rockets$4.99









