Hippy Skate vs Starceptor
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Hippy Skate
Master a unique two-button control scheme to perform tricks and navigate through over 40 vibrant levels. Collect peace signs, achieve high scores, and unlock advanced mechanics like kickflips and grinds in this psychedelic skateboarding adventure.
- Simple two-button controls
- Over 40 unique levels
- Collect peace signs
- Unlock kickflip and grind mechanics
- High score leaderboards
- 3-star achievements
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A new style of skateboarding game using a simple two button mechanic. Tap the left side of your screen to make your skater move. Hold the left side of your screen to make your skater stop. hold the right side of your screen to make your skater crouch. Release the right side of your screen to make your skater Ollie. Crouch on a downhill to give your skater a boost of speed. Release at the right time on an up hill to make your skater launch higher into the air. Master the mechanics to pass more than 40 unique levels, each with a colorful environment that gives the feeling of a long journey through a psychedelic world. Pass each level by collecting all the floating peace signs on the course as fast as possible. Later unlock the kickflip and grind mechanics to add another level to the challenge. Fly though the levels or challenge yourself with the 3 star achievements. Try to beat your best time on each course or go for champion with the high score listing on Game Center Leaderboard.
Starceptor
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Fly close to the bullets on purpose. Grazing them is what charges Overdrive — a few seconds of invulnerable, high-damage fire you earn by taking risks rather than by playing safe. Starceptor is a one-thumb neon shoot-'em-up. Steer with a floating stick, auto-fire never stops, and the run ends only when you do. EVERY SECTOR CHANGES A RULE Ten sector mutators, and six of them change a verb outright: blackouts that cut your vision, heavy gravity that drags you down, guns that overheat if you stand still, mirrored steering, jammers that strip your homing shots, solar wind that pushes you sideways. Each one is announced before it lands, and they stack the deeper you go. BOSSES THAT ANSWER YOUR BUILD Every boss picks a defense that counters the weapon you're carrying — armored arcs against piercing, evasive movement against spread, EMP pulses against homing. They scale with how deep you are, and they always land one full pattern before you can delete them. FIREPOWER IS A WINDOW, NOT A FLOOR Gun levels decay. Overcharge holds, then bleeds away. Every timed buff shows its own countdown, so you always know exactly what you're about to lose. A DAILY CHALLENGE EVERYONE SHARES One seeded gauntlet per day, identical for every player, unlimited retries, best score of the day counts. Miss a day and a streak shield quietly covers you — up to twice. OPT INTO DANGER Fly through a danger gate for double score and a stacked rule change. Or fly around it. EIGHT SHIPS, ALL SIDEGRADES Every ship trades something for something else, so they play differently rather than simply better. Credits from every run unlock them, and each run is graded S to E — the grade pays a credit bonus on top of your score. Reduce screen shake and reduce flashing are in Settings, both following iOS Reduce Motion by default. No ads. No timers. No energy bars. Nothing to wait for, and it all works offline.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Starceptor at none against Hippy Skate's 6. Starceptor also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 6 days vs every 5 months). Hippy Skate's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18.0). On price 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. Hippy Skate sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Starceptor asks for nothing beyond the download.
Hippy Skate ships an update every 5 months, Starceptor every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Hippy Skate | Starceptor |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (9 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 9 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 6 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 148 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | nathan sisler | ross cowen |
In-app purchases
Hippy Skate
- 100 Lives$0.99
- 330 Lives$2.99
- Remove ads$4.99
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- 550 Lives$4.99
- 1100 Lives$9.99
- Support the devs$99.99
Starceptor
No in-app purchases









