Comparison

Hippy Skate vs Starceptor

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Simple two-button controls
  • Over 40 unique levels
  • Collect peace signs
  • Unlock kickflip and grind mechanics
  • High score leaderboards
  • 3-star achievements
Features
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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.

About

Starceptor

Features
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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.

Screenshots

Hippy Skate4 screens
Starceptor4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Hippy Skate sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Starceptor asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

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.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Hippy Skate versus Starceptor: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHippy SkateStarceptor
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (9 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings9 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsEvery 6 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size148 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developernathan sislerross cowen

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Hippy Skate

One-time6
  • 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
None

Starceptor

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Hippy Skate free?
Hippy Skate is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Starceptor free?
Starceptor is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Hippy Skate or Starceptor have ads?
Hippy Skate shows ads; Starceptor does not.
Which is updated more often, Hippy Skate or Starceptor?
Hippy Skate ships an update every 5 months, and Starceptor every 6 days. Most recently, Hippy Skate was updated on October 24, 2026 and Starceptor on October 25, 2026.

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