Platformless vs Back to the ship
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Platformless
Experience a unique platformer where the challenge lies in navigating an endless, procedurally generated path without any platforms to land on. Master simple one-touch controls to overcome traps and obstacles in this constantly evolving game.
- Platforming without platforms
- Endlessly generated paths
- Procedural level creation
- Simple one-touch controls
- Obstacle and trap navigation
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Ready for the platformer without platforms? Jump your way through an endlessly generated path of traps and obstacles. Remember, there is nothing to land on, so you better keep going! Platformless features: • Platforming without platforms • Procedural level creation • Simple one touch controls
Back to the ship
Guide a space traveler to their ship by controlling their ascent and descent. Navigate obstacles by touching and holding the screen to move up or down, releasing to return to the center.
- Touch and hold controls
- Vertical movement
- Obstacle avoidance
- Simple gameplay
- Space theme
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Help the space traveller get into his ship! Touch and hold the upper side of the screen to make him go up, in the lower side to make him move down, and stop touching the screen to let him go back to the center of the screen.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Back to the ship at 5.0 against Platformless's 4.0. Back to the ship also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 9) and ads (none vs shown). Platformless's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 16 months) and ratings volume (4 vs 1). 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. Platformless sells 9 one-off in-app purchases. Back to the ship asks for nothing beyond the download.
Back to the ship holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 1 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of Platformless's written reviews are positive against 100% of Back to the ship's.
Platformless ships an update every 2 months, Back to the ship every 16 months. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Platformless | Back to the ship |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (4 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 16 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple TV — better | iPhone, Apple TV |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 57 MB | 16 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Dominik Ringler | yurai.cl |
Customer experience
Platformless
Back to the ship
In-app purchases
Platformless
- Diamonds +20$0.39
- Diamonds +100$0.69
- Diamonds +200$1.49
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- Remove Ads$1.99
- Diamonds +300$1.99
- Diamonds +400$2.99
- Diamonds +500$3.99
- Diamonds +1000$4.99
- Diamonds +5000$5.99
Back to the ship
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Platformless free?
Is Back to the ship free?
Which has better reviews, Platformless or Back to the ship?
Do Platformless or Back to the ship have ads?
Which is updated more often, Platformless or Back to the ship?
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