Comparison

Mayday! vs Stevedore

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

Head to head
About

Mayday!

Pilot your way through a relentless barrage of missiles in this action-packed survival game. Collect power-ups to enhance your abilities, provoke spectacular collisions, and upgrade your skills to outlast the increasing threat. Can you achieve the highest score and prove yourself the greatest pilot?

Highlights
  • Avoid incoming missiles
  • Provoke missile collisions
  • Collect power-ups
  • Upgrade skills
  • Increase speed
  • Use shields
  • Deflect missiles
Features
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Avoid the missiles. Surviving is your mission! Mayday! is a challenging and addictive game and your mission is to survive, avoiding to be hit by enemy' artillery. Do your best to show who is the greatest pilot. The missiles are getting closer and you do not know what to do? - Avoid missiles - Provoke awesome collisions between missiles - Experience incredible action scenes - Do an EPIC dodge Collect the power-ups and turn the game around! - Increase your speed - Protect yourself with the shield - Easily deflect by reducing missiles' speed - Explode them all! Get all the coins to purchase power-ups and upgrades inside the store! Upgrades and power-ups can help you to survive longer. Show your stealth skills, but be careful! The more you play, the more missiles shows up! -- .- -.-- -.. .- -.--

About

Stevedore

Stack crates onto a bobbing cargo ship in this physics-based arcade game. Earn coins to unlock characters and chapters, with a hidden bonus round for completing all levels. Enjoy a simple, addictive challenge without ads or complex economies.

Highlights
  • Physics-based stacking gameplay
  • Unlockable characters and chapters
  • Hidden bonus round
  • Ad-free experience
  • Simple and addictive challenge
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See how many crates you can load onto the cargo ship bobbing in the water below! Earn coins for every crate you load to unlock more characters. For every goal you achieve, you'll unlock another chapter. Unlock 10 chapters and you'll unlock the next challenge! Beat all the chapters for a hidden bonus round! Stevedore is a physics based arcade game, designed to be a simple but addicting challenge for people looking to pass the time without being bombarded by ads or having to dive into a complex in-game economy. It harkens back to a simpler time when video games were just plain fun. Created, designed, developed, illustrated, and animated by Mike Garvey. Music by Kevin MacLeod.

Screenshots

Mayday!4 screens
Stevedore4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Stevedore at none against Mayday!'s shown. Stevedore also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). Mayday!'s advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 7 months). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. Mayday! sells 5 one-off in-app purchases and Stevedore sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Mayday! against 4.9 for Stevedore. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 8 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Mayday! ships an update monthly, Stevedore every 7 months. Both last shipped on November 2, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Mayday! versus Stevedore: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMayday!Stevedore
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (5 ratings) — better4.9 (8 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings58 — better
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 7 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size77 MB39 MB
Age rating9+9+
DeveloperMustache Game Studio LTDAMichael Garvey

Customer experience

Mayday!

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Stevedore

All ratings8 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Mayday!

One-time5
  • Fistful of gems$0.99
  • Pack of gems$1.99
  • Bag of gems$2.99
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  • Box of gems$3.99
  • Chest of gems$4.99
1 purchases

Stevedore

One-time1
  • Unlock full game$0.99

Questions

Is Mayday! free?
Mayday! is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Stevedore free?
Stevedore is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Mayday! or Stevedore?
Mayday! is rated higher. Mayday! averages 5.0 out of 5 from 5 ratings, while Stevedore averages 4.9 from 8 ratings.
Do Mayday! or Stevedore have ads?
Mayday! shows ads; Stevedore does not.
Which is updated more often, Mayday! or Stevedore?
Mayday! ships an update monthly, and Stevedore every 7 months. Most recently, Mayday! was updated on November 2, 2026 and Stevedore on November 2, 2026.

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