Comparison

Asteroid Blasteroid vs Starwave Shooter

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

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About

Asteroid Blasteroid

Features
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A simple shoot-em-up space game. Your space ship needs a constant supply of power crystals to keep running. Shoot the asteroids to discover hidden power crystals. Watch out for enemies, they shoot back! Made for Corona Defold Jam and based on Ludum Dare 39 theme "Running Out Of Power".

About

Starwave Shooter

Engage in a fast-paced pixel-art space shooter, combining unique ships, weapons, and abilities to create your combat style. Destroy waves of enemies and bosses, and use a charge beam to erase enemy fire. Unlock new gear and upgrades with gameplay coins.

Highlights
  • Pixel-art space backgrounds
  • Unique ships with special abilities
  • Charge beam to erase projectiles
  • Arsenal customization
  • Wave-based stages and boss battles
  • Unlockable ships, weapons, and upgrades
Features
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Race across the stars and destroy waves of enemies and powerful bosses in a fast-paced pixel-art space shooter. Drag to move freely, then combine distinctive ships, weapons, and abilities to create your own combat style. SHIPS THAT CHANGE HOW YOU PLAY Every ship has different power, fire rate, lives, and movement performance. Unlocked ships can move vertically, horizontally, and diagonally, and each comes with a unique ability. A CHARGE BEAM THAT ERASES ENEMY FIRE Equip a Charge Core and hold the play area to build energy. Release to fire a massive beam whose duration depends on your charge time. The beam damages enemies and cancels enemy projectiles in its path. CUSTOMIZE YOUR ARSENAL Equip different shot types, ship colors, and Charge Cores. Rare cores cost a large amount of gameplay coins, but can be upgraded after you unlock them. FEATURES - Pixel-art space backgrounds that change from stage to stage - Distinctive ships, enemies, bosses, and projectile patterns - Wave-based stages and boss battles - Ships, weapons, cores, and upgrades unlocked with gameplay coins - Game Center leaderboard for your combined best score - Optional rewarded ad to continue a run Coins are earned by playing. There are no in-app purchases or subscriptions.

Screenshots

Asteroid Blasteroid4 screens
Starwave Shooter4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Asteroid Blasteroid at none against Starwave Shooter's shown. Asteroid Blasteroid also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 18.2). Starwave Shooter's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 7 months). On price and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Asteroid Blasteroid ships an update every 7 months, Starwave Shooter every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences ยท 4 level
Asteroid Blasteroid versus Starwave Shooter: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAsteroid BlasteroidStarwave Shooter
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviewsโ€”100.0% of reviews
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsEvery 3 weeks โ€” better
AdsNo โ€” betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetizationโ€”Ad-supported
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod โ€” betteriPhone
Requires iOS11.0 โ€” better18.2
Further details โ€” not scored
Size34 MB26 MB
Age rating9+9+
DeveloperPrairie West Software Consultingkazu kaneko

In-app purchases

None

Asteroid Blasteroid

No in-app purchases

None

Starwave Shooter

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Asteroid Blasteroid free?
Asteroid Blasteroid is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Starwave Shooter free?
Starwave Shooter is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Asteroid Blasteroid or Starwave Shooter have ads?
Starwave Shooter shows ads; Asteroid Blasteroid does not.
Which is updated more often, Asteroid Blasteroid or Starwave Shooter?
Asteroid Blasteroid ships an update every 7 months, and Starwave Shooter every 3 weeks. Most recently, Asteroid Blasteroid was updated on November 3, 2026 and Starwave Shooter on October 30, 2026.

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