Gravity Captain vs Pill Fortress
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Gravity Captain
Navigate a spacecraft by utilizing thrusters and planetary gravity for slingshot maneuvers. Collect fuel while avoiding collisions with celestial bodies in an endless, replayable challenge.
- Gravity slingshot mechanics
- Spacecraft thruster control
- Fuel collection
- Planet collision avoidance
- Randomized replayability
- Endless gameplay
- Simple controls
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Fly your spacecraft using your thrusters and the gravity from planets to help slingshot you to get to the next planet. Pick up the extra fuel from around planets when needed but avoid crashing into them. What is the furthest planet you can reach! + Use gravity to slingshot around planets + Fly spacecraft with thrusters + Pickup extra fuel + Avoid crashing into planets + Randomized for replayability + Endless gameplay + Simple controls + Leaderboard
Pill Fortress
Defend your fortress against waves of viruses in this immune-themed base defense game. Strategically place and upgrade unique pill defenders to overcome evolving viral threats. Enjoy kid-friendly gameplay with vibrant 2D graphics.
- Dynamic pill placement
- Evolving viral threats
- Unlock new pill characters
- Vibrant 2D graphics
- Strategic upgrades
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Dive into Pill Fortress, a Base Defense game set in an immune-themed world. Defend your fortress against waves of viruses using strategic pill placements and tactical upgrades to max out your chances of survival. - Dynamic Pill placement on the Wall to better damage the viruses - Evolving viral threats over levels, with newer, meaner viruses to exterminate - Unlock powerful new Pill characters to help you defend the Fortress - Kid-friendly gameplay with vibrant 2D graphics Pill Fortress offers a simple yet engaging gameplay, perfect for quick entertainment or strategic mastery. Join the Defense effort and keep the viral invaders at bay!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Gravity Captain at 100% against Pill Fortress's 33%. Gravity Captain also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 14.0). Pill Fortress's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 63 months) and ratings volume (3.3K vs 3). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Gravity Captain sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Pill Fortress sells 14 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Gravity Captain holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pill Fortress has 3.3K ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Gravity Captain's written reviews are positive against 33% of Pill Fortress's.
Gravity Captain ships an update every 63 months, Pill Fortress every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Gravity Captain | Pill Fortress |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better | 4.6 (3.3K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 33.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 3.3K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 63 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 14 MB | 323 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Mike Hempfling | Voodoo |
Customer experience
Gravity Captain
Pill Fortress
Bugs and requests
Gravity Captain
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Pill Fortress
Reported bugs
4 issues- Freezing during battles
- Progression loss on crashes
- Targeting/tracking issues
- Unresponsive ad screens
Requested features
5 requests- Offline mode
- More pill variety
- Improved boss difficulty
- Customizable controls
- Endless/challenge modes
In-app purchases
Gravity Captain
- Remove Ads$0.99
Pill Fortress
- Very Small Nucleus Pack$0.99
- Small Nucleus Pack$2.99
- Starter Pack$4.99
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- Perma Speed Up$4.99
- No Ads$4.99
- Medium Nucleus Pack$5.99
- Equipment Pack$7.99
- Perma Boosts$7.99
- Plasma Waves Pill$8.99
- Skills Tickets$9.99
- Skills Pack$9.99
- Big Nucleus Pack$9.99
- Gigantic Nucleus Pack$24.99
- Instant Video Rewards$29.99
Questions
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