Comparison

Super Starfish vs Nova Nitro

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

Head to head
About

Super Starfish

Navigate a cosmic ocean as a space starfish, dodging celestial hazards and collecting exotic plants. Customize your own space aquarium and discover over 30 unique starfish. Compete with friends and share your interstellar discoveries.

Highlights
  • Cosmic swimming gameplay
  • Space aquarium customization
  • Collect exotic flora
  • Over 30 Starfish to collect
  • Explore new zones
  • Master swimming style
Features
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Swim through the swirling cosmos as an interstellar Starfish! Bring life to your space aquarium by dodging meteors, black holes, quasars and more. Super Starfish uses cutting-edge techniques to deliver amazing visual effects never seen before in mobile games. Be mesmerized by swirling ripples of color as your Starfish soars across the galaxy. Collect exotic flora and customize your very own space aquarium. Watch your Starplants grow as you create a home for your wondrous collection of Starfish. • Simple, intuitive gameplay for everyone. Try it now! • Explore the cosmos and discover mesmerizing new zones! • Master your swimming style and score huge combos! • Customize and grow your very own aquarium in space! • Over 30 colorful Starfish to collect and add to your aquarium. Can you find a super rare Starfish? • Compete with your friends and share your discoveries! Are you ready to become the next Fish Superstar? "My go-to time killer game for the foreseeable future" - TouchArcade. "Super Starfish nails the action as well as the audiovisual fireworks" - PocketGamer "Collecting fish & learning about their real life inspirations really does it for me!" - Texinis

About

Nova Nitro

Features
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Nova Nitro: The Ultimate Futuristic Hovercraft Experience! Take control of your hovercraft using intuitive motion controls and dive into an immersive, fast-paced, futuristic race against time and obstacles. Nova Nitro combines cutting-edge motion sensor technology with stunning 3D environments, explosive visual effects, and dynamic gameplay that gets more challenging as you progress. Compete with friends on the Game Center leaderboards and see who can achieve the highest score! Key Features: - Motion-Based Hovercraft Control: Experience precise, fluid hovercraft control by tilting your device. The app uses real-time motion data to adjust your hovercraft’s direction, making every movement responsive and smooth. - Immersive 3D Graphics: Explore a futuristic world filled with vibrant colors, dynamic lighting, and mesmerizing particle effects like nebula clouds, thrusters, and explosions that enhance every action-packed moment. - Dynamic Difficulty: The game increases in difficulty as you score higher, spawning new obstacles and forcing you to react faster. Your skills will be tested as you dodge and weave through ever-growing challenges. - Game Center Integration: Compete against players worldwide through integrated Game Center leaderboards. Submit your high scores and aim for the top spot in the classic single-player leaderboard! - Futuristic UI Design: Enjoy a clean and sleek user interface with gradient-filled labels for your health and score, adding to the overall futuristic vibe of the game. - Explosive Visual Effects: Trigger explosions and particle effects when you collide with obstacles, giving you a satisfying visual feedback for every action. Can you master the skies and outmaneuver every obstacle? Download Nova Nitro now and take on the ultimate hovercraft challenge!

Screenshots

Super Starfish4 screens
Nova Nitro4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Nova Nitro at none against Super Starfish's 18. Nova Nitro also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (daily vs every 3 weeks). Super Starfish's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.5). 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. Super Starfish sells 16 one-off in-app purchases. Nova Nitro asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Super Starfish ships an update every 3 weeks, Nova Nitro daily. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Super Starfish versus Nova Nitro: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSuper StarfishNova Nitro
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (30K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews87.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings30K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksDaily — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.5
Further details — not scored
Size323 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperProtostarDor Pascal

Bugs and requests

Super Starfish

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Notifications showing incorrect prize contents
  • Inability to progress quests after completion

Requested features

5 requests
  • Ability to sell/trade unwanted plants
  • Earn shells/moonstones for high scores
  • Customization options for fish/sanctuary
  • Multiplayer/competitive gameplay modes
  • More frequent quests and missions

Nova Nitro

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

16 purchases

Super Starfish

One-time16
  • Small Pile of Moonstones$0.99
  • Small Pile of Moonstones$1.99
  • Medium Pile of Moonstones2 variants$2.99
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  • Starter Bundle$2.99
  • Event Moonstones$2.99
  • Celestia Bundle$2.99
  • FUNGLES PACK$3.99
  • Remove Advertising$4.99
  • Large Pile of Moonstones2 variants$5.99
  • Event Moonstones$5.99
  • FUNGLES PACK$6.99
  • Extra Large Pile of Moonstones$9.99
  • Extra Large Pile of Moonstones$14.99
  • Event Moonstones$14.99
  • Event Moonstones$24.99
  • Event Moonstones$49.99
None

Nova Nitro

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Super Starfish free?
Super Starfish is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Nova Nitro free?
Nova Nitro is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Super Starfish or Nova Nitro have ads?
Super Starfish shows ads; Nova Nitro does not.
Which is updated more often, Super Starfish or Nova Nitro?
Super Starfish ships an update every 3 weeks, and Nova Nitro daily. Most recently, Super Starfish was updated on October 16, 2026 and Nova Nitro on October 11, 2026.

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