Comparison

Super Starfish vs Loopwing

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

Loopwing

Guide a flock of starlings through challenging aerial courses, growing the flock by passing through rings and defending against predators. Experience a unique, procedurally generated gameplay experience that adapts to your touch. Unlock uninterrupted play with a one-time purchase.

Highlights
  • One-finger flock control
  • Procedurally generated gameplay
  • Growth and survival mechanics
  • Hawk evasion
  • Daily progression
  • Bird facts between flights
  • Game Center leaderboards
Features
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Loopwing is a living murmuration you steer with one finger. A cloud of starlings flocks by the same simple rules real birds follow, so the shapes that ripple out of your touch are never quite the same twice. Sweep the flock through rings of light and it grows. Coil it tight when a hawk dives, because every bird it takes is health you lose. Survive into deep night and dawn brings the next day, endlessly, for as long as the flock holds together. No ads. Between flights the game pauses for one short, true fact about birds instead. A single $1.99 unlock turns them off forever if you would rather fly uninterrupted. Game Center keeps two boards: Top Score and Longest Flight. Your progress rides iCloud, so a new phone picks up right where the flock left off. Built native with SpriteKit and Metal, running at up to 120 Hz on ProMotion displays. Play in portrait or landscape on any iPhone or iPad. On iPhone Duo the sky fills both displays, folded or open.

Screenshots

Super Starfish4 screens
Loopwing4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Loopwing at none against Super Starfish's shown. Super Starfish's advantage is ratings volume (30K vs 1) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). On price, rating, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Super Starfish sells 16 one-off in-app purchases and Loopwing 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

Loopwing holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Super Starfish has 30K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Super Starfish ships an update every 3 weeks, Loopwing every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Super Starfish versus Loopwing: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSuper StarfishLoopwing
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (30K ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews87.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings30K — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size323 MB12 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperProtostarGravityFish, LLC

Customer experience

Super Starfish

All ratings29,560 ratings
Positive96.6%
Neutral1.9%
Negative1.5%
Written reviews1,896 reviews
Positive87.2%
Neutral5.9%
Negative6.9%

Loopwing

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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

Loopwing

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
Show 13 more
  • 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
1 purchases

Loopwing

One-time1
  • Remove Bird Facts$1.99

Questions

Is Super Starfish free?
Super Starfish is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Loopwing free?
Loopwing is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Super Starfish or Loopwing?
Loopwing is rated higher. Super Starfish averages 4.8 out of 5 from 30K ratings, while Loopwing averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Super Starfish or Loopwing have ads?
Super Starfish shows ads; Loopwing does not.
Which is updated more often, Super Starfish or Loopwing?
Super Starfish ships an update every 3 weeks, and Loopwing every 2 months. Most recently, Super Starfish was updated on October 27, 2026 and Loopwing on October 25, 2026.

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