Comparison

Ashworld vs The Lost Sky

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

Head to head
About

Ashworld

Explore a procedurally generated post-apocalyptic world where survival depends on finding scarce resources like food and water. Battle dangerous creatures and road warriors, utilizing a variety of weapons, vehicles, and crafted items. Improve your character's skills through experience gained from missions and exploration.

Highlights
  • Procedurally generated gameplay
  • Modifiable touch controls
  • Vehicle driving and combat
  • Diverse weapon selection
  • Resource scavenging
  • Vehicle customization
  • Crafting system
  • Character skill progression
Features
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Ashworld is an open world survival adventure set in a post apocalyptic world a few hundred years from now. Water and food are valuable, rare and the most important things you'll have to find, as you try to survive in the rage-lands. An area of the world terrorized by the Ragers. A stereotypical group of road-warriors with no respect for the little life that's left. During the night creatures, called the Skellies, roam the world and are becoming more dangerous as time passes. Use your smarts, combined with the various weapons, cars, gadgets and raw materials that can be found inside the many underground area's, buildings, old sky-scrapers, and other area's of the Ashworld. QUICK list of FEATURES: - Procedurally generated gameplay (no 2 games are the same) - Modifiable touch-controls (check options menu!!) - Run and drive around the ragelands, visiting buildings, talking to people, beating up ragers and skellies. - Use different weapons: boomerangs, chainsaws, rocket launcher, shotgun, machinegun, plasma rifle, flame thrower. - Search through buildings, underground cavern's, and unexplored area's of the Ashworld for usable items. - Find,Steal and drive a variation of different cars, all with their quirks and challenges. - A host of story missions and sub-missions to guide you around the world. - Craft new weapons and tools - Gain experience points and use them to improve your character skills

About

The Lost Sky

Engage in intense 2D multi-directional combat against rogue battle drones in a dystopian future. Your mission is to reset the planet, destroy enemy forces, and collect orbs to unlock new characters and strengthen them. Explore the world's history through an unlockable database.

Highlights
  • Multi-directional 2D action combat
  • Fight against battle drones
  • Mission-based objectives
  • Collect orbs for upgrades
  • Unlockable lore database
  • Bluetooth/MFi gamepad support
Features
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The Lost Sky is a 2D multi-directional action game set in a dystopian world. With the uprising of an army of battle drones, the planet's civilization has been reduced to but nothing. You will fight in order to destroy any last vestiges of the haywire drones. The mission is to "Reset" the planet - to wipe the slate clean and to usher in a new beginning. -Support Bluetooth/MFi gamepad. -Enjoy intense dogfights against a whole array of enemy drones. -Clear missions with various objectives, such as providing backup to your allies, or to destroy giant bosses. -Defeat all enemies in your way and collect the Orbs they drop. Use these to acquire new characters and strengthen them. -Work to unlock the Database to learn more about the world and its history.

Screenshots

Ashworld4 screens
The Lost Sky4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: The Lost Sky at 5.0 against Ashworld's 3.3. The Lost Sky also leads on review sentiment (71% vs 38%) and price ($2.99 vs $3.99). Ashworld's advantage is ratings volume (71 vs 1) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs monthly). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model 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

Ashworld costs $3.99 and The Lost Sky $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

The Lost Sky holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Ashworld has 71 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 38% of Ashworld's written reviews are positive against 71% of The Lost Sky's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Ashworld ships an update every 2 weeks, The Lost Sky monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Ashworld versus The Lost Sky: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAshworldThe Lost Sky
Price$3.99$2.99 — better
Rating3.3 (71 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews37.8% of reviews71.4% of reviews — better
Number of ratings71 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS8.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size52 MB71 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperPascal BestebroerSHO YASUDA

Customer experience

Ashworld

All ratings71 ratings
Positive45.1%
Neutral23.9%
Negative31.0%
Written reviews45 reviews
Positive37.8%
Neutral28.9%
Negative33.3%

The Lost Sky

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive71.4%
Neutral28.6%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Ashworld

Reported bugs

15 issues
  • Mission items not appearing
  • Dog disappeared
  • Cannot launch after iOS update
  • Saves at random spots
  • Buggy quests
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  • Impossible to escape dungeons
  • Game crashes frequently
  • Skill upgrade menu crashes
  • Game-crashing bug on loot skill
  • Map button not working
  • World stability issues (buildings disappear)
  • Stuck at bottom of areas
  • Cannot reach topmost left square of map
  • Joystick doesn't work well
  • Game gets stuck on dialog

Requested features

10 requests
  • More vehicles
  • More food
  • More enemies
  • More locations
  • Quest log
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  • Tutorial
  • Easier skill assignment
  • Spanish language option
  • Sequel
  • 3DS release

The Lost Sky

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Ashworld

No in-app purchases

None

The Lost Sky

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Ashworld free?
Ashworld costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is The Lost Sky free?
The Lost Sky costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Ashworld or The Lost Sky?
The Lost Sky is rated higher. Ashworld averages 3.3 out of 5 from 71 ratings, while The Lost Sky averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Ashworld or The Lost Sky have ads?
Neither Ashworld nor The Lost Sky shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Ashworld or The Lost Sky?
Ashworld ships an update every 2 weeks, and The Lost Sky monthly. Most recently, Ashworld was updated on October 24, 2026 and The Lost Sky on October 9, 2026.

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