Beyond Solar vs AMUSEMENT ARCADE TOAPLAN
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Beyond Solar
Pilot a spaceship in a pixel art bullet hell shooter. Investigate a mysterious SOS signal from a dying Earth and battle alien threats. Upgrade your ship and compete with friends on the leaderboards.
- Pixel art graphics
- Bullet hell gameplay
- Space combat
- Ship weapon upgrades
- Collect Digicoins
- Leaderboard challenges
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Beyond Solar is a bullet hell / SHMUP pixel art game. You play the protagonist “Gravity” a space ship pilot who grew up in the space colony “ARD”, humanity last hope and shelter as planet Earth was on the brink of extinction. Years passed after the great migration of human beings from planet Earth, when suddenly an SOS signal received from Earth. In order to find out the source of the signal the space army sent their best pilot “Gravity” to investigate the source and report back. Test your skills in this classic pixel art SHMUP and reveal the mystery behind the Earth most dangerous journey. Collect Digicoins and upgrade your ship weapons along the way to be able to unlock all the achievements and challenge your friends in the leader board.
AMUSEMENT ARCADE TOAPLAN
Relive classic arcade shoot 'em ups and other genres from the 80s and 90s. Design and expand your own virtual arcade with cabinets and decorations. Purchase additional titles to grow your collection.
- 1 included classic game, 5 demos
- 24 purchasable classic Toaplan titles
- Customizable virtual arcade design
- Multiple display modes (vertical/horizontal)
- Adjustable game settings (difficulty, lives)
- Customizable touch controls and controller support
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Truxton and other classics! Toaplan was a popular arcade game developer in the 80’s and 90’s that had a huge influence in the shoot ‘em up genre. In Amusement Arcade Toaplan you can experience the classics and design and expand your own arcade with cabinets and other items! Amusement Arcade Toaplan includes the original Truxton and more classic games can be purchased in-app. In total there are 25 classic Toaplan titles ranging from iconic shoot ‘em ups to platform action, racing and beat ‘em ups, including both Japanese and international versions of the games (full list below). With various filters to recreate that arcade experience and individual game settings for difficulty, lives, invincibility and more, all your base will truly belong to you! The games can be played with tailored, customisable touch controls, or by connecting external controllers. You can even play with an external arcade stick (with Bluetooth) for the ultimate in arcade authenticity. Features: • 1 full game, 5 demos, and 24 purchasable titles • Multiple regional versions and a manual per title • Vertical/tate and horizontal/yoko display modes • Multiple filters and effects (bloom, raster, etc) • Options for difficulty, extra lives, continues etc • Create your own arcade, 3 layouts x 3 regions (unlockable with more games) • Place functioning cabinets, drink machines, sofas and more! Game list: Included: • Truxton (1988) Demo version (can be purchased): • Tiger Heli (1985) • Flying Shark (1987) • Wardner (1987) • Snow Bros. (1990) • Teki Paki (1991) Can be purchased: *each game comes with a cabinet and an item to place in your arcade • Guardian (1986) • Slap Fight/Alcon (1986) • Twin Cobra (1987) • Rally Bike (1988) • Hellfire (1989) • Twin Hawk (1989) • Demon's World (1989) • Zero Wing (1989) • Fire Shark (1989) • Out Zone (1990) • Vimana (1991) • Ghox (1991) • Truxton II (1992) • Fixeight (1992) • Dogyuun (1992) • Grind Stormer (1993) • Knuckle Bash (1993) • Batsugun (1993) • Snow Bros. 2 (1994) Caution: Failure to use Restore Purchase may result in duplicated purchases. Please make sure to use Restore Purchase before making a purchase if you are in doubt. Additionally, if you are signed in with the same Apple ID (Apple account) on multiple devices, please do not make purchases on a device other than the one you originally made a purchase from.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Beyond Solar at 4.8 against AMUSEMENT ARCADE TOAPLAN's 4.3. Beyond Solar also leads on review sentiment (96% vs 67%) and ratings volume (51 vs 9). AMUSEMENT ARCADE TOAPLAN's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs every 3 months). 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. Beyond Solar sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and AMUSEMENT ARCADE TOAPLAN sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Beyond Solar holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Beyond Solar has 51 ratings behind it against 9, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 96% of Beyond Solar's written reviews are positive against 67% of AMUSEMENT ARCADE TOAPLAN's.
Beyond Solar ships an update every 3 months, AMUSEMENT ARCADE TOAPLAN every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Beyond Solar | AMUSEMENT ARCADE TOAPLAN |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (51 ratings) — better | 4.3 (9 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 95.8% of reviews — better | 66.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 51 — better | 9 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.1 — better | 13.7 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 88 MB | 584 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 9+ |
| Developer | COREGAME TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS | TATSUJIN Co., Ltd. |
Customer experience
Beyond Solar
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In-app purchases
Beyond Solar
- Beyond Solar All Chapters$1.99
AMUSEMENT ARCADE TOAPLAN
- Snow Bros.$4.99
- Fire Shark$4.99
- Zero Wing$4.99
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- Twin Cobra$4.99
- Truxton II$4.99
- Dogyuun$4.99
- Out Zone$4.99
- Grind Stormer$4.99
- Batsugun$4.99
- Complete collection(24 titles)$95.90
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