Beyond Solar vs Flying Tank
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.
Flying Tank
Pilot a powerful tank to blast aliens and reclaim Earth in this action-packed horizontal shooter. Customize your tank with unique weapons and abilities, and face off against giant bosses across 24 missions. Enjoy offline play and local co-op with a friend.
- 24 action-packed missions
- Tank customization with weapons and bombs
- Unique tank special abilities
- Over 30 upgrades including Bullet-Time and Drones
- Local co-op multiplayer
- Support for game controllers and keyboards
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Slay giant bosses, drop bombs from above and build an arsenal of fun, powerful weapons. Reclaim the stolen Earth in a rich action-packed horizontal shmup! • Embark on 24 missions • Three distinct factions and unique adversaries • Encounter 6 main bosses and 18+ boss fights • Customize your Tank with a variety of Weapons and Bombs • Each Tank comes with a unique special ability • Bullet-Time, Overdrive, Drones, and 30+ other Upgrades • Support for Bluetooth game controllers and keyboards • Team up with a friend for local co-op multiplayer • Premium content with a one-time purchase • The FREE version includes 8 missions • No ads, no microtransactions, offline CREDITS • Artwork by Zsolt Szabo • Sound design by Discofield • Original soundtrack by Kubatko
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Verdict
Beyond Solar and Flying Tank both sit at 4.8 stars, but that hides the real split: 96% of Beyond Solar's written reviews are positive against 72% of Flying Tank's. Beyond Solar also leads on iOS requirement (12.1 vs 16.4). Flying Tank's advantage is update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 3 months) and ratings volume (384 vs 51). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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 Flying Tank sells 9 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 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Flying Tank has 384 ratings behind it against 51, 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 72% of Flying Tank's.
Beyond Solar ships an update every 3 months, Flying Tank every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Beyond Solar | Flying Tank |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (51 ratings) — better | 4.7 (384 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 95.8% of reviews — better | 72.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 51 | 384 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 5 weeks — 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 |
| Requires iOS | 12.1 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 88 MB | 176 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 9+ |
| Developer | COREGAME TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS | David Peroutka |
Customer experience
Beyond Solar
Flying Tank
Bugs and requests
Beyond Solar
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Flying Tank
Reported bugs
2 issues- One tank refuses to recover despite full upgrades
- Pilot messages become nonsensical during gameplay
Requested features
5 requests- Add official Backbone app support
- Allow selling or removing purchased equipment
- Make physical changes to ship design with upgrades
- Add ability to toggle between main weapons using gamepad joystick
- Implement Chinese language support
In-app purchases
Beyond Solar
- Beyond Solar All Chapters$1.99
Flying Tank
- Deluxe Edition (Upgrade)$3.99
- Standard Edition$4.99
- Deluxe Edition (Upgrade)$4.99
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- Standard Edition$5.99
- Deluxe Edition (Upgrade)$5.99
- Deluxe Edition$7.99
- Standard Edition$9.99
- Deluxe Edition$9.99
- Deluxe Edition$14.99
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