Aster vs Design Show
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Aster
Embark on a cosmic journey in this physics-based space adventure. Guide your rocket to collect smiling stars across 24 unique levels, each presenting new challenges with gravity and celestial bodies. Explore four distinct runs, from traditional gravity to antigravity and multi-star captures.
- 24 challenging levels
- Simulated space physics
- Gravity and antigravity mechanics
- Multi-star capture challenges
- Mini star collection
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Aster is a space adventure game inspired by my WWDC18 scholarship winner playground! Can you catch the smiling stars with your rocket? The game features 24 challenging levels in a simulated space physics environment. The levels are divided in 4 runs with 6 levels each: - Gravity Run: features the traditional game experience with planets and gravity. - Antigravity Run: adds planets with antigravity. - Orbit Run: includes levels with more than one star to capture. - Stardust Run: introduces mini stars.
Design Show
Embark on a global journey of home renovation in this match-3 puzzle game. Solve challenging levels to earn design upgrades, choose furniture and decor, and transform apartments. Uncover a compelling story as you help characters overcome design dilemmas and unlock new locations.
- Match-3 puzzle gameplay
- Home renovation and interior design
- Choose furniture and decor
- Renovate apartments worldwide
- Solve character design problems
- Unlock new locations and secret rooms
- Compelling game story
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Design Show is a new Match-3 game where you get to renovate homes all around the world! Choose unique furniture, styles, and decor! Change the appearance of apartments! Help the characters furnish their apartments! Travel and discover new locations! HELP the characters solve a variety of problems, from a flood in the kitchen to a fire in the living room! RENOVATE houses and apartments around the world! CLEAN UP and remove old junk and decorate interiors! PLAY Match-3 levels and get design upgrades! UNLOCK secret rooms and new locations! EXPLORE the game's compelling story and twists! WIN competitions and get rewards! Feel like a real interior designer! Start playing now!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Aster at none against Design Show's 15. Aster also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (100% vs 67%). Design Show's advantage is ratings volume (270 vs 5). On price, rating, update cadence 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
Both are free to download. Design Show sells 15 one-off in-app purchases. Aster asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Aster against 4.9 for Design Show. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Design Show has 270 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of Aster's written reviews are positive against 67% of Design Show's.
Aster ships an update every 2 months, Design Show monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Aster | Design Show |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better | 4.9 (270 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 66.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 270 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 19 MB | 238 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Hugo Lispector | RED BRIX WALL |
Customer experience
Aster
Design Show
Bugs and requests
Aster
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Design Show
Reported bugs
6 issues- No furniture options in Venice
- Flashing lines when skipping levels
- Lost all progress
- No furniture choices from Hawaii level onwards
- Game ends after 220 levels
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- No continuation of levels
Requested features
5 requests- More furniture choices
- New countries/levels
- Continuation of the game/new levels
- More customization options for furniture
- Updates with new countries
In-app purchases
Aster
No in-app purchases
Design Show
- 1000 coins$1.99
- Special offer$1.99
- Special Day Offer$1.99
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- Lucky offer$2.99
- Lucky offer$4.99
- Safe offer$4.99
- Basic set$4.99
- Special Day Offer$4.99
- 5000 coins$7.99
- Super set$9.99
- Golden Pass$9.99
- Special Day Offer$9.99
- 10000 coins$14.99
- Giant set$19.99
- 25000 coins$29.99
Questions
Is Aster free?
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