Stellar Patrol Space Combat vs Interstellar Space War
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Stellar Patrol Space Combat
Embark on a retro space simulation adventure to liberate the galaxy from invaders. Battle enemies, upgrade your ship and weapons, and explore a vast universe with numerous planets and bases. Your actions will shape your reputation and determine the fate of the free galaxy.
- Galaxy-wide combat against invaders
- Ship and weapon upgrades
- Explore 39+ star systems and 200+ planets
- Mine asteroids and trade with planets
- Pilot various ship types
- Reputation system and achievements
- Open galaxy exploration
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Fly a fighter out of a carrier on a wild ride and take back a galaxy, one sector at a time. Stellar Patrol is an open-galaxy space combat sim. Launch from the TCS Independence, clear hostile sectors, run missions for the planets that will have you, mine asteroids, trade cargo between systems, and upgrade your way from a stock Avro light fighter into something that can break a stronghold on its own. YOUR CARRIER, YOUR HOME The TCS Independence is your base, your dock and your jump drive. Every run begins on her bow pad. Refit between sectors, take on new work, and jump to any sector you have unlocked. 39 SECTORS TO TAKE BACK Zeta through Trantor, each with its own planets, bases, pirate strongholds and civilian traffic. Break a sector's defences and its ports open to you for trade, missions and supply. 31 SHIPS Light fighters, interceptors, strike fighters, heavy interdictors, freighters and experimental hulls. Buy them, fit them, fly them. MAKE A LIVING • Mine asteroids for ore and materials • Trade cargo between systems and work the price differences • Take missions from the planets and bases you have befriended • Salvage wrecks for what is still worth taking FIGHT • Real-time combat against fighters, turrets, defence platforms and capital ships • Shields, armour, countermeasures and hull repairs to manage mid-fight • Pirate bases that answer back, launching garrisons to defend themselves • Full external gamepad support CLIMB • Earn prestige, climb the ranks and unlock the next sector • World and country leaderboards • Per-sector records to beat • Cloud backup, so your career survives a new phone Free to play, with optional in-app purchases to remove ads or top up crystals. Available in English, French, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese and Russian. ** A note from the developer ** Stellar Patrol first launched in 2016, and then I left it alone for far too long. Version 2.0 is me coming back to it properly: a rebuilt mission system, a carrier to call home, sectors that actually feel alive, and a long list of things I should have fixed years ago. If you hit a bug, or something just feels wrong, please tell me at support@gbeegames.com. I read every message, and I would much rather hear about a problem than have you quietly uninstall. Thanks for flying. — Greg, GBeeGames
Interstellar Space War
Engage in an interstellar conflict to defend Earth from alien invaders. Complete missions, battle diverse alien spacecraft, and upgrade your own ship with over 500 customization options. Collect materials, trade resources, and build the ultimate spaceship to save humanity.
- Mission-based gameplay
- Diverse alien spacecraft encounters
- Extensive spaceship customization (500+ combinations)
- Material collection and trading system
- Strategic ship building
- Offline play
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The aliens have taken over Earth and plan to destroy all of humanity. You have been selected to be a member of the Secret Space Agency because of your career in the Space Force. Since you will be a rebel it's not safe for you to stay on Earth so we're sending you to the LYA space station. From there we need you to complete the missions that your commander gives you. When playing through the game you will complete missions, encounter new alien spaceships, and be able to build better spaceships to keep up with the aliens increasing strength. Once given a mission you will go out with the goal to complete the mission. As you progress in the game you will fight different types of alien spacecrafts each with their own unique stats. After killing an enemy, alien spacecraft, it will drop between 0 and 5 materials. After collecting enough materials you will be able to select a new part of the spacecraft that you would like to build. Inside the LYA space station hanger you will be able to change out the different parts of your spaceship to make the strongest and most sophisticated spacecraft ever. Each spacecraft will have it's own unique stats. With over 500 possible combinations and that doesn't even include paint color! Whenever you don't have enough of a certain material but too much of another you can trade materials. Each day the trades will change, so your always bound to see a great trade. Trades do have different ranges so sometimes you can get a steal where you get a ton of material for little but at the same time you can also get trades that are more expensive than they are worth.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Interstellar Space War at 5.0 against Stellar Patrol Space Combat's 4.0. Interstellar Space War also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 9) and ads (none vs shown). Stellar Patrol Space Combat's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks). On price, ratings volume, 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
Both are free to download. Stellar Patrol Space Combat sells 9 one-off in-app purchases. Interstellar Space War asks for nothing beyond the download.
Interstellar Space War holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 11 and 4 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of Stellar Patrol Space Combat's written reviews are positive against 100% of Interstellar Space War's.
Stellar Patrol Space Combat ships an update weekly, Interstellar Space War every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Stellar Patrol Space Combat | Interstellar Space War |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (11 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 11 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 81 MB | 174 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 9+ |
| Developer | greg brady | BR Game Development LLC |
Customer experience
Stellar Patrol Space Combat
Interstellar Space War
In-app purchases
Stellar Patrol Space Combat
- 100 Crystals$1.99
- Turn off ads$1.99
- 200 Crystals$2.99
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- 500 Crystals$4.99
- 1000 Crystals$6.99
- 2000 Crystals$14.99
- 5000 Crystals$29.99
- 10000 Crystals$49.99
- 20000 Crystals$89.99
Interstellar Space War
No in-app purchases
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