Comparison

Polysphere vs Starling Ascent

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

Head to head
About

Polysphere

Restore scattered picture pieces by rotating them until they form a complete low-poly image. Assemble a variety of colorful pictures, from animals to fruits, in this relaxing art and puzzle game.

Highlights
  • Rotate picture pieces
  • Assemble low-poly images
  • Variety of pictures (animals, fruits)
  • Unique mechanics
  • Bright and colorful visuals
  • Combines art and puzzle genres
Features
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A perfect way to relax is to make something truly beautiful! Polysphere: Art game is a polygram game where you need to restore pictures by rotating picture pieces. Collect the picture – initially the pieces of the picture will be scattered. Rotate picture pieces horizontally, vertically, as well as right and left until the pieces fit into the picture! Assemble a variety of pictures in the art picture game – animals, fruits, and many more! Why you'll love Polysphere: - Unique mechanics - Bright & colorful pictures - Great combination of two genres: art game & polygram puzzle! Privacy Policy: https://aigames.ae/policy Terms of Use: https://aigames.ae/policy#terms

About

Starling Ascent

Pilot a small robot through treacherous caves to recover lost power cores. Master momentum-based flight and avoid instant-death hazards across five unique worlds to restore light to a darkened civilization.

Highlights
  • Momentum-based flight controls
  • Core collection and delivery objectives
  • Five distinct worlds with unique hazards
  • Instant-death environmental traps
  • Fuel management for thrust
  • AI companion narration and guidance
  • Time and damage challenges
Features
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Starling Ascent: Bring the light back. A whole civilisation went dark, power scattered into the caves far below. One small fail-safe robot was built to survive exactly this, and now he has one job: find the lost cores, carry them home, and climb back to a surface he has never seen. Fly with super simple controls, nothing but rotate and thrust... use your momentum, angles and gravity pulling the whole time. It takes a few seconds to understand and hours to master. Return Cores & Ascend Every level, a lost core is waiting somewhere in the cave. Find it, pick it up, then carry it to the docks and set it down clean. Do that and the way up opens. Be careful, Starling has limited health and fuel. You can find extra fuel in most of the longer levels and see if you can perfect every level with no damage against the clock! Five worlds and one final ascent. You climb through five different layers, each with its own look, its own feel, and its own ways to kill you. Every world adds a new hazard to everything you've already learned and one careless touch of lava, spikes, or a laser is instant death. They glow bright, so you always see them coming. The only question is whether you can fly clean enough to get past. Then put all your skills to test in the final Ascent through the opening. FS-266 (Starling) isn't alone on this mission. Volare is his weary AI companion riding shotgun for the climb: part guide, part narrator, part sarcastic friend. Starling was made for one job. Volare knows exactly what that means. By the time you reach the surface, so will you. Bring the light back. - Simple controls. Rotate and thrust, that's it. A few seconds to understand, hours to master. - Momentum flight. Use your angles, your speed and the gravity pulling on you the whole time. - Grab, carry, dock. Find the lost core, carry it to the docks, set it down clean to open the way up. - Five worlds and a final ascent. Each layer has its own look, its own feel and its own ways to kill you. - One-shot hazards. Lava, spikes and lasers are instant death, but they glow bright so you always see them coming. - Mind your fuel. Thrust burns it, coasting is free. Find extra fuel in the longer caves and plan your route home. - Perfect every level. Clear it with no damage and against the clock if you're good enough. - Volare. Your weary AI companion for the climb: part guide, part narrator, part sarcastic friend.

Screenshots

Polysphere4 screens
Starling Ascent4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Starling Ascent at 100% against Polysphere's 48%. Starling Ascent also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 10) and ads (none vs shown). Polysphere's advantage is price (Free vs $3.99) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Polysphere is free to download; Starling Ascent costs $3.99 up front. Polysphere sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per 7 days. Starling Ascent asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Polysphere ships an update every 3 weeks, Starling Ascent fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Polysphere versus Starling Ascent: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPolysphereStarling Ascent
PriceFree — better$3.99
Rating4.6 (607K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews47.8% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings607K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksFortnightly — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size293 MB105 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperAI Games FZLuke Dowding

Customer experience

Polysphere

All ratings607,360 ratings
Positive88.3%
Neutral5.7%
Negative6.0%
Written reviews2,443 reviews
Positive47.8%
Neutral13.1%
Negative39.2%

Starling Ascent

Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Polysphere

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Levels not registering as completed
  • Ads not loading properly
  • Inconsistent performance across devices

Requested features

4 requests
  • More free puzzles and levels
  • Reduce frequency of ads
  • Customizable difficulty settings
  • Ability to save/share completed puzzles

Starling Ascent

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Polysphere

Subscriptions2
  • Weekly Premium3 Days trial$7.997 Days
  • Monthly Premium$19.991 Month
One-time8
  • Butterflies 10 Arts Pack SALE$0.99
  • Cats Artworks Pack SALE$0.99
  • Unicorns Artworks Pack SALE$0.99
Show 5 more
  • Flowers Artworks Pack$1.99
  • Aquarium Artworks Pack$1.99
  • Monsters Artworks Pack$1.99
  • People Artworks Pack$1.99
  • No Subscription Full Access$29.99
None

Starling Ascent

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Polysphere free?
Polysphere is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Starling Ascent free?
Starling Ascent costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Polysphere or Starling Ascent have ads?
Polysphere shows ads; Starling Ascent does not.
Which is updated more often, Polysphere or Starling Ascent?
Polysphere ships an update every 3 weeks, and Starling Ascent fortnightly. Most recently, Polysphere was updated on November 5, 2026 and Starling Ascent on October 31, 2026.

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