Comparison

Swipe War vs Black Stars

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

Head to head
About

Swipe War

Engage in strategic army battles inspired by a classic paper war game. Deploy your forces with unique units and abilities, then swipe to attack your opponent. Compete in ranked matches over the cloud or play against your device.

Highlights
  • Army deployment and unit customization
  • Strategic swipe-to-attack gameplay
  • Pass and play mode
  • Play against AI
  • Cloud-based ranked matches
  • Inspired by 1970s paper war game
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Swipe War is a battlefield, army vs army strategy game; Swipe War is loosely based on a paper war game played with a pencil by children from the 1970s. To start, players purchase and deploy an army with 40 points. Units have varied costs and abilities, so arrange your army on the battlefield as desired. The player’s army is positioned on the bottom half of the battlefield and they will always swipe up at the enemy army, which is deployed at the top of the battlefield. Play types include pass and play, play against your phone, and the main game: "Ranked Wars" is played over the cloud.

About

Black Stars

Features
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Command a fleet across a galaxy at war. Black Stars is a real-time space strategy game built around persistent lanes: connect your worlds, commit to Assault or dig in with Fortify, and read the battlefield before it's too late. - Persistent fleet lanes link every world you hold — cut them, reroute them, or let a rear forge quietly supply a frontier bastion. - Assault produces ships and pushes fleets down open lanes. Fortify builds shields and holds your garrison in place. Override the global doctrine world by world. - Three ship types trade speed for firepower: balanced Fighters, hard-hitting Bombers, and fast Interceptors that shoot down enemy ships in transit. - Surge half a world's garrison into an overwhelming wave, then wait out the cooldown. - 72 handcrafted missions across six sectors, each with three stars to earn: victory, a perfect defense, and a par time. - A live tactical advisor tracks fleet balance, exposed worlds, and par time — advice, not autoplay. Black Stars plays fully offline, has no ads, and no subscriptions. The first 10 missions are free; a single one-time purchase unlocks the full 72-mission campaign.

Screenshots

Swipe War4 screens
Black Stars4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Black Stars at none against Swipe War's 7. Black Stars also leads on ads (none vs shown). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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

Both are free to download. Swipe War sells 7 one-off in-app purchases. Black Stars asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Swipe War versus Black Stars: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSwipe WarBlack Stars
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS14.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size87 MB38 MB
Age rating12+9+
DeveloperMarkham Enterprises IncArnoHealth SL

In-app purchases

7 purchases

Swipe War

One-time7
  • 3 Bazookas$0.99
  • 3 Trenches$0.99
  • 3 Walls$0.99
Show 4 more
  • Tri-Pack$0.99
  • 3 Reserves$1.99
  • 3 Cavalry$2.99
  • Remove Ads$4.99
None

Black Stars

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Swipe War free?
Swipe War is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Black Stars free?
Black Stars is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Swipe War or Black Stars have ads?
Swipe War shows ads; Black Stars does not.

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