Burning Sky vs Stormbreak Squadron
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Burning Sky
Experience a classic arcade-style vertically scrolling shooter with modern 3D graphics. Engage in thrilling aerial dogfights, blast through enemy ships, and face powerful bosses. Upgrade your fighters and drones to become the ultimate ace pilot.
- Classic arcade shooter gameplay
- Modern 3D graphics
- Countless combat stages
- Powerful boss battles
- Various upgradable fighters and drones
- One-finger controls
- Global leaderboards and achievements
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The classic has returned! "Burning Sky: Aircraft Combat 3D" is a simple, yet entertaining 90's arcade-style shooter. It's a retro vertically scrolling shooter game, brought back in modern dogfight style, better and greater! Enjoy the excitement "Burning Sky" presents to you, the thrill that only a combat shooter game can give! Are you ready to become the ultimate Ace Pilot? Blast your way through enemy ships! Dominate the aerial dogfight! • Countless fun and exciting combat stages Evade enemy attacks, and fight against POWERFUL BOSSES! • Various fighters and drones Acquire new skills by upgrade & evolution. • Vertically scrolling shooter with amazing 3D graphics Enjoy the retro "Shoot 'em up" game and reminisce the 1942, 1945 & Raiden style. • Fast and easy game maneuver Play anywhere and any time you want with just a finger! • The ultimate aerial dogfight Rank top of the leaderboard, and accomplish the achievements. Compete with your fellow pilots around the world! ◈ Play now! The ultimate 3D flight shooter, "Burning Sky: Aircraft Combat 3D" ※ Be sure to save the game data before deleting the game or switching devices. ※ This game does not collect or use user's personal information. —————————— Facebook https://www.facebook.com/shmupholic E-mail : shmup.holic@gmail.com Terms of service https://goo.gl/8PY417
Stormbreak Squadron
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Fly into pixel-art air combat. Stormbreak Squadron is a free vertical arcade shooter built around precise dodging, automatic fire, a well-timed Pulse, and the weapons your enemies leave behind. TEN OPERATIONS Fight from Breakwater on the coast to the Stormbreak Citadel in one campaign. Clear an operation and fly into the next with the lives, score, weapons and armor you finished with. In each operation you face tougher enemies, faster bullets, quicker fire and more frequent waves, and from Operation 04 on, enemies sweep in from the sides and climb from below right from the first waves. Lose your last life and the run is over. Clear Operation 10 to win the campaign. TEN BOSSES Every operation ends with its own boss: the Siege Carrier, Dune Lancer, Leviathan, Magma Fortress, Phantom Carrier, Tempest Ace, Atlas Dreadnought, Hive Cruiser, Crimson Wing and the Storm Core. Each one has its own hull, movement and attack patterns. Destroy its wing guns to expose the core, then finish it while the core pushes forward and fills the sky with bullets. KEEP MOVING Drag anywhere on the battlefield to steer while your cannons fire on their own. Enemies open fire as they arrive. Aimed shots fly fast and spreads drift slow, so read the fire and find the gap. Ground turrets stay on the ground, so you can fly over them. Unleash Pulse to clear nearby enemy bullets, damage enemies and shield your aircraft for a moment. POWER UP Enemies drop what they carry. Grab V crates to widen your vulcan into an eight-way spread, or L crates for a piercing laser that cuts through every enemy in line. The crate flips between the two as it falls, so the choice is yours. Add homing missiles or rockets as a second launcher, and stack repair kits into armor that absorbs hits before you lose a life. Enemies toughen up as your weapons level up, so the fight keeps its edge. CHASE THE HIGH SCORE Every hit and every bonus box adds to your score, and your score carries through the whole campaign. Kill an enemy the moment it arrives and its kill bonus pays up to five times, fading to its base value over three seconds. Ground turrets leave gold medals worth 200 points. Clear an operation and the stage bonus pays 1,000 per medal, tripled if you never used Pulse and doubled after one, plus 500 for every life left. LEARN THE PATTERNS Choose Rookie, Normal or Expert for the whole campaign and chase a separate personal best on each. Rookie starts you with five lives, Normal and Expert with three. Training Flight replays Breakwater with unlimited lives and leaves your records alone. Boss Practice takes you straight to the Siege Carrier so you can learn how a boss fight works. TURN IT UP An original chiptune soundtrack with the energy of an anime opening: eleven tracks that get faster and heavier as each boss arrives and you expose its core. Cannon, laser, missile and explosion sounds to match. MAKE IT FEEL RIGHT Adjust movement sensitivity, choose left- or right-side Pulse placement, and enable higher-contrast enemy fire. Set music, sound effects, haptics and reduced effects to suit your play. Pause and return to the action with a resume countdown. PLAY ON YOUR TERMS All gameplay is available without a purchase. Play offline, with no game account and no ads. Completed records and settings stay on your device. Optional one-time tips are a way to say thanks to the small crew behind Stormbreak Squadron. Tips do not renew, unlock features or change gameplay, aircraft or scores. Leaving a tip requires an internet connection.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Stormbreak Squadron at none against Burning Sky's shown. Stormbreak Squadron also leads on update cadence (every 8 days vs every 2 months). Burning Sky's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). On price, in-app purchases 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. Burning Sky sells 21 one-off in-app purchases and Stormbreak Squadron sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Burning Sky ships an update every 2 months, Stormbreak Squadron every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Burning Sky | Stormbreak Squadron |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (61 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 69.2% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 61 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 8 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 173 MB | 31 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 12+ |
| Developer | LIVEZEN Corp. | OMAR DANIEL GRAZIANO |
In-app purchases
Burning Sky
- 50 Gems$0.99
- Special Pack$2.99
- Growth Stone Pack1$2.99
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- Starter Pack$2.99
- Special Pack$4.99
- Custom Supplies Pack1$4.99
- Limited time offer$4.99
- New Year Pack$4.99
- Gem Handful$4.99
- Beginner's Pack$9.99
- Premium Membership 30 days$9.99
- Custom Supplies Pack2$9.99
- Growth Stone Pack2$9.99
- Gem Pouch$9.99
- Argos$9.99
- Volcanus$14.99
- Apollo$14.99
- Hero's Pack$19.99
- Gem Box$24.99
- Gem Bundle$49.99
- 6,500 Gems$99.99
Stormbreak Squadron
- A Little Lift Tip$0.99
- Extra Fuel Tip$1.99
- Tailwind Tip$2.99
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- Clear Skies Tip$4.99
- Full Throttle Tip$9.99
Questions
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