Comparison

Fish Heads Runner vs Project Neon

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

Head to head
About

Fish Heads Runner

A unique endless runner where you control a disembodied fish head on a robot suit. Collect energy cells and pearls to keep moving and upgrade your suit. Race across the ocean floor avoiding hazards and RoboPirates.

Highlights
  • Endless running gameplay
  • Collect energy cells
  • Gather pearls for upgrades
  • Ocean floor environment
  • Robot suit customization
Features
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RoboPirates are under the sea harvesting pearls and muckin’ up the place with their Not Quite Spent Toxic Energy Cells. Worse yet, they’ve cut off Fish Boy’s head and stuck it on one of their Robo-Contraption Suits. He now must race across the ocean floor collecting the not quite spent toxic energy cells to keep his body going. Perhaps if he also manages to steal away some of those pearls he can buy a better robo-contraption body. Better get running before you run out of juice!

About

Project Neon

Embark on a top-secret mission in this 16-bit shoot 'em up adventure. Navigate the cosmos to retrieve a recluse from Mars and dismantle his interplanetary defenses to save Earth from ecological collapse.

Highlights
  • Interplanetary defense dismantling
  • Boss battles
  • Intense 16-bit arcade action
  • Cosmic navigation
  • Shoot 'em up gameplay
Features
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PROJECT NEON is a retro arcade space shooter, built as a brand new game for the Neo Geo. It runs on original MVS and AES arcade hardware, on a cartridge we build ourselves, and players around the world play it on real cabinets today. This is that same game, now on iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple TV. BUY IT ONCE, OWN IT One price, the complete game. No ads, no in-app purchases, no timers, no account. Everything is in the box, just like an arcade cartridge. One purchase covers every Apple device you own. A REAL ARCADE SHMUP • Hand-drawn 16-bit pixel art, made inside the limits of the original hardware • A soundtrack composed for the Neo Geo sound chip • Fierce bosses guarding four planets on the way to Mars • Built for high-score chasing • Touch controls, game controller support and haptics Ready to fly to Mars and save Earth?

Screenshots

Fish Heads Runner4 screens
Project Neon3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Project Neon at every 5 weeks against Fish Heads Runner's every 21 months. Fish Heads Runner's advantage is price ($0.99 vs $1.99) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On rating, review sentiment, ratings volume and ads 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

Fish Heads Runner costs $0.99 and Project Neon $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Fish Heads Runner against 5.0 for Project Neon. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 5 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Fish Heads Runner ships an update every 21 months, Project Neon every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Fish Heads Runner versus Project Neon: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFish Heads RunnerProject Neon
Price$0.99 — better$1.99
Rating5.0 (8 ratings)5.0 (5 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings8 — better5
Update frequencyEvery 21 monthsEvery 5 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac, Apple TViPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac, Apple TV
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size772 MB15 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperQuadraTron Games LLCFULLSET

Customer experience

Fish Heads Runner

All ratings8 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Project Neon

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Fish Heads Runner

No in-app purchases

None

Project Neon

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Fish Heads Runner free?
Fish Heads Runner costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Project Neon free?
Project Neon costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Fish Heads Runner or Project Neon?
Fish Heads Runner and Project Neon are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 8 and 5 ratings respectively.
Do Fish Heads Runner or Project Neon have ads?
Neither Fish Heads Runner nor Project Neon shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Fish Heads Runner or Project Neon?
Fish Heads Runner ships an update every 21 months, and Project Neon every 5 weeks. Most recently, Fish Heads Runner was updated on November 3, 2026 and Project Neon on October 31, 2026.

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