Hypastorm vs Helga Hops
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Hypastorm
Engage in fast-paced, physics-based twin-stick action in a distant future arena. Shoot, bounce, and strategically use environmental elements to overcome challenges and achieve victory. Collect medals to level up your craft and unlock achievements.
- Physics-based twin-stick action
- Over 25 challenging levels
- Medal collection for leveling up
- Jump, bounce, and plasma gun combat
- Full game controller support
- Game Center achievements and leaderboards
- Universal purchase across Apple devices
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A fast, physics based, twin stick indie game. In a distant future, take your craft and enter the arena to shoot and bounce your way to victory and glory. • Over 25 levels designed with increasing difficulty and challenges to solve. • Collect medals after eliminating drones to level up your craft. • Jump, bounce and use your plasma gun to beat each level. • Full support for game controllers. • Eliminate all the drone spawners in a level to reach victory. • Drones won't hurt you, so use them to jump higher. • Their bullets will hurt you though. • Jump on walls to get higher, also an air based double jump is possible before hitting the ground. • Sit on top of a spawner too long and it will push you away. Use that to your advantage to solve some levels. • Game Center achievements and high score leaderboard. • Universal purchase, enjoy the game across iOS, iPadOS, macOS and tvOS.
Helga Hops
Experience a classic arcade platformer with simple controls and engaging gameplay. Navigate through levels, collect items, and enjoy a straightforward gaming experience.
- Arcade platformer gameplay
- Simple controls
- Engaging levels
- Item collection
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A simple Arcade platformer game.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Helga Hops at every 3 days against Hypastorm's every 3 weeks. Helga Hops also leads on device support (6 vs 4) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.6). On price, rating, 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
Hypastorm costs $0.99 and Helga Hops $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Hypastorm against 5.0 for Helga Hops. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.
Hypastorm ships an update every 3 weeks, Helga Hops every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Hypastorm | Helga Hops |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | $0.99 |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac, Apple TV, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 26 MB | 59 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Bitbebop | Michael Newell |
Customer experience
Hypastorm
Helga Hops
In-app purchases
Hypastorm
No in-app purchases
Helga Hops
No in-app purchases
