Vortexika vs Galaxy Pirates
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Vortexika
Engage in relentless space combat, blasting through obstacles and enemies in an endless shooter. Upgrade your ship, collect power-ups, and conquer 100 levels of intense action. Compete with friends on the leaderboards for the highest score.
- Endless space combat
- Ship upgrades and customization
- 100 levels with waypoints
- Leaderboard challenges
- Power-up collection
- Bluetooth gamepad support
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Blast your way through the vortex of obstacles, asteroids and enemies in this relentless endless space shooter. Pick up armor, ammo and V bucks to upgrade your ship and level your way up through 100 levels of intense space combat. Challenge your friends to get the highest score on the leaderboards. From the creator of Only One HOW TO PLAY - Swipe left and right to control your ship and tap to shoot - It's recommended to use both hands, one to move and one to shoot - Avoid obstacles and shoot enemies and asteroids(big asteroids take two hits) - Shoot explosive obstacles to detonate the entire ring and get extra points - Pick up armor to survive an extra hit and ammo to increase firepower - Pick up V bucks for revives, restoring level progress, ship skins and upgrades - Upgrade your ship with increased ammo, auto fire capability, pickup magnet and a hyper charger to shoot faster - 100 levels, waypoints at every 10 levels - Failure to complete a level half way downgrades your progress except at waypoints - Bluetooth gamepads supported
Galaxy Pirates
Embark on an interstellar adventure as a bounty hunter in this classic-style space shooter. Pilot diverse airships, battle alien forces, and conquer new territories with unique weapons and companions. Experience thrilling boss fights and upgrade your fleet.
- Classic space shooting gameplay
- Variety of upgradable airships
- Multiple game modes (campaign, endless)
- Fierce boss battles every 3 levels
- Beautiful graphics and music
- Smooth performance on all devices
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Are you a fan of space shooting games and barrage games and love bombing enemies to win glory? If the answer is "Yes!" Galaxy Pirates - Shooting Game is the perfect game for you! Play as a notorious galaxy pirate, a bounty hunter, on an adventure to an alien-infested planet. Get ready and fly! Galaxy Pirates - Shooting Game - the hottest shooting game of the year. The game is created based on the classic shooting game and has all the best features of the classic game, but integrates a completely new game system. Beautiful graphics and a captivating story mean you won't be able to stop once you start. There are a variety of airships to choose from, each with its own skills, so every time you play with a new ship, you'll have a new experience: new characters and unique weapons! Two companions will be your companions in this grand adventure. Discover and conquer new territories in a vast galaxy, where enemies await you. Defeat or defeated – only you decide! Galaxy Pirates. Feature: - Beautiful graphics and incredible music - Runs smoothly on every device - Multiple game modes: campaign, endless - There will be fierce boss battles every 3 levels How to play? - Touch the screen to control the ship - Upgrade your ships and power cores - Buy new boats - Conquer new destinations to earn incredible treasures and prizes Play Galaxy Pirates - Shooting Game, gear up and fly!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Vortexika at every 3 days against Galaxy Pirates's every 6 weeks. Vortexika also leads on ratings volume (54 vs 1) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). Galaxy Pirates's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.6). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Vortexika sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and Galaxy Pirates sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Galaxy Pirates holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Vortexika has 54 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Vortexika ships an update every 3 days, Galaxy Pirates every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Vortexika | Galaxy Pirates |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (54 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 80.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 54 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 83 MB | 137 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ernest Szoka | 军 黄 |
Customer experience
Vortexika
Galaxy Pirates
In-app purchases
Vortexika
- 1200 V dollars$0.99
- 3500 V dollars$1.99
- Remove Ads$2.99
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- 7200 V dollars$3.99
Galaxy Pirates
- PILE GEM PACK$0.49
- STACK GEM PACK$0.99
- BOX GEM PACK$1.99
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- STARTER PACK$1.99
- PREMIUM$2.99
- OFFER PACK$2.99
- SILVER GEM PACK$3.99
- STARTER PACK OLD$3.99
- GOLD GEM PACK$9.99
- EMERALD GEM PACK$24.99
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