Astrocave vs Mutazione
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Astrocave
Pilot a lander through dangerous underground caves, collecting fuel to ascend. Test your bravery and skill to reach the exit, with procedurally generated levels and a unique soundtrack. Compete on global leaderboards and unlock achievements.
- Procedurally generated cave levels
- Fuel collection for survival
- Touch and tilt controls
- Bluetooth controller support
- Sci-Fi Industrial Obscurity soundtrack
- Custom seed level generation
- Game Center leaderboards and achievements
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Pilot your lander through the dangers of an underground cave system to reach the exit at the top. Collect fuel during your ascent to stay alive. Only 0.24% (based on App analytics) are brave enough to try and only 1 in 100 (based on leaderboard statistics) are successful. Are you brave enough to try? Can you reach the top? Simple to play! Just touch the screen to thrust and tilt device to steer. Supports bluetooth game controllers too! Includes an incredible Sci-Fi Industrial Obscurity music soundtrack! Uses a unique seed based subtractive algorithm for generating levels. Create unique levels using custom seeds. More than 50 secret seed awards to discover! Earn free credits by guessing the secret seeds. 14 Game Center leaderboards to conquer! 25 Game Center achievements!
Mutazione
Embark on a narrative-driven adventure in a unique community where personal drama and supernatural events intertwine. Explore a hand-illustrated world, cultivate musical gardens, and uncover secrets as you help a young protagonist care for her grandfather and save the town from a mysterious darkness.
- Explore a hand-illustrated world
- Engage with an ensemble cast of mutant characters
- Experience unpredictable dramatic twists
- Customize gardens for musical soundscapes
- Share seeds with friends
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A mutant soap opera where small-town gossip meets the supernatural... MUTAZIONE is an adventure game where the juicy personal drama is just as important as the high-stakes adventure part of the story. Explore the community as 15-year-old Kai as she travels to the strange and secretive community of Mutazione to care for her ailing grandfather, Nonno. Make new friends; plant musical gardens; attend BBQs, band nights and boat trips; and embark on a final spiritual journey to save everyone from the strange darkness at the heart of it all. Over 100 years ago, the meteor “Moon Dragon” struck a tropical holiday resort. Most of the inhabitants perished, while those who survived began to show strange mutations... The rescue missions quickly retreated, and those who remained in the mutating environment founded the small and isolated community of Mutazione. Fast-forward to modern day, where you play as 15-year-old Kai as she travels to Mutazione to help nurse her dying grandfather back to health. But things aren’t as simple as they seem... Nonno has other plans for Kai; secrets and betrayals simmer under the friendly community’s surface; and there’s a creepy bird-like figure who keeps on appearing in Kai’s dreams. They can survive an apocalyptic meteor strike, but can they survive their small-town drama? Features: • A lush, hand-illustrated world to explore • Ensemble cast of loveable mutant characters • A story with unpredictable dramatic twists and turns • Gardens to customize for unique relaxing musical soundscapes • Seed sharing - send and receive rare and unusual seeds with your friends
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Astrocave at Free against Mutazione's $9.99. Astrocave also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.4) and update cadence (every 2 days vs every 6 weeks). Mutazione's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ratings volume (19 vs 6). On ads, 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
Astrocave is free to download; Mutazione costs $9.99 up front. Astrocave sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Mutazione asks for nothing beyond the download.
Astrocave holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 19 respectively.
Astrocave ships an update every 2 days, Mutazione every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Astrocave | Mutazione |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $9.99 |
| Rating | 5.0 (6 ratings) — better | 4.4 (19 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 57.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 6 | 19 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 248 MB | 1.3 GB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Les Bird | Akupara Games, LLC |
Customer experience
Astrocave
Mutazione
In-app purchases
Astrocave
- 5,000 CREDITS...$0.99
Mutazione
No in-app purchases









