Comparison

SicTransit vs Kurt Arcade

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

Head to head
About

SicTransit

Engage in a retro-style space shooter with procedurally generated levels. Master inertial controls to destroy debris, avoid obstacles, and survive enemy encounters. Customize your gameplay experience and unlock powerful upgrades.

Highlights
  • Procedurally generated levels
  • Inertial flight controls
  • Asteroid and debris destruction
  • Enemy bases and combat
  • Force fields and portals
  • Highly configurable gameplay
  • In-app shop for upgrades
Features
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SicTransit provides endless hours of fun with procedurally-generated levels — never play the same game twice! SicTransit throws you a classic retro-style challenge: can you fly a ship inertially within a closed level, without bumping around like a flipper ball, and just stay alive? To complete a level, you have to destroy all its rocky debris (asteroids and planets) within a certain amount of time, so the most important thing is to get acquainted with classic inertial controls — rotate left, rotate right, thrust. Plus shoot, of course: make sure to have a look at the Ctrl screen before playing. Once you've cleared a level, just return to the starting spot, and you'll advance to the next level. That is, assuming you still have enough shields for your ship — every collision hurts, so make sure to avoid all obstacles. Each level may contain any quantity of debris, as well as any number of force fields: these come in several types, and each type will seriously affect your ability to fly (and possibly to shoot). Levels also contain enemy bases, which might be triggered in several ways — once a base spawns an enemy and it starts chasing you, your best bet is just to blast it away. Levels also contain portals, which allow you to jump around to fixed positions much like a teleporter would do... just remember to watch out when jumping through a portal — who knows what's on the other side... Furthermore, levels may also contain electrified fences — while you can certainly cross them, it's not particularly recommended. SicTransit is highly configurable: the Pref screen contains all sorts of options that support playing in radically different ways. For instance, you can decide how and when enemies are spawned or force fields are activated. Actually, you can also change how a level is completed — you're highly encouraged to try out the various options, in order to find the combination that best suits you. Finally, when you're ready to start playing *really* seriously, have a look at the Shop — you'll find all sorts of powerful lasers, which will be of invaluable help once you reach a certain level size.  Not to mention the absolutely crucial retro-rockets, which will allow you to fly really anywhere, in any situation... including the most intense combat ones! ••••• ORIGINAL MUSIC: Suddi Raval — https://www.suddiraval.com Davos Live Music — https://www.facebook.com/Davos.Live.Music Vincenzo Lucarelli — https://www.facebook.com/vincenzo.lucarelli.58 SOUND FX — https://www.freesound.org SPRITE MODELS — https://www.turbosquid.com UI FONTS — https://www.dafont.com

About

Kurt Arcade

Discover a collection of diverse, simpler games in one convenient app. Explore various genres including action, puzzles, and shooting games with a wide range of themes.

Highlights
  • Collection of simple games
  • Action games
  • Shooting games
  • Flying games
  • Puzzle games
  • Horror games
Features
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Lots of my smaller simpler games, accumulated all into one simple place for you!! There's some action, some shooting, some flying, some puzzles, some horror, monkeys, lasers, bombs... a little bit of everything.

Screenshots

SicTransit4 screens
Kurt Arcade4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Kurt Arcade at none against SicTransit's 5. Kurt Arcade also leads on iOS requirement (9.0 vs 12.4). SicTransit's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 3 months). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. SicTransit sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Kurt Arcade asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for SicTransit against 5.0 for Kurt Arcade. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SicTransit ships an update fortnightly, Kurt Arcade every 3 months. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
SicTransit versus Kurt Arcade: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSicTransitKurt Arcade
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.49.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size83 MB260 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperDario AccorneroKurt Dekker

Customer experience

SicTransit

Written reviews5 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Kurt Arcade

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

5 purchases

SicTransit

One-time5
  • Double Lasers$0.99
  • Triple Lasers$1.99
  • Antimatter Lasers$2.99
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  • Ray Lasers$3.99
  • Retro-rockets$4.99
None

Kurt Arcade

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is SicTransit free?
SicTransit is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Kurt Arcade free?
Kurt Arcade is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, SicTransit or Kurt Arcade?
SicTransit and Kurt Arcade are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do SicTransit or Kurt Arcade have ads?
Neither SicTransit nor Kurt Arcade shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SicTransit or Kurt Arcade?
SicTransit ships an update fortnightly, and Kurt Arcade every 3 months. Most recently, SicTransit was updated on November 3, 2026 and Kurt Arcade on November 3, 2026.

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