Comparison

SicTransit vs Space Explore AR

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

Space Explore AR

Features
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You are a scientist, who decided to discover new planets and find a new place where your folk will be able to live. But once upon a time you have found a team of astronauts. They weren't wery friendly, bacause their aim was to take all the universe under their control, and they was scared that your travel can make some difficulties for them, and they decided to attack you and stop your travel. But your folk's life depends on your research, so you can't just stop. Now your not very easy travel has turned to be much more diffucult because of the enemies, that want to kill you. So now you must study each place, jumping between portals, and only then you will be able to come into your ship, because your big scientific research will be done! Good luck!

Screenshots

SicTransit4 screens
Space Explore AR3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Space Explore AR at none against SicTransit's 5. SicTransit's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 4 months). On price and device support 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. Space Explore AR asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SicTransit ships an update fortnightly, Space Explore AR every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
SicTransit versus Space Explore AR: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSicTransitSpace Explore AR
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 4 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.4 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size83 MB228 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDario AccorneroOleksii Petrochenko

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

Space Explore AR

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is SicTransit free?
SicTransit is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Space Explore AR free?
Space Explore AR is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do SicTransit or Space Explore AR have ads?
Space Explore AR shows ads; SicTransit does not.
Which is updated more often, SicTransit or Space Explore AR?
SicTransit ships an update fortnightly, and Space Explore AR every 4 months. Most recently, SicTransit was updated on October 25, 2026 and Space Explore AR on October 27, 2026.

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