Comparison

SicTransit vs 4L13N

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

4L13N

Defend Earth from an alien invasion in this arcade-style ship-shooter. Upgrade your weapons and shooting rate to vaporize the extraterrestrial swarm. Your decisions will shape the future of the planet.

Highlights
  • Arcade-style gameplay
  • Alien invasion defense
  • Ship-shooter action
  • Weapon upgrade system
  • Decision-based upgrades
Features
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Earth is being invaded by a swarm of green aliens! Can you fend off the aliens one level at a time and stop them at the source? Unlock upgrades along the way, and make the decision to upgrade to a bigger shot, or a faster shooting rate. Why not upgrade both and vaporize all the aliens on the screen? Only you can decide the future of Earth in this arcade style ship-shooter game!

Screenshots

SicTransit4 screens
4L13N4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: SicTransit at Free against 4L13N's $0.99. SicTransit also leads on device support (4 vs 1) and iOS requirement (12.4 vs 18.4). 4L13N's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 5). On rating, review sentiment, 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

SicTransit is free to download; 4L13N costs $0.99 up front. SicTransit sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. 4L13N 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 4L13N. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
SicTransit versus 4L13N: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSicTransit4L13N
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings12 — better
Update frequencyFortnightly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone
Requires iOS12.4 — better18.4
Further details — not scored
Size83 MB569 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDario AccorneroHarrison Lacy

Customer experience

SicTransit

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

4L13N

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
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

4L13N

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is SicTransit free?
SicTransit is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is 4L13N free?
4L13N costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, SicTransit or 4L13N?
SicTransit and 4L13N are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 2 ratings respectively.
Do SicTransit or 4L13N have ads?
Neither SicTransit nor 4L13N shows ads.

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