Comparison

Dissolve vs SlingStar

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

Head to head
About

Dissolve

Engage in an endless arcade shooter where every hit transforms the vibrant background. Collect permanent power-ups and melt through waves of enemies with intuitive swipe controls. Unlock new ships and face diverse enemy types in this colorful, fast-paced experience.

Highlights
  • Infinite enemy waves
  • Permanent power-ups
  • Transforming background visuals
  • Single-finger swipe controls
  • Haptic feedback
  • Unlockable ships
  • Upgradeable power-up drops
Features
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In Dissolve, melt your way through infinite waves of enemies and bullets collecting never-expiring power-ups! Every shot that hits an enemy transforms the background, igniting dazzling bursts of color and warp-speed alterations all controlled with just a finger swipe. Get ready to melt through an endless torrent of vector foes! Features - Simple controls: Play with just moving your finger around the screen - Haptic feedback for key moments - 7 unlock-able ships - 14 Enemy Types and power-ups - Upgradeable power-up drop rates

About

SlingStar

Features
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One tap. Don't miss. SlingStar is a pocket-sized arcade dare: you orbit a planet, and a single tap slings you across the void toward the next one. Catch its gravity ring and keep climbing. Miss, and you're space dust. Easy to learn, brutal to master: - ONE-TAP CONTROLS — orbit, tap, fly. That's the whole tutorial. - PERFECT SHOTS — thread the center line to chain combos and rack up bonus points as the pitch climbs. - COLLAPSING PLANETS — the deeper you go, the faster your footing crumbles. Don't linger. - 3-SECOND RETRIES — death is never more than a tap from redemption. - CHALLENGE FRIENDS — share your best score and start an argument. - STAR STYLES — unlock SlingStar Pro for all six star skins and trails. One purchase, forever. No subscriptions, no ads, no nonsense. How far can you sling?

Screenshots

Dissolve4 screens
SlingStar4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: SlingStar at none against Dissolve's 2. SlingStar also leads on ads (none vs shown). Dissolve's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). On price 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. Dissolve sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. SlingStar asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Dissolve versus SlingStar: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDissolveSlingStar
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (107 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews84.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings107 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightly—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS13.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size400 MB1 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperBabyStar GamesPeak Beak LLC

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Dissolve

One-time2
  • 5000 Diamonds$0.99
  • 30,000 Diamonds$4.99
None

SlingStar

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Dissolve free?
Dissolve is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is SlingStar free?
SlingStar is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Dissolve or SlingStar have ads?
Dissolve shows ads; SlingStar does not.

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