Dissolve vs SlingStar
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Infinite enemy waves
- Permanent power-ups
- Transforming background visuals
- Single-finger swipe controls
- Haptic feedback
- Unlockable ships
- Upgradeable power-up drops
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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
SlingStar
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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?
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Verdict
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
Both are free to download. Dissolve sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. SlingStar asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Dissolve | SlingStar |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (107 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 84.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 107 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | — |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 400 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | BabyStar Games | Peak Beak LLC |
In-app purchases
Dissolve
- 5000 Diamonds$0.99
- 30,000 Diamonds$4.99
SlingStar
No in-app purchases









