Comparison

Back to the ship vs HYPERNOVA

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

Head to head
About

Back to the ship

Guide a space traveler to their ship by controlling their ascent and descent. Navigate obstacles by touching and holding the screen to move up or down, releasing to return to the center.

Highlights
  • Touch and hold controls
  • Vertical movement
  • Obstacle avoidance
  • Simple gameplay
  • Space theme
Features
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Help the space traveller get into his ship! Touch and hold the upper side of the screen to make him go up, in the lower side to make him move down, and stop touching the screen to let him go back to the center of the screen.

About

HYPERNOVA

Features
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2152. The Sun is failing, and nobody knows why. Humanity dug the Well, a tunnel toward the sky, and you are inside it. Behind you rises the Wave, the breath of the blast. Ahead of you, an endless maze. The rule fits in one gesture: swipe to dash, and you fly in a straight line until the next wall, with no way to stop halfway. It is easy to learn, plays with one hand, and quickly becomes an obsession, because the Wave will not wait. It climbs faster and faster, every second earned is a victory, and every hesitation has a price. Along the way, you will meet the hyperdrive module. Hold on for fifteen seconds and the game shifts: twenty-six seconds of madness locked to the soundtrack, frame by frame. The best moment of your day. And then there is the story. Twelve archives to recover, run after run: the notes of those who stayed below, and signals from somewhere else. Some messages are encoded, and nobody will decipher them for you. What you will find is told nowhere else. Built to last: Game Center world rankings, all-time and monthly, 28 trophies including 3 secret ones, challenges in every run, and a shop of palettes and trails you unlock just by playing. Original soundtrack by FOXINI. No account, no energy meter, one single optional ad for a second chance. The game, nothing but the game. The sky that comes after: you are the one who will light it.

Screenshots

Back to the ship1 screens
HYPERNOVA4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Back to the ship at none against HYPERNOVA's shown. HYPERNOVA's advantage is iOS requirement (16.0 vs 26.0). On price, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Back to the ship versus HYPERNOVA: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBack to the shipHYPERNOVA
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 16 months—
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, Apple TV — betteriPhone
Requires iOS26.016.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB26 MB
Age rating9+4+
Developeryurai.clNicolas Dekeyser

In-app purchases

None

Back to the ship

No in-app purchases

None

HYPERNOVA

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Back to the ship free?
Back to the ship is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is HYPERNOVA free?
HYPERNOVA is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Back to the ship or HYPERNOVA have ads?
HYPERNOVA shows ads; Back to the ship does not.

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