Comparison

IGN Playlist vs Endless Force

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

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About

IGN Playlist

Organize and track all your video games, from past titles to upcoming releases. Discover new games, estimate completion times, and curate custom lists to share with friends. Keep your entire gaming library managed in one convenient place.

Highlights
  • Manage game backlog and library
  • Estimate game completion times
  • Browse and discover new games
  • Create and share custom game playlists
  • Rate and remember game experiences
  • View game screenshots and videos
Features
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Backlog & Library — Manage your games like God of War, Starfield, Skyrim, Grand Theft Auto and more by adding them to your backlog. Organize what you’ve played and beat by adding games to wishlists, backlog, playing, paused, beat, and quit. HowLongToBeat — See how long it takes to beat games for different playthroughs, like Main Story, Story and Sides, and 100% Playthroughs. Plus see how long it will take to beat your backlog. Use HowLongtoBeat’s data to help you manage your game time. Browse Games — Search, view, and share from a massive games library spanning titles from the last 30+ years of gaming history. View screenshots, watch videos, and more for the games you're playing or want to play. Discover — Discover is Playlist’s homepage for finding new games. It’s updated weekly to surface interesting lists, new and upcoming games, and other fun and interesting categories to help people find their next favorite game or keep up with what IGN’s covering. Copy, remix, and follow lists to build your own collections. Playlists — Curate, organize, and rank games. Share playlists via text, Twitch profiles, Discords, and more. You can also see combined game time of for any of your playlists, powered by HowLongToBeat.com Community Ratings — Rate and remember what you liked, and what you didn’t about the games you play. Roadmap? - We’re not done - more updates to come!

About

Endless Force

Defend humanity from an alien armada in this fast-paced arcade space shooter. Fight through infinite sectors, upgrade your ship with permanent fleet modules, and see how deep into enemy territory you can push.

Highlights
  • Infinite sector progression
  • Permanent fleet module upgrades
  • Diverse alien enemy types
  • Boss battles every ten sectors
  • Stackable power-ups
  • Combo chain multiplier system
Features
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ENDLESS FORCE — Infinite Sector Shooter The galaxy is overrun. You are the last line of defense between humanity and an endless alien armada. How far can you go? Endless Force is a fast-paced arcade space shooter built for players who want one more run. Fight through infinite sectors, dock every five sectors to upgrade your ship, install permanent fleet modules that carry across every run, and see how deep into enemy space you can push. BUILD YOUR FLEET — PERMANENT UPGRADES This is the long game. Every run feeds your fleet. At the Salvage Bay, spend Alien Tech Salvage on powerful run upgrades — Twin Cannons, Rocket Launchers, Nanite Repair, Salvage Magnet, and more. When your run ends (above sector 25), claim one upgrade permanently onto your fleet. Install it once; it stays forever. Track everything on the Fleet Upgrades screen from the main menu: a full ship diagram across Weapons, Hull, and Systems. Each of 22 fleet modules can be ranked up to 3 stars — 66 upgrades to collect in total. Higher ranks unlock at Sector 25, Sector 50, and Sector 100, pushing you deeper for bigger bonuses. Stack Hull Armor for extra HP, add Rear Blasters and Spread Arrays for firepower, or invest in Combo Anchor and Salvage Magnet to snowball every run. Your fleet gets stronger. Your runs get longer. Your scores get higher. RELENTLESS COMBAT Every sector throws fighters, tentacle scouts, void rays, kamikazes, hive cruisers, ghost wraiths, and the deadly Rear Stalker at Sector 25+ — each with distinct movement and attack behaviour. Survive 45 seconds of escalating combat, then beat a mini-boss to move on. Every tenth sector brings a Leviathan — a massive command ship with varied attack patterns and a devastating core laser. Survive long enough and difficulty ramps. Sectors shift between side-scroll and top-down orientations as you push deeper. THE SALVAGE BAY — RUN UPGRADES Every five sectors you dock at the mothership. Hull is repaired. Stacked supply pickups are traded in for salvage. Then the Salvage Bay opens. Choose from three offers each visit. Prerequisites scale with sector depth, so no two runs play the same. Your first three bay visits each run are half price. A Backup Ship can appear as a life-saving offer when you need it most. One purchase per visit — make it count. SUPPLY BOXES AND STACKABLE POWER-UPS Mid-sector supply crates drop stackable power-ups. Stack them deep enough and your ship transforms — then resets when you die, or trade stacks in at the mothership for salvage toward your next Salvage Bay purchase. THE COMBO CHAIN SYSTEM Kill enemies without taking hull damage to build a ×2, ×4, ×8, ×16 chain multiplier. Clear a sector without a single hit and carry your combo into the next one. The higher your chain when the boss dies, the better your sector grade — and the more salvage you bank. SECTOR GRADING AND RUN STATISTICS Every sector receives a letter grade from S to F based on hull damage, peak combo, and boss kill speed. Track best grades on the Sector Map constellation and review full run stats on game over: kills by type, power-ups used, shots fired, and grade breakdown. 10 BOSSES. INFINITE COMBINATIONS. Ten boss visuals, ten attack patterns, ten movement behaviours. Defeat each in a legitimate run to unlock it for the Boss Gallery — then challenge any Leviathan directly. COMBAT EVENTS Meteor showers send splitting asteroids into the sector while the combat timer pauses. Hyperspace doubles game speed while your combo stays live. GLOBAL AND LOCAL LEADERBOARDS Compete on the Game Center global leaderboard or the always-available local top-10. Tap any result to see exactly how they did it. 50+ Game Center achievements! PLAY AS LONG AS YOU WANT No energy systems. No timers. No paywalls. Just a ship, a growing fleet, an endless armada, and the question: how far can you go? Endless Force. The galaxy ends when you do.

Screenshots

IGN Playlist4 screens
Endless Force4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Endless Force at 5.0 against IGN Playlist's 4.0. Endless Force also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 60%) and update cadence (daily vs monthly). IGN Playlist's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ratings volume (117 vs 2). On price 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

Both are free to download. Endless Force sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. IGN Playlist asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Endless Force holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: IGN Playlist has 117 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 60% of IGN Playlist's written reviews are positive against 100% of Endless Force's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

IGN Playlist ships an update monthly, Endless Force daily. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
IGN Playlist versus Endless Force: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterIGN PlaylistEndless Force
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (117 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews59.6% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings117 — better2
Update frequencyMonthlyDaily — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size72 MB62 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperIGN Entertainment, Inc.JOHN SHELBY BULLITT

Customer experience

IGN Playlist

All ratings116 ratings
Positive76.7%
Neutral6.0%
Negative17.2%
Written reviews114 reviews
Positive59.6%
Neutral15.8%
Negative24.6%

Endless Force

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

IGN Playlist

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Wishlist and backlog sections not working
  • Inability to log in or access accounts
  • Games disappearing from lists or not updating properly

Requested features

5 requests
  • Calendar widget or Apple Calendar integration
  • Ability to follow other users
  • More sorting and filtering options
  • Separate category for ongoing/live service games
  • Option to rate games on a scale instead of just thumbs up/down

Endless Force

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

IGN Playlist

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Endless Force

One-time1
  • Remove All Ads$0.99

Questions

Is IGN Playlist free?
IGN Playlist is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Endless Force free?
Endless Force is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, IGN Playlist or Endless Force?
Endless Force is rated higher. IGN Playlist averages 4.0 out of 5 from 117 ratings, while Endless Force averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do IGN Playlist or Endless Force have ads?
Both IGN Playlist and Endless Force show ads.
Which is updated more often, IGN Playlist or Endless Force?
IGN Playlist ships an update monthly, and Endless Force daily. Most recently, IGN Playlist was updated on October 25, 2026 and Endless Force on October 23, 2026.

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