Beyond the Chiron Gate vs Bitmap Bay
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Beyond the Chiron Gate
Embark on a text-based space exploration adventure. Discover alien worlds, manage your crew, and upgrade your ship to uncover the secrets of ancient civilizations. Your mission is to gather data and reach the home system of the mysterious Gatebuilders.
- Text-based space exploration
- Discover exotic planets
- Manage a space crew
- Upgrade ship technology
- Gather data
- Uncover ancient civilizations
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Explore an endless universe filled with exotic planets, strange life forms, and ancient civilisations in this text-based space exploration game. Manage a crew of space explorers and upgrade their ship with new technology. Brave dangerous worlds to gather the data you need to reach the home system of the mysterious Gatebuilders.
Bitmap Bay
Embark on a retro pirate adventure with a handcrafted pixel art world. Engage in skillful cannon battles, face legendary captains, and recruit your crew in this roguelite experience. Enjoy endless replayability with a full save system, playable completely offline.
- Handmade pixel art
- Challenge legendary pirates
- Endlessly replayable voyages
- Skillful cannon battles
- Recruit your crew
- Full save and load system
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"A bold new retro take... quite the intriguing one" – Pocket Gamer. Welcome to Bitmap Bay - a pixel-art pirate adventure. Explore the low-res high seas, build your legacy, and test your cannon-firing reflexes against legendary historical captains. • Authentic Pixel Art: A charming, low-res retro world created by an artist. • Legendary Pirates: Challenge over 40 real historical captains, each with unique, hand-drawn portraits. • Tactical Cannon Battles: Combat is simple to learn but hard to master. Time your shots perfectly to claim victory. • Recruit Your Crew: Hire a loyal crew of sailors, specialists, and scoundrels. • Endlessly Replayable: Encounter a wide range of random events – duels, storms, thieves, and mysteries. • Premium Experience: Playable completely offline with zero ads and zero in-app purchases. About the Developer: Bitmap Bay is the creation of Grandom Games, the solo dev studio of a visual artist and designer. It is built with a passion for classic retro gaming and offered as a true premium mobile experience.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Bitmap Bay at $0.99 against Beyond the Chiron Gate's $9.99. Bitmap Bay also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 5 months). Beyond the Chiron Gate's advantage is rating (4.7 vs 4.3) and ratings volume (66 vs 8). On review sentiment, ads, 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
Beyond the Chiron Gate costs $9.99 and Bitmap Bay $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Beyond the Chiron Gate holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Beyond the Chiron Gate has 66 ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 86% of Beyond the Chiron Gate's written reviews are positive against 83% of Bitmap Bay's.
Beyond the Chiron Gate ships an update every 5 months, Bitmap Bay every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Beyond the Chiron Gate | Bitmap Bay |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $9.99 | $0.99 — better |
| Rating | 4.7 (66 ratings) — better | 4.3 (8 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 85.7% of reviews — better | 82.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 66 — better | 8 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 93 MB | 102 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Space Goblin Games | NICHOLAS GENTRY |
Customer experience
Beyond the Chiron Gate
Bitmap Bay
In-app purchases
Beyond the Chiron Gate
No in-app purchases
Bitmap Bay
No in-app purchases
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