Comparison

StartUp! Gym vs Driftwing

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

Head to head
About

StartUp! Gym

Manage and grow a shabby gym into a thriving fitness empire. Recruit unique members, acquire distinctive exercise equipment, and watch your business expand. Enjoy idle gameplay as members train and pay fees, even when you're offline.

Highlights
  • Build and expand a gym
  • Recruit unique members
  • Acquire distinctive equipment
  • Idle gameplay with offline earnings
  • Experience endless growth
  • Intuitive and easy play
Features
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There's an owner who set up a gym with all his money! But business seems to be too difficult for the owner. "Help me run the gym!" Oh, it just so happens that the owner chose you as his partner! Rumor has it that the owner has a good eye for people, but he must have felt the energy of an excellent businessman from you. Help the owner and turn the shabby gym into a big, nice gym! > It's not a normal gym! Illustration full of individuality from members to buildings! Gather various members and exercise equipment with unique concepts! > Gym is a place to build up the body! Members work out hard to build their bodies. Let's build up all the members with good exercise equipment! > Easy for everyone! And relaxed play Even if you leave it alone or even turn off the game, the members work out hard paying the usage fee. Enjoy comfortably with easy and intuitive play! > Development, and Development! A building that is getting bigger and cooler, members and facilities that are filling it up, members who are in good shape, various sports equipment... Experience endless growth with a growing your own gym! "See you at the gym in a minute!" Oh, you're going to be late! Let's go to the gym!

About

Driftwing

Pilot a fleet through a dynamic space campaign with physics-driven flight, arcade combat, and precise landing challenges. Build and customize your own modular spacecraft with a variety of parts and upgrades.

Highlights
  • Physics-driven flight and landing
  • Modular spacecraft builder
  • Campaign operations and daily missions
  • Endless sectors with escalating challenges
  • Multiple ship types and upgrades
  • Customizable ship parts and aesthetics
Features
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Build your own starfighter, blast through waves of enemy ships, and bring it home in one piece. Driftwing is an arcade space shooter with real thrust-and-tilt flight. Chain kills into combos, charge your Overdrive and unleash a screen-clearing nova, then line up a clean landing for the bonus. Every flight pays out salvage for new ship parts. Build your ship free in Shipworks: pick a hull, wings, tail, rockets and weapon, paint it, and fly it straight into battle. Each part changes how your ship flies and fights. Features: - Fast arcade combat with score, combo chains up to ×8 and Overdrive novas - Ten enemy classes: splitters, spinning vortex turrets, beam lancers, dart swarms and elites - Titan bosses with bullet rings, spirals and a second phase - Endless mode with a new event every sector, from dart swarms to supply drops, plus field upgrades - A 12-mission story campaign with bonus challenges, and a training course that teaches you to fly - A new Daily mission every day: recover artifacts, rescue pilots, defend convoys and hunt sentinels - Pilot Contracts, ranks and a service record to chase - Shipworks: 45 modular parts, 12 paints, sculpting and placement, free for everyone - Optional Nova and Volt airframes - Physics-driven flight with landing pads that safely capture your ship Driftwing does not require an account. Rewarded ads are optional; other ads help support the game and can be removed with a one-time purchase.

Screenshots

StartUp! Gym4 screens
Driftwing4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Driftwing at daily against StartUp! Gym's every 3 weeks. Driftwing also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.8). StartUp! Gym's advantage is ratings volume (949 vs 1) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. StartUp! Gym sells 13 one-off in-app purchases and Driftwing sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Driftwing holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: StartUp! Gym has 949 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

StartUp! Gym ships an update every 3 weeks, Driftwing daily. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
StartUp! Gym versus Driftwing: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStartUp! GymDriftwing
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (949 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews78.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings949 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksDaily — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS11.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size777 MB108 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperYeom GiseopBeyzer LLC

Customer experience

StartUp! Gym

All ratings949 ratings
Positive97.4%
Neutral1.6%
Negative1.1%
Written reviews59 reviews
Positive78.0%
Neutral5.1%
Negative16.9%

Driftwing

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

StartUp! Gym

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Duplicate account issues when logging in
  • Sweat counter and mechanics not functioning properly
  • Game freezing or crashing for some users

Requested features

3 requests
  • More content and features to enhance gameplay
  • Improved progression system and pacing
  • Better optimization for older devices

Driftwing

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

13 purchases

StartUp! Gym

One-time13
  • A bundle of gold$0.99
  • Beginner Package$1.99
  • Double! Package$2.99
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  • Intermediate Package$2.99
  • A bag of gold$3.99
  • Breaking bAd! Package$6.99
  • Corporate Aid$6.99
  • Muscle Package$9.99
  • State Funding$14.99
  • A box of gold$17.99
  • Master Package$17.99
  • A truck of gold$35.99
  • A ship of gold$69.99
5 purchases

Driftwing

One-time5
  • Nova Ship$1.99
  • Volt Ship$1.99
  • Shipworks$2.99
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  • Remove Ads Forever$4.99
  • Complete Hangar$9.99

Questions

Is StartUp! Gym free?
StartUp! Gym is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Driftwing free?
Driftwing is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, StartUp! Gym or Driftwing?
Driftwing is rated higher. StartUp! Gym averages 4.8 out of 5 from 949 ratings, while Driftwing averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do StartUp! Gym or Driftwing have ads?
Both StartUp! Gym and Driftwing show ads.
Which is updated more often, StartUp! Gym or Driftwing?
StartUp! Gym ships an update every 3 weeks, and Driftwing daily. Most recently, StartUp! Gym was updated on October 18, 2026 and Driftwing on October 13, 2026.

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