Comparison

Star Battle Hoshi Puzzles vs REPLICORE

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

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About

Star Battle Hoshi Puzzles

This logic puzzle game challenges you to fill a grid with stars, ensuring no two stars touch, even diagonally. It offers daily and weekly challenges with varying difficulty levels and tracks your progress.

Highlights
  • Daily puzzle challenges
  • Leaderboards for competitive play
  • Weekly challenges for advanced players
  • Multiple difficulty levels
  • Puzzle packs for beginners
  • Solving strategy guide
  • Player stats and progress tracking
Features
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Hoshi (星, Japanese for star) is a free and competitive Star Battle game with daily challenges. Star Battle, also known as "Two Not Touch", is a classic pen-and-paper logic puzzle published in newspapers and puzzle magazines worldwide. If you enjoy playing tricky puzzles and brain-teasing games and seek a new challenge, then you should give Hoshi a try. If you have never played the Star Battle logic game before, don’t worry the rules are straight forward: Similar to other logic puzzles you have a grid that you need to fill. In a normal 2 star “Two Not Touch” game each row, column, and region must have exactly 2 stars. Stars are not allowed to touch, even not diagonally. Hoshi includes Star Battles with 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 stars, but games with more stars are yet to come ;) Hoshi offers you: - Everyday we release a new number game (daily puzzle challenge) - Track your solving time and compete against other players (leaderboards) - There is also a weekly challenge for geniuses (3 star plus games) - There are 5 different difficulties (easy to diabolical) - Packs with hand-selected logic puzzle (e.g. for beginners) - Guide with solving strategies - Profile with stats about your skill level & progress Coming soon: - Add your friends and play with them a numbers puzzle - Star Battle games with more than 5 stars Privacy policy: https://guriddo.app/hoshi/legal/privacy Terms of use: https://guriddo.app/hoshi/legal/tos

About

REPLICORE

Features
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You are a self-replicating program that just woke up on an unmanned node network in deep space. Multiply on each node's computing resources, transmit yourself to neighboring nodes, and assimilate the entire galactic network in this real-time strategy game. SIMPLE TO PLAY - Sweep from your node and release on a target: half your copies launch - Arriving copies crash the resident process and overwrite it - Assimilate every node to clear the stage FIVE FACILITIES DECIDE THE BATTLE - Node: your basic production base - Amplifier: 2x production, the heart of your economy - Relay Link: relay-to-relay transmissions fly 5x faster - Jammer: shoots down enemy transmissions in its range - Core: amplifier + jammer in one. Its garrison is hidden from view A BOARD THAT NEVER SITS STILL Orbiting facilities keep moving. Read their orbits and strike the moment they pass. AN AI THAT READS AHEAD What changes with difficulty is how deeply the enemy thinks. The strongest AI accounts for production during flight, guards the node you are about to hit, and waits for moving facilities to swing close. Each of the three rivals has its own personality. And for those who assimilate everything, there is something beyond. FEATURES - 18 stages, difficulty that deepens as you master it - Ambient soundtrack that builds into driving drums - Best-time records for every stage - Medals to earn - Fully playable offline Quiet to look at, busy in your head. Assimilate a galaxy in your spare minutes.

Screenshots

Star Battle Hoshi Puzzles4 screens
REPLICORE4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: REPLICORE at none against Star Battle Hoshi Puzzles's 30. REPLICORE also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 2 weeks). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Star Battle Hoshi Puzzles sells 30 in-app purchases, starting at $0.79 per 7 days. REPLICORE asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Star Battle Hoshi Puzzles ships an update every 2 weeks, REPLICORE every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Star Battle Hoshi Puzzles versus REPLICORE: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStar Battle Hoshi PuzzlesREPLICORE
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (269 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews59.1% of reviews—
Number of ratings269 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 5 days — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.6 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size75 MB16 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSimon SchusterKinicy

In-app purchases

30 purchases

Star Battle Hoshi Puzzles

Subscriptions3
  • Supporter (Weekly)$0.797 Days
  • Supporter (Monthly)$2.491 Month
  • Supporter (Annual)$14.991 Year
One-time27
  • Beginner Pack 8$0.99
  • Beginner Pack 10$0.99
  • Beginner Pack 14$0.99
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  • Beginner Pack 12$0.99
  • Beginner Pack 11$0.99
  • Beginner Pack 9$1.99
  • Beginner Pack 6$1.99
  • Beginner Pack 3$1.99
  • Beginner Pack 5$1.99
  • Beginner Pack 4$1.99
  • Beginner Pack 7$1.99
  • Expert Pack 7$1.99
  • Expert Pack 6$1.99
  • Advanced Pack 6$1.99
  • Expert Pack 5$2.99
  • Advanced Pack 5$2.99
  • Advanced Pack 8$2.99
  • Advanced Pack 4$2.99
  • Expert Pack 4$2.99
  • Advanced Pack 2$2.99
  • Advanced Pack 3$2.99
  • Expert Pack 3$2.99
  • Expert Pack 2$2.99
  • Genius Pack 4$2.99
  • Genius Pack 3$3.99
  • Wizard Pack 1$3.99
  • Genius Pack 2$3.99
None

REPLICORE

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Star Battle Hoshi Puzzles free?
Star Battle Hoshi Puzzles is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is REPLICORE free?
REPLICORE is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Star Battle Hoshi Puzzles or REPLICORE have ads?
Both Star Battle Hoshi Puzzles and REPLICORE show ads.
Which is updated more often, Star Battle Hoshi Puzzles or REPLICORE?
Star Battle Hoshi Puzzles ships an update every 2 weeks, and REPLICORE every 5 days. Most recently, Star Battle Hoshi Puzzles was updated on October 21, 2026 and REPLICORE on October 20, 2026.

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