Comparison

Entomophobia vs SIDES

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

Head to head
About

Entomophobia

Engage in a top-down roguelite bullet hell experience, eliminating swarms of insects with automatic and controllable weapons. Collect upgrades and make strategic choices to enhance your damage and achieve glory in this solo-developed port of a PC game.

Highlights
  • Top-down roguelite bullet hell gameplay
  • Thousands of insects to slay
  • Automatic and controllable weapons
  • Upgrade cards on level up
  • Strategic upgrade choices
  • Port of a PC version
Features
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A top-down Roguelite Bullethell where you kill thousands of Insects/Bugs! Get up to 5 Automatic firing Weapons, and a Controllable Weapon too. Slay Bugs, Get Upgrades, and Kill More. Pick from 3 Upgrade Cards on Level Up, choose correctly may your choice bring great damage and glory. Entomophobia is Solo developed. I initially published Entomophobia to Steam, and this is a port of the pc version. I try to update the game every week to every other week. Hopefully, you enjoy it! :)

About

SIDES

Control a triangle that must survive for sixty seconds in an arena. Defeat the boss, which has one more side than you, to transform into it and gain new abilities. Progress through increasingly complex shapes and challenges.

Highlights
  • Shape progression
  • Boss battles
  • One-thumb controls
  • Persistent upgrades (Resonance)
  • Offline play
  • Optional rewarded ads
Features
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You are a triangle. The arena fills. Survive sixty seconds and the boss walks in — the shape with one more side than you. Beat it, and you become it. Every vertex is a weapon mount. Ascend from triangle to square to pentagon and beyond, into stars, star polygons, mandalas and the solids — each form multiplies your whole arsenal, and each boss is the next you. ONE THUMB. Kite, collect, and pick your draft between rounds. Sixty-second rounds, a run in ten minutes, a deep climb in an hour. RESONANCE. Every climb pays flux; flux buys permanent Resonance — sharper edges, a harder hull, faster blood. The ladder remembers your best form and lets you start from it. THREATS AND BOUNTIES. Four threat levels, a Wanted ladder that stacks handicaps for more flux, relic chests with real downsides, daily signals, seasonal skins. No account. Plays offline. Your save follows you through iCloud. Ads are optional, rewarded and never personalised. Game Center achievements and leaderboards.

Screenshots

Entomophobia4 screens
SIDES4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: SIDES at Free against Entomophobia's $0.99. SIDES also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.0). Entomophobia's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 5) and ads (none vs shown). On 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

SIDES is free to download; Entomophobia costs $0.99 up front. SIDES sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Entomophobia asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

SIDES holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Entomophobia has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Entomophobia versus SIDES: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEntomophobiaSIDES
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating4.0 (5 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews20.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings5 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks—
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size222 MB16 MB
Age rating9+9+
DeveloperJaxon Gallegos GarciaShai Ankori

In-app purchases

None

Entomophobia

No in-app purchases

5 purchases

SIDES

One-time5
  • Flux Pocket$0.99
  • Founder's Pack$2.99
  • Flux Case$3.99
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  • Prism Premium$4.99
  • Flux Vault$7.99

Questions

Is Entomophobia free?
Entomophobia costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is SIDES free?
SIDES is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Entomophobia or SIDES?
SIDES is rated higher. Entomophobia averages 4.0 out of 5 from 5 ratings, while SIDES averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Entomophobia or SIDES have ads?
SIDES shows ads; Entomophobia does not.

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