PewPew vs Dissolve
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PewPew
Experience intense, retro-style multidirectional shooting with massive enemy counts and a high frame rate. Choose from five distinct game modes, including Pandemonium, Dodge This, Assault, Chromatic Conflict, and Asteroids. Compete on online leaderboards and unlock new ships.
- Multidirectional shooting
- Retro graphics
- High frame rate
- Five game modes
- Online leaderboards
- Unlockable ships
- Game controller support
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PewPew is a multidirectional shoot them up akin to Geometry Wars. Expect retro graphics, megatons of enemies, and a frame rate rarely achieved by other games. On the other hand, don't expect a story: this game is for serious gamers. There are FIVE different game modes: • Pandemonium: Some enemies explode when they die, and the other spin maniacally everywhere. Hide from the explosions or deftly go through them. • Dodge this: As you collect boxes, there are more and more enemies moving around. Naturally, you have to dodge them all. • Assault: You fight against waves of enemies. Spoiler: at the end, they win and you die. • Chromatic Conflict (NSF color blinds): Enemies of different color appear. You can only destroy the ones that are the same color as your ship. • Asteroids: Need I say more? Features: ⁂ High frame-rate (honestly, this is what defines this game) ⁂ Finely tuned game-play (oh, and this too) ⁂ Online leader boards ⁂ Online replays ⁂ Some sweet music ⁂ Unlockable ships ⁂ Support Game Controller ⁂ No ads, no analytics. nada.
Dissolve
Engage in an endless arcade shooter where every hit transforms the vibrant background. Collect permanent power-ups and melt through waves of enemies with intuitive swipe controls. Unlock new ships and face diverse enemy types in this colorful, fast-paced experience.
- Infinite enemy waves
- Permanent power-ups
- Transforming background visuals
- Single-finger swipe controls
- Haptic feedback
- Unlockable ships
- Upgradeable power-up drops
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In Dissolve, melt your way through infinite waves of enemies and bullets collecting never-expiring power-ups! Every shot that hits an enemy transforms the background, igniting dazzling bursts of color and warp-speed alterations all controlled with just a finger swipe. Get ready to melt through an endless torrent of vector foes! Features - Simple controls: Play with just moving your finger around the screen - Haptic feedback for key moments - 7 unlock-able ships - 14 Enemy Types and power-ups - Upgradeable power-up drop rates
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: PewPew at none against Dissolve's 2. PewPew also leads on ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 13.0). Dissolve's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 5 months). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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
Both are free to download. Dissolve sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. PewPew asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for PewPew against 4.6 for Dissolve. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 67 and 118 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 91% of PewPew's written reviews are positive against 84% of Dissolve's.
PewPew ships an update every 5 months, Dissolve fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PewPew | Dissolve |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (67 ratings) | 4.6 (118 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 91.3% of reviews — better | 84.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 67 | 118 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 400 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Jean-Francois Geyelin | BabyStar Games |
Customer experience
PewPew
Dissolve
Bugs and requests
PewPew
Reported bugs
2 issues- High score data loss after updates
- Unresponsive controls on certain devices
Requested features
4 requests- More game modes and enemy types
- Multiplayer support
- Ability to disable background music
- Offline/campaign mode
Dissolve
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
PewPew
No in-app purchases
Dissolve
- 5000 Diamonds$0.99
- 30,000 Diamonds$4.99








