Comparison

Pixel Starships™ vs Space Decor

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

Head to head
About

Pixel Starships™

Command every aspect of your starship in a persistent online universe. Build, battle, explore, and manage resources in this 8-bit spaceship management game. Form alliances and conquer with friends.

Highlights
  • Build custom starships
  • Command multiple races and factions
  • Online player battles
  • Manage resources and power
  • Explore planets and secrets
  • Form alliances
  • Program AI for automatic combat
Features
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Featured by Apple in Best New Games! From one of the most successful Mobile Game Kickstarter campaigns of the year comes Pixel Starships! Pixel Starships is the world’s first total spaceship management game in an 8bit massive online universe. In Pixel Starships, you command every aspect of your ship from construction to battles in a single persistent world. Featured Reviews - Touch Arcade - Pixel Starships tasks you with outfitting your very own ship with resource rooms, staff, and weapons. This looks Awesome! MMGN - The graphics in this 8Bit indie game is the best we've seen in a retro style game for a long time PocketTactics - I’m intrigued by the cutaway side-view of the starship with turbolifts and transporters at the ready TechTimes - The World’s First 8-Bit Total Starship Management Game Hits The Online Universe The Discovery Channel - A fully immersive starship captain experience. Key Features - ● Build Epic Starships of your own design. ● Many races, aliens, factions to command and conquer. ● Battle it out with other real players in a single massive online universe. ● Manage diplomacy, recruitment, research, exploration! ● Control ship's power and limited resources. Discover epic weapons. ● Build and deploy support ships to support your Starfleet. ● Cross section full ship control and battles. ● Explore planets, discover secrets of space. ● Form alliances and battle with your friends to achieve victory! ● Program situational AI commands to systems and crew allowing automatic combats and offline play. If you're a fan of Star Wars and Star Trek; if you enjoy games like EVE, Clash of Clans, FTL, or Homeworld, you'll love Pixel Starships! Note - Pixel Starships is totally free to play and is designed for perfect balance for all players. However, there are in-app items that can be purchased for real money to help speed up progress or offer cosmetic improvements. If you don't want this feature, please disable in-app purchases in your device's settings. Note on Auto-Renewing Subscription - Pixel Starships contains a optional Subscription Membership. Members receive extra missions, bonuses, and daily rewards. Membership content is regularly updated. The Monthly Membership Subscription cost is USD $3.99 per month or a similarly adjusted currency price in your local region. Please refer to IAP menu or in app display for localised pricing. Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription is auto renewable and will renew monthly unless cancelled at least 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. Subscription can be cancelled via iTunes subscription manager. There is also a 7 day free trial for the membership; the free trial period is not transferrable and any remaining free time is cancelled if a paying subscription starts. Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase. EULA: http://www.pixelstarships.com/eula Privacy Policy: http://www.pixelstarships.com/privacypolicy As per Terms of Service and Privacy Policy, you must be at least 13 years of age to play or download Pixel Starships.

About

Space Decor

Unleash your inner designer by decorating various houses, from apartments to villas, with diverse styles. Progress through challenging match-3 levels to earn coins for decorations and unlock new design opportunities.

Highlights
  • Decorate diverse houses and rooms
  • Choose from multiple design styles
  • Play challenging match-3 puzzle levels
  • Earn coins to buy decorations
  • Participate in weekly events
  • Enjoy a detective story
Features
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Welcome to the design studio and show your design talent here to decorate different houses! As a young designer, you dream to become one of the best architecture in the world. One day, you met the greatest architecture in the design circle, and your legendary stories get started! Here are tons of decorations for you to choose from: Mediterranean style, European style, Modern minimalist style and so on. It’s all up to you to design the houses. From apartment to villa, restaurant to hotel, your work will cover all over the world. It sounds great, does it? Except choose the decorations, beat the match-3 levels is another mission for you. Here are many delicate levels waiting for you! Switch, match and crush hundreds of tiles to challenge funny puzzles and make high scores with your families and friends! -HOW TO PLAY- ●Swap to match 3 or more similar tiles in a line to crush them. ●Make a square of four to create the paper plane. ●Match 5 or more to create amazing boosters ●Find different kinds of powerful combos is the key to solve puzzles and beat the levels. ●Beat the levels to get more coins which are the necessary sources to buy decorations ●Choose the styles you like and become the greatest designer in your friends -FEATURES- ●Completely free game to play; ●Many houses are waiting for you designing; ●Various interesting events in every week; ●Vivid character and attractive detective story; ●Play with your families and friends and share your works; Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Pixel Starships™4 screens
Space Decor4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Pixel Starships™ at none against Space Decor's shown. Pixel Starships™ also leads on update cadence (every 9 days vs every 7 months) and ratings volume (35K vs 620). Space Decor's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On price, rating, 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. Pixel Starships™ sells 11 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and Space Decor sells 11 in-app purchases, starting at $14.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Pixel Starships™ against 4.8 for Space Decor. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pixel Starships™ has 35K ratings behind it against 620, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 82% of Pixel Starships™'s written reviews are positive against 73% of Space Decor's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pixel Starships™ ships an update every 9 days, Space Decor every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Pixel Starships™ versus Space Decor: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPixel Starships™Space Decor
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (35K ratings)4.8 (620 ratings) — better
Positive reviews81.9% of reviews — better73.0% of reviews
Number of ratings35K — better620
Update frequencyEvery 9 days — betterEvery 7 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size450 MB228 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperSavy Soda Pty LtdZYMobile

Customer experience

Pixel Starships™

All ratings35,060 ratings
Positive95.1%
Neutral2.1%
Negative2.7%
Written reviews779 reviews
Positive81.9%
Neutral4.7%
Negative13.4%

Space Decor

All ratings620 ratings
Positive95.0%
Neutral3.1%
Negative1.9%
Written reviews89 reviews
Positive73.0%
Neutral10.1%
Negative16.9%

User reviews

Pixel Starships™

From 35K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Decent game with no pay wall harassment
  • 🚀 Great little game
  • 🚀 Good game
  • 🚀 Straight gas
  • 🚀 Amazing game

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Glitchy
  • 🐛 Horrible backend, would not recommend for slower devices
  • 🐛 Cleverly disguised ad farm
  • 🐛 Needs some fixing
  • 🐛 Unfair in battle

Space Decor

From 620 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Relaxing and enjoyable gameplay
  • 💎 Satisfying room decoration
  • 🎨 Beautiful graphics and designs
  • 🕹️ Fun and challenging mini-games

Room to improve

  • 🔍 Lack of story or narrative
  • 🚫 Limited room options
  • 💰 Frequent ads and in-app purchases
  • 🐛 Occasional bugs and crashes

Bugs and requests

Pixel Starships™

Reported bugs

8 issues
  • Crew abilities not working as intended
  • Losing resources and trophies due to connection issues
  • Ads not rewarding the promised amount of Starbux
  • Scrolling issues when rearranging ship layout
  • Inconsistent loading times
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  • Missions consuming daily allowance even on error
  • Starbux purchases not being credited
  • Resources not properly credited after selling on the market

Requested features

17 requests
  • Lower how much bux people can ask for items and resources
  • Set a limit on bux that's not too ridiculous
  • Add more galaxies to explore
  • Add larger ships
  • Add smaller support craft that can fight alongside the main ship
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  • Add a faction war mode with 3v3 or 5v5 battles
  • Add a way to have multiple ships in your fleet
  • Add a ranking system for top players and top ships
  • Add more ship customization options
  • Add a way to remove items from the market
  • Add a panel to view all crew stats
  • Add a button to fix all modules at once
  • Add multiple AI preset options for combat
  • Add a way to fight against your own ship to test vulnerabilities
  • Add a permanent live PvP mode
  • Add a way to change the email associated with an account
  • Add a daily login bonus that increases over consecutive days

Space Decor

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Game freezing or crashing during play
  • Ads not loading or getting stuck
  • Inability to access certain rooms or features
  • Purchases or progress not saving properly

Requested features

4 requests
  • More room types and customization options
  • Ability to change purchased furniture/decor
  • Offline play without ads
  • Expanded storyline or progression system

In-app purchases

11 purchases

Pixel Starships™

Subscriptions1
  • One Month Membership7 Days trial$3.991 Month
One-time10
  • Special Offer$1.99
  • Clip of Starbux$4.99
  • Special Offer$4.99
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  • Season Pass$8.99
  • Roll of Starbux$9.99
  • Special Offer$9.99
  • Stash of Starbux$19.99
  • Special Offer$19.99
  • Case of Starbux$49.99
  • Bank of Starbux$99.99
11 purchases

Space Decor

Subscriptions1
  • Premium Membership$14.991 Month
One-time10
  • Starter Gift$0.99
  • beginner gift$0.99
  • 550 diamonds$4.99
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  • Golden Ticket$4.99
  • Piggy bank level 1$4.99
  • Advanced Bundle$6.99
  • 1200 diamonds$9.99
  • Amazing Bundle$12.99
  • 2700 diamonds$19.99
  • Elegant Bundle$24.99

Questions

Is Pixel Starships™ free?
Pixel Starships™ is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Space Decor free?
Space Decor is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Pixel Starships™ or Space Decor?
Space Decor is rated higher. Pixel Starships™ averages 4.7 out of 5 from 35K ratings, while Space Decor averages 4.8 from 620 ratings.
Do Pixel Starships™ or Space Decor have ads?
Space Decor shows ads; Pixel Starships™ does not.
Which is updated more often, Pixel Starships™ or Space Decor?
Pixel Starships™ ships an update every 9 days, and Space Decor every 7 months. Most recently, Pixel Starships™ was updated on October 23, 2026 and Space Decor on October 21, 2026.

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