Comparison

Pixel Starships™ vs Space War TD

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 War TD

Defend Earth from alien invaders by strategically deploying and upgrading cannons and special weapons. This addictive game challenges your judgment and quick thinking to protect your bunker from increasingly powerful enemies.

Highlights
  • Free play mode
  • Deploy cannons and special weapons
  • Upgrade and reinforce bunker
  • Add attributes to cannons
  • Achievement options for attack efficiency
  • Global ranking system
Features
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WHO WILL BE THE LAST HOPE OF THE EARTH? Depleted Earth, the only hope is in the energy cube found in asteroid called Eris. Drive out the cube-seeking aliens and save the Earth [INTRODUCTION] Reinforcements through various upgrade, weapon, and adding attribute. Infinite pleasure of blowing away the surging enemies! Space War TD is a simple but addictive game. Fight against aliens ever becoming stronger through right upgrade and good judgment. Even a small carelessness will cause the bunker to fall to the surging aliens. [FUNCTIONS] - Free play - Keep your bunker with canon and special weapons. - Replacement and upgrade of cannon, bunker reinforcement, installation of special weapon - Defend more effectively by adding attributes to cannon - Maximization of attack efficiency through achievement option. - Compete with users worldwide for ranking.

Screenshots

Pixel Starships™4 screens
Space War TD4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Pixel Starships™ at 4.7 against Space War TD's 3.8. Pixel Starships™ also leads on ratings volume (35K vs 12) and update cadence (every 9 days vs every 3 weeks). Space War TD's advantage is iOS requirement (10.0 vs 15.0). On price, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases 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 War TD sells 9 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Pixel Starships™ holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pixel Starships™ has 35K ratings behind it against 12, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 82% and 81% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pixel Starships™ ships an update every 9 days, Space War TD every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Pixel Starships™ versus Space War TD: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPixel Starships™Space War TD
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (35K ratings) — better3.8 (12 ratings)
Positive reviews81.9% of reviews — better81.0% of reviews
Number of ratings35K — better12
Update frequencyEvery 9 days — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.010.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size450 MB47 MB
Age rating9+9+
DeveloperSavy Soda Pty LtdPOLYCUBE Inc.

Customer experience

Pixel Starships™

All ratings35,060 ratings
Positive95.1%
Neutral2.1%
Negative2.7%
Written reviews781 reviews
Positive81.9%
Neutral4.7%
Negative13.3%

Space War TD

All ratings12 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral8.3%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews378 reviews
Positive81.0%
Neutral11.9%
Negative7.1%

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 War TD

From 12 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Fast-paced gameplay
  • 👍 Addictive and fun
  • 🎮 Good game mechanics
  • 💎 Decent progression system

Room to improve

  • 💰 Grindy progression without in-app purchases
  • 🕹️ Targeting/aiming issues
  • 🐛 Bugs and crashes
  • 🔋 High battery consumption

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 War TD

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • In-app purchases not working
  • Crashes on latest update
  • Incorrect pricing/currency display

Requested features

4 requests
  • Daily missions for currency
  • More upgrade options
  • Replay/retry previous levels
  • Improved difficulty scaling

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
9 purchases

Space War TD

One-time9
  • 7000 Gold$0.99
  • 20 energy cube$0.99
  • 45000 Gold$4.99
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  • 130 energy cube$4.99
  • 280 energy cube$9.99
  • 95000 Gold$9.99
  • 120000 Gold$11.99
  • 350 energy cube$11.99
  • 100000 Gold + 300 energy cube$19.99

Questions

Is Pixel Starships™ free?
Pixel Starships™ is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Space War TD free?
Space War TD is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Pixel Starships™ or Space War TD?
Pixel Starships™ is rated higher. Pixel Starships™ averages 4.7 out of 5 from 35K ratings, while Space War TD averages 3.8 from 12 ratings.
Do Pixel Starships™ or Space War TD have ads?
Neither Pixel Starships™ nor Space War TD shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pixel Starships™ or Space War TD?
Pixel Starships™ ships an update every 9 days, and Space War TD every 3 weeks. Most recently, Pixel Starships™ was updated on November 1, 2026 and Space War TD on October 21, 2026.

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