Nemesis vs Air Pilot Challenge
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Nemesis
Engage in a thrilling 3D space shooter set in the year 3000. Battle for resources in a new star system across various game modes, including campaign and death-match. Supports VR headsets and external controllers for an immersive experience.
- Campaign and Death-Match modes
- Single-player and multiplayer over WiFi
- VR headset support
- Gamepad support
- Nine unlockable ships
- Ten unlockable environments
- 25 different power-ups
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What is Nemesis? Nemesis is a theoretical brown dwarf star in orbit around our own sun, which may even have its own planetary system. Nemesis is also a 3D space shooter for the iPhone, iPad and Apple TV. (Want to try before you buy? Check out Nemesis Lite, also available in the app store.) The year is 3000... humanity has extended it's domain to the farthest reaches of the solar system. The new frontier is Nemesis, a star system rich with resources. Unfortunately, no one seems to agree on who owns this new frontier. Fight for your claim in this brave new world against ruthless enemies! Gameplay modes now include a campaign mode which can be played single-player or with a friend over wifi; and a death-match mode which can be played single-player or with up to 3 friends over wifi. VR headsets are now supported. While in VR mode, you can adjust: the screen size; vertical and horizontal position; the amount of parallax (that is, the space between your two virtual eyes); and whether or not your head movements are tracked. A VR headset and an external controller such as an extended gamepad are required. External controllers are also supported - both the standard profile (the one without thumbsticks) and the extended profile (the one with thumbsticks.) Our future is in your hands! Features: * Includes both a campaign mode and death-match mode, both of which can be played in single-player or multiplayer over wifi. * VR headset support. * Gamepad support (both the standard and extended profiles.) * Remote Control - control Nemesis 1.9 on tvOS or iOS via Nemesis 1.9 running on an iOS device. (Requires wifi.) * Beautiful graphics! * Intricately rendered explosion and smoke effects. * Nine unlockable ships and 10 unlockable environments. * Realistic physics. * Brutal AI. * 25 different power-ups, for all kinds of ways to smite your foes. * Listen to your own music while saving humanity. * Play in first person or third person modes. * Six different skill settings, from "practice" to "ace" in death-match; 5 skill settings in campaign. * User settable kill-limit in death-match mode. * Multi-player over wifi.
Air Pilot Challenge
Test your piloting abilities by flying through challenging skill courses. Progress through increasingly difficult levels, each with unique objectives and randomly placed obstacles. Unlock new worlds as you master each stage.
- 4 game types per level
- 4 unlockable levels
- Random target and hazard positioning
- On-screen controls with 2 vertical options
- Extensive in-app help
- Accomplishment sharing via email/text
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How good are your piloting skills? Fly your aircraft through 4 different types of skill courses, with different challenges, that become progressively more difficult. Meeting completion criteria for the current world unlocks the next world with its skill courses. - 4 game types per level. - 4 unlock-able levels. - random positioning of targets and hazards. - easy to use on screen controls with 2 vertical control options. Includes extensive on screen Help. Optionally shares your accomplishments via email, or text messaging. Universal App - supports iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad, including standard, Retina, and iPhone X displays. Even runs on Apple Mac or MacBooks equipped with the new Apple’s M-series Silicon chips with easy to use mouse and keyboard controls. There is also a separate version is for Apple TV, available as a free download to purchasers of the iOS version.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Air Pilot Challenge at 5.0 against Nemesis's 4.0. Air Pilot Challenge also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.2). Nemesis's advantage is update cadence (every 3 months vs every 7 months) and chart position (#177 vs unranked). On ratings volume, ads, 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
Nemesis costs $1.99 and Air Pilot Challenge $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Air Pilot Challenge holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.
Nemesis ships an update every 3 months, Air Pilot Challenge every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on June 5, 2026 and June 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Nemesis | Air Pilot Challenge |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 — better | $3.99 |
| Rating | 4.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 80.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 7 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Best chart rank | #177 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, Vision Pro | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV |
| Requires iOS | 17.2 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 319 MB | 223 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Denizen Software, LLC | Magnin & Associates |
Customer experience
Nemesis
Air Pilot Challenge
In-app purchases
Nemesis
No in-app purchases
Air Pilot Challenge
No in-app purchases
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