Comparison

Hydrothermal Lite vs ScreenPad on

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

Head to head
About

Hydrothermal Lite

Build and manage a space colony, defend it from alien invaders, and expand your territory. Balance your budget, pass laws, and allocate resources to keep your colony thriving. Develop a strong army to fend off attacks and enjoy countless hours of addictive gameplay.

Highlights
  • Space colony city building
  • Alien invasion defense
  • Colony layout control
  • Budget and law management
  • Army building and management
  • Over 50 unique buildings
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Hydrothermal is a city building game where you create a space colony and ward off alien invaders. Control every aspect of your colony's layout, including zoning, building placement, and terrain features, all with the ability to conquer more land for expansion. Adjust the city details by balancing the budget, passing/repealing laws, and allocating extra resources into six areas using the balance of powers screen. Don't forget to build and manage an army though, aliens attack from time to time! Hydrothermal's addicting gameplay and a classic 2D with over 50 unique buildings, Hydrothermal will keep you entertained for countless hours. Make sure to check out Nuclear Nova's golf game simulator, GL Golf and GL Golf Lite. GL Golf is a 3D golfing game for the casual gamer. With a realistic physics system and great simple graphics, you and up to four players can golf twenty+ unique courses for countless hours. Also make sure to check out Nuclear Nova's new golf game, Rocket Golf and Rocket Golf Lite. Rocket Golf gives golfing a new twist with its 2D gameplay and clean 3D graphics. Challenge yourself to 36 unique holes over two courses. Rocket Golf provides accurate game physics while maintaining an arcade feel.

About

ScreenPad on

Enhance your mobile browsing experience by adding functional on-screen keyboards as overlays to any webpage. Play browser games that require keyboard input directly on your iPhone or iPad.

Highlights
  • On-screen keyboard overlay
  • Play browser games
  • Works on any webpage
  • Manual scaling for iOS 15
  • Support requests for issues
Features
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Ever wanted to play browser game on you iPhone/iPad, but it required a keyboard? That's not a problem anymore with ScreenPad on-screen keyboard app! You can place various keyboards as an overlay above **any** page in the web and finally play the game you always wanted to right in your iPhone or iPad. If it doesn't work for your case, please send us a support request and mention the URL you're trying to play the game at, we'll take a look. ***iOS 15 users: autoscaling feature doesn't work for you, because it is not supported by your iOS version. But you can still scale the page manually.***

Screenshots

ScreenPad on2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Hydrothermal Lite at Free against ScreenPad on's $0.99. Hydrothermal Lite also leads on rating (4.0 vs 2.8) and review sentiment (40% vs 20%). ScreenPad on's advantage is ratings volume (12 vs 2) and device support. On 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

Hydrothermal Lite is free to download; ScreenPad on costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Hydrothermal Lite holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 2.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ScreenPad on has 12 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 40% of Hydrothermal Lite's written reviews are positive against 20% of ScreenPad on's.

Scorecard7 real differences · 2 level
Hydrothermal Lite versus ScreenPad on: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHydrothermal LiteScreenPad on
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating4.0 (2 ratings) — better2.8 (12 ratings)
Positive reviews40.0% of reviews — better20.0% of reviews
Number of ratings212 — better
Ads—No
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
Devices—iPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNuclear Nova SoftwareYury Apollov

Customer experience

Hydrothermal Lite

Written reviews5 reviews
Positive40.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative40.0%

ScreenPad on

All ratings11 ratings
Positive36.4%
Neutral27.3%
Negative36.4%
Written reviews10 reviews
Positive20.0%
Neutral40.0%
Negative40.0%

In-app purchases

None

Hydrothermal Lite

No in-app purchases

None

ScreenPad on

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Hydrothermal Lite free?
Hydrothermal Lite is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is ScreenPad on free?
ScreenPad on costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Hydrothermal Lite or ScreenPad on?
Hydrothermal Lite is rated higher. Hydrothermal Lite averages 4.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while ScreenPad on averages 2.8 from 12 ratings.

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