Star Empire vs OptiFlight
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Star Empire
Engage in tactical space combat with a Match 3 twist. Defend your sector against four alien races, each with unique abilities. Strategically maneuver ships, manage resources for repairs and upgrades, and make critical decisions to destroy enemy bases.
- Tactical space combat
- Match 3 gameplay
- Defend against alien races
- Resource management
- Ship upgrades
- Strategic decision-making
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Match 3 meet Tactical Space Combat! Star Empire amps up the Galactic conflict with more tactical aspects as you defend your sector from four different Invading races, each with their own technology focus and special abilities. The Krill, Reproroc and Bial return in this strategic board game of fierce deep space combat! Maneuver your ship skillfully around enemy vessels setting up the perfect kill shot, string resources together to charge shields and repair battle damage, and collect tech to upgrade your weapons and defences! You must make difficult decisions between offence, defence and tech to punch through waves of enemies and destroy their base of operations. Simple game mechanics with serious depth and a wealth of powerful technology to discover and master will engage your mind like never before.
OptiFlight
Design intricate flight networks to connect cities and guide passengers efficiently. Adapt your routes to dynamic events like airport rushes and closures across over 350 themed levels. Test your strategic planning skills in historical, present-day, and weather-simulated scenarios.
- Design flight networks
- Create historical flight maps
- Simulate inclement weather
- Use real-world cities
- 350+ levels
- Analyze in-game statistics
- Compete on leaderboards
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Step into the world of airline route planning, where your goal is to create a flight network to guide passengers to their destinations in a limited amount of time. You get to call the shots on which routes to draw and which cities to designate as hubs that best serve each scenario. The flight maps you design will also need to be efficient and flexible to accommodate for events that may occur, like airport rushes and closures, as its effects ripple throughout your network. With over 350 geographically and historically themed levels to play, each map you make will be put to the test. MAIN FEATURES - Take a step back in time and create flight maps for past historical scenarios, like the 1849 California Gold Rush and the 2012 London Olympic Games - Prepare for the future and create flight maps in realistic inclement weather simulation, including Hurricanes and Blizzards - Understand the present and create flight maps using actual cities, like New York City and Tokyo, to reflect real flight patterns FAN-FAVORITE LEVELS Vote for your favorite level in the Preferences page ① Big Game (Level 36, Contiguous US) ② Silk Road (Level 17, Asia) ③ Big Apple (Level 18, Contiguous US) ④ Sustain (Level 38, Contiguous US) ⑤ Sustain (Level 38, Europe) ⑥ Tourism Capital (Level 20, Oceania) OTHER FEATURES - Play 350+ levels across multiple maps like America, Europe, and Asia - Analyze in-game statistics to help fine-tune your flight map - Speed up or slow down the game to your comfort - Compete for the top spot on worldwide leaderboards - Simplistic interface and experience - No ads FUTURE FEATURES - More maps! - More levels! - More cities!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: OptiFlight at 4.6 against Star Empire's 3.7. OptiFlight also leads on update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 23 months) and ratings volume (1.3K vs 3). Star Empire's advantage is iOS requirement (5.1.1 vs 15.0). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Star Empire sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and OptiFlight sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
OptiFlight holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: OptiFlight has 1.3K ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 63% of Star Empire's written reviews are positive against 80% of OptiFlight's.
Star Empire ships an update every 23 months, OptiFlight every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Star Empire | OptiFlight |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (3 ratings) | 4.6 (1.3K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 62.5% of reviews | 80.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 1.3K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 23 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 5.1.1 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 28 MB | 131 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | DeadRatGames | Krish Suchdev |
Customer experience
Star Empire
OptiFlight
In-app purchases
Star Empire
- Full Version$0.99
OptiFlight
- Small Tip$1.00
- OptiFlight Expansion$1.99
- Large Tip$5.00








