Comparison

Celestial Assault vs Sky Wings

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

Head to head
About

Celestial Assault

Engage in a retro-style side-scrolling space shooter with RPG elements. Upgrade your ship's weapons and attributes by destroying enemies, collecting items, and gaining experience. Complete missions with star ratings for a challenging and replayable experience.

Highlights
  • Side-scrolling space shooter gameplay
  • RPG style character leveling
  • Stackable weapons
  • 30 unique missions with boss fights
  • Challenging and diverse gameplay
  • Replayability with difficulty settings
  • Purchaseable shortcuts and add-ins
Features
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Description: Celestial Assault is a blend of retro style side scrolling space shooter and RPG. Destroy enemies to gain experience, collect items and gold to upgrade your ships weapons and attributes until you cut through the toughest foes like butter! Missions each have star ratings for kill %, completion time and ship damage providing and unique challenge and tons of replay-ability. Story: In 2050 hostile aliens will invade earth to put an end to humanity! You are mankind's last hope of survival. Embark on an adventure through some of the most dangerous and equally beautiful parts of space to destroy the alien threat and secure the future of the human race. FEATURES: - Awesome Side Scrolling Space Shooter gameplay! - RPG style character leveling - Stackable Weapons - 30 unique mission featuring 5 boss fights and a combination of small enemy battles and maneuvering sequences. - Challenging and diverse gameplay with extensive replayability - Restart the game on a different difficulty upon completion and keep your inventory - Purchaseable shortcuts and game add-ins - Additional content coming soon!

About

Sky Wings

Experience a retro-style arcade shooter with modern 3D pixel graphics. Pilot unique fighters, defeat powerful bosses, and conquer challenging levels. Compete globally in an infinite mode for ultimate bragging rights.

Highlights
  • Retro and stylish 3D pixel graphics
  • Easy to play, vertically scrolling shooter
  • Dozens of original fighters and drones
  • Defeat unique and powerful bosses
  • Multiple difficulty modes
  • Infinite Mode for global competition
Features
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Are you looking for a brand new style of arcade shooter? Check out "Sky Wings"! It's simple to control, and has an awesome old-school stylem, just like the classic "Raiden"! Defeat the unique and powerful bosses such as Tiny Dragon, Wolverine, Metal King crab and many more! Conquer the skies with dozens of original fighters and various drones! • Retro and stylish 3D pixel graphics • Easy to play, vertically scrolling shooter! • Total of 26 combat aircrafts, including Black Rose, Acacia, Pentas and many more! • Challenge many levels in Rookie, Champion, Hero difficulty modes! • Compete with players from all over the world in "Infinite Mode". ◈ Enjoy "Sky Wings", a thrilling 3d bullet hell game! ※ Please save game data before you delete the game or change device. —————————— Facebook https://www.facebook.com/shmupholic E-mail : shmup.holic@gmail.com Terms of service https://goo.gl/8PY417

Screenshots

Celestial Assault4 screens
Sky Wings4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Sky Wings at 4.8 against Celestial Assault's 3.8. Sky Wings also leads on ratings volume (317 vs 4). Celestial Assault's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (6.0 vs 15.0). On price, review sentiment, update cadence 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. Celestial Assault sells 8 one-off in-app purchases and Sky Wings sells 27 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Sky Wings holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Sky Wings has 317 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 85% of Celestial Assault's written reviews are positive against 83% of Sky Wings's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Celestial Assault versus Sky Wings: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCelestial AssaultSky Wings
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.8 (4 ratings)4.8 (317 ratings) — better
Positive reviews85.0% of reviews — better82.6% of reviews
Number of ratings4317 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS6.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size105 MB390 MB
Age rating12+9+
DeveloperLucid Vision GamesLIVEZEN Corp.

Customer experience

Celestial Assault

All ratings4 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews20 reviews
Positive85.0%
Neutral5.0%
Negative10.0%

Sky Wings

All ratings315 ratings
Positive97.1%
Neutral1.6%
Negative1.3%
Written reviews219 reviews
Positive82.6%
Neutral6.8%
Negative10.5%

Bugs and requests

Celestial Assault

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Sky Wings

Reported bugs

13 issues
  • Game crashes during infinite mode
  • Save data disappears after updates
  • Ad close button unresponsive
  • IAP purchases not being applied
  • Screen display issues on iPhone X and newer
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  • Aircraft getting stuck and unresponsive
  • Coin display glitches
  • Purchased items not equipping
  • Game freezing and stuttering
  • Restore purchases button not working
  • Invisible barriers at screen edges
  • Enemy projectiles appearing after boss defeat
  • Incompatibility with older iPad models

Requested features

13 requests
  • Skip ads premium package option
  • Multiplayer/co-op online mode
  • Additional stages and levels
  • Boss rush mode
  • Equipment/loot drop system
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  • Damage numbers display
  • Visible hitbox indicators
  • Increased sensitivity controls
  • More varied enemy attack patterns
  • New aircraft types and mechanics
  • Increased coin rewards scaling
  • Data cloud synchronization
  • Vintage chip-tune soundtrack option

In-app purchases

8 purchases

Celestial Assault

One-time8
  • $10,000 Gold$0.99
  • Attribute Point$0.99
  • Attribute Reset$0.99
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  • Advanced Stacking$1.99
  • Deep Space Mission Pack$1.99
  • Advanced Ranks$2.99
  • $50,000 Gold$2.99
  • 5 Attribute Points$2.99
27 purchases

Sky Wings

One-time27
  • 40,000 Coins$1.99
  • Black Rose$3.99
  • Rosemary$3.99
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  • Camellia$3.99
  • Chery Blossom$3.99
  • Muscari$3.99
  • Larkspur$3.99
  • Extra Life$4.99
  • Starter Pack$4.99
  • Coin Pouch$4.99
  • Tacca$7.99
  • Datura$7.99
  • Thistle$7.99
  • Geranium$7.99
  • Phoenix$9.99
  • Coin Bundle$9.99
  • Firefly$9.99
  • Venus Flytrap$9.99
  • Pentas$14.99
  • Trifolium$14.99
  • Primula$19.99
  • Marguerite$19.99
  • Coin Basket$19.99
  • Surfinia$19.99
  • Time Pass$29.99
  • Iris$29.99
  • Burning Sky$29.99

Questions

Is Celestial Assault free?
Celestial Assault is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Sky Wings free?
Sky Wings is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Celestial Assault or Sky Wings?
Sky Wings is rated higher. Celestial Assault averages 3.8 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while Sky Wings averages 4.8 from 317 ratings.
Do Celestial Assault or Sky Wings have ads?
Sky Wings shows ads; Celestial Assault does not.
Which is updated more often, Celestial Assault or Sky Wings?
Celestial Assault ships an update every 2 months, and Sky Wings every 2 months. Most recently, Celestial Assault was updated on October 23, 2026 and Sky Wings on October 22, 2026.

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