Comparison

Celestial Assault vs Space

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

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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

Space

Defend Earth in this retro arcade space shooter against relentless alien invaders. Pilot unique spacecraft, utilize various weapons, and collect power-ups to survive increasingly difficult waves and boss battles. Compete on global leaderboards for the highest score.

Highlights
  • Unique spacecraft with advantages/disadvantages
  • Varied alien enemy types
  • Multiple weapon types
  • Challenging boss levels
  • Shield, Weapon, and Health power-ups
  • Global leaderboards
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Defend the Earth from hordes of alien attackers! Endless retro arcade space shooter. How long can you defend the Earth for? No Ads and no in-app purchases - just simple honest 100% free gaming! - Choose between various unique space craft - each with its advantages and disadvantages. - Various alien enemy types, which get gradually more difficult. - Switch between different weapon types. - Boss levels which get significantly harder each time. - Collect Shield, Weapon, and Health power-ups to help with the ever increasing might of the enemy. - Explosions. Explosions. Explosions! - Your shields and weapon battery recharges, but your health does not. - Global stats and leaderboards!

Screenshots

Celestial Assault4 screens
Space4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Space at 5.0 against Celestial Assault's 3.8. Space also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 8) and review sentiment (100% vs 85%). Celestial Assault's advantage is iOS requirement (6.0 vs 13.0). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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. Space asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Space holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 3 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 85% of Celestial Assault's written reviews are positive against 100% of Space's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on June 5, 2026 and June 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Celestial Assault versus Space: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCelestial AssaultSpace
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.8 (4 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews85.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings4 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS6.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size105 MB64 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperLucid Vision GamesScratchmark Ltd

Customer experience

Celestial Assault

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

Space

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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
None

Space

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Celestial Assault free?
Celestial Assault is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Space free?
Space is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Celestial Assault or Space?
Space is rated higher. Celestial Assault averages 3.8 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while Space averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do Celestial Assault or Space have ads?
Neither Celestial Assault nor Space shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Celestial Assault or Space?
Celestial Assault ships an update every 2 months, and Space every 2 months. Most recently, Celestial Assault was updated on June 5, 2026 and Space on June 4, 2026.

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