Comparison

Celestial Assault vs Cosmic Cruiser

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

Cosmic Cruiser

Pilot a super space fighter against an invading alien force threatening the universe. This simple 2D game offers endless darkness and galactic battles for quick entertainment.

Highlights
  • Space fighter combat
  • Alien invasion theme
  • 2D gameplay
  • Time-killing game
  • Infinite darkness setting
Features
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Infinite darkness ... Dark galaxy. Bacteria began slaughtering the entire universe with unimaginable power. The invading demon hands swallow the surrounding planets one after another, Now betting on the fate of the whole universe, The super space fighter, Cosmic Viper, takes off again in the endless darkness ... A simple 2D game for killing time.

Screenshots

Celestial Assault4 screens
Cosmic Cruiser4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Celestial Assault at 85% against Cosmic Cruiser's 0%. Celestial Assault also leads on rating (3.8 vs 1.0) and ads (none vs shown). Cosmic Cruiser's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 8). On price, ratings volume and device support 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. Cosmic Cruiser asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Celestial Assault holds the better App Store score, 3.8 against 1.0. 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 0% of Cosmic Cruiser's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Celestial Assault ships an update every 2 months, Cosmic Cruiser every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on June 5, 2026 and September 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Celestial Assault versus Cosmic Cruiser: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCelestial AssaultCosmic Cruiser
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.8 (4 ratings) — better1.0 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews85.0% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings4 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 6 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS6.0 — better16.2
Further details — not scored
Size105 MB78 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperLucid Vision GamesChien Ming Chen

Customer experience

Celestial Assault

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

Cosmic Cruiser

All ratings3 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

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

Cosmic Cruiser

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Celestial Assault free?
Celestial Assault is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Cosmic Cruiser free?
Cosmic Cruiser is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Celestial Assault or Cosmic Cruiser?
Celestial Assault is rated higher. Celestial Assault averages 3.8 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while Cosmic Cruiser averages 1.0 from 3 ratings.
Do Celestial Assault or Cosmic Cruiser have ads?
Cosmic Cruiser shows ads; Celestial Assault does not.
Which is updated more often, Celestial Assault or Cosmic Cruiser?
Celestial Assault ships an update every 2 months, and Cosmic Cruiser every 6 months. Most recently, Celestial Assault was updated on June 5, 2026 and Cosmic Cruiser on September 7, 2026.

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