Colony Attack vs Star Vector
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Colony Attack
Build and command your own space colony, construct a powerful fleet, and engage in epic interstellar warfare. Explore a vast universe, battle pirates or other players, and forge alliances to achieve galactic dominance.
- Build spaceships
- Develop colony buildings
- Attack player and AI planets
- Research new technologies
- Explore the universe
- Form alliances
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Colony Attack is a space mmo where you create your planet, build your fleet, explore the universe and engage in epic space battles! As the commander of your own space colony you must prepare to fight for supremacy or simply fight for survival. This massively multiplayer space game allows you to create everything you need to grow your space colony, build a powerful fleet of spaceships and attack other planets. As you battle for dominance you can choose to fight space pirates, attack player planets or explore asteroids, stars and other deep space wonders looking for treasure. - Build spaceships including Fighters, Corvettes, Battleships, and the awesome Dreadnaught are ready to command. - Develop buildings such as Sensor Arrays, Plasma Facilities, Research Centers and Armory's. - Attack other player planets or AI planets including the Empire and Pirates, it's space warfare! - Research to unlock powerful Shields, Armor and new ships through the tech tree. - The Universe is populated with Planets, Asteroid fields, Debris, Nebula's and Stars to explore using specialist ships such as the mighty Freighter. - One Universe containing every player amongst millions of stars, no more server selection. - Play with your friends, create alliances, and top the leaderboard. Colony Attack is one of those classic space games you will just want to keep on playing. PLEASE NOTE! Colony Attack is free to play, however some game items can also be purchased for real money. If you don't want to use this feature, please disable in-app purchases in your device's settings. A network connection is required to play Colony Attack. Terms of Use: http://www.colonyattack.com/termsofuse Privacy Policy: http://www.colonyattack.com/privacypolicy Geek Beach Website: http://www.geekbeach.com
Star Vector
Engage in thrilling 3D space combat on your mobile device. Pilot your starfighter using intuitive tilt controls to battle pirates and aliens across a randomly generated universe. Progress through levels, unlock new spacecraft, and upgrade your abilities to face increasingly challenging enemies.
- 3D space combat
- Tilt sensor controls
- Randomly generated universe
- Unlockable spacecraft
- Level progression
- Increasing enemy difficulty
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Fly against space pirates! 3D space combat game on the go! Use your iPhone's tilt sensor to pilot your star fighter and battle against space pirates and aliens! * Straight to action space combat game! * Easy controls using accelerometer (tilt sensor)! * Explore randomly generated universe! * Progress through the levels to unlock more advanced spacecraft! * Level up to earn more credits to fight against increasing enemy AI difficulty! This app contains advertising. If you have any interest in sci-fi space combat, download Star Vector now and try it out, it's FREE!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Colony Attack at 4.4 against Star Vector's 3.7. Colony Attack also leads on ratings volume (205 vs 44). Star Vector's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 7) and iOS requirement (9.1 vs 12.0). On price, review sentiment, 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
Both are free to download. Colony Attack sells 7 one-off in-app purchases. Star Vector asks for nothing beyond the download.
Colony Attack holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 205 and 44 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 79% of Colony Attack's written reviews are positive against 74% of Star Vector's.
Colony Attack ships an update every 3 months, Star Vector every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Colony Attack | Star Vector |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (205 ratings) — better | 3.7 (44 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 79.1% of reviews — better | 73.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 205 — better | 44 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 9.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 96 MB | 206 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Geek Beach | Third Wire Productions |
Customer experience
Colony Attack
Star Vector
Bugs and requests
Colony Attack
Reported bugs
2 issues- Inconsistent chat functionality
- Incorrect resource/time calculations
Requested features
5 requests- More ship variety and customization
- Improved battle mechanics and tactics
- Ability to protect/bank ships
- Expanded galaxy and exploration
- Better balancing between players
Star Vector
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Colony Attack
- Small Nanites$0.99
- Medium Nanites$2.99
- Elite$4.99
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- Large Nanites$9.99
- Huge Nanites$19.99
- Speed Bundle$28.99
- Massive Nanites$39.99
Star Vector
No in-app purchases
Questions
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