Sky Invaders vs Hectic Space 2
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Sky Invaders
Defend Earth from relentless alien invaders as the last Sky Fighter. Obliterate waves of increasingly formidable enemies, strategize your limited firepower, and climb the leaderboard in this fast-paced, retro-style arcade game.
- Defend Earth from alien invaders
- Increasingly challenging enemy waves
- Limited firepower strategy
- Climb the leaderboard
- Fast-paced gameplay
- Retro visuals
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Get ready for an adrenaline-pumping adventure with “Sky Invaders”! Step into the shoes of the last Sky Fighter and defend Earth from an endless onslaught of Invaders. In this thrilling new release, the Invaders are relentless, growing faster and stronger with every wave. Your mission? To obliterate as many Invaders as possible before they breach Earth’s defences. Armed with limited firepower, you’ll need to rely on your wits and strategy to climb the leaderboard. The more formidable the Invader, the higher the points, adding a strategic twist to the high-octane action. With its fast-paced gameplay and retro visuals, “Sky Invaders” will keep you on the edge of your seat as you fight to save the world. Are you ready to take on the challenge and become Earth’s ultimate defender?
Hectic Space 2
Engage in an intense, retro-style arcade shooter featuring challenging boss battles and randomized enemy waves. Collect upgrades and unlock new weapons to overcome a screen full of bullets and foes.
- Epic boss battles with unique mechanics
- Randomized enemy waves
- Unlockable weapons and upgrades
- Easy touch controls, hard to master
- Pixelly retro style
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"offers up a shooting experience on par with many big development studios" - 4/5 TouchArcade.com "a great bullet hell shooter with a high degree of both challenge and style" - supergamedroid.com Hectic Space 2 is an intense shooter in pixelly retro style. Fight in epic boss battles, collect and unlock powerful upgrades while dodging a screen full of bullets and enemies. Features : - Huge and epic boss battles, with unique boss mechanics. - Randomised enemy waves to keep you on your toes. - Unlock more weapons and upgrades to help you fight. - Easy touch control, hard to master enemies.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Hectic Space 2 at 100% against Sky Invaders's 50%. Hectic Space 2 also leads on rating (5.0 vs 1.0) and ratings volume (6 vs 1). Sky Invaders's advantage is price (Free vs $2.99). On update cadence, ads, in-app purchases 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
Sky Invaders is free to download; Hectic Space 2 costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Hectic Space 2 holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Hectic Space 2 has 6 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Sky Invaders's written reviews are positive against 100% of Hectic Space 2's.
Sky Invaders ships an update every 23 months, Hectic Space 2 every 12 months. The most recent releases landed on September 14, 2026 and August 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Sky Invaders | Hectic Space 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $2.99 |
| Rating | 1.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 6 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 23 months | Every 12 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 13.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 63 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Alphaworks | James Swiney |
Customer experience
Sky Invaders
Hectic Space 2
In-app purchases
Sky Invaders
No in-app purchases
Hectic Space 2
No in-app purchases
Questions
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