Prison Tower vs Starship Pixelscape
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Prison Tower
Build a towering stack of heroes by strategically dropping them. Guide the princess to safety by climbing the tower. Experience a fresh take on classic block-stacking gameplay with engaging modes.
- Stack heroes vertically
- Rescue trapped princess
- Strategic tap-to-drop gameplay
- Prison Tower rescue mode
- Challenge Mode for high scores
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Stack ‘em up and clamber on up! Build a stack of heroes and help the princess climb to safety! An exciting new twist on block stacking games! === How to play === (1) Rules - Fairy spirits will carry in new heroes. - Tap the screen to drop a hero down. - Drop the heroes to form a stack – make sure it doesn’t topple! (2) Game Modes - Prison Tower: Rescue the trapped princess from the depths of the prison tower. - Challenge Mode: See how many heroes you can stack up. How high can you go?
Starship Pixelscape
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Blast off into an epic adventure with Starship Pixelscape! Embark on a thrilling journey through the pixelated cosmos in Starship Pixelscape! Dodge, blast, and conquer your way through this retro-inspired space shooter filled with danger, intense battles, and endless action. Go solo for a high-score run, push your limits in Boss Rush, or jump online and challenge pilots across the galaxy. Ready to take on the cosmos? • Choose Your Loadout: Customize your experience with a huge lineup of unique spaceships, projectiles, asteroids, and particle colors to create your perfect setup. • Endless Survival: Blast through meteors, hostile UFOs, enemy fighters, and massive bosses as the cosmic storm grows fiercer. Rack up points, sharpen your strategy, and see how long you can survive. • Boss Rush Mode: Skip the warm-up and battle relentless waves of bosses back-to-back, with each encounter tougher than the last. How far can you push? • Online Multiplayer: Team up or face off with up to 4 players. Survive together in Co-op or compete for glory in 1v1, 2v2, and Free-for-All PvP battles. • Full-Direction Movement: Fly and fire in every direction—up, down, left, right, and diagonals—for complete control of the battlefield. • Intuitive Controls: Play your way with drag controls, a virtual joystick, or full game controller support. • Play on Apple Watch: Take the cosmos to your wrist with Endless, Boss Rush, Time Attack, and Daily Missions—all flown with the Digital Crown. The ships, lasers, and meteors you’ve unlocked come with you. • Power Up: Collect a wide variety of game-changing upgrades, including rapid fire, triple lasers, missiles, powerful shields, helper ships, time freeze, aim assist, piercing shots, and screen-clearing bombs that can instantly turn the tide of battle. • Compete & Achieve: Climb the global Top 10 leaderboard and unlock achievements to prove you’re the greatest pilot in the galaxy. • Home Screen Widget: Show off your favorite ship, loadout, high score, and battery level right on your Home Screen. Are you ready to survive the ultimate space showdown? Download Starship Pixelscape now and become the top pilot in the universe!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Prison Tower at none against Starship Pixelscape's 4. Prison Tower also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). Starship Pixelscape's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 4 months). On price 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
Both are free to download. Starship Pixelscape sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Prison Tower asks for nothing beyond the download.
Prison Tower ships an update every 4 months, Starship Pixelscape every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Prison Tower | Starship Pixelscape |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (14 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 72.4% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 14 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 110 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Masakazu Yonehara | Ruben Manzano |
Bugs and requests
Prison Tower
Reported bugs
5 issues- Game over at level 92 in challenge mode
- Start screen unresponsive
- Crashes frequently
- Fairies carrying people instead of princess
- People not stacking properly
Requested features
5 requests- New OS compatibility
- Improved start screen responsiveness
- More variety in gameplay
- Fix fairies carrying people instead of princess
- Fix fairies carrying people instead of princess
Starship Pixelscape
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Prison Tower
No in-app purchases
Starship Pixelscape
- Fuel The Mission$0.99
- Full Speed, No Interruptions!$1.99
- Deep Space Expedition$2.99
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- Galaxy Guardian$4.99
Questions
Is Prison Tower free?
Is Starship Pixelscape free?
Do Prison Tower or Starship Pixelscape have ads?
Which is updated more often, Prison Tower or Starship Pixelscape?
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