Comparison

Prison Tower vs Starship Pixelscape

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Stack heroes vertically
  • Rescue trapped princess
  • Strategic tap-to-drop gameplay
  • Prison Tower rescue mode
  • Challenge Mode for high scores
Features
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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?

About

Starship Pixelscape

Features
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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!

Screenshots

Prison Tower4 screens
Starship Pixelscape4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Starship Pixelscape sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Prison Tower asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

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.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Prison Tower versus Starship Pixelscape: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPrison TowerStarship Pixelscape
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (14 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews72.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings14 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS15.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB110 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMasakazu YoneharaRuben 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

None

Prison Tower

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

Starship Pixelscape

One-time4
  • 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?
Prison Tower is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Starship Pixelscape free?
Starship Pixelscape is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Prison Tower or Starship Pixelscape have ads?
Prison Tower shows ads; Starship Pixelscape does not.
Which is updated more often, Prison Tower or Starship Pixelscape?
Prison Tower ships an update every 4 months, and Starship Pixelscape every 2 months. Most recently, Prison Tower was updated on October 26, 2026 and Starship Pixelscape on October 28, 2026.

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