Sidius Nova vs Tacape
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Sidius Nova
Lead your species to survival after a homeworld destruction. Collect resources, build ships, and engage in epic space battles. Choose to play as humans or an alien armada, unlocking new ships and strategies as you conquer galaxies.
- Resource collection
- Ship building
- Epic space battles
- Playable factions (humans/aliens)
- Unlockable ships
- Galactic conquest
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by Stefan Schmitt and Ben Jelter -YOUR HOMEWORLD HAS BEEN DESTROYED- Your remaining motherships are the only way to guarantee the survival of your species. Collect resources to build ships for epic space battles. "has the same 'one more turn oh god one more turn' hook that its grander siblings on the PC have" -KOTAKU Also featured on Space Sector! HOURS OF STRATEGIC DEEP SPACE GAMEPLAY Sidius Nova is a strategy game designed from the ground up to provide a deep and satisfying experience on your iOS device. PICK A SIDE Play as the last humans alive or an alien armada. UNLOCKABLE SHIPS Earn new ships as you play! Conquer entire galaxies and expand your fleet by researching new units. New units dramatically expand the gameplay by offering new defensive and offensive strategies. Follow @sidiusnova on twitter to find out more and give us feedback!
Tacape
Engage in a tactical deck-building card game with roguelite elements. Strategize, upgrade your cards, and battle folkloric creatures in a Brazilian universe. Manipulate the battlefield and overcome challenging enemies to save characters from a mysterious forest.
- Deck-building card combat
- Roguelite progression
- Tactical battlefield manipulation
- Card upgrades and abilities
- Brazilian folklore theme
- Multiple characters and enemies
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Tacape is a deck-builder card game with roguelite elements for those who love a tactical challenge. Take part in a series of combats, build your strategy, upgrade your cards and face folkloric creatures along the way! Be careful! Enemies can switch between positions and will be intent on hindering you in various ways during combat. You will have to manipulate the battlefield, understand the behavior of each enemy, and make smart moves to win every battle: there are countless strategies' opportunities! Buy and upgrade your cards at the shop, get new abilities with the artifact, heal yourself at the campfire and fight bosses in a Brazilian folk universe! Tacape is "free-to-try", an in-app purchase is required to unlock the full game. STORY: How far would you go to face your fears? Follow the journey of Lorena, who, after having her little brother taken away by a mysterious creature must venture into the forest and face various folk figures. In Tacape fear and courage go hand in hand, it's up to you to decide which is stronger. Discover also the adventure of Lucas, the little brother of Lorena who will try everything to get out of the forest to get back to her big sister. Do you have what it takes to save them from the creatures? Play now and help them to go through this mysterious forest! Download Tacape and discover: • 2 different characters with unique abilities • More than 100 cards • More than 25 enemies • 4 playable areas
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Sidius Nova at 4.4 against Tacape's 3.6. Sidius Nova also leads on review sentiment (84% vs 63%). Tacape's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs every 3 months) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 14.0). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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. Sidius Nova sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Tacape sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Sidius Nova holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 49 and 20 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 84% of Sidius Nova's written reviews are positive against 63% of Tacape's.
Sidius Nova ships an update every 3 months, Tacape every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on September 9, 2026 and September 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Sidius Nova | Tacape |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (49 ratings) — better | 3.6 (20 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 84.3% of reviews — better | 63.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 49 — better | 20 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 190 MB | 300 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Stefan Schmitt | Plug In Digital |
Customer experience
Sidius Nova
Tacape
Bugs and requests
Sidius Nova
Reported bugs
5 issues- Occasional crashing
- Repeated crashing during combat
- Crashing when fighting mothership
- Game progress not syncing between devices
- App leaves residual files after uninstallation
Requested features
16 requests- Add multiplayer/hot seat/skirmish
- Add longer single player campaign
- Add more frequent dialogue
- Add meaningful player-driven plot choices
- Add 'back' button for dialogue
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- Option to skip mothership death animation
- Rework research point system
- Add bonus for multiple fleets
- Improve mothership strength/abilities
- Add iPad version/support
- Add iPhone 5 screen support
- Add Game Center support
- Add cloud saving system
- Add endless mode
- Add asynchronous multiplayer
- Add fast forward button
Tacape
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Sidius Nova
- Genius (RP earned x2)$0.99
- Laboratory (8,000 RP)$1.99
- Singularity (Unlock Everything)$3.99
Tacape
- Lorena campaign$1.99
- Lucas campaign$2.99
- Special offer: Lorena & Lucas$3.99
