Sidius Nova vs Trader Rush
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!
Trader Rush
Engage in daily simulated stock trading challenges using historical market data. Compete globally with other players to prove your trading skills and climb daily leaderboards. Unlock technical indicators through rewarded ads or go Pro for unlimited access without ads.
- Daily simulated stock trading challenges
- Historical market data sessions
- Global player leaderboards
- Unlockable technical indicators
- Progress tracking (win rate, P&L)
- Game Center achievements
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Each day, a new challenge unlocks. A real market day from history. You get $100,000 in simulated capital and one session to trade it. Your P&L gets ranked against every other player who traded the same day. No luck. Pure skill. DAILY CHALLENGE Every day is a different historical SPY trading session. The chart is real. The moves are real. Can you read the market better than everyone else? COMPETE GLOBALLY Every player trades the same day. Leaderboards reset daily. Climb the ranks, build your streak, and prove your edge. UNLOCK INDICATORS Use rewarded ads to unlock technical indicators for today's session. Moving averages, RSI, and more. Go Pro to access them all, forever, with no ads. TRACK YOUR PROGRESS Your win rate, lifetime P&L, best day, and streak are tracked across every session. See how you stack up over time. Game Center leaderboards and achievements included.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Trader Rush at 5.0 against Sidius Nova's 4.4. Trader Rush also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 3 months) and review sentiment (100% vs 84%). Sidius Nova's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (49 vs 5). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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. Sidius Nova sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Trader Rush sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Trader Rush holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Sidius Nova has 49 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 84% of Sidius Nova's written reviews are positive against 100% of Trader Rush's.
Sidius Nova ships an update every 3 months, Trader Rush every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Sidius Nova | Trader Rush |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (49 ratings) | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 84.3% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 49 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 190 MB | 25 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Stefan Schmitt | Brett Anderson |
Customer experience
Sidius Nova
Trader Rush
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
Trader Rush
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
Trader Rush
- Remove Ads (or "Go Pro")$2.99
