Comparison

Shoot The Island vs Nova Swing

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

Head to head
About

Shoot The Island

Control a paddle with one finger to hit a ball and score points. The challenge increases as the ball speeds up, clones appear, and your paddle shrinks. Enjoy colorful visuals and strategic power-up use to beat your high score.

Highlights
  • One-handed, one-finger control
  • Increasing ball speed
  • Ball cloning mechanic
  • Shrinking paddle challenge
  • Strategic power-ups
  • High-score tracking
Features
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Shoot the Island with the ball and score points. But wait, there is a catch! Slowly the ball speeds up. It can get cloned. Then the paddle shrinks! Playing in one handed. One finger controls. Relax your brain, perfect time killer. Colorful backgrounds and balls! Think strategically and make the most of the power up. Beat your high-score and compare it to your friends.

About

Nova Swing

Tap to launch a ship into orbit around planets, chaining perfect captures to build momentum and achieve high scores. Navigate challenging space environments with moving celestial bodies and unique hazards. Unlock new ships and visual themes as you progress through different zones.

Highlights
  • One-tap orbital launches
  • Chain perfect captures for score bonuses
  • Navigate moving planets and hazards
  • Unlockable ships and visual themes
  • In-game soundtrack player
  • Game Center integration
Features
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One tap. A perfect orbit. One more try. Launch into Nova Swing, a space arcade game where timing turns a tiny ship into a streak of starlight. Swing around a planet, choose your moment, and tap to launch toward the next orbit. Catch it cleanly, build your Flow, and see how far your next run can take you. FIND YOUR FLOW Chain perfect captures for growing score bonuses. Thread the gap between a flawless landing and a close call, then chase a new personal best with an instant restart. BEND YOUR ROUTE THROUGH SPACE Choose safer paths or take on riskier routes for bigger rewards. Navigate moving planets, binary systems, asteroids, crossing meteors, and black holes as five zones bring tighter captures and faster flight. MAKE THE EXTRAORDINARY JUMP Ride slingshot planets into a burst of speed. Travel through wormholes. Time your arrival through the reinforced arc of a fragile crystalline world. Charge your Warp Drive and hold to surge across multiple planets. BUILD A FLIGHT THAT FEELS LIKE YOURS Choose from four ships, each with its own signature starter, and earn ship mastery through play. Discover four visual themes: Neon Frontier, Clockwork Aether, Pixel Pulse, and Classic Vector. Collect credits during your runs to unlock additional ships and themes permanently. GIVE EVERY RUN A PURPOSE Pick a run objective, pursue milestones, and track your captures, streaks, near misses, distance, and warp passes. Save a ghost run and race it to see where you can improve. Take your scores and achievements to Game Center. Made for iPhone and iPad, with luminous space scenery, responsive haptics on supported devices, and an in-game soundtrack player. Your next great run starts with one tap.

Screenshots

Shoot The Island4 screens
Nova Swing4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Nova Swing at 5.0 against Shoot The Island's 3.7. Nova Swing also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 2 days vs every 10 days). Shoot The Island's advantage is ratings volume (21 vs 1) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 26.0). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Shoot The Island sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Nova Swing sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Nova Swing holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Shoot The Island has 21 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Shoot The Island ships an update every 10 days, Nova Swing every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Shoot The Island versus Nova Swing: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterShoot The IslandNova Swing
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.7 (21 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings21 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 10 daysEvery 2 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size72 MB49 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJatin ManiyaFernando Bunn

Customer experience

Shoot The Island

All ratings21 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral9.5%
Negative23.8%
Written reviews26 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral7.7%
Negative42.3%

Nova Swing

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Shoot The Island

One-time1
  • Remove Ad$2.99
4 purchases

Nova Swing

One-time4
  • Pocket pack$0.99
  • Flight Pack$2.99
  • Expedition Pack$5.99
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  • Fleet Pack$12.99

Questions

Is Shoot The Island free?
Shoot The Island is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Nova Swing free?
Nova Swing is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Shoot The Island or Nova Swing?
Nova Swing is rated higher. Shoot The Island averages 3.7 out of 5 from 21 ratings, while Nova Swing averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Shoot The Island or Nova Swing have ads?
Shoot The Island shows ads; Nova Swing does not.
Which is updated more often, Shoot The Island or Nova Swing?
Shoot The Island ships an update every 10 days, and Nova Swing every 2 days. Most recently, Shoot The Island was updated on October 22, 2026 and Nova Swing on October 25, 2026.

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