Comparison

VRus vs Starfall Vanguard

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

Head to head
About

VRus

Features
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2D Hack & Slash Side Scroller. Fight your way with our 2 main characters. Get yourself ready. Lock and Load

About

Starfall Vanguard

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One thumb. Fifty levels. Ten star systems. How far can you fly? Starfall Vanguard is a classic arcade shoot-em-up built for one-handed play. Drag anywhere to fly — your ship rides above your finger and fires while you're touching. Lift off to hold fire, weave through the barrage, and get back in the fight. Tap with a second finger to drop a bomb. CAMPAIGN - Fifty levels across ten star systems and six biomes, each with its own enemies, bosses and skies - Fourteen enemy types: rammers, gunships, armored hulls, splitters, carriers and swarms that learn new tricks the deeper you go - Twelve bosses with multi-phase attack patterns — spread fans, bullet rings, homing missiles you'll learn to bait and break - Earn up to three stars per level; three means a clean run - Clear a level and fly straight into the next with your weapon, shields and bombs intact FIGHT - Weapon upgrades to a 5-barrel spread with double-damage rounds - Stacking energy shields that absorb hits before your hull - Bombs that grow from a ring to a full screen clear as you upgrade PROGRESS - Earn coins with every kill, keep them forever - Three ships to own and fly — buy them with the coins you earn and switch between them in the hangar - Spend coins on hull plating, shield batteries, rapid fire, weapon mastery, bomb bays and coin magnets - Your progress syncs through iCloud between your devices COMPETE - Endless mode: ever-shifting formations, a boss every 20 waves, and a kill-streak multiplier — stay clean, score big - Local top-10 high scores and a Game Center leaderboard Painted ships and enemies, neon lasers, fireball explosions and a cockpit view. No in-app purchases and no accounts. Coins are earned by playing, never bought. A short ad plays after boss victories, and after a run you can optionally watch one to double your coin haul.

Screenshots

VRus4 screens
Starfall Vanguard4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: VRus at none against Starfall Vanguard's shown. VRus also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 3 days) and device support (3 vs 1). On price 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

VRus ships an update daily, Starfall Vanguard every 3 days. Both last shipped on October 8, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 2 level
VRus versus Starfall Vanguard: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVRusStarfall Vanguard
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyDaily — betterEvery 3 days
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS12.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size188 MB24 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperBunEav RosRick Conner

In-app purchases

None

VRus

No in-app purchases

None

Starfall Vanguard

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is VRus free?
VRus is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Starfall Vanguard free?
Starfall Vanguard is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do VRus or Starfall Vanguard have ads?
Starfall Vanguard shows ads; VRus does not.
Which is updated more often, VRus or Starfall Vanguard?
VRus ships an update daily, and Starfall Vanguard every 3 days. Most recently, VRus was updated on October 8, 2026 and Starfall Vanguard on October 8, 2026.

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