Comparison

Galaxy Swirl vs Dead Frequency

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

Head to head
About

Galaxy Swirl

Pilot a spaceship through a hexagonal space environment, dodging obstacles and shooting enemies. Enjoy procedurally generated levels, various game modes, and ship customization. Compete globally with power-ups and leaderboards.

Highlights
  • Infinite hexagonal runner
  • Spaceship combat and dodging
  • Procedurally generated levels
  • Multiple game modes
  • Ship customization and upgrades
  • Power-ups and leaderboards
Features
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Galaxy Swirl: Hexa Endless Run is an adrenaline-fueled sci-fi infinite runner set in the vastness of outer space! Navigate your spaceship around a mesmerizing sphere made of hexagonal pillars, all while an electrifying electronic soundtrack pumps through your speakers. Master the art of dodging treacherous obstacles like lasers, orbital beams, and relentless turrets while showcasing your precision shooting skills to annihilate hostile forces and crush the threat of oncoming robot snakes. Experience the thrill of procedural generation, ensuring that every playthrough is a fresh and exhilarating challenge. Conquer five stages of increasing difficulty, each pushing your skills to the limit. Customize your spaceship to match your style and enhance your gameplay with various ship stats, including acceleration, max speed, handling, size, luck, and lives. Unleash intense power-ups to dominate the leaderboards and achieve the highest score. Soar into orbit for a coin-collecting frenzy, activate protective shields, or regain lost health. Experience Galaxy Swirl in many ways with game modes like Robot Snake, which is the classic snake game but in the Galaxy Swirl universe, you can also try the Hardcore mode that will test your skills, one mistake and it's game over. Share your achievements and compete against players worldwide! With Galaxy Swirl, the faster you go, the higher you score. Immerse yourself in this action-packed adventure and see how far you can navigate through the cosmic chaos. Ready for a space odyssey like no other? Download now and unleash your spaceship's full potential!

About

Dead Frequency

Features
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Pilot a modular starship through deep space, destroy enemy vessels, and salvage their wreckage to rebuild yourself mid-battle. Dead Frequency is an arcade space combat game about survival, adaptation, and shipbuilding under pressure. Every enemy you destroy can leave behind modules you can drag onto your own ship: weapons, engines, armor, ghost systems, and stranger things. Build fast, fight dirty, and keep your command module alive. Features: • Real-time arcade space combat • Modular shipbuilding from salvaged enemy parts • Touch controls built for landscape mobile play • Global high scores • Multiplayer battles • Unlockable abilities and high-risk power spikes • Atmospheric original soundtrack • No account required • Every run starts small. Every fight changes your ship. Every mistake leaves wreckage.

Screenshots

Galaxy Swirl4 screens
Dead Frequency3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Dead Frequency at none against Galaxy Swirl's shown. Galaxy Swirl's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases 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. Galaxy Swirl sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Dead Frequency sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Galaxy Swirl ships an update every 3 weeks, Dead Frequency every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Galaxy Swirl versus Dead Frequency: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGalaxy SwirlDead Frequency
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (60 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings60 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size284 MB39 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperRicardo MendoncaNathan Mueller

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Galaxy Swirl

One-time10
  • 700 Coins$0.99
  • Starter Bundle$0.99
  • 4000 Coins$4.99
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  • Unlimited Double Coins$4.99
  • Bulletstorm Bundle$4.99
  • 55 Gems$9.99
  • 9000 Coins$9.99
  • 125 Gems$19.99
  • 20000 Coins$19.99
  • 55000 Coins$49.99
2 purchases

Dead Frequency

One-time2
  • Neon Dagger$1.99
  • Void Relic$2.99

Questions

Is Galaxy Swirl free?
Galaxy Swirl is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Dead Frequency free?
Dead Frequency is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Galaxy Swirl or Dead Frequency have ads?
Galaxy Swirl shows ads; Dead Frequency does not.
Which is updated more often, Galaxy Swirl or Dead Frequency?
Galaxy Swirl ships an update every 3 weeks, and Dead Frequency every 2 weeks. Most recently, Galaxy Swirl was updated on October 24, 2026 and Dead Frequency on October 6, 2026.

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