Comparison

Starship Pixelscape vs Snowball in Hell

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

Head to head
About

Starship Pixelscape

Features
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Blast off into an epic adventure with Starship Pixelscape! Embark on a thrilling journey through the pixelated cosmos in Starship Pixelscape! Dodge, blast, and conquer your way through this retro-inspired space shooter filled with danger, intense battles, and endless action. Go solo for a high-score run, push your limits in Boss Rush, or jump online and challenge pilots across the galaxy. Ready to take on the cosmos? • Choose Your Loadout: Customize your experience with a huge lineup of unique spaceships, projectiles, asteroids, and particle colors to create your perfect setup. • Endless Survival: Blast through meteors, hostile UFOs, enemy fighters, and massive bosses as the cosmic storm grows fiercer. Rack up points, sharpen your strategy, and see how long you can survive. • Boss Rush Mode: Skip the warm-up and battle relentless waves of bosses back-to-back, with each encounter tougher than the last. How far can you push? • Online Multiplayer: Team up or face off with up to 4 players. Survive together in Co-op or compete for glory in 1v1, 2v2, and Free-for-All PvP battles. • Full-Direction Movement: Fly and fire in every direction—up, down, left, right, and diagonals—for complete control of the battlefield. • Intuitive Controls: Play your way with drag controls, a virtual joystick, or full game controller support. • Play on Apple Watch: Take the cosmos to your wrist with Endless, Boss Rush, Time Attack, and Daily Missions—all flown with the Digital Crown. The ships, lasers, and meteors you’ve unlocked come with you. • Power Up: Collect a wide variety of game-changing upgrades, including rapid fire, triple lasers, missiles, powerful shields, helper ships, time freeze, aim assist, piercing shots, and screen-clearing bombs that can instantly turn the tide of battle. • Compete & Achieve: Climb the global Top 10 leaderboard and unlock achievements to prove you’re the greatest pilot in the galaxy. • Home Screen Widget: Show off your favorite ship, loadout, high score, and battery level right on your Home Screen. Are you ready to survive the ultimate space showdown? Download Starship Pixelscape now and become the top pilot in the universe!

About

Snowball in Hell

Navigate a charming side-scrolling platformer as a small snowball. Master one-thumb controls to guide the character through perilous environments. Enjoy an ad-free and privacy-focused gaming experience.

Highlights
  • Side-scrolling platformer gameplay
  • Simple one-thumb controls
  • Escape dangerous terrain
  • Ad-free experience
  • No data collection
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help the little snowball escape through dangerous terrain.  A side-scrolling platformer game. One thumb control. NO ADS. NO DATA COLLECTION.

Screenshots

Starship Pixelscape4 screens
Snowball in Hell1 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Snowball in Hell at none against Starship Pixelscape's 4. Snowball in Hell also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). On price, ads 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. Starship Pixelscape sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Snowball in Hell asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Starship Pixelscape versus Snowball in Hell: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStarship PixelscapeSnowball in Hell
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size110 MB35 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperRuben ManzanoJesse Spiro

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Starship Pixelscape

One-time4
  • Fuel The Mission$0.99
  • Full Speed, No Interruptions!$1.99
  • Deep Space Expedition$2.99
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  • Galaxy Guardian$4.99
None

Snowball in Hell

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Starship Pixelscape free?
Starship Pixelscape is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Snowball in Hell free?
Snowball in Hell is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Starship Pixelscape or Snowball in Hell have ads?
Neither Starship Pixelscape nor Snowball in Hell shows ads.

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