Comparison

Starship Pixelscape vs STELLRAID

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

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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!

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STELLRAID

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Blast through space with ghost allies! 5 mechs, one epic side-scrolling shooter! - Epic side-scrolling mech action in space! - Easy tap controls – jump and shoot with just one finger! - Dodge waves of enemy fire and take down powerful bosses! - Destroyed? Keep fighting as a ghost! Your ghost copies your moves and attacks with you! - Up to 5 mechs at once! Feels like co-op, even when playing solo! - Gather resources to power up your mecha! Build the ultimate machine! - Climb the score rankings and prove you’re the best pilot! - Fast, thrilling stages – perfect for quick play anytime! [Materials Provided By] BGM: “Free BGM and Music Materials MusMus” https://musmus.main.jp VOICE "©ondoku3.com" https://ondoku3.com/

Screenshots

Starship Pixelscape4 screens
STELLRAID3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Starship Pixelscape at none against STELLRAID's shown. STELLRAID's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). On price, 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. Starship Pixelscape sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and STELLRAID sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Starship Pixelscape ships an update every 2 months, STELLRAID every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 3 level
Starship Pixelscape versus STELLRAID: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStarship PixelscapeSTELLRAID
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size110 MB177 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRuben ManzanoMITSUHARU SAIKAWA

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
1 purchases

STELLRAID

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$0.99

Questions

Is Starship Pixelscape free?
Starship Pixelscape is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is STELLRAID free?
STELLRAID is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Starship Pixelscape or STELLRAID have ads?
STELLRAID shows ads; Starship Pixelscape does not.
Which is updated more often, Starship Pixelscape or STELLRAID?
Starship Pixelscape ships an update every 2 months, and STELLRAID every 2 weeks. Most recently, Starship Pixelscape was updated on October 28, 2026 and STELLRAID on October 30, 2026.

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