Comparison

Starship Pixelscape vs Nova Strike

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!

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Nova Strike

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Pilot your starfighter through relentless waves of alien invaders in this fast-paced arcade space shooter! INTENSE WAVE-BASED COMBAT Battle through increasingly brutal waves of enemies — scouts, fighters, cruisers, phantoms, interceptors, destroyers and fearsome bosses every 5th wave. Each boss comes in 4 devastating forms: Sentinel, Vortex, Hydra and Dreadnought, each with multiple attack phases. UPGRADE YOUR SHIP Earn credits and upgrade your starfighter with powerful enhancements: - CANNON — faster fire rate and bullet speed - ENGINE — superior maneuverability - SHIELD MATRIX — longer-lasting shields - MAGNETAR — pull power-ups toward you - OVERCLOCK — kill enemies to reduce ability cooldowns CUSTOMIZE YOUR LOADOUT Choose from 5 unique weapons: Standard Blaster, Dual Pods, Plasma Ring, Rail Cannon, and Void Cannon. Equip different ship skins and trail effects to make your fighter truly yours. POWERFUL ABILITIES Activate devastating abilities mid-battle — obliterate everything on screen with Nova, freeze all enemies with Frost Pulse, warp to safety with Phase Shift, and more. POWER-UPS & COMBOS Collect shields, rapid fire, double shot, extra lives, screen-clearing bombs and score multipliers as they drop from defeated enemies. TITAN SUBSCRIPTION Unlock the ultimate experience: - Exclusive companion ship that orbits and fires alongside you - Permanent magnetar field — never miss a power-up - Shield at the start of every wave - 1.7× score multiplier for leaderboard dominance FEATURES - Smooth 60fps SpriteKit gameplay - Synthesized sound effects — no audio files needed - Dynamic background music - Daily rewards to keep you progressing - Haptic feedback for every hit and explosion - Portrait-mode optimized for one-handed play How far can you go? The galaxy depends on you. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://sites.google.com/view/novastrikex/ana-sayfa

Screenshots

Starship Pixelscape4 screens
Nova Strike4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Starship Pixelscape at none against Nova Strike's shown. On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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 Nova Strike sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

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Starship Pixelscape versus Nova Strike: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStarship PixelscapeNova Strike
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.017.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size110 MB19 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRuben ManzanoSerdar Altindas

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

Nova Strike

Subscriptions1
  • TITAN$0.991 Month

Questions

Is Starship Pixelscape free?
Starship Pixelscape is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Nova Strike free?
Nova Strike is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Starship Pixelscape or Nova Strike have ads?
Nova Strike shows ads; Starship Pixelscape does not.

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