Kaamos vs Star
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Kaamos
Engage in turn-based tactical combat by matching tiles on a grid. Explore a dark medieval world, collect equipment, and build your character and deck to overcome foes in this unique roguelike experience.
- Turn-based tile matching combat
- Character and deck building
- Looting equipment from foes
- Dark medieval world exploration
- Roguelike progression
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Kaamos is a bite-sized turn-based puzzle roguelike where battles are fought by matching tiles on a grid with looping rows and columns. Build your character and deck of tiles by looting equipment from your foes. Traverse a dark medieval world where the Sun went down and never rose again.
Star
Engage in a retro arcade shooter experience defending the last outpost from alien invaders. Pilot your starship through intense waves of enemies, dodge fire, and unleash powerful weapons in a fight for galactic survival.
- Classic arcade action
- Retro-modern design
- Responsive mobile controls
- Immersive sound effects
- Leaderboard competition
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Blast into an action-packed retro arcade adventure inspired by the classics — reimagined for a new generation. Command your starship against relentless waves of alien invaders, dodge incoming fire, and unleash powerful blasts as you fight to protect the final outpost in deep space. Features - Classic Arcade Action: Fast-paced gameplay with smooth controls and explosive visuals. - Retro-Modern Design: Pixel-inspired ships, glowing explosions take you back to the golden age of arcade shooters. - Responsive Controls: Seamless left, right, and fire buttons for perfect mobile play. - Immersive Sound FX: Authentic arcade-style effects — every laser, explosion, and saucer hum comes alive through your speakers. Can You Survive the Invasion? Collect points, climb the leaderboard, and prove your skill as the last defender of the stars. Every second counts in this battle for galactic survival.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Star at Free against Kaamos's $3.99. Star also leads on update cadence (daily vs weekly) and review sentiment (100% vs 71%). Kaamos's advantage is rating (4.1 vs 3.7) and ratings volume (15 vs 3). On ads 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
Star is free to download; Kaamos costs $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Kaamos holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Kaamos has 15 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 71% of Kaamos's written reviews are positive against 100% of Star's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Kaamos ships an update weekly, Star daily. The most recent releases landed on September 20, 2026 and June 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Kaamos | Star |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $3.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.1 (15 ratings) — better | 3.7 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 71.4% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 15 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Daily — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 134 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Freedom Games, LLC | Morgan Rai |
Customer experience
Kaamos
Star
In-app purchases
Kaamos
No in-app purchases
Star
No in-app purchases
