Comparison

Star vs Star Grazer

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Classic arcade action
  • Retro-modern design
  • Responsive mobile controls
  • Immersive sound effects
  • Leaderboard competition
Features
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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.

About

Star Grazer

Navigate a tiny ship through falling rockets and asteroids in this arcade game. Master precise dodging and close calls to earn points and charge powerful blasts. Explore diverse worlds with unique challenges and collect stars to unlock new stages.

Highlights
  • One-thumb ship control
  • Tiny, visible hitbox
  • Graze multiplier system
  • 36 hand-crafted stages
  • 10 unique worlds with distinct themes
  • Five power-ups
  • Daily challenges
Features
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Rockets fall. You don't get hit. Star Grazer is a one-thumb arcade game about reading what's coming and slipping through it. Drag anywhere on the screen and your ship follows — left, right, and up and down inside a band near the bottom. Every hazard that gets past you is a point. Touch one and the run is over. THE HITBOX IS TINY, AND YOU CAN SEE IT Only the glowing core at the centre of your ship can be hit — a third of the ship's width. It's drawn on screen, so the line between a close call and a dead run is something you can actually judge instead of guess. GRAZING IS THE WHOLE GAME Passing close to a rocket without touching it is a graze, and a graze is worth more than surviving. Chain them and the multiplier climbs. Twelve grazes charge a blast that clears the screen. So the greedy play and the safe play are the same play, and a good run doesn't look like careful — it looks like threading. ADVENTURE: 36 STAGES Six worlds of hand-made stages, each a little harder than the last, with a finish line and three stars to earn: reach the finish, graze enough hazards, and catch all three stardust. It starts with a guided How to Play stage, then brings minefields, comet showers, rock gardens, stages where only grazes score and, in THE VOID, the lights going out and a gravity well that pulls you in. Collect stars to open new worlds, and win the Voyager and Eclipse trails. TEN WORLDS, EACH WITH ITS OWN SKY AND MUSIC LAUNCH, DEBRIS FIELD, CROSSFIRE, SWARM, DEEP SPACE, EVENT HORIZON, SINGULARITY, THE LONG DARK, NEBULA and SUPERNOVA. Earth falls away beneath you, then a galaxy, a black hole and a supernova. Rockets fall straight. Rocks drift. Mines steer toward your column and make you commit. Comets streak across, their path drawn just before they strike. Every cluster is guaranteed to leave a way through — if you died, there was a gap you didn't take. FIVE POWER-UPS, ALL LABELLED SHIELD UP absorbs one hit. SLOW MOTION crawls the world while you still move at full speed. HOMING SHOTS gives you six shots that each pick their own rocket and chase it down. SCREEN CLEARED does what it says. DOUBLE POINTS doubles everything you score. Each one names itself when you grab it and shows its own timer, so you always know what you're holding and how long you have. A DAILY CHALLENGE One fixed layout per day, the same for everybody, resetting at midnight. Your score on it is a real comparison rather than a matter of what the generator happened to roll. BUILT TO BE PICKED UP Instant retry — no menus between runs. A Game Center leaderboard if you want one, and the whole game works if you don't. Plays offline on a plane. THE STAR PASS A new season every four weeks: 30 tiers of rewards filled just by playing. Every run, mission and daily gift earns pass XP. The free track pays grazes and the season's own trail. Star Pass Premium is a one-time purchase for that season, never a subscription that renews, and adds the season's exclusive ship and far more grazes. Everything on it is cosmetic. A REASON TO COME BACK A daily gift that grows with every day of your streak — keep it for seven days to win the NEBULA engine trail. Three new missions every day, and a level that climbs with every run and pays out grazes as it goes. A HANGAR TO FILL Eleven ships in six different shapes — from the sleek Needle to the Manta, the Saucer and the Twinfang — and twelve engine trails, from ion and plasma to inferno and crystal. Everything is earned by playing. FREE, AND FAIR ABOUT IT No account to create, and your progress follows you across your devices through iCloud. Star Grazer is supported by an occasional ad between runs, and by optional videos you choose to watch to continue a run or double your grazes. A one-time No Ads purchase removes the between-run ads. Nothing you can buy makes the game easier or touches the leaderboards.

Screenshots

Star2 screens
Star Grazer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Star Grazer at 5.0 against Star's 3.7. Star Grazer also leads on iOS requirement (16.0 vs 26.0). Star's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 6) and ads (none vs shown). On price 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. Star Grazer sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Star asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Star Grazer holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Star ships an update daily, Star Grazer every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Star versus Star Grazer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStarStar Grazer
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.7 (3 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better1
Update frequencyDaily — betterEvery 3 days
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS26.016.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB12 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperMorgan RaiDom Q Investments

Customer experience

Star

All ratings3 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Star Grazer

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Star

No in-app purchases

6 purchases

Star Grazer

One-time6
  • 800 Grazes$0.99
  • Supporter Pack$2.99
  • No Ads$2.99
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  • 2,800 Grazes$2.99
  • Star Pass Premium$4.99
  • 6,500 Grazes$4.99

Questions

Is Star free?
Star is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Star Grazer free?
Star Grazer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Star or Star Grazer?
Star Grazer is rated higher. Star averages 3.7 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while Star Grazer averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Star or Star Grazer have ads?
Star Grazer shows ads; Star does not.
Which is updated more often, Star or Star Grazer?
Star ships an update daily, and Star Grazer every 3 days. Most recently, Star was updated on November 5, 2026 and Star Grazer on October 31, 2026.

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