Comparison

Hostile Void vs Vertex Core

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

Head to head
About

Hostile Void

Features
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Light is all you have. Every step drains it. Every mistake costs you. Move through a hostile void where survival depends on how you manage what little light remains. Use it wisely — it keeps you alive...

About

Vertex Core

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SWIPE. FIRE. SURVIVE THE TUBE. Vertex Core is a neon vector tube shooter built for one-thumb-fire, one-thumb-swipe mobile play. Spin around a glowing wireframe web, blast down everything crawling toward your rim, and chain kills into screen-clearing power. • PURE VECTOR STYLE - every line on screen is drawn in real time. No sprites, no textures. Just glowing neon against black. • SEVEN ENEMY TYPES - cartwheeling Tumblers, splitting Splitters, wall-climbing Impalers, lane-electrifying Conductors, swarming packs, and Hunters that shoot back. Learn them, or lose to them. • THREE POWER-UPS - a tube-clearing Plasma Bomb, piercing Laser Storm, and a time-bending Chrono Field. Bank them. Unleash them when it counts. • BOSS BATTLES EVERY 6 LEVELS - a colossal, ever-morphing Core Guardian descends from the sky. Armored. Evasive. Only vulnerable in the instant its core cracks open. Beat it and earn a wingman. • ENDLESS VARIETY - 10 tube shapes and 8 color schemes cycle independently, so the run never looks the same way twice. • CHASE THE LEADERBOARD - a local top-8 table, three-letter arcade name and all. No ads mid-run, no pay-to-win. Free through the first boss fight. Unlock the full run whenever you're ready to go further. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Hostile Void4 screens
Vertex Core3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Hostile Void at none against Vertex Core's 1. Vertex Core's advantage is update cadence (daily vs every 5 weeks). On price, ads, 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. Vertex Core sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Hostile Void asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Hostile Void ships an update every 5 weeks, Vertex Core daily. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 4 level
Hostile Void versus Vertex Core: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHostile VoidVertex Core
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size25 MB132 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperDarius DubickasSPRUCE PROJECT, Y.K.

In-app purchases

None

Hostile Void

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Vertex Core

One-time1
  • Vertex Core Full Version$2.99

Questions

Is Hostile Void free?
Hostile Void is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Vertex Core free?
Vertex Core is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Hostile Void or Vertex Core have ads?
Neither Hostile Void nor Vertex Core shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Hostile Void or Vertex Core?
Hostile Void ships an update every 5 weeks, and Vertex Core daily. Most recently, Hostile Void was updated on September 25, 2026 and Vertex Core on September 29, 2026.

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