DANMAKU vs STARLANCE
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
DANMAKU
Engage in intense bullet-hell combat across 8 stages with 16 unique bosses. Choose from 8 distinct ships, each with unique abilities and flight patterns, and customize your loadout with 5 weapon types and 4 armor options. Every run offers a new challenge and the opportunity to level up your pilot.
- 8 stages with 3 difficulty levels
- 16 unique bosses and mid-bosses
- 5 distinct weapon types
- 4 armor types with trade-offs
- 8 customizable ships
- Pilot leveling system
- Graze and bomb mechanics
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DANMAKU Shooting - STELLAR FORCE 8 stages, 16 bosses. Every run you fly a different ship. ◆ 8 Stages, 3 Difficulties Route → mid-boss → route → boss. About 13 minutes a run. Clear NORMAL to open HARD, clear HARD to open LUNATIC. Higher difficulties give bosses more bullet patterns — and pay more coins. ◆ 16 Bosses One boss and one mid-boss per stage. You never fight the same one twice. ◆ 5 Weapons — not better and worse, but good at different things Vulcan / Spread / Laser / Homing / Reflect. Laser struggles on the route; Spread struggles on bosses. "Next run I'll take this one" is the reason to go again. ◆ 4 Armors — every one costs you something Heavy gives +3 HP and slows you down. Phase takes 2 HP away and pays you more the closer you fly to bullets. ◆ 3 Companions Gunner, shield, medic. Buy them, take up to two along. ◆ Pilot Level It always goes up when you play. A run you lose is not a run wasted. ◆ Graze and Bombs Skim a bullet and the coins climb. When there's no way through, bomb it. ◆ 8 Ships A small hitbox, more firepower, an extra bomb. They differ in how they fly, not just how they look.
STARLANCE
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STARLANCE is een snelle twin-stick arcade space shooter. Bestuur je jager met dubbele sticks, ontwijk asteroïden en veeg golf na golf vijanden weg in een open sterrenstelsel. - 40 schepen, 80 wapens en 50 power-ups om te ontgrendelen en te upgraden - Bouw je STARBASE uit met modules: refinery, shield array, turret grid, market en meer - Verken wereldzones: nevels die je radar verstoren, iridium-velden vol ore, warp-gates en boss-arena's - Missies, sectoren, ranks en dagelijkse doelen - REAL-TIME MULTIPLAYER via Game Center: co-op samen tegen de vijand, of PvP tegen elkaar (2-8 spelers) - Frenzy-mode, combo's, kill-shockwaves en een cinematic space-look Verdien credits, bank ze op je starbase en rust je vloot uit voor de volgende sector. Hoe ver kom jij?
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: STARLANCE at none against DANMAKU's shown. STARLANCE also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs fortnightly). DANMAKU's advantage is iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.2). 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
Both are free to download. DANMAKU sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and STARLANCE sells 8 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
DANMAKU ships an update fortnightly, STARLANCE every 2 days. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.
| Parameter | DANMAKU | STARLANCE |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 — better | 26.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 80 MB | 29 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | MIZOU, CO., LTD. | Roderick van Leeuwen |
In-app purchases
DANMAKU
- Supporter Pack$4.99
STARLANCE
- 1.000 Credits$0.99
- 5.000 Credits$2.99
- 15.000 Credits$4.99
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- 50.000 Credits$9.99
- 150.000 Credits$19.99
- 500.000 Credits$49.99
- 1.500.000 Credits$79.99
- 5.000.000 Credits$99.99









