Comparison

StarBits vs Squad

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

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About

StarBits

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STARBITS is a pixel-art puzzle adventure where every move counts. Navigate your character through 6 unique worlds! each with its own theme, traps, and brain-bending challenges. Slide across thin ice, dodge lava flows, push boulders into place, and teleport through portals to outsmart every level. 6 HANDCRAFTED WORLDS • Frostiny – Frozen caves where ice shatters beneath your feet • Volcana – Scorching lava fields that punish every wrong step • Eucalyptus – Crumbling rocks and winding dirt paths • Magenta – Lush green plains hiding clever environmental puzzles • Enchantra – A shadowy forest pulsing with dark magic • Crystallis – A glowing paradise of light and crystal corridors RICH PUZZLE MECHANICS • Break thin ice tiles! Tread carefully or fall through • Push rocks to solve puzzles or block your path • Collect keys to unlock doors and progress • Step through portals to teleport across the grid • Gather Starbits and hidden coins for maximum score EARN STARS, UNLOCK WORLDS Every level has a perfect score to chase. Collect enough stars to unlock the next world and keep the adventure going. SIMPLE CONTROLS, DEEP STRATEGY Tap a direction and watch the chain reaction unfold. Easy to pick up, hard to master! With increasingly complex levels that will test even seasoned puzzle fans. RETRO PIXEL AESTHETICS Enjoy a vibrant pixel-art visual style with a chiptune soundtrack and satisfying sound effects that bring every world to life. No ads. No timers. Just pure puzzle fun.

About

Squad

Features
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Draft eleven players. Win four knockout rounds. Lose once and it's over. Squad is a football roguelike with no second chances. Each run drops you into a draft where clubs are dealt at random — you might get Liverpool, you might get Angers. Pick one player per round, place them on the pitch, and build an XI out of whatever the draw gives you. Then the bracket begins. Round of 16, quarterfinals, semifinal, final. Four wins for the title. One defeat and the run is gone — squad, stats, everything. WHAT MAKES A RUN • A draft of 11 rounds, one club drawn per round • Nine formations, from 4-3-3 to 5-4-1, chosen before the first pick • Five rerolls per run when the club you drew has nothing you need • Real clubs from the top five European leagues, plus elite sides from the rest of the world THE MATCHES DECIDE THEMSELVES Every result comes from a machine learning model trained on the strength of both sides. It runs on your device, in a match you watch play out minute by minute — goals arrive when they arrive, and a penalty shootout is always on the table. Favourites win about seven times in ten. The other three are why the run ends. Speed it up, slow it down, or jump straight to the final whistle. HARDCORE Turn it on and player ratings are hidden during the draft. You pick on name and position alone. NO ACCOUNT, NO INTERNET, NO ADS Squad works entirely offline. Nothing is collected, nothing is uploaded, nothing is sold. Your record lives on your phone.

Screenshots

StarBits4 screens
Squad4 screens

Verdict

The call

StarBits and Squad are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
StarBits versus Squad: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStarBitsSquad
PriceFreeFree
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS18.617.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size161 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRodrigo Quednau SandlerEnzo Tonatto

In-app purchases

None

StarBits

No in-app purchases

None

Squad

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is StarBits free?
StarBits is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Squad free?
Squad is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do StarBits or Squad have ads?
Neither StarBits nor Squad shows ads.

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