Comparison

Boat Hunter vs Astonischika

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

Head to head
About

Boat Hunter

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Year 2077. The Atlantic Ocean no longer separates continents. It watches them. For decades, the world learned to smile while sharpening its teeth. Europe and Asia forged an alliance. The American bloc answered with steel, satellites, and fortified trade routes. No one declared open war. No one had to. Peace remained in the speeches, on the screens, and in the treaties. But on the high seas, the truth took another form. The cargo ships never stopped sailing. Food, fuel, minerals, data, weapons—everything kept crossing the ocean under legal flags and flawless orders. Only one thing changed. There are no captains anymore. Now the ships think. Every convoy, every armed destroyer, every autonomous freighter, and every ocean hunter is commanded by artificial intelligences trained to calculate, anticipate, and survive. War no longer needs hatred. It only needs algorithms better than the enemy’s. And you are the finest algorithm ever deployed. You are the most advanced naval combat unit ever built: the fastest hull, the sharpest sensors, the deadliest tactical architecture. You do not sleep. You do not hesitate. You do not forget. Where others detect noise, you see patterns. Where others see waves, you read intentions. Where others react, you have already decided. Your mission is simple to state and nearly impossible to execute: protect your routes, intercept threats, dominate the Atlantic. But the ocean does not forgive mistakes. In its waters travel allies, enemies, and machines that have not yet decided what they will become when the final order arrives. Every radar echo may be a freighter. Every silence may be an ambush. Every encounter may be the beginning of a war the world still insists on denying. There are no heroes here. No parades. No witnesses. Only steel, fog, encrypted signals, and decisions made at the speed of death. On this sea, peace is a display. War is what you are. Welcome to the Atlantic. Enter combat! ---------- Boat Hunter is an accessible naval action and strategy game set in the North Atlantic. You control an autonomous warship on a patrol of consecutive missions, where every decision can put the next operation at risk. MASTER THE OCEAN • Navigate the tactical map, set your heading, and interpret contacts, signals, and radio messages. • Identify allies and enemies: armed ships, merchant vessels, submarines, oil platforms, and floating bases. • Fight at close range with your autocannon and torpedoes. • Repair damage, deploy smoke screens, and decide when to disengage. EVERY MISSION DEMANDS A STRATEGY Reach coordinates, clear hostile sectors, intercept convoys, sink merchant tonnage, defend positions, rescue allies, resupply, and destroy floating targets. Sea conditions, time limits, and enemy behavior will force you to adapt your plans. UPGRADE YOUR SHIP Earn money and score points by completing objectives and sinking enemies. Between missions, upgrade your hull, engine, weapons, damage control, smoke screen, and gunner systems. Higher-quality enemies are more dangerous, but grant greater rewards. Keep your remaining money to begin your next game with an advantage. LEARN AT YOUR OWN PACE A three-mission tutorial teaches you to navigate, aim, and survive. Read the manual and listen to every signal in the sound guide before entering combat. Play visually or through sound and VoiceOver. Choose from three difficulty levels: Deckhand, Captain, and Admiral. Complete as many missions as possible, keep your ship operational, and beat your best score. ---------- This app supports VoiceOver, Zoom, and other iOS accessibility features. If you encounter an accessibility problem, please contact us so we can fix it. Accessibility should be the foundation of a project, not a patch applied to the product.

About

Astonischika

Embark on a pixelated roguelite adventure where you build a party of heroes to battle monsters and bosses in turn-based combat. Each playthrough offers a unique path with strategic choices, and your progress in the city hub persists across runs.

Highlights
  • Turn-based pixel RPG gameplay
  • Roguelite loop with persistent progression
  • Branching map with diverse encounters
  • Party building with multiple classes
  • Minigames and city hub upgrades
  • Endless scaling for long-term play
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Astonischika is a turn-based pixel role-playing game. Build your party from eight classes, climb a branching map row by row and defeat the boss at the top – turn by turn, left against right. • Eight hero classes Warrior, Mage, Cleric, Rogue, Vampire, Thief, Druid and Archer – each with its own skills and signature weapons. Build your party freely, even with several heroes of the same class. • More than 100 foes Undead, beasts, elementals and demons with poison, burns, stuns, healers and area attacks – and mighty bosses at the end of every world. • Loot and gear Weapons, shields, helmets, armor, belts, boots, rings and amulets with random stats. Plus class sets, runestones, ancient rune collections and an enchanter who re-rolls stats. • A city to call home Your heroes stay with you between adventures. Recruit new heroes at the tavern, manage them in the barracks, learn spells at the mages' guild, make offerings to the gods at the temple and take on a new challenge every day. • Minigames on the map Dice, shell game, memory, whack-a-mole, coin toss, fishing and archery – with chests full of loot as the prize. • Five difficulty levels From Easy to Insane. Every world you conquer makes the next one harder, and your heroes level up to 9999. • Playable for everyone Fully playable with VoiceOver, in 44 languages. Assemble your party, gather loot and rise!

Screenshots

Boat Hunter4 screens
Astonischika4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Astonischika at Free against Boat Hunter's $2.99. Astonischika also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs weekly) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.0). On ads, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Astonischika is free to download; Boat Hunter costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Boat Hunter ships an update weekly, Astonischika every 3 days. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Boat Hunter versus Astonischika: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBoat HunterAstonischika
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating—3.8 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—5 — better
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size43 MB43 MB
Age rating12+17+
DeveloperJonathan Chacon BarberoJosef Sejrek

In-app purchases

None

Boat Hunter

No in-app purchases

None

Astonischika

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Boat Hunter free?
Boat Hunter costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Astonischika free?
Astonischika is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Boat Hunter or Astonischika have ads?
Neither Boat Hunter nor Astonischika shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Boat Hunter or Astonischika?
Boat Hunter ships an update weekly, and Astonischika every 3 days. Most recently, Boat Hunter was updated on October 31, 2026 and Astonischika on October 31, 2026.

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