Aegis vs Supernova
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Aegis
Engage in strategic orbital tower defense with minimalist visuals and dynamic music. Place, merge, and upgrade weapons to defend satellites across various planets and moons from relentless enemy waves. Collect diverse weapons and trait cards to build your ultimate defense strategy.
- Orbital tower defense gameplay
- Weapon placement and merging
- Defend satellites across multiple chapters
- Collect diverse weapons and trait cards
- Minimalist visuals and stylish sound
- Dynamic background music
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Defend our galaxy from endless waves of enemies! Aegis: Orbit Defense is a new orbital tower defense game featuring minimalist visuals and stylish sound. Place and merge weapons strategically to protect the central satellite and hold the line. Step into a defense experience that is easy to learn, yet rich in strategic depth. Key Features - Defend Satellites Across Multiple Chapters: Explore chapters featuring planets such as Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and more. Travel through stages like the Moon, Phobos, Io, Europa, and Titan as you withstand fierce enemy attacks. - Summon a Variety of Weapons: Summon weapons with unique traits, such as Electric, Freeze, and Minigun, and build the perfect defense line for every situation. - Merge Your Weapons: Drag and merge weapons of the same type to upgrade them into stronger weapons with greater power and enhanced effects. - Collect Weapons: Progress through stages, collect a variety of weapons and trait cards, and build your own strategic collection. - Enjoy the Music: Immerse yourself in stylish defense battles with dynamic background music that adds rhythm and energy to every stage. Your strategy becomes the shield that protects the satellite. Download Aegis: Orbit Defense now and become the greatest commander in space!
Supernova
An idle space tycoon game where you fuse hydrogen to grow and detonate stars. Earn permanent power-ups with each supernova to accelerate future runs. Features offline progress and a visually evolving star.
- Fuse hydrogen to create and grow stars
- Offline progress and production
- Visually evolving star stages
- Prestige system with supernova cinematics
- Deep multiplier stacking and research upgrades
- Daily missions and streaks
- Fully offline gameplay
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Fuse hydrogen into a living star. Grow it. Then blow it up — on purpose. SUPERNOVA is a premium-feel idle game about running a cosmic forge. Tap to spark fusion, build 12 generators from Hydrogen Wisp to Singularity Seed, and watch your star physically evolve — protostar, blue giant, red supergiant — until it is ready to collapse. Detonating it is the point: every supernova grants Neutron Cores, permanent power that makes each new universe faster than the last. WHY YOU'LL STAY • Real progress while you're away — production continues offline (extend the cap up to 24 hours with research), and a welcome-back doubler greets your return • A star that actually changes — five visual stages, rendered live, no canned art • Prestige that feels like a finale — a hand-built supernova cinematic, then a stronger start • Numbers that get gloriously big — Million, Septillion, and far beyond • Milestones every few minutes early on, deep multiplier stacking later • Daily missions and streaks that respect your time • 20 research upgrades that shape every run FAIR BY DESIGN • No ads. None. • No energy bars, no forced waits, no progress walls • Fully offline — no account, no sign-in, no internet required • Nothing collected, nothing tracked • Optional purchases exist (time warps, photons, a one-time Supporter Pack), and the entire game is balanced to be completed without spending anything THE LOOP 1. Tap your star and let generators forge Stardust 2. Hit ownership milestones — each one doubles a generator's output 3. Buy research, stack a Photon Surge boost, fill your Piggy Bank 4. Reach collapse readiness... and go SUPERNOVA 5. Keep your Neutron Cores forever. Start again, faster. Built by a solo developer in SwiftUI and SpriteKit. Every pixel is procedural — no asset packs, no stock art. Dark theme, tuned haptics, Reduce Motion respected. Your first universe is waiting. It starts with one atom.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Supernova at none against Aegis's shown. Supernova also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 2 weeks) and review sentiment (76% vs 57%). Aegis's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and in-app purchases 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. Aegis sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Supernova sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Aegis holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 69 and 79 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 57% of Aegis's written reviews are positive against 76% of Supernova's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Aegis ships an update every 2 weeks, Supernova every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Aegis | Supernova |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (69 ratings) — better | 4.5 (79 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 57.4% of reviews | 76.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 69 | 79 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, Vision Pro — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 352 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | SuperMagic | HUGO ANATOLE PAUL MORICEAU |
Customer experience
Aegis
Supernova
In-app purchases
Aegis
- 200+200 Gems$1.99
- 500+500 Gems$4.99
- Time-Space Distorter$5.99
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- Remove Ads$7.99
- 1000+1000 Gems$9.99
- Starter Bundle$9.99
- Replay Auto$14.99
- Expert Bundle$29.99
- 6500+6500 Gems$49.99
- 10000+10000 Gems$69.99
Supernova
- 50 Photons$0.99
- Time Warp: 4 Hours$1.99
- Break the Piggy Bank$2.99
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- Automation Core$3.99
- Supporter Pack$4.99
- Time Warp: 24 Hours$4.99
- 300 Photons$4.99
- 700 Photons$9.99
- Time Warp: 7 Days$14.99
- 1600 Photons$19.99








