Grow! vs Last Pilot
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Grow!
Embark on a cosmic journey from the atomic scale to the astronomical. Absorb matter, level up, and evolve into an unstoppable force. This survivor-like action game features deep progression and a unique art style.
- Progress through 20 tiers of reality
- Deep meta-progression with permanent abilities
- Loot gear and craft builds
- Asynchronous multiplayer leaderboards
- Striking minimalist art style
- Unravel mysterious lore
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You are the Entity. You don't know what you are. You don't know why you're here. All you know is one thing : GROW! Grow! is an incremental survivors-like with idle progression: every run makes you permanently stronger. Start at the atomic scale. Tear through particles, nucleons, and molecules. Absorb their matter. Level up. Get stronger. Then do it again, bigger. Molecules. Bacteria. Cells. A tardigrade. Tadpoles. Insects. Animals. Humans. Buildings. Satellites. Moons. Planets. Stars. Nothing is beyond your reach. Every run pushes you further up the cosmic ladder, from the subatomic to the astronomical. Grow! is a survivor-like action game where scale IS the progression. Fight through waves of enemies that grow as you grow, loot gear, unlock abilities, and build your Entity into an unstoppable force, across runs that span the entire known universe. CORE FEATURES ◈ SCALE BEYOND IMAGINATION Progress through 20 tiers of reality : from particle physics to astrophysics. Each tier brings new enemies, new challenges, and a mind-bending sense of scale. ◈ DEEP META-PROGRESSION Every run matters : Unlock permanent abilities, upgrade your Entity, and push further than ever before. The meta-progression is massive: there's always something new to chase. ◈ LOOT & EQUIP Enemies drop gear. Spend Matter, the universal currency, during or between runs. Craft your build, find synergies, dominate. ◈ COMPETE GLOBALLY Asynchronous multiplayer leaderboards : How far can you grow? Compare your highest tier reached against players worldwide. ◈ STRIKING MINIMALIST ART Black, white, grey, and yellow : Clean vector visuals with a bold, distinctive identity. No visual clutter: just you, the swarm, and the ever-expanding universe. ◈ MYSTERIOUS LORE What is the Entity? Why does it grow? Every death delivers the same cryptic message: GR0W. Piece together the mystery as you ascend through layers of reality. Free to play. No ads.
Last Pilot
Pilot a lone fighter in a retro pixel-art space shooter where your ship attacks automatically. Earn in-game currency to permanently upgrade your ship's capabilities and unlock new vessels and gadgets. Compete for the best distance in this idle game designed for short breaks.
- Auto-firing fighter ship
- In-run upgrades
- Permanent progression (Factory & Hangar)
- Unlockable ships and gadgets
- Boss battles and checkpoints
- Global leaderboards
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As the last pilot, fly one lone fighter toward the edge of space. Your ship moves and fires on its own. Your job is to spend what you earn on upgrades. The only question is how far you can go — a retro pixel-art vertical shooter. Each run • Your fighter blasts through enemies as it flies forward • Spend the $ you earn on attack, fire rate, shots, max HP and more, right in the run • The farther you go, the tougher and more numerous the enemies. How far you get depends on your build Bosses and checkpoints • A boss appears every 25 km • Defeat it to unlock a checkpoint, and start your next sortie from there Grow stronger forever • Factory: collect artifacts with coins for permanent boosts • Hangar: pull new ships with gems — lasers, missiles, lightning and more, each with its own special weapon • Gadgets: turn dismantled ships into scrap for Dodge Thrusters, Afterimages, a Mecha Shark, Mines, Satellites and more Ranking • Compete with other players on your best distance For players who • Love getting a little stronger and reaching a little farther every day • Want a game that keeps going while they watch, for short breaks • Love retro pixel art and chiptune music The game is free to play, with in-app purchases and ads. Terms of Use: https://spacecrash.vercel.app/terms-en.html Privacy Policy: https://spacecrash.vercel.app/privacy-en.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Grow! at none against Last Pilot's shown. Grow! also leads on ratings volume (142 vs 3) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, rating, review sentiment and update cadence 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. Grow! sells 8 one-off in-app purchases and Last Pilot sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Grow! against 5.0 for Last Pilot. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Grow! has 142 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 94% of Grow!'s written reviews are positive against 100% of Last Pilot's.
Grow! ships an update weekly, Last Pilot every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Grow! | Last Pilot |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (142 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 93.9% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 142 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 117 MB | 47 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Thibault Brouardelle | Ibuki Hara |
Customer experience
Grow!
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In-app purchases
Grow!
- 100% of Endergy Page Cost$2.99
- +1 Attack Slot$4.99
- +1 Element Slot$4.99
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- Endergy Boost x2$8.99
- Full Bundle$8.99
- 500% of Endergy Page Cost$8.99
- Absolute Boost ×2$14.99
- 5000% of Endergy Page Cost$44.99
Last Pilot
- 50 Gems$0.99
- Starter Pack$2.99
- Remove Ads$9.99
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- Speed x2$9.99
- Coins x2 Forever$9.99
- Research Slot +1$9.99
- $ x2 Forever$9.99
- Speed x3$29.99
- Coins x3 Forever$29.99
- 4,500 Gems$59.99







