Comparison

Neon Starfighter vs Dumpling Ops

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

Head to head
About

Neon Starfighter

Features
Read full description

NEON STARFIGHTER is a fast-paced retro-inspired space shooter with a modern neon style. Pilot your ship through waves of enemy fighters, dodge incoming attacks, and battle powerful bosses in a constantly escalating fight for survival. Earn experience, level up your ship, and unlock permanent upgrades that transform your fighter into a devastating force. Features: • Intense arcade-style space combat • Progressive ship upgrades and leveling system • Powerful boss encounters with unique attack patterns • Neon cyberpunk visuals and effects • Missiles, energy weapons, and defensive upgrades • Increasing difficulty and endless replayability • Simple touch controls designed for mobile play How long can you survive the Neon Skies?

About

Dumpling Ops

Defend the kitchen as the last dumpling standing in this fast-paced, twin-stick shooter. Master simple one-handed controls to survive waves of increasingly challenging enemies and unlock new dumplings and upgrades for unique runs.

Highlights
  • Twin-stick shooter gameplay
  • One-handed controls
  • Wave-based survival
  • Unlockable dumplings
  • Stackable run upgrades
  • Multiple kitchen environments
Features
Read full description

The kitchen has been overrun. You are the last dumpling standing. Dumpling Ops: Kitchen Defense is a fast twin-stick shooter built for one hand and short sessions. Drag to move, drag to aim, hold to fire. That's the whole control scheme — and it takes about four seconds to learn. SURVIVE THE WAVES Every wave sends more, and worse. Shufflers and runners give way to armoured tanks, ranged spitters, chargers that wind up and dash, splitters that burst into two when killed, shielded enemies you have to flank, and swarms that arrive eight at a time. A boss every fifth wave. FIVE KITCHENS Fight through the Back Alley, the Loading Dock, Cold Storage, The Furnace and the Ash Kitchen. Each is a different room — different floor, different lighting, different hazards underfoot. EIGHT DUMPLINGS TO UNLOCK Score points to unlock new fighters, each one a real change to how you play. Spicy Chili fires faster. Captain Jay'Lani starts every wave in armour. Cosmic Holo fires twin piercing rounds. Onyx Legend does nearly everything at once. EARN YOUR UPGRADES Survive long enough and you choose an upgrade. They stack for the whole run and reset when you die, so no two runs play the same way. PLAYS ANYWHERE No internet needed. No account. No ads. No in-app purchases. Nothing to sign up for. Just the game.

Screenshots

Neon Starfighter2 screens
Dumpling Ops4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Dumpling Ops at 16.0 against Neon Starfighter's 26.0. On price, 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

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

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
Neon Starfighter versus Dumpling Ops: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNeon StarfighterDumpling Ops
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS26.016.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size307 MB3 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperJORGE LUIS HERNANDEZROBERT D FELLS

In-app purchases

None

Neon Starfighter

No in-app purchases

None

Dumpling Ops

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Neon Starfighter free?
Neon Starfighter is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Dumpling Ops free?
Dumpling Ops is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Neon Starfighter or Dumpling Ops have ads?
Neither Neon Starfighter nor Dumpling Ops shows ads.

Other comparisons