Comparison

RA vs First Catch

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

Head to head
About

RA

Features
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The Broker fronted you a ship and a mountain of debt. What happens next is up to you. Void Runner is a fast, replayable space-trading game with two ways to play. Chase a ranked high score in a 50-jump Score Run, or build something that lasts in Void Career โ€” an open-ended campaign of 20-jump chapters with three hulls, three factions, and three endings. TRADE BY THE CRATE โ€ข Buy low, sell high across eight tiers of contraband โ€” from cheap Spice to priceless Ambrosia โ€ข Move real tonnage: trade by the 1,000-unit crate and grow your hold from 4 crates to 100 โ€ข Rack a Crate Bay for cheap crates-only capacity, or stash crates in station lockers where patrols can't touch them โ€ข Read the market: prices spike and crash, and the smart runner is already holding when they do SCORE RUN โ€” 50 jumps, one score โ€ข Every run is a fresh seed and a race against compounding interest โ€ข Climb the ranks from Void Debtor to Legend of the Fringe โ€ข Fly the Daily Run โ€” the same galaxy for everyone, every day โ€” or send a challenge link so a friend can race your exact galaxy VOID CAREER โ€” an empire, one chapter at a time โ€ข Choose your hull: the balanced Runner, the slippery Dart, or the heavy-hauling Hauler โ€ข Take freight jobs off the station contract board and answer to chapter directives โ€ข Three factions push prices around; earn standing and build your own freight depots โ€ข Win one of three endings: Freight Empire, Syndicate Crown, or Clean Horizon THE VOID PUSHES BACK โ€ข Customs patrols and pirate raiders hunt loaded ships โ€” fight, flee, bribe, or buy them off with cargo โ€ข Refit at the shipyard: bigger guns, faster engines, heavier plating, deeper holds โ€ข Random events keep every run different: salvage finds, dock thieves, black-market deals โ€ข Pay the Broker's debt before the compounding interest eats you alive โ€ข No ads โ€ข No in-app purchases โ€ข No account, no tracking โ€” plays fully offline โ€ข In 12 languages Slip the patrol. Pay the Broker. Run the void.

About

First Catch

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Every night your fleet goes out. Every morning you find out what the sea gave back. FIRST CATCH is a harbor fish market: your boats fish while you are away, the weather decides what comes home, and the morning auction sets the price. Calm nights fill the nets. Storms scatter the fleet but pay the survivors double. Fog favors the eel. You never control the sea, only how you sell what it gives you. Fresh catch sells fast at today's price. Or smoke it, wait, and play the longer market when prices turn. Every crate on the ice is a small decision: sell now, or hold. Grow the dock plank by plank: new berths, new boats, a bigger crew, a proper smokehouse. Climb from Deckhand to Legend of the Docks. No energy bars. No forced waits. No pay to win, your empire runs on tide and timing, and every system can be beaten with patience alone. FEATURES - The night sail: your fleet works while you are offline, fair and capped, never punished for stepping away - Weather-driven market: calm, breeze, fog and storm all move both the catch and the price - Fresh versus smoked: a real sell-now-or-hold market decision every day - The dock grows into the sea: visible expansion, berth by berth - Cozy harbor art, no violence, no gambling - Fully offline-first, syncs when you are back The tide does not wait. Neither does the ice.

Screenshots

RA4 screens
First Catch4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: RA at none against First Catch's 1. On price, update cadence, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

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

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. First Catch sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. RA asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 4 days. Both last shipped on October 28, 2026.

Scorecard1 real difference ยท 5 level
RA versus First Catch: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRAFirst Catch
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 4 daysEvery 4 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo โ€” betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad โ€” betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.416.2 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size115 MB6 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperRevenue Arc CorporationBranko Borota

In-app purchases

None

RA

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

First Catch

One-time1
  • Harbor Stake$0.99

Questions

Is RA free?
RA is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is First Catch free?
First Catch is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do RA or First Catch have ads?
Neither RA nor First Catch shows ads.
Which is updated more often, RA or First Catch?
RA ships an update every 4 days, and First Catch every 4 days. Most recently, RA was updated on October 28, 2026 and First Catch on October 28, 2026.

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