RA vs First Catch
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side โ with what reviewers say about each.
RA
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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 โข Buy low, sell high across eight tiers of contraband โ from cheap Spice to priceless Ambrosia โข Move real tonnage: trade by the 1,000-unit crate and grow your hold from 4 crates to 100 โข Rack a Crate Bay for cheap crates-only capacity, or stash crates in station lockers where patrols can't touch them โข Read the market: prices spike and crash, and the smart runner is already holding when they do SCORE RUN โ 50 jumps, one score โข Every run is a fresh seed and a race against compounding interest โข Climb the ranks from Void Debtor to Legend of the Fringe โข 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 โข Choose your hull: the balanced Runner, the slippery Dart, or the heavy-hauling Hauler โข Take freight jobs off the station contract board and answer to chapter directives โข Three factions push prices around; earn standing and build your own freight depots โข Win one of three endings: Freight Empire, Syndicate Crown, or Clean Horizon THE VOID PUSHES BACK โข Customs patrols and pirate raiders hunt loaded ships โ fight, flee, bribe, or buy them off with cargo โข Refit at the shipyard: bigger guns, faster engines, heavier plating, deeper holds โข Random events keep every run different: salvage finds, dock thieves, black-market deals โข Pay the Broker's debt before the compounding interest eats you alive โข No ads โข No in-app purchases โข No account, no tracking โ plays fully offline โข In 12 languages Slip the patrol. Pay the Broker. Run the void.
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.
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Verdict
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.
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Both are free to download. First Catch sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. RA asks for nothing beyond the download.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 4 days. Both last shipped on October 28, 2026.
| Parameter | RA | First Catch |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days | Every 4 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No โ better | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad โ better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 16.2 โ better |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 115 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Revenue Arc Corporation | Branko Borota |
In-app purchases
RA
No in-app purchases
First Catch
- Harbor Stake$0.99









