RA vs Gridline Empire
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — 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 — an open-ended campaign of 20-jump chapters with three hulls, three factions, and three endings. TRADE BY THE CRATE • Buy low, sell high across eight tiers of contraband — from cheap Spice to priceless Ambrosia • Move real tonnage: trade by the 1,000-unit crate and grow your hold from 4 crates to 100 • Rack a Crate Bay for cheap crates-only capacity, or stash crates in station lockers where patrols can't touch them • Read the market: prices spike and crash, and the smart runner is already holding when they do SCORE RUN — 50 jumps, one score • Every run is a fresh seed and a race against compounding interest • Climb the ranks from Void Debtor to Legend of the Fringe • Fly the Daily Run — the same galaxy for everyone, every day — or send a challenge link so a friend can race your exact galaxy VOID CAREER — an empire, one chapter at a time • Choose your hull: the balanced Runner, the slippery Dart, or the heavy-hauling Hauler • Take freight jobs off the station contract board and answer to chapter directives • Three factions push prices around; earn standing and build your own freight depots • Win one of three endings: Freight Empire, Syndicate Crown, or Clean Horizon THE VOID PUSHES BACK • Customs patrols and pirate raiders hunt loaded ships — fight, flee, bribe, or buy them off with cargo • Refit at the shipyard: bigger guns, faster engines, heavier plating, deeper holds • Random events keep every run different: salvage finds, dock thieves, black-market deals • Pay the Broker's debt before the compounding interest eats you alive • No ads • No in-app purchases • No account, no tracking — plays fully offline • In 12 languages Slip the patrol. Pay the Broker. Run the void.
Gridline Empire
Build and manage your own energy company. Start with a small generating fleet, produce and sell electricity, and reinvest earnings to expand your operations. Research new technologies and upgrade your headquarters to become the ultimate energy tycoon.
- Build and upgrade power plants
- Generate and sell electricity
- Research new technologies
- Develop corporate headquarters
- Manage a growing fleet of generators
- Offline progress and automation
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Take control of the grid in Gridline Empire, a power generation and management simulation where every decision helps shape your growing energy company. Start small, build your generating fleet, produce electricity, sell power to the grid, and reinvest your earnings into bigger and more advanced operations. BUILD YOUR ENERGY EMPIRE Purchase and upgrade multiple types of power plants as you expand your generating capacity and grow your company. GENERATE AND SELL POWER Manage electricity production, build stored power, watch grid conditions, and sell energy to earn the cash needed for your next expansion. UPGRADE YOUR OPERATIONS Improve your plants, increase production, strengthen your grid, and invest in upgrades that make your company more efficient. BUILD YOUR HEADQUARTERS Develop your corporate operations through engineering, finance, research, grid control, trading, training, and other departments. RESEARCH NEW TECHNOLOGY Invest in research and operational improvements to increase production, improve efficiency, and unlock new ways to manage your growing energy company. MANAGE A GROWING FLEET Track the output of your power plants and expand from your first generating units into a large-scale energy operation. OFFLINE PROGRESS Your energy company can continue operating while you're away, allowing you to return and collect a limited amount of offline production. OPTIONAL AUTOMATION Unlock additional automation options that can help manage generation and power sales as your company becomes larger. Gridline Empire combines strategy, progression, upgrades, and energy management into an experience built around one goal: BUILD. GENERATE. SELL. UPGRADE. EXPAND. Can you build the ultimate energy company? Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: RA at none against Gridline Empire's 10. RA also leads on ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (16.4 vs 26.5). On price, update cadence 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
Both are free to download. Gridline Empire sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. RA asks for nothing beyond the download.
RA ships an update every 3 days, Gridline Empire every 4 days. Both last shipped on October 7, 2026.
| Parameter | RA | Gridline Empire |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days — better | Every 4 days |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 — better | 26.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 61 MB | 123 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Revenue Arc Corporation | ANDREW WILLIAM CODY DILL |
In-app purchases
RA
No in-app purchases
Gridline Empire
- Executive Grid VIP$4.991 Month
- Market Intelligence Pack$1.99
- Emergency Engineering Team$1.99
- Recruitment Drive$1.99
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- R&D Accelerator$2.99
- Grid Reserve Pack$2.99
- Offline Operations License$4.99
- Regional Expansion Fund$4.99
- Auto Sell License$4.99
- Founder’s Energy Bundle$9.99








