Comparison

Sweepfall vs Starshard

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

Head to head
About

Sweepfall

Features
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Every board is solvable by pure logic. Every run makes you stronger. Fifty years the Prospector worked these seams — until the mountain groaned and the deep woke up. Now five buried realms are sown with live mines, and the only warning is the numbers whispered in the stone. He is too old to go back down. That is where you come in. Sweepfall is Minesweeper rebuilt as a roguelike descent. No 50/50 coin flips, ever: a real logic solver certifies every single board before you see it, so a lost heart is always a lesson, never bad luck. HOW A RUN WORKS • Reveal tiles, read the numbers, flag the mines — classic sweeping skill • Hearts shield your mistakes: hitting a mine costs a heart, not the run • Clear a floor, bank the gold, and DESCEND • Draft from 21 relics that bend the rules: extra hearts, shields, scanners, gold • Visit the Supply Depot, spin the Prospector's Wheel, fill your Luck Meter • Reach the bottom — or fall trying, and keep everything you earned A FAIR GAME, ALWAYS • 100% no-guess boards, certified by a real solver before you ever tap • No ads. No in-app purchases. No account. Plays fully offline • Cosmetics only — flags and themes bought with gold you EARNED in the mine • Nothing that affects gameplay is ever sold FIVE REALMS, FIVE OLD POWERS • Forest Mine, Crystal Caverns, Frostbite Depths, Magma Works, Alien Mine • Each hand-painted, each with its own music, each ending in a boss floor that pays double • The Old Root. The Prism Warden. The Glacier Maw. The Cinder King. The Hive Beneath • Dig too long and the boss WAKES — clear it while it sleeps for bonus gold • Waking one costs gold, never a heart. The board is the same either way • Frost freezes tiles shut. Fog hides the mine counter. Darkness closes in around you A DIFFERENT MINE EVERY SESSION • Runs open in a new realm each time — you will never grind the same floor 1 • Daily Challenge: one board, the same for every player on earth. Keep the streak • Coffee Break (5 floors) through Deep Expedition (25) and Endless — sized for real life • Earn XP toward Prospector Ranks: Greenhorn, Digger, Pitwright, Foreman, Deepwarden, Underlord • Even an abandoned run banks its gold and XP. Progress only ever moves forward Tap once. You already know how to play. Getting to the bottom is another story.

About

Starshard

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Three fleets came out of the dark and took the lanes one by one. Command has one hull left to send — yours. Starshard is a vertical space shooter built on one promise: FAIR PLAY. No pay-to-win. No energy timers. Just you, your ship, and endless waves of alien fleets — now fully playable in English and Turkish. DODGE. BLAST. SURVIVE. Weave through bullet storms with one finger. Collect power-ups, charge your weapons, and carve through six enemy types — from swarming scouts to armor-plated frigates — plus elite gold variants that hit harder and fly faster. DRAFT YOUR BUILD, EVERY RUN Defeat a boss and choose 1 of 3 upgrades: side cannons, homing missiles, piercing lasers, combat drones, tail guns, flak rounds and more. Every run builds differently. Every choice matters. EPIC BOSS BATTLES Three alien dreadnought factions guard the void, each with its own attack patterns — bullet curtains, radial bursts, summoned reinforcements. Push them past half health and face their enraged second phase. BUILD YOUR HANGAR Earn shards and unlock permanent gear: escort wingmen, drone bays, shield generators, afterburners. Choose your ship — the balanced Interceptor, the nimble Falcon, or the heavy Titan — and equip a loadout that fits your style. CAMPAIGN + ENDLESS Clear campaign missions with hand-crafted enemy compositions, or chase your record in endless mode across deep space, planetary sectors, and asteroid fields. Climb the pilot ranks from Cadet to legend. FAIR MONETIZATION • No pay-to-win, no energy timers, no subscriptions • Optional rewarded ads for a revive or bonus crystals; a short ad between runs, never mid-fight • One purchase removes all ads, forever • Everything is earnable by playing The void is waiting, pilot. How far will you fly?

Screenshots

Sweepfall4 screens
Starshard4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Sweepfall at none against Starshard's 2. Sweepfall also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (daily vs every 3 weeks). On price, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

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

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. Starshard sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Sweepfall asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Sweepfall ships an update daily, Starshard every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 8, 2026 and September 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences Ā· 3 level
Sweepfall versus Starshard: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSweepfallStarshard
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyDaily — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size32 MB85 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperAnyFyn Inc.Burak Emre Nevruzoglu

In-app purchases

None

Sweepfall

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Starshard

One-time2
  • Shard Doubler$1.99
  • Remove Ads$2.99

Questions

Is Sweepfall free?
Sweepfall is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Starshard free?
Starshard is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Sweepfall or Starshard have ads?
Starshard shows ads; Sweepfall does not.
Which is updated more often, Sweepfall or Starshard?
Sweepfall ships an update daily, and Starshard every 3 weeks. Most recently, Sweepfall was updated on September 8, 2026 and Starshard on September 10, 2026.

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