Comparison

Crown Soar vs Sub Standard

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

Head to head
About

Crown Soar

Experience a momentum-based flying game designed for Apple Watch and iPhone. Dive to gain speed, launch off crests, and glide as far as possible. Unlock new areas, birds, and music as you progress through various biomes.

Highlights
  • Momentum-based flying gameplay
  • Unlockable biomes, birds, and music
  • Adventure, Endless, and Ranked modes
  • Companion iPhone app for full experience
  • Earnable watch face complications
  • Offline play supported
Features
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Soar is a momentum flying game built for Apple Watch. Dive into a slope to build speed, launch off the crest, and glide as far as the air will carry you. Every hill is a chance to go faster. HOW TO PLAY Hold to dive, release to fly. Time each dive so you meet the downslope at full speed and a clean landing slingshots you onward. Miss the line and you sink. Easy to pick up in a second, hard to put down. ALWAYS SOMETHING TO UNLOCK Soar is built around steady progress. Every run pushes a challenge forward, and finishing challenges opens the next area, the next biome, another of more than 130 birds, a new track for the soundtrack. Start in the Sunset Fields, then climb through the clouds toward Space or dig down past the Underground to the Core. Seventeen biomes, each with its own art, music and handling, and a new goal waiting the moment you land. THREE MODES • ADVENTURE: work through the world, one area at a time • ENDLESS: no limits, just distance, chasing your own best • RANKED: compete on the leaderboards Plus a Daily Flight every day with a fresh run and a morning reminder. A REAL IPHONE APP The companion is not a settings screen. Soar plays full screen on iPhone too, so you can play the whole game on your phone, follow your stats and listen to all 17 soundtrack pieces. Twelve food birds, from Pizza to Honey Cake, can only be earned by flying on iPhone, each with its own mission. EARN YOUR WATCH FACE Every biome you unlock also unlocks its artwork as a watch face complication. Seventeen in total, all earned by playing. MORE • PLAYS OFFLINE: no wifi, no account, no sign in, ever • ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK: 17 tracks composed for the game • Built for the Digital Crown and the small screen, one hand, any moment FREE TO PLAY The Sunset Fields and the Desert are yours from the start, along with your first hop up to the Clouds and your first drop to the Underground. Play as long as you like without paying anything. CROWN GAMES ROYAL PASS Full game unlocked. The Royal Pass lifts the free tier limit and opens the whole world to you, every biome, every bird, every watch face artwork and every soundtrack piece. You still earn each one by flying, exactly as the game intends. The pass removes the wall, not the climb. One subscription covers every Crown game. It unlocks the full version of every other Crown Games title you own, and every game we release from here on. Subscribe once in any of our games and it carries across to the rest automatically, with nothing to sign in to and no account to create. The Royal Pass includes: • The full game unlocked in Soar, all 17 biomes, birds and artworks earnable • The full version of every other Crown Games title • Every future Crown Games release, included at no extra cost • Family Sharing for up to 6 family members Available as a weekly subscription with a 3-day free trial for new subscribers, a yearly subscription, or a one-time Lifetime purchase. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. It renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and you can manage or cancel it any time in Settings. Cancel whenever you like and you keep playing the free biomes. Catch the updraft and see how far you can go. Terms of Use (EULA): https://playcrowngames.com/terms/ Privacy Policy: https://playcrowngames.com/privacy/

About

Sub Standard

Features
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Take command of a little submarine and navigate a colourful underwater world built specifically for Apple Watch. Steer through twisting caverns, squeeze through narrow passages and deal with an increasingly troublesome collection of sea creatures and obstacles. Some hazards block your route, some knock you around, and others force you to rethink your path. Use the Digital Crown to control your submarine and carefully navigate each handcrafted level from start to finish. Features: • Underwater adventure designed for Apple Watch • Simple Digital Crown controls • Handcrafted levels with increasingly challenging routes • Pufferfish that pursue and obstruct you • Crabs that can knock your submarine backwards • Dangerous anglerfish • Moving hazards and environmental obstacles • Colourful underwater environments • Quick levels designed for play on your wrist • Haptic and visual feedback Find the route, avoid the wildlife and get your little submarine safely through the deep.

Screenshots

Crown Soar4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Crown Soar at Free against Sub Standard's $1.99. Crown Soar also leads on iOS requirement (18.0 vs 27.0). Sub Standard's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4). On ads 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

Crown Soar is free to download; Sub Standard costs $1.99 up front. Crown Soar sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days. Sub Standard asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Crown Soar versus Sub Standard: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCrown SoarSub Standard
PriceFree — better$1.99
Rating4.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, Apple WatchiPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS18.0 — better27.0
Further details — not scored
Size131 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRob VeenDaniel Beer

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Crown Soar

Subscriptions3
  • Royal Pass Weekly (Offer)$0.997 Days
  • Royal Pass Weekly3 Days trial$1.997 Days
  • Royal Pass Yearly$14.991 Year
One-time1
  • Royal Pass Lifetime$39.99
None

Sub Standard

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Crown Soar free?
Crown Soar is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Sub Standard free?
Sub Standard costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Crown Soar or Sub Standard have ads?
Neither Crown Soar nor Sub Standard shows ads.

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