Comparison

STORMHAWK vs Nova Lancer

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

Head to head
About

STORMHAWK

Features
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STORMHAWK is a vertical arcade shooter built the old way: every one of its 32 missions is hand-designed, with its own theatre of war, its own fleet and its own boss, from a red interceptor to an armed zeppelin. You start with one plane and a straight gun. Ten minutes later you are rolling through flak with a magnetic graze meter, a wingman squadron and a deck of roguelite cards you picked yourself. Between missions you spend your loot in the hangar, unlock more fighters, and chase 96 medals. WHAT IS IN IT - 32 missions across 8 theatres, 16 bosses and a mid-mission heavy escort - 12 fighters with genuinely different weapons, unlocked with medals - 12 roguelite cards with synergies, drawn from a capsule you shoot to cycle - Hangar upgrades, coins, ranks and 96 medals to collect - Daily mission with a rotating mutator, and a weekly challenge - Endless and Boss Rush for short sessions - Ace mode (New Game+): the whole campaign again, harder, double score - 3 save slots with autosave per mission - Plays in 7 languages: English, Espanol, Portugues, Francais, Deutsch, Russian, Turkce HOW IT PLAYS One finger. Drag anywhere and the plane follows; it fires on its own. Second finger: hold for focus, tap for a barrel roll. No tutorial screens: the first five seconds are a ceasefire and the game shows you the gesture, then gets out of the way. Works offline.

About

Nova Lancer

Features
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Nova Lancer is an offline arcade space shooter. Drag to fly. Your cannons fire on their own. Twenty missions. Over 15,000 enemies. Nineteen boss encounters. Every wave was placed by hand, not generated โ€” so each mission has its own shape: where it opens quiet, where it lets you breathe, and where it stops giving you room. BOSSES Three classes of capital ship, each with its own attack patterns and a warning on the way in. The larger ones arrive with an escort wing flying formation around the hull. Bosses shed supplies as you damage them. HANGAR - Ten ships, each with its own hull strength and weapon grade, printed on the card - Two wingmen to hire and upgrade โ€” they scale with your firepower instead of falling behind - Weapon grades that open your fire from one shot into a spread across three cannons NO STRINGS - Completely offline - No ads - No in-app purchases - No account, nothing collected about you Every ship, every wingman, every upgrade is earned by playing.

Screenshots

STORMHAWK4 screens
Nova Lancer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Nova Lancer at none against STORMHAWK's shown. STORMHAWK's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 2 weeks). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

STORMHAWK ships an update every 4 days, Nova Lancer every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences ยท 4 level
STORMHAWK versus Nova Lancer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSTORMHAWKNova Lancer
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 4 days โ€” betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsYesNo โ€” better
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod โ€” betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.0 โ€” better15.6
Further details โ€” not scored
Size17 MB111 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperMiguel Angel Villar AlarconTrinh Thi Huong

In-app purchases

None

STORMHAWK

No in-app purchases

None

Nova Lancer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is STORMHAWK free?
STORMHAWK is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Nova Lancer free?
Nova Lancer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do STORMHAWK or Nova Lancer have ads?
STORMHAWK shows ads; Nova Lancer does not.
Which is updated more often, STORMHAWK or Nova Lancer?
STORMHAWK ships an update every 4 days, and Nova Lancer every 2 weeks. Most recently, STORMHAWK was updated on October 29, 2026 and Nova Lancer on October 31, 2026.

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