Plane Shoot vs Celestial Assault
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Plane Shoot
Engage in classic space combat against numerous enemy aircraft and formidable bosses. Experience intense battles with dazzling special effects and a wide array of projectile patterns.
- Dozens of enemy planes
- Challenging Boss battles
- Cool barrage effects
- Special visual effects
- Fierce outer space combat
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Classic shooting game, dozens of enemy planes and Boss, cool barrage and special effects, fierce fighting in outer space
Celestial Assault
Blast through alien hordes in this retro-style space shooter with RPG elements. Level up your spaceship, unlock powerful weapons, and take on challenging missions and boss fights to save humanity. Enjoy dynamic scenes and an awesome soundtrack in this engaging and replayable adventure.
- Retro side-scrolling space shooter gameplay
- RPG-style ship leveling and upgrades
- 80 missions with diverse enemies
- Challenging boss fights
- Unlockable special weapons and skills
- Global online leaderboards
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Celestial Assault Reloaded is a blend of retro style side scrolling space shooter and RPG. The alien scourge is back and it's up to you to save humanity! Blast your way through the alien hordes, level-up your spaceship, unlock powerful weapons and skills to take on overwhelming odds in the most challenging and engaging side scrolling space shooter around, absolutely free! As a complete re-imagination of the 2012 original, Celestial Assault: Reloaded delivers an engaging and unique challenge unlike any other space shooter. Features: - Awesome Shmup elements paying homage to great retro games like R-Type, Gradius and Life-force - RPG style ship leveling - 80 missions with 60+ unique enemies - 8 challenging boss fights - 3 additional difficulty levels for a more intense experience every time - 7 Powerful Special Weapons and tons of upgrade able stats to help you on your quest to save the world - Beautiful dynamic space scenes - Awesome soundtrack - Challenging and diverse game-play with extensive replay-ability - Purchasable shortcuts and game add-ins - global online leader board
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Verdict
Plane Shoot and Celestial Assault both sit at 4.6 stars, but that hides the real split: 89% of Celestial Assault's written reviews are positive against 33% of Plane Shoot's. Celestial Assault also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 27 months). Plane Shoot's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 10). On price, rating 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. Celestial Assault sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Plane Shoot asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Plane Shoot against 4.7 for Celestial Assault. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 11 and 45 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 33% of Plane Shoot's written reviews are positive against 89% of Celestial Assault's.
Plane Shoot ships an update every 27 months, Celestial Assault every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Plane Shoot | Celestial Assault |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (11 ratings) | 4.7 (45 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews | 88.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 11 | 45 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 27 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 | 6.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 47 MB | 136 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 12+ |
| Developer | 晓刚 秦 | Lucid Vision Games |
Customer experience
Plane Shoot
Celestial Assault
In-app purchases
Plane Shoot
No in-app purchases
Celestial Assault
- 1 Skill Point$0.99
- Reset Skill Points$0.99
- Ad Free$0.99
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- Score Multiplier Cap Increase$0.99
- 1 Capacity Shard$0.99
- The Devastator$1.99
- 5 Skill Points$2.99
- Mission Pack$2.99
- 10 Skill Points$4.99
- 25 Skill Points$9.99
Questions
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