Comparison

Implosion vs The Sun

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

Head to head
About

Implosion

Experience console-quality graphics and immersive audio on your mobile device. Battle a mysterious alien life form with advanced weaponry and upgradeable mechs to ensure humanity's survival.

Highlights
  • Console-quality graphics
  • First-class voice acting
  • Hollywood-grade audio production
  • Intuitive touch interface
  • Upgradeable super-tech weaponry
  • ARK Kernel system
Features
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Bringing AAA console gaming experience to mobile devices. Twenty years after the fall of Earth, the remnants of the Human race are once again faced with extinction. The time has come to justify our existence. A mysterious life form known as the XADA squares off against humanity's last weapon - the War-Mech series III battle suit. Features: Stunning console-quality graphics, first-class voice acting and Hollywood-grade audio production. Full orchestral scores masterfully mixed by Grammy Award winner and "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy engineer, John Kurlander. The most intuitive touch user-interface seen on the platform. A vast arsenal of super-tech weaponry at your disposal, upgradable via the streamlined ARK Kernel system. Become the ultimate fusion of Man and Machine. Ensure the survival of the species. - Using iCloud save after login Game Center at Options menu

About

The Sun

Explore a vast post-apocalyptic world filled with danger, quests, and survival challenges. Craft powerful gear, trade with merchants, and fight against mutants and bandits to save your community from hunger and a new catastrophe.

Highlights
  • Post-apocalyptic world exploration
  • First-person shooter combat
  • RPG elements and quests
  • Crafting system for armor and weapons
  • Trade and faction system
  • Mutant and bandit combat
Features
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*** Over 500 thousand downloads on devices. *** A large post-apocalyptic world with many different quests!!! *** Perfect crafting system!!! Assemble your power armor!!! *** Awesome graphics at maximum settings! An action game with RPG elements in a cruel post-apocalyptic world, a world with radiation, hunger and disease. Only a few people managed to survive in that deadly attack that hit the planet from the space, but after a short time a new catastrophe started to threaten the survivors. And the main character, the Chosen of the North-216 Community, will have to deal with it. World of the post-apocalypse. First person shooter for survival. The Sun Origin: Post-apocalyptic action — is a first-person shooter with RPG elements with its own history, hundreds of tasks, a huge arsenal of weapons and armor, trade, fighting factions, mutants, bandits and prowlers. Explore the world with a huge number of locations, buy the best weapons from the merchants and improve them. You will need only the best equipment! After all, your main goal is to save your Community from hunger. And let the struggle for survival begin!!! Brief background. In the year 2050, the sun unleashed a catastrophic surge of energy into space, a wave of power that would plunge our civilization into chaos for centuries. Though predicted for years by the scientific community, their warnings were ignored by the world leaders that instead squabbled over petty territorial concerns. When the wave of energy struck the earth, a storm of radioactive particles blanketed the atmosphere in a deadly, carcinogenic fog. The fog killed indiscriminately… the young, old, rich and poor all fell in equal measure. Only those that had heeded the warnings and taken shelter in abandoned bunkers were spared. When their supplies eventually ran out and these communities were forced to emerge from their shelters, they saw a new world of desolation and chaos. A world in which the laws of civilization had been replaced by the law of the gun. The few areas that still had clean water and arable land were held by ruthless warlords and their armies. It was in this world that a warrior known only as Raven would emerge. A warrior that would save his people by bending the wasteland to his will. A warrior that would one day become a legend. It's a challenge! The world of the apocalypse or you?

Screenshots

Implosion4 screens
The Sun4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Implosion at none against The Sun's 18. The Sun's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 5 months) and chart position (#81 vs unranked). On rating, review sentiment, ratings volume and ads 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

Implosion costs $1.99 and The Sun $0.39 up front. The Sun sells 17 one-off in-app purchases. Implosion asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Implosion against 4.4 for The Sun. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 919 and 348 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 74% of Implosion's written reviews are positive against 68% of The Sun's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Implosion ships an update every 5 months, The Sun every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
Implosion versus The Sun: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterImplosionThe Sun
Price$1.99$0.39 — better
Rating4.6 (919 ratings) — better4.4 (348 ratings)
Positive reviews74.1% of reviews — better68.0% of reviews
Number of ratings919 — better348
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
Best chart rank—#81 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.010.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size3.0 GB1.3 GB
Age rating12+17+
DeveloperRayark International LimitedIgor Migun

Customer experience

Implosion

All ratings914 ratings
Positive88.5%
Neutral4.3%
Negative7.2%
Written reviews370 reviews
Positive74.1%
Neutral6.5%
Negative19.5%

The Sun

All ratings344 ratings
Positive85.2%
Neutral6.7%
Negative8.1%
Written reviews565 reviews
Positive68.0%
Neutral9.7%
Negative22.3%

User reviews

Implosion

From 919 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Smooth gameplay
  • 👍 Intuitive controls
  • 🎨 Stunning graphics
  • 🎬 Excellent voice acting
  • 💰 Good value for money

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Crashes and stability issues
  • 🔍 Lack of explanation for game mechanics
  • 🕹️ Unresponsive controls
  • 🕰️ Repetitive and monotonous gameplay
  • 💲 Expensive for a mobile game

The Sun

From 348 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Great gameplay
  • 🔍 Interesting story and atmosphere
  • 💰 Good value for money
  • 👍 Addictive and engaging
  • 🎨 Impressive graphics for a mobile game

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Bugs and glitches
  • 🌐 Lack of language support (no Spanish/Japanese)
  • 🤔 Confusing quest descriptions and objectives
  • 🗺️ Incomplete map and missing locations
  • 📦 Issues with in-app purchases and item availability

Bugs and requests

Implosion

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Game not loading past the intro screen
  • Crashes during boss battles and certain levels
  • Issues with Game Center integration and cloud saving
  • Incompatibility with newer iOS devices and versions

Requested features

5 requests
  • Improved cloud saving and syncing
  • More weapon and character customization options
  • Difficulty settings and accessibility options
  • Multiplayer and co-op modes
  • Optimization for newer devices and screen sizes

The Sun

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Game crashes when entering certain areas
  • Quests getting stuck or unable to progress
  • Inventory/equipment issues (items disappearing, unable to equip)
  • Inconsistent performance and frame rate drops
  • Saving/loading problems (saves not working, loss of progress)

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add more languages (Spanish, Japanese, etc.)
  • Improve quest tracking and objective clarity
  • Expand the map and add more locations to explore
  • Enhance controller/gamepad support
  • Implement an autosave feature

In-app purchases

None

Implosion

No in-app purchases

17 purchases

The Sun

One-time17
  • Set "Ammunition"$0.29
  • Set "Medicine"$0.29
  • Food 1$0.29
Show 14 more
  • Set "Squall"$0.99
  • Set "Stranger"$0.99
  • Random weapon v.1$0.99
  • Ammunition 4$0.99
  • Ammunition 10$0.99
  • Ammunition 7$0.99
  • Ammunition 3$0.99
  • Ammunition 5$0.99
  • Set "Wasteland scout"$1.99
  • Random weapon v.2$1.99
  • Skill points v.2$1.99
  • Set "Energetic"$2.99
  • Set "Stormtrooper"$3.99
  • Set "Titan Mk 1"$4.99

Questions

Is Implosion free?
Implosion costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is The Sun free?
The Sun costs $0.39, and also offers in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Implosion or The Sun?
Implosion is rated higher. Implosion averages 4.6 out of 5 from 919 ratings, while The Sun averages 4.4 from 348 ratings.
Do Implosion or The Sun have ads?
Neither Implosion nor The Sun shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Implosion or The Sun?
Implosion ships an update every 5 months, and The Sun every 2 weeks. Most recently, Implosion was updated on October 21, 2026 and The Sun on October 22, 2026.

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