Comparison

Bit Journey vs Glintstorm

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

Head to head
About

Bit Journey

Embark on an open-world adventure where time travel vortexes unleash enemies. Survive, collect items, and defeat foes to improve your character. Train pets to assist you in battle and explore diverse roles from ninja to warrior.

Highlights
  • Limitless open-world exploration
  • Time travel vortexes and enemies
  • Character skill improvement
  • Pet sidekicks with training
  • Diverse character roles
  • Leaderboard competition
Features
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Explore a gigantic, limitless and rich world. It's a brand new open-world experience. The world has gone mad, time travel vortexes are appearing everywhere and spawning incredible enemies that are trying to dominate the whole world while our seven heroes are trying to survive! Destroy everything in the world, collect items and defeat amazing enemies. Score by doing anything in the world, improve your character skills and prepare to survive. You can even conquer secret bases, defeat super bosses and compete with your friends in the leaderboards! You can also use your Watch to take care of pets and use them as sidekicks in the game! You can feed them, play with them, train them and it will impact in their performances during gameplay! To fight side-by-side with Chip, Catty and Fairy, just raise your wrist while playing or access them through the Base and have fun! Be a mysterious ninja, an army soldier, a baseball player, a famous artist, or even a medieval warrior. Survive the journey and reach the higher glory. There's a little bit of everything in Bit Journey. ** Through the years, we were featured on the App Store's: ** Best New Games Best Pixel Art Games Games with Great Protagonists Apps Made in Brazil Games made in Latin America Celebrating National Talents Brazilian Games Great Brazilian Games Best Retro-Modern Games Cute Heroes Cult Classics 20 under 20 Our Favorites for Apple Watch ** We trended on: ** #1 in 2 Countries on the Games Category, Action and Adventure Subcategories #5 in 30 Countries on the Games Category, Action and Adventure Subcategories #25 in 15 Countries on the Games Category, Action and Adventure Subcategories Top 100 in 100+ Countries on the Games Category, Action and Adventure Subcategories

About

Glintstorm

Features
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Glintstorm is a fast bullet-heaven survival game built for quick, satisfying runs. Drag to move, dodge incoming enemies, and let auto-fire carve through the swarm. Each level-up offers one of three upgrades, including Multishot, Rapid Fire, Sharpen, Vitality, Swift, and Magnet. Grunts, swifts, brutes, and splitters keep the arena changing as the storm ramps up. The game is local-first, premium, and focused: no account, no ads, no tracking, just an endless score chase.

Screenshots

Bit Journey4 screens
Glintstorm4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Bit Journey at Free against Glintstorm's $0.99. Bit Journey also leads on device support (4 vs 2) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.0). Glintstorm's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 2 months). On ads and in-app purchases 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

Bit Journey is free to download; Glintstorm costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Bit Journey ships an update every 2 months, Glintstorm every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Bit Journey versus Glintstorm: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBit JourneyGlintstorm
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating4.0 (52 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews65.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings52 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size49 MB4 MB
Age rating12+9+
DeveloperMarcos MoraisRobert Corbin

In-app purchases

None

Bit Journey

No in-app purchases

None

Glintstorm

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Bit Journey free?
Bit Journey is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Glintstorm free?
Glintstorm costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Bit Journey or Glintstorm have ads?
Neither Bit Journey nor Glintstorm shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Bit Journey or Glintstorm?
Bit Journey ships an update every 2 months, and Glintstorm every 4 days. Most recently, Bit Journey was updated on October 13, 2026 and Glintstorm on October 2, 2026.

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