Comparison

Spacecom vs Stellar Patrol Space Combat

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

Head to head
About

Spacecom

Engage in a deep strategic starfleet command game where victory hinges on deception, smart movement, and tactical choices. Test your planning and real-time tactics in a campaign, multiplayer battles, or AI skirmishes. This game emphasizes creative strategy over rapid clicking.

Highlights
  • Strategic starfleet command gameplay
  • Real-time tactics and planning
  • Single player campaign
  • Multiplayer battles (up to 5 players)
  • AI skirmish mode
  • Minimalistic military-inspired design
Features
Read full description

PLEASE NOTE: This game is optimized for iPads, iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus. Playing on iPhone 4 or iPod touch is not recommended. Spacecom – a strategic-to-the-bone, starfleet command game in which deception, smart movement, and choices to battle decide victory or defeat. No coincidence, no luck. Spacecom pushes your ability to strategize with a focus on real-time tactics and planning. Use proven maneuvers learned from military legends or devise your own plans. Test your wits in single player campaign, go head-to-head with up to 5 opponents in multiplayer or experiment with new strategies in AI skirmish mode. Most of all, you'll need a bright mind, cunning, and sound tactics. When the war begins, leave the little things behind and dive into austere soundscapes as you immerse yourself in starfleet command. From now on, what matters is your grasp of tactics and strategy, not how fast you can click. Spacecom is about creativity in planning, not complexity of game mechanics. Key Features: - Single player campaign that will test your wit in diverse tactical puzzles - Tense multiplayer - dominate up to 5 players per map - No coincidence, no luck. What matters is good planning and successful execution - Sound designed specifically to trigger strategic thinking - Minimalistic visual design inspired by military technology - Created to exalt smart thinking over fast clicking Supported languages: English, Polish, German, French, Russian and Spanish.

About

Stellar Patrol Space Combat

Embark on a retro space simulation adventure to liberate the galaxy from invaders. Battle enemies, upgrade your ship and weapons, and explore a vast universe with numerous planets and bases. Your actions will shape your reputation and determine the fate of the free galaxy.

Highlights
  • Galaxy-wide combat against invaders
  • Ship and weapon upgrades
  • Explore 39+ star systems and 200+ planets
  • Mine asteroids and trade with planets
  • Pilot various ship types
  • Reputation system and achievements
  • Open galaxy exploration
Features
Read full description

Fly a fighter out of a carrier on a wild ride and take back a galaxy, one sector at a time. Stellar Patrol is an open-galaxy space combat sim. Launch from the TCS Independence, clear hostile sectors, run missions for the planets that will have you, mine asteroids, trade cargo between systems, and upgrade your way from a stock Avro light fighter into something that can break a stronghold on its own. YOUR CARRIER, YOUR HOME The TCS Independence is your base, your dock and your jump drive. Every run begins on her bow pad. Refit between sectors, take on new work, and jump to any sector you have unlocked. 39 SECTORS TO TAKE BACK Zeta through Trantor, each with its own planets, bases, pirate strongholds and civilian traffic. Break a sector's defences and its ports open to you for trade, missions and supply. 31 SHIPS Light fighters, interceptors, strike fighters, heavy interdictors, freighters and experimental hulls. Buy them, fit them, fly them. MAKE A LIVING • Mine asteroids for ore and materials • Trade cargo between systems and work the price differences • Take missions from the planets and bases you have befriended • Salvage wrecks for what is still worth taking FIGHT • Real-time combat against fighters, turrets, defence platforms and capital ships • Shields, armour, countermeasures and hull repairs to manage mid-fight • Pirate bases that answer back, launching garrisons to defend themselves • Full external gamepad support CLIMB • Earn prestige, climb the ranks and unlock the next sector • World and country leaderboards • Per-sector records to beat • Cloud backup, so your career survives a new phone Free to play, with optional in-app purchases to remove ads or top up crystals. Available in English, French, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese and Russian. ** A note from the developer ** Stellar Patrol first launched in 2016, and then I left it alone for far too long. Version 2.0 is me coming back to it properly: a rebuilt mission system, a carrier to call home, sectors that actually feel alive, and a long list of things I should have fixed years ago. If you hit a bug, or something just feels wrong, please tell me at support@gbeegames.com. I read every message, and I would much rather hear about a problem than have you quietly uninstall. Thanks for flying. — Greg, GBeeGames

Screenshots

Spacecom4 screens
Stellar Patrol Space Combat4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Stellar Patrol Space Combat at Free against Spacecom's $3.99. Stellar Patrol Space Combat also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 6 months) and review sentiment (67% vs 48%). Spacecom's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 9) and ads (none vs shown). On rating, ratings volume 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

Stellar Patrol Space Combat is free to download; Spacecom costs $3.99 up front. Stellar Patrol Space Combat sells 9 one-off in-app purchases. Spacecom asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Stellar Patrol Space Combat holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 23 and 11 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 48% of Spacecom's written reviews are positive against 67% of Stellar Patrol Space Combat's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Spacecom ships an update every 6 months, Stellar Patrol Space Combat weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Spacecom versus Stellar Patrol Space Combat: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSpacecomStellar Patrol Space Combat
Price$3.99Free — better
Rating3.8 (23 ratings)4.0 (11 ratings) — better
Positive reviews48.2% of reviews66.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings23 — better11
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS6.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size166 MB81 MB
Age rating12+9+
Developer11 bit studios s.a.greg brady

Customer experience

Spacecom

All ratings23 ratings
Positive69.6%
Neutral8.7%
Negative21.7%
Written reviews110 reviews
Positive48.2%
Neutral10.0%
Negative41.8%

Stellar Patrol Space Combat

All ratings11 ratings
Positive63.6%
Neutral18.2%
Negative18.2%
Written reviews12 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral25.0%
Negative8.3%

Bugs and requests

Spacecom

Reported bugs

39 issues
  • Unplayable due to touch reactions
  • Game randomly reacts to touch by scrolling map
  • Screen jumps around when trying to use it
  • Game won't load past headphone screen
  • Game won't load on iPhone 7 Plus
Show 34 more
  • Game won't load after showing headphone screen
  • Game has tendency to throw camera across map
  • Game won't load on iPad Pro after iOS update
  • Game locks on blank load screen
  • Game won't load past headphone recommendation
  • Game won't load past headphones recommend screen
  • Game won't start if headphones are plugged in
  • Game won't load beyond Game Center banner and headphone message
  • Black screen bug
  • Black screen after opening credits
  • Game won't start on iPhone 6s
  • iPhone 6S Touch issues
  • 3D Touch seems to have broken interface
  • Game didn't work after iOS 8.0 update
  • App fails to start on iOS 8 and iPhone 6
  • Black screen before loading game contents
  • Map randomly jumps to far flung space
  • Game glitches when trying to look around
  • Map jumping on iPhone 6+
  • Scrolling around map is near impossible
  • Too easy to select wrong units
  • Black screen after flow combine
  • Unplayable glitches
  • Screen won't scroll
  • Instantly zooms in or out
  • Cannot click/manage planets after 10 minutes
  • Unable to load the game at all
  • Screen goes almost completely dark
  • Targeting reticles floating around
  • Enemy units become unselectable
  • Game crashes
  • Game would crash
  • Screen goes black and cannot play anymore
  • Game won't even start, goes to black screen

Requested features

10 requests
  • Rally points for production builds
  • In-game help page
  • Save point feature
  • More single player missions
  • Larger text and UI elements
Show 5 more
  • Mid-game save feature
  • Map updates
  • Fix for AI aggressiveness
  • Fix for invisible fleets
  • Fix for dialogue boxes not opening

Stellar Patrol Space Combat

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Spacecom

No in-app purchases

9 purchases

Stellar Patrol Space Combat

One-time9
  • 100 Crystals$1.99
  • Turn off ads$1.99
  • 200 Crystals$2.99
Show 6 more
  • 500 Crystals$4.99
  • 1000 Crystals$6.99
  • 2000 Crystals$14.99
  • 5000 Crystals$29.99
  • 10000 Crystals$49.99
  • 20000 Crystals$89.99

Questions

Is Spacecom free?
Spacecom costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Stellar Patrol Space Combat free?
Stellar Patrol Space Combat is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Spacecom or Stellar Patrol Space Combat?
Stellar Patrol Space Combat is rated higher. Spacecom averages 3.8 out of 5 from 23 ratings, while Stellar Patrol Space Combat averages 4.0 from 11 ratings.
Do Spacecom or Stellar Patrol Space Combat have ads?
Stellar Patrol Space Combat shows ads; Spacecom does not.
Which is updated more often, Spacecom or Stellar Patrol Space Combat?
Spacecom ships an update every 6 months, and Stellar Patrol Space Combat weekly. Most recently, Spacecom was updated on October 22, 2026 and Stellar Patrol Space Combat on October 24, 2026.

Other comparisons