Comparison

Hollywood Visionary vs Blimps

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

Head to head
About

Hollywood Visionary

Step into 1950s Hollywood as a studio head in this text-based interactive novel. Make critical decisions about your films, cast, and career to achieve cinematic glory or spectacular failure. Your choices shape your journey through the golden age of filmmaking.

Highlights
  • Interactive novel with choices
  • Manage your own movie studio
  • Engage with Hollywood legends
  • Choose film genres and modifiers
  • Multiple endings
  • Optional romance plots
  • Flexible character customization
Features
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Make the movie of your dreams amid the glamor and romance of 1950s Hollywood! "Hollywood Visionary" is a 150,000-word interactive novel by Aaron A. Reed, where your choices control the story. It's entirely text-based--without graphics or sound effects--and fueled by the vast, unstoppable power of your imagination. As head of your own movie studio, you call the shots: hire Hitchcock, seduce Garbo, build your studio into an Oscar-winning powerhouse or star in a B-movie train wreck. Control everything about your production, from genre to casting to building up buzz. Do you have what it takes to become a Hollywood visionary? • Conquer the movie biz as a writer, director, producer, actor, or editor • Banter with Hollywood royalty like Orson Welles and Greta Garbo • Choose from dozens of genres and modifiers to make your film unique • Five possible endings to discover • Find love or throw yourself into your art: extensive but optional romance plots • Win an Oscar, create a cult classic, or languish in film obscurity • Will you name names for the blacklist, or risk everything to uphold your artistic ideals? • 150,000 words of content • Flexible gender presentation: independently control your pronouns, appearance, titles, and romance options

About

Blimps

Embark on an open-world survival RPG adventure aboard an electric airship. Deliver cargo, loot rivals, and battle foes in a world filled with cannons and robots. Can you escape this enchanting, multiplying world?

Highlights
  • Open-world survival RPG
  • Airship cargo delivery
  • Water, fire, and ice cannons
  • Hangar robots
  • Crafting and resource gathering
  • 77 primary missions
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Blimps is a top-down, multi-vehicular sandbox RPG and roguelite "escape room" built for solo captains and local couch co-op duos. The surface world is running out of resources. Your ultimate objective is simple but monumental: find a way to escape it. To survive, you must master a steep learning curve, piece together a massive mechanical puzzle, and optimize your strategy across multiple play sessions. Every time you leave your Hangar, you lose power, pollution clouds spread, and rival pirate blimps multiply across the sky. Time is ticking. Can you solve the world of Blimps before you are completely overwhelmed? ▶ THE THREE PHASES OF THE SKY Your journey to escape is broken into a dynamic, shifting campaign where every second matters (10 real-world seconds equals 15 minutes of game time): - The Opening Game: The Billionaire Space Race (Days 1–3): Race against ruthless corporate competitors—Space Y, Nile X, and Sir Space—to reach the Moon. Recruit 10 VIP crew members and secure 10 Golden Cargo crates to launch a rocket to the Moon (and maybe even a hidden silo to Mars) to locate the mythical Moon Crystal. Secure first place within 3 game days to claim a $1,000,000 reward! - The Middle Game: The Sandbox Expansion: With the timed space race settled, the world expands into a building and survival playground. Establish solar and fusion towns, fight to become the King of the Seven Kingdoms, and take on arcade mini-games to boost your ultimate score. - The End Game: The Earth Drill Escape: Use the Moon Crystal to power your Earth Drill beneath your Hangar. Educate and train your crew, board your drill, and plunge to the center of the Earth paradise before the surface collapses. ▶ ARCADE MINI-GAMES & MULTI-VEHICLE MASTERY Break away from the cockpit to complete tasks that grant game-changing score bonuses, gold, and ship upgrades: - Tactical Dogfights: Engage rivals in fast-paced twin-stick shooting or close-quarters, elemental "Rock-Paper-Scissors" combat (Water douses Fire, Fire melts Ice, Ice freezes Water). - 4-Floor Dungeon Crawler: Descend in a mini earth drill to extinguish flames with your water gun to harvest fire ammo, and smash rocks with your shovel plow to extract raw gold. Battle Shiska Bob, a giant flame boss, on the bottom floor! Smelt the gold into bars after each run, then use them to upgrade your Blimp's "Air class," boosting its size and specs. - Side-Scrolling Gauntlet: Jump and shoot through a 2D platformer highway. Pop hot-air balloons to steal gold bars, shoot down cyberplane minions, and battle The Dogcatcher—a pirate blimp captained by an annoying barking dog. - 2D Top-Down Cyberpunk Motorcycle Race: Switch gears entirely and drop onto a neon-drenched track. Race solo or with a partner through a dark cyberpunk setting to gather 8 glowing crystals. Deposit them into 8 active turret towers to win 8 precious gemstones, then secure them at the Gemstone Greenhouse to claim your race winnings! - Multi-Vehicular Mastery: Take control of submarines, earth-drilling machines, hot-air balloons, motorcycles, and even a funicular! ▶ NATIVE iOS & APPLE HARDWARE FEATURES - Premium Indie Experience: 100% Ad-Free with no microtransactions or paywalls. - Full WiFi & Bluetooth Controller Support: Connect your Xbox or PlayStation controller to turn your mobile device into a portable console. - Universal Play: Built to scale perfectly across iPhone, iPad, and Apple Mac desktops. - Replayable Roguelite Challenge: Use your in-game Captain's Log to track complex missions and the in-game HELP computer for reference advice. Finish the entire gauntlet in under 60 minutes without using console cheat codes to secure a high-score bonus! Try before you buy! Search for "Blimps Limited" on the App Store to download our free, unrestricted 13-minute version and test your planning skills today.

Screenshots

Hollywood Visionary4 screens
Blimps4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Hollywood Visionary at 74% against Blimps's 0%. Hollywood Visionary also leads on price ($4.99 vs $14.99) and rating (4.4 vs 3.0). Blimps's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 13 months). On in-app purchases 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

Hollywood Visionary costs $4.99 and Blimps $14.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Hollywood Visionary holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 19 and 4 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 74% of Hollywood Visionary's written reviews are positive against 0% of Blimps's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Hollywood Visionary ships an update every 13 months, Blimps every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
Hollywood Visionary versus Blimps: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHollywood VisionaryBlimps
Price$4.99 — better$14.99
Rating4.4 (19 ratings) — better3.0 (4 ratings)
Positive reviews74.3% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings19 — better4
Update frequencyEvery 13 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supported — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size27 MB193 MB
Age rating12+9+
DeveloperChoice of Games LLCPAINT CAN GAMES

Customer experience

Hollywood Visionary

All ratings19 ratings
Positive84.2%
Neutral5.3%
Negative10.5%
Written reviews35 reviews
Positive74.3%
Neutral11.4%
Negative14.3%

Blimps

All ratings4 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

None

Hollywood Visionary

No in-app purchases

None

Blimps

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Hollywood Visionary free?
Hollywood Visionary costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Blimps free?
Blimps costs $14.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Hollywood Visionary or Blimps?
Hollywood Visionary is rated higher. Hollywood Visionary averages 4.4 out of 5 from 19 ratings, while Blimps averages 3.0 from 4 ratings.
Do Hollywood Visionary or Blimps have ads?
Hollywood Visionary shows ads; Blimps does not.
Which is updated more often, Hollywood Visionary or Blimps?
Hollywood Visionary ships an update every 13 months, and Blimps every 3 weeks. Most recently, Hollywood Visionary was updated on November 4, 2026 and Blimps on November 3, 2026.

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