Hyperstone vs Joystick

Hyperstone is a game optimization platform for tuning prices, difficulty, ad frequency, and LiveOps. It can test as many as 1,000 configuration combinations at once and adjust values for individual players against a selected metric such as LTV, ARPU, or retention. Dashboards update as player events arrive and provide Engagement, Monetization, Business, and AI reports. Winning values can be sent through the SDK without a store update. Hyperstone lists a Unity SDK, Server-to-Server integration, and custom integration options. It supports destinations including Google Play, App Store, Steam, Huawei, itch.io, PlayStation, Xbox, iOS, Android, and web browsers. The service runs on Android, iOS, Linux, macOS, Windows, web, API, and self-hosted deployments. The free plan allows 2,000 installs monthly per app; extra installs cost $0.001 each and switch the app permanently to pay-as-you-go. The Unity SDK is in Beta.

Joystick is a remote configuration platform for app and game teams, delivered through the web and an API. Teams can change settings or content without releasing an app update, using JSON, XML, YAML, and other formats. It supports feature flags, phased rollouts, player targeting, live operations, localization, content management, and generative-AI prompt management. A/B tests and segmentation can deliver variants to selected users. Deployment controls include multiple environments, staged and scheduled changes, protected environments, and review policies. Revision history, audit logs, permissions, access controls, and JSON Schema validation track and protect changes. Integrations include Google Sheets, webhooks, a REST API, and SDKs for JavaScript, TypeScript, Python, PHP, C#, Java, Unity, Unreal, and Godot; Cocos is also listed. Cloud is hosted with edge delivery and caching. Enterprise is single-tenant with custom sizing and pricing.