Spender vs Newtro
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Spender
Engage in a thrilling puzzle game where you must outsmart a cunning opponent. Complete challenging tasks and puzzles before your opponent reaches their goal to earn bonuses and unlock new levels. Test your agility and speed in this strategic challenge.
- Challenging puzzles and tasks
- Strategic gameplay
- Unlockable levels
- Bonus rewards
- Fast-paced challenges
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Who is smarter: you or Spidey? He has prepared a lot of tasks and puzzles for you, but not as simple as you think. Don't be fooled! Spidey is more insidious than it seems! While you are completing tasks, Spidey goes down its web. As soon as he reaches his goal, you lose. But if you turn out to be faster and more agile than your opponent, you will receive pleasant bonuses and unlock new exciting puzzles!
Newtro
Experience a minimalist, pixel-art brick breaker arcade game. Control bars with one hand to prevent balls from falling, destroy bricks, and complete levels within time limits and without losing lives. Offers a relaxing solo player experience with unique gameplay challenges.
- Minimalist pixel-art graphics
- One-handed gameplay
- Offline play
- Multiple levels with varied gameplay
- Time-based challenges
- Achievement system
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Re discover the brick breaker like you never did ! Minimalist, made with some crispy pixels, this arcade game will test your skills without stress, enjoy ! Newtro - Brick Breaker is a non competitive, solo player mobile game. With the help of a finger, you will be able to control one or more bars simultaneously, not only to prevent the ball from going out, but to overcome the four challenges that all the levels will include. Once you have mastered the direction of the balls, you will have the opportunity to complete the levels in the allocated time and without losing a life. This will give you the chance to complete the difficult versions of each level. You have two ways to discover this arcade game: - Go through all the levels, explore the original gameplays and relax with Ludmila Postel's Sound Design! - Take the challenge and try to completely destroy the level wall! How to play the game? - The balls are launched after a first touch of the screen. - Destroy all the bricks. - Get 4 achievements from each level. Successes: - finish the level with at least one life - finish a level without losing a life. - finish a level within the time limit. - finish the level in difficult version Features : - Free to play - Many levels with varied gameplay - Easy to play, designed to be played with one hand - Offline, no conection required - Tablet not supported - Leaderboard not supported The game is initially released with 48 different levels but many updates are planned: - the addition of many more levels - the addition of graphic and musical themes - the addition of collectables in case of complete success of a level group
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Spender at 100% against Newtro's 38%. Spender also leads on price (Free vs $1.99) and rating (5.0 vs 4.0). Newtro's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 50 months) and ratings volume (45 vs 1). On ads 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
Spender is free to download; Newtro costs $1.99 up front. Newtro sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Spender asks for nothing beyond the download.
Spender holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Newtro has 45 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Spender's written reviews are positive against 38% of Newtro's.
Spender ships an update every 50 months, Newtro fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on June 1, 2026 and June 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Spender | Newtro |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $1.99 |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.0 (45 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 37.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 45 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 50 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 45 MB | 234 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Vlad Koshechkin | EVB Studio |
Customer experience
Spender
Newtro
In-app purchases
Spender
No in-app purchases
Newtro
- Dark Knight Color Palette$0.99
- GameBoy Color Theme$0.99
- Ads remover$1.99
