Fault vs Narrow Arrow
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Fault
This is an obstacle avoidance game where players must survive for as long as possible. Test your reflexes and see how long you can last against an onslaught of challenges.
- Obstacle avoidance gameplay
- Survival challenge
- High score tracking
- Original music score
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Fault is an obstacle avoidance game where you try to survive for as long as possible. Featuring Music by Matthew Pablo http://www.matthewpablo.com
Narrow Arrow
Experience fast-paced abstract gameplay with ranked multiplayer modes and global leaderboards. Design and share your own challenging levels with the integrated editor.
- Ranked multiplayer mode
- Global leaderboards
- Custom level editor
- Challenge friends and rivals
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Key Features: • Ranked Mode: Compete with players worldwide and prove your skills. • Level Editor: Unleash your creativity and build your own challenging maps. • Global Leaderboards: Challenge friends and rivals to dominate rankings.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Fault at none against Narrow Arrow's 6. Fault also leads on ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 15.0). Narrow Arrow's advantage is rating (4.3 vs 3.9). On price, review sentiment, 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
Both are free to download. Narrow Arrow sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Fault asks for nothing beyond the download.
Narrow Arrow holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 94 and 54 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 79% of Fault's written reviews are positive against 85% of Narrow Arrow's.
| Parameter | Fault | Narrow Arrow |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (94 ratings) | 4.3 (54 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 79.3% of reviews | 84.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 94 — better | 54 |
| Update frequency | — | Every 4 days |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 11 MB | 56 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Varun Ramesh | Adam Slajer |
Customer experience
Fault
Narrow Arrow
User reviews
Fault
From 94 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Addictive gameplay
- 👍 Fun and challenging
- 👍 Simple yet effective design
- 👍 Good for reaction training
- 👍 Satisfying achievement feeling
Room to improve
- 🔥 Very difficult
- 🔥 One-hit kills
- 🔥 Frustrating difficulty spikes
- 🔥 Sensitive controls
- 🔥 Annoying popups (new record)
Narrow Arrow
From 54 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Fun and easy to play
- 🚀 Great for speed running
- 💡 Potential for growth and evolution
- 👍 Competitive and challenging
Room to improve
- 🐛 Lack of proper tutorial
- 🐛 Controls can be difficult to get used to
- 🐛 Impossible to avoid walls at times
- 🐛 Bugs and glitches
Bugs and requests
Fault
Reported bugs
3 issues- Dying from hitting nothing
- Hitbox issues
- Major bugs sometimes occur
Requested features
23 requests- Pause button
- Auto-pause on inactivity
- Display time to beat record
- Separate modes for maze, battleship, tunnel
- More modes and levels
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- Health bar/multiple lives
- Skins/cosmetics
- Shop system
- Sensitivity adjustment option
- Practice mode
- Hitboxes displayed
- Color customization for ship/cursor
- Story mode
- PvP mode
- Power-up shop
- Currency system for upgrades
- Healing bullets instead of damaging
- Checkpoints
- Multiplayer
- Easy/normal/hard modes
- Save points/checkpoints
- More music options
- Different characters
Narrow Arrow
Reported bugs
2 issues- Game not loading properly
- Compatibility issues with older devices
Requested features
4 requests- Add level editor with more features
- Implement a restart button in the middle of the screen
- Add PC support with mouse controls
- Improve level progression and difficulty curve
In-app purchases
Fault
No in-app purchases
Narrow Arrow
- Small Coin Pack - 300 Coins$0.99
- Exclusive Skin$2.99
- 1000 Coins$2.99
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- Season Pass$4.99
- 3000 Coins$7.99
- 10000 Coins$19.99
