Spartan Runner. vs Spartan Run!
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Spartan Runner.
Embark on an action-packed 2D adventure where you equip a Spartan with a shotgun to battle an alien invasion. Explore over 40 missions, customize your character, and upgrade weapons. Compete with friends on the global leaderboard.
- Old-school 2D graphics
- Over 40 missions
- Spartan customization
- Weapon upgrades
- Rewards and achievements
- Weekly challenges
- Global leaderboard
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Here comes a new fun action running game that will keep you entertained for weeks! Equip your Spartan with his shotgun to go on a wild ride in his endless quest to stop the Alien invasion. FEATURES: * Discover old-school 2D graphics * Over 40 missions to complete * Customise your Spartan with emblematic Helmets * Splatter everything on your way with awesome vehicles * Upgrade your favourite weapons to make them devastating * Earn rewards and achievements from each game * New challenges every week * Test your reflexes with easy-to-learn controls * Battle against your friends in the world leaderboard Download Spartan Runner now for a new action packed adventure!
Spartan Run!
Guide your spartans to a new land in this addictive game. Experience unique mechanics that are easy to learn but challenging to master.
- Free spartans
- Lead spartans to a new land
- Addictive gameplay
- Unique mechanics
- Easy to play, hard to master
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Free your spartans and lead them to a new land. Addictive gameplay with unique mechanics. Easy to play hard to master. Enjoy and please rate the game if you liked it.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Spartan Run! at none against Spartan Runner.'s 6. Spartan Run! also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 6 weeks) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.6). Spartan Runner.'s advantage is review sentiment (89% vs 67%) and rating (4.8 vs 4.6). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Spartan Runner. sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Spartan Run! asks for nothing beyond the download.
Spartan Runner. holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Spartan Runner. has 1.3K ratings behind it against 225, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 89% of Spartan Runner.'s written reviews are positive against 67% of Spartan Run!'s.
Spartan Runner. ships an update every 6 weeks, Spartan Run! weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Spartan Runner. | Spartan Run! |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (1.3K ratings) — better | 4.6 (225 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 89.4% of reviews — better | 66.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1.3K — better | 225 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 62 MB | 104 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | William Bourdon | KobGames Studios |
Customer experience
Spartan Runner.
Spartan Run!
Bugs and requests
Spartan Runner.
Reported bugs
5 issues- Level 16 the add always freezes up and I have restarted the level 3 times
- Mission 21 is impossible to get all 12 marines
- The banshee levels could be fixed and the automatic weapons should kill elites in two or three shots, not one. The automatic weapons could be given more ammo to counter this. Also brutes, hunters and elites should deal more damage than jackals and there should be energy sword elites and maybe gravity hammer brutes later in the run that can kill you in one hit
- All of the characters in the game are copyrighted so kiss money goodbye, fake halo game
- The enemy sprites need to be added instead of just blobs cause the blobs just get in the way of the experience of the game it's supposed to feel like halo yes well the enemy's you can't tell what they are you can't tell if it's forerunners or Covinet or Prometheus you can't tell
Requested features
6 requests- Make a RTS halo game!
- Put this spartan into super Mario bros?
- Dark mode option
- Advanced analytics dashboard
- Playable Eleates (Elites) where you can customize their armor and stuff and get like different suits with an alien weapon
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- More customization options and select which part to be colored
Spartan Run!
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Spartan Runner.
- Credits pack 1$1.99
- Credits pack 2$2.99
- Ads removal$2.99
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- Credits pack 3$4.99
- Credits pack 4$8.99
- Credits pack 5$49.99
Spartan Run!
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Spartan Runner. free?
Is Spartan Run! free?
Which has better reviews, Spartan Runner. or Spartan Run!?
Do Spartan Runner. or Spartan Run! have ads?
Which is updated more often, Spartan Runner. or Spartan Run!?
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