Comparison

Spartan Runner. vs Bored Snake

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Old-school 2D graphics
  • Over 40 missions
  • Spartan customization
  • Weapon upgrades
  • Rewards and achievements
  • Weekly challenges
  • Global leaderboard
Features
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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!

About

Bored Snake

Features
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Watch. Don't play. BoredSnake is an idle visualizer where an AI-controlled snake plays the classic game for you. Your role? Just watch — or intervene like a god. Each snake is born with a soul. Four intuitive choices during the Soul Incubation ritual shape its MBTI personality. Some snakes are cautious. Some are reckless. All of them are unique. When your snake dies, a new generation hatches — inheriting traits from its ancestors. Watch bloodlines evolve across hundreds of generations. FEATURES • AI Pathfinding — The snake navigates, survives, and eats on its own • God Interventions — Tap to place apples, hold to speed up • Talk to Your Snake — Chat with it. It remembers. • Whisper Diary — Your snake journals its life: first meals, close calls, final words • Soul Incubation — Shape personality before birth • 7 Visual Themes — Paper Sketch, Macaron, Punk, Cosmic, Pixel, Brick, Tetris • Home & Lock Screen Widgets — Live status on your screen • Game Center Leaderboards — Compare generations worldwide Zen in the Chaos. Life, death, rebirth — on loop.

Screenshots

Spartan Runner.4 screens
Bored Snake4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Bored Snake at none against Spartan Runner.'s 6. Bored Snake also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 6 weeks). Spartan Runner.'s advantage is iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.6). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Spartan Runner. sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Bored Snake asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Spartan Runner. ships an update every 6 weeks, Bored Snake fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and September 26, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Spartan Runner. versus Bored Snake: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSpartan Runner.Bored Snake
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (1.3K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews89.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings1.3K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.6 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size62 MB18 MB
Age rating12+9+
DeveloperWilliam BourdonARCOBY, LLC

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

Bored Snake

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Spartan Runner.

One-time6
  • 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
None

Bored Snake

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Spartan Runner. free?
Spartan Runner. is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Bored Snake free?
Bored Snake is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Spartan Runner. or Bored Snake have ads?
Neither Spartan Runner. nor Bored Snake shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Spartan Runner. or Bored Snake?
Spartan Runner. ships an update every 6 weeks, and Bored Snake fortnightly. Most recently, Spartan Runner. was updated on October 1, 2026 and Bored Snake on September 26, 2026.

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