Comparison

Spartan Runner. vs Pengo Pengi

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

Pengo Pengi

Control a penguin on an ice field, using ice blocks as ammunition to defeat alien worms. Strategically push ice to crush enemies, create special power-ups, and survive increasingly challenging levels. This game offers a classic arcade experience with a unique twist.

Highlights
  • Ice block sliding mechanics
  • Strategic worm crushing
  • Diamond line power-ups
  • Electric fence defense
  • 20 hand-built levels
  • Original soundtrack
Features
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You are a penguin alone on a field of ice, and the alien worms are coming. Slide a block of ice down a corridor and it will not stop until it hits something. Time it right and that something is a worm. THE BLOCKS ARE YOUR AMMUNITION There is no way to make more ice. Every block on the board is one you were given, and once it is gone it is gone. Shatter one and you get ten points. Crush a worm with it and you get five hundred. Catch two in the same slide and you get a thousand. The enemies eat through the ice too, tunnelling toward you and taking your weapons with them. So every level is a race: turn the board into kills before they turn it into corridors. LINE UP THE DIAMONDS Three diamonds in a row stops the world. Everything freezes, the ice turns colour, and for a few seconds the board is yours. Learning to build that line while something is chasing you is the difference between surviving a level and owning it. CORNERED IS NOT BEATEN Lean on the electric fence and it will discharge along the wall, stunning anything pressed against it. It is the move you reach for when there is nowhere left to run. WHAT IS IN IT 20 hand-built levels, each one authored, not generated Alien worms that hunt, lose your scent, and come back for you Eggs that hatch into new enemies if you leave them too long A time bonus that rewards finishing fast and a score that rewards finishing well An original soundtrack: one theme, seven variations, one for every mood the ice can hold Plays in portrait, one thumb, no account, no ads, no connection needed A LOVE LETTER This began as a tribute to a 1982 arcade cabinet and turned into a years-long rebuild: every sprite redrawn, every timing re-derived by feel until it played the way it is remembered rather than the way it was. No ads. No tracking. Just the ice.

Screenshots

Spartan Runner.4 screens
Pengo Pengi4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Pengo Pengi at none against Spartan Runner.'s 5. Pengo Pengi also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.8). Spartan Runner.'s advantage is ratings volume (1.3K vs 1). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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 5 one-off in-app purchases. Pengo Pengi asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Pengo Pengi holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Spartan Runner. has 1.3K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Spartan Runner. versus Pengo Pengi: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSpartan Runner.Pengo Pengi
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (1.3K ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews89.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings1.3K — better1
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size62 MB87 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperWilliam BourdonAlkis Hadjinicolaou

Customer experience

Spartan Runner.

All ratings1,296 ratings
Positive95.6%
Neutral2.3%
Negative2.1%
Written reviews236 reviews
Positive89.4%
Neutral3.8%
Negative6.8%

Pengo Pengi

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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

Pengo Pengi

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Spartan Runner.

One-time5
  • 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
None

Pengo Pengi

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Spartan Runner. free?
Spartan Runner. is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Pengo Pengi free?
Pengo Pengi is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Spartan Runner. or Pengo Pengi?
Pengo Pengi is rated higher. Spartan Runner. averages 4.8 out of 5 from 1.3K ratings, while Pengo Pengi averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Spartan Runner. or Pengo Pengi have ads?
Neither Spartan Runner. nor Pengo Pengi shows ads.

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