Comparison

Spartan Runner. vs Red Armada

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

Red Armada

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The armada is coming down the lane. You have a foreman, a few steel plates and whatever guns you can afford. Hold the line. Red Armada is a vertical, one-handed wave defense. Infantry, tanks, diggers and bombers come at your position in waves. You decide where each gun goes and what to upgrade between waves, then pull the big levers when it matters most. HOW A LEVEL PLAYS • Build the line — Put guns on the plates around your foreman: a minigun that shreds infantry and knocks bombers out of the sky, a coil that chains lightning through armour, a beam tower that burns through anything heavy. • Upgrade on the move — Coins drop from every kill. Spend them on damage for your guns and armour for their plates, right in the middle of the fight. • Supers and air strikes — A charge builds up during the fight. Spend it on a gun's super shot, or call a bomber run onto a lane packed with enemies. • Break the hangars — The enemy builds hangars on the field that keep sending out machines. Bring them down to take their reward — and after some of them, pick one of two battle cards that change the rest of your run. • Stop the armada — Every level ends with a huge airship escorted by its fleet. Bring it down to take the level. GROW BETWEEN ATTEMPTS Lost? Your coins and guns stay on the level, so the next attempt starts stronger. Crystals from hangars and armadas upgrade your base: gun health, damage, damage reduction, critical hits, foreman health and extra gun slots. Already cleared the ground? Turn on AUTO and speed up to x1.5 through the waves you know, and take control again when the fight gets new. Reached the armada before and lost? Jump straight to it. • 32 levels across 8 worlds • Played with one thumb, in portrait • Works offline • No ads, no purchases PRIVACY No account, no sign-up. Red Armada uses privacy-first, anonymous analytics (TelemetryDeck) to see how far players get — game events and counters only, never linked to you and never used for ads.

Screenshots

Spartan Runner.4 screens
Red Armada4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Red Armada at none against Spartan Runner.'s 5. Spartan Runner.'s advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.0). On price, update cadence and ads 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. Red Armada asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Spartan Runner. ships an update every 6 weeks, Red Armada every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Spartan Runner. versus Red Armada: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSpartan Runner.Red Armada
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (1.3K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews89.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings1.3K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.6 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size62 MB88 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperWilliam BourdonIlia Kholostov

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

Red Armada

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

Red Armada

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Spartan Runner. free?
Spartan Runner. is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Red Armada free?
Red Armada is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Spartan Runner. or Red Armada have ads?
Neither Spartan Runner. nor Red Armada shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Spartan Runner. or Red Armada?
Spartan Runner. ships an update every 6 weeks, and Red Armada every 3 weeks. Most recently, Spartan Runner. was updated on November 11, 2026 and Red Armada on November 10, 2026.

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