Comparison

Lava Crew vs Sparkle 2

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

Head to head
About

Lava Crew

Survive an onslaught of lava beasts as the last planetary surveyor. Test your lightning-fast reflexes in this classic 2D arcade action game. Can you hold out against the endless horde and discover the epilogue?

Highlights
  • Overhead 2D arcade action
  • Intense finger-flicking reflexes
  • Endless horde of Lava Beasts
  • Multiple difficulty levels
  • Unlockable epilogue
  • Fair gameplay mechanics
Features
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In the year 2124, you are the sole survivor of a team of elite planetary surveyors, tasked with stabilizing newly formed planets for habitation. The problem is, you have nothing but a few moss clumps, a pool of water, and your own lightning fast reflexes standing between you and an endless hoard of Lava Beasts bent on your destruction! How long can YOU hold out? Featuring classic, overhead 2D, arcade-action, requiring seriously extreme finger-flicking reflexes! This is NOT a game for people who content themselves with playing Solitaire! Thou hast been warned! Completely fair gameplay. No unfair advantage given to the enemy, in higher difficulties. Every difficulty is a new game unto itself, with different music, more levels, and different challenges to face. This is a game of true finger-swiping endurance! Beat the highest difficulty, to see the Epilogue and discover what rewards await you, for completing the game!

About

Sparkle 2

Guide a tiny aquatic being through evolution, exploring, eating, and fighting to become a magnificent creature. Customize your Sparkle's development by choosing its diet and DNA.

Highlights
  • Control creature evolution
  • Explore diverse environments
  • Engage in combat
  • Customize creature DNA
  • Experience multiple evolution paths
  • Play through numerous levels
Features
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„Sparkle 2: EVO is probably one of the more unique titles on the App Store”. 148Apps „It is a fantastic game with high replay value.” AppAdvice „Its luminescent aesthetic and engrossing soundtrack can easily gain a vice-like grip over your attention” SlideToPlay Control the evolution with the touch of your finger. Start as a tiny aquatic being, and climb the evolutionary ladder until you become a huge, magnificent creature. Explore the abyss in search of food. Attack other species whenever you run out of other food sources. Outsmart competing Sparkles and eat more micro-elements than them in the new competitive mode. Enjoy the surreal visuals and a relaxing soundtrack of ambient music. Can you grow the biggest Sparkle in the world? Subtle, captivating, addictive. We give you control over your Sparkle's development and well-being and you have one goal - to evolve. Whilst exploring the Sparkle Void, you find various nutritious elements to eat. Sometimes you will even have to fight for food with other species. You become what you eat - you get to choose whether your sparkle becomes a fast and aggressive carnivore, a sluggish but fast-eating herbivore, or an omnivore, whose features lie somewhere in between. Insight to your Sparkle's DNA strand will give you information about the progress and will help you plan which micro-elements you want to focus on eating next. You will also get to fight giant bosses from time to time. But there’s no rush to keep the game in full swing at all times. You may as well just relax, play the game on a slow pace, explore the sparkle void, consume nutritional elements, enjoy simple and surreal surrounding and listen to the ambient music soundtrack. The choice is all yours. - Three different ways to evolve. Become a fast and aggressive carnivore, a sluggish but fast eating herbivore, or an omnivore whose features lie somewhere in between - Experience 3 + 1 stages of evolution. - Play through 12 + 3 dreamlike looking levels - Use GenLab to check your Sparkles DNA strand, your progress, status of your special skills, and plan what to eat next accordingly. - Relax with great chilled-out ambient soundtrack. LIKE US ON FACEBOOK http://www.facebook.com/ForeverEntert FOLLOW US ON X http://twitter.com/foreverentert WATCH US ON YOUTUBE http://youtube.com/foreverentert

Screenshots

Lava Crew4 screens
Sparkle 24 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Lava Crew at 100% against Sparkle 2's 0%. Lava Crew also leads on price (Free vs $2.99) and rating (5.0 vs 3.0). Sparkle 2's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and update cadence (daily vs every 6 months). On ratings volume, 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

Lava Crew is free to download; Sparkle 2 costs $2.99 up front. Lava Crew sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Sparkle 2 asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Lava Crew holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Lava Crew's written reviews are positive against 0% of Sparkle 2's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Lava Crew ships an update every 6 months, Sparkle 2 daily. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Lava Crew versus Sparkle 2: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLava CrewSparkle 2
PriceFree — better$2.99
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better3.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings12 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.012.0
Further details — not scored
Size274 MB254 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperMartin AntellForever Entertainment S.A.

Customer experience

Lava Crew

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Sparkle 2

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Lava Crew

One-time4
  • 3 save slots$0.99
  • 10 save slots$1.99
  • 20 save slots$2.99
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  • 40 save slots$4.99
None

Sparkle 2

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Lava Crew free?
Lava Crew is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Sparkle 2 free?
Sparkle 2 costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Lava Crew or Sparkle 2?
Lava Crew is rated higher. Lava Crew averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Sparkle 2 averages 3.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Lava Crew or Sparkle 2 have ads?
Neither Lava Crew nor Sparkle 2 shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Lava Crew or Sparkle 2?
Lava Crew ships an update every 6 months, and Sparkle 2 daily. Most recently, Lava Crew was updated on October 24, 2026 and Sparkle 2 on October 24, 2026.

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