John Dark vs Sarman's Adventures
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
John Dark
Navigate a world that rotates with your taps, knocking away enemies and avoiding hazardous moving walls. Collect coins to unlock new characters and vibrant colors for your world. Challenge yourself to see how far you can progress before succumbing to obstacles or the chasing wormhole.
- World rotation mechanic
- Enemy combat
- Hazardous moving walls
- Coin collection
- Character unlocks
- Color customization
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Tap, Hop and Flip! Rotate your world and knock away enemies! Be careful of moving walls, they can do a lot of hurt if hit. Collect coins or reach new levels to get more characters and color John's world. How far can you get before a wall hits you in the face or the chasing wormhole catches you?
Sarman's Adventures
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Sarman's Adventures is a colorful pixel-art platformer that takes an orange tabby on a journey around the world. Run across rooftops, time natural jumps between platforms, collect fish, find helpful milk power-ups, and reach the flag at the end of every level. Explore Istanbul, Paris, London, Rome, New York, California, Tokyo, and Sydney while facing mice, seagulls, crows, spiders, raccoons, snakes, crabs, and bats. FEATURES • 30 handcrafted levels across eight destinations • Famous landmarks including the Eiffel Tower, Big Ben, Colosseum, Times Square, Golden Gate Bridge, Shibuya Crossing, Tokyo Skytree, and Sydney Opera House • Responsive movement and natural jumping controls • Animated pixel-art heroes, enemies, fish, and environments • Checkpoints and milk power-ups to help during each adventure • Landscape layout designed for iPhone and iPad • Playable in English, Turkish, German, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Brazilian Portuguese, and Russian • Fully offline, with no advertisements and no in-app purchases Join Sarman's world tour and complete all 30 levels!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Sarman's Adventures at none against John Dark's shown. Sarman's Adventures also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 15 months). John Dark's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 17.0). On price, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
John Dark ships an update every 15 months, Sarman's Adventures every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | John Dark | Sarman's Adventures |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 15 months | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Apple TV |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 56 MB | 121 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Gianluca Pironti | Hakan Silek |
In-app purchases
John Dark
No in-app purchases
Sarman's Adventures
No in-app purchases









