Comparison

½ Halfway vs Lowlife

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

Head to head
About

½ Halfway

Guide two light elements to reunite and restore harmony in a black and white world. Strategically use objects to solve mind-bending puzzles and prove your puzzle-solving skills. Enjoy a stress-free, offline experience with beautiful minimalist artwork.

Highlights
  • Challenging hand-crafted levels
  • Offline play
  • Minimalist artwork & animations
  • Stress-free gameplay
  • Simple swipe controls
  • No ads or in-app purchases
Features
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In a world dominated by black and white, two elements are seeking a path to reunite and restore the harmony. Guide the light elements to destination and meet halfway using the help of the other objects strategically placed across the level and prove incredible puzzle solving skills by succeeding in mind bending situations. Halfway features: · Challenging hand crafted levels grouped into 4 chapters. · Play Offline, no internet connection required to play. · Beautiful, minimalist artwork & animations. · True black and white graphics. · No violence, stress free; play at your own pace. · No ads, no in-app purchases. Buy it once, own it forever. · Simple controls, Swipe to move · Easy to learn; no instructions needed! · Optimized for all iOS devices.

About

Lowlife

Control a healer in a dystopian future, focusing on keeping your party alive against villains. Collect and upgrade healing scripts, trade items, and specialize your healer through skill trees. Compete on global leaderboards and team up for raid bosses.

Highlights
  • Heal party members in battle
  • Collect and upgrade healing scripts
  • Trade and shop for scripts
  • Specialize healer with skill trees
  • Compete on global leaderboards
  • Team up for raid bosses
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All you gotta do is heal. Take control of Lowlife and heal your downloaded Scripts as you scour a corrupt, dystopian future. Your goal is not to hurt the countless Villains you will face spanning across several Simulations and Raids, it is to keep your party alive so they can do the hurting - by any means necessary. Throughout the Healing Simulations, you will incept Memories which can be used to trade for new Scripts - or if you have downloaded Scripts with their own god-rolled skills, level them up with Memories or by taking them with you! Sell your extra Scripts in the Auction House for extra Memories to spend. Also shop for other worldwide players' listed Scripts to use for your own. There are 35 uniquely skilled subclasses of Scripts to be found, including Tanks and Melee DPS to place on your front line, Mages and Ranged DPS for your back line, and Shamans - a wildcard class that can be placed anywhere in your party setup. Lowlife places you in battle with a variety of weak and powerful Villains, equipped with only a variety of healing spells to keep everyone (and yourself!) alive. Spend your gained Parameter Points to build the perfect healer and fit your play style. Sprinkle a little of your personal playstyle on top by spending Node Points in one of three skill trees to build your perfect healer specialization. You'll need it to get the highest scores on the Global Leaderboards. Complete Quests and level up to gain access to a variety of Simulations with Bosses and challenges that await you. When you feel confident enough, team up online to take down a Raid Boss or two. Lowlife is free to play, unlimited, with no commercial breaks. Also works with no WiFi or internet connection (Auction House, Leaderboards, and Raids not available with no internet).

Screenshots

½ Halfway4 screens
Lowlife4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Lowlife at Free against ½ Halfway's $1.99. Lowlife also leads on update cadence (every 6 days vs every 56 months) and rating (4.7 vs 4.4). ½ Halfway's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 5) and device support (3 vs 1). On 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

Lowlife is free to download; ½ Halfway costs $1.99 up front. Lowlife sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. ½ Halfway asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Lowlife holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Lowlife has 1.4K ratings behind it against 98, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 56% of ½ Halfway's written reviews are positive against 75% of Lowlife's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

½ Halfway ships an update every 56 months, Lowlife every 6 days. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.

Scorecard9 real differences · 1 level
½ Halfway versus Lowlife: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter½ HalfwayLowlife
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating4.4 (98 ratings)4.7 (1.4K ratings) — better
Positive reviews55.6% of reviews75.5% of reviews — better
Number of ratings981.4K — better
Update frequencyEvery 56 monthsEvery 6 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS12.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size19 MB32 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperTepes OvidiuCoast Media House LLC

Customer experience

½ Halfway

All ratings98 ratings
Positive82.7%
Neutral6.1%
Negative11.2%
Written reviews18 reviews
Positive55.6%
Neutral11.1%
Negative33.3%

Lowlife

All ratings1,390 ratings
Positive94.2%
Neutral2.4%
Negative3.3%
Written reviews106 reviews
Positive75.5%
Neutral10.4%
Negative14.2%

Bugs and requests

½ Halfway

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Lowlife

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Game overheating issues
  • Progression and save data not working properly
  • Auction house and marketplace bugs

Requested features

4 requests
  • Ability to view skill descriptions outside of combat
  • More detailed stats and information about scripts
  • Improved marketplace functionality and responsiveness
  • Option to reset game progress

In-app purchases

None

½ Halfway

No in-app purchases

5 purchases

Lowlife

One-time5
  • 5,000 Memories$0.99
  • 15,000 Memories$1.99
  • VIP Ticket$2.99
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  • 50,000 Memories$4.99
  • 100,000 Memories$7.99

Questions

Is ½ Halfway free?
½ Halfway costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Lowlife free?
Lowlife is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, ½ Halfway or Lowlife?
Lowlife is rated higher. ½ Halfway averages 4.4 out of 5 from 98 ratings, while Lowlife averages 4.7 from 1.4K ratings.
Do ½ Halfway or Lowlife have ads?
Neither ½ Halfway nor Lowlife shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ½ Halfway or Lowlife?
½ Halfway ships an update every 56 months, and Lowlife every 6 days. Most recently, ½ Halfway was updated on November 3, 2026 and Lowlife on November 3, 2026.

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