Forager vs Sparklite
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Forager
Explore a vast 2D open world, gathering resources, crafting items, and building a base from scratch. Level up your skills, solve puzzles, and discover secrets as you expand your territory and forge your own path.
- Resource gathering and management
- Item and structure crafting
- Base building and expansion
- Skill progression and learning
- Puzzle solving and dungeon raiding
- Open-ended goal setting
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Forager is a 2D open world game inspired by your favorite exploration, farming and crafting games. - Gather, collect and manage resources. - Craft useful items & structures. - Build and grow a base out of nothing. Buy land to expand and explore. - Level up and learn new skills, abilities, and blueprints. - Solve puzzles, find secrets and raid dungeons! - Achieve anything you want! The choice is yours, you set your own goals to work towards! Start small and improve your base, skills, equipment, network of friends (and enemies!) and build your future as you see fit!
Sparklite
Embark on a roguelite action-adventure in a vibrant, procedurally generated world. Battle foes with a variety of gadgets and weapons, explore diverse environments, and harness a unique resource to overcome challenges and save the land from a greedy baron. The game offers a free trial before unlocking the full experience.
- Procedurally generated world exploration
- Top-down action combat
- Gadget and weapon invention
- Titan boss battles
- World-building and NPC interaction
- Pixel art aesthetic and original soundtrack
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Try Sparklite for free up until the first Titan fight and unlock the full game for the whole adventure! Sparklite is an Action-Adventure roguelite set in a whimsical and ever-changing land. Gear up for Adventure and battle foes in top-down action using an arsenal of gadgets, guns, and gear. Explore dangerous corners of the procedurally generated world, take down titans of the mining industry, and harness the power Sparklite! Key Features • Explore the bright and colourful land of Geodia • Harness the Sparklite to fight monsters and titans • Befriend the locals and help build The Refuge • Invent your arsenal to solves puzzles, defeat enemies and become stronger • Save the environment from the greedy Baron • Enjoy intricate pixel art aesthetic and an original soundtrack by composer Dale North (Wizard of Legend) inspired by retro classics Carefully redesigned for mobile • Revamped interface • Game Center achievements • iCloud - Share your progress between iOS devices • Compatible with MFicontrollers If you experience any issue with Sparklite, please contact our customer support here: https://playdigious.helpshift.com/hc/en/8-sparklite/contact-us/. Please make sure to give us as much information as possible on your problem.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Sparklite at Free against Forager's $7.99. Sparklite also leads on rating (4.7 vs 4.2) and review sentiment (80% vs 61%). Forager's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 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
Sparklite is free to download; Forager costs $7.99 up front. Sparklite sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Forager asks for nothing beyond the download.
Sparklite holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 688 and 588 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 61% of Forager's written reviews are positive against 80% of Sparklite's.
Forager ships an update every 3 weeks, Sparklite every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 28, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Forager | Sparklite |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $7.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.2 (688 ratings) | 4.7 (588 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 60.9% of reviews | 79.6% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 688 — better | 588 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Best chart rank | #74 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 13.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 163 MB | 1.4 GB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Balor Games | Playdigious |
Customer experience
Forager
Sparklite
User reviews
Forager
From 688 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Addictive gameplay
- 👍 Charming pixel art and music
- 🕹️ Satisfying progression and crafting
- 💰 Good value for money
Room to improve
- 🐛 Buggy save system and data loss
- 🤖 Clunky and unresponsive controls
- 🧱 Difficult item placement and building
- 🕰️ Lack of updates and new content
Sparklite
From 588 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Fun game with good story
- 🚀 Smooth gameplay
- 💡 Interesting mechanics
- 👍 Charming pixel art
- 👍 Engaging story and characters
Room to improve
- 🐛 Occasional crashes or bugs
- 🔧 Controls can be finicky or unresponsive
- 🔧 Difficulty spikes in certain areas
- 🔧 Limited customization options
- 🔧 Short overall length
Bugs and requests
Forager
Reported bugs
4 issues- Islands and purchased land disappearing
- Saving issues causing progress loss
- Inability to place certain items or structures
- Glitches with locomotive and nuclear reactor
Requested features
4 requests- Multiplayer mode
- More customization options
- Improved controls for building and item placement
- Ability to resize or hide droids
Sparklite
Reported bugs
4 issues- Inability to progress past certain points
- Inconsistent controller support
- Graphical glitches in certain areas
- Save data loss or corruption
Requested features
5 requests- Add support for more languages
- Improve button/control customization
- Expand endgame content and replayability
- Optimize performance on older devices
- Add cloud save support
In-app purchases
Forager
No in-app purchases
Sparklite
- Unlock Full Game$6.99
