ABC Runner vs First To Life
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ABC Runner
Engage in a fast-paced word game where you compete with friends to spell answers. Test your quick thinking and spelling skills to win across various categories.
- Compete with friends
- Spell answers
- Multiple categories
- Fast-paced gameplay
- Quick thinking challenges
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START ABC running today and WIN, WIN, WIN! Compete in different categories and spell answers before your friends. Are you a fast thinker? Are you the fastest speller out there? Can you beat your friends? Start ABC running, today!
First To Life
Guide swimmers through challenging levels, collecting units to create and customize your own babies. Battle armies and bosses in a fun, satisfying experience with many levels.
- Create and customize babies
- Swim through obstacles
- Collect units
- Battle armies and bosses
- Challenging levels
- Satisfying gameplay
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Join together and make your own babies! -Swim through obstacles, collect units, and reach the eggs! -Customize your own babies, and play as them! -Battle formidable armies and bosses -Lots of fun and challenging levels -Satisfying gameplay with lots of swimmers
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: ABC Runner at 76% against First To Life's 39%. ABC Runner also leads on ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 12.0). First To Life's advantage is rating (4.7 vs 4.4). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and in-app purchases 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. ABC Runner sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and First To Life sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
First To Life holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 22K and 26K respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 76% of ABC Runner's written reviews are positive against 39% of First To Life's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
ABC Runner ships an update every 9 days, First To Life fortnightly. Both last shipped on October 3, 2026.
| Parameter | ABC Runner | First To Life |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (22K ratings) | 4.7 (26K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 75.6% of reviews — better | 39.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 22K | 26K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days — better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 143 MB | 1.3 GB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | PLUSDOT Technology Limited | SUPERSONIC STUDIOS LTD |
Customer experience
ABC Runner
First To Life
User reviews
ABC Runner
From 22K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Fun and engaging
- 👍 Helps improve brain function
- 🚀 Challenging but not too difficult
- 👍 Minimal ads
Room to improve
- 🐛 Glitches and bugs with answers not being recognized
- 🔍 Too many USA-centric questions for non-American users
- 🔍 Repetitive questions and categories
- 🔍 Ads can be intrusive and frequent
First To Life
From 26K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Fun game concept
- 🤩 Relaxing gameplay
- 💯 Smooth animations
Room to improve
- 🤬 Excessive ads
- 🐛 Frequent glitches and crashes
- 🤯 Laggy performance
- 🤒 Game freezing issues
Bugs and requests
ABC Runner
Reported bugs
3 issues- Keyboard glitches and freezes
- Ads not working as intended (not granting rewards)
- Opponents not moving/frozen during gameplay
Requested features
4 requests- Add more diverse question topics and categories
- Allow users to choose difficulty level
- Implement a friends/multiplayer mode
- Improve the character/skin unlocking system
First To Life
Reported bugs
3 issues- Game resets progress after updates
- Ads causing game to freeze or crash
- Inability to progress past certain levels
Requested features
3 requests- Reduce number of ads
- Improve game stability and performance
- Add option to disable ads for a fee
In-app purchases
ABC Runner
- remove ads$0.99
First To Life
- No Ads$2.99
Questions
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