Comparison

Nemesis Lite vs Spells Arena

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

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About

Nemesis Lite

Experience a 3D space shooter set in the year 3000, fighting for resources in the new frontier. Engage in campaign or death-match modes with VR and gamepad support. Choose from three playable ships and six skill settings.

Highlights
  • Campaign and Death-Match modes
  • VR headset support
  • Gamepad support
  • Remote control functionality
  • Three playable ships
  • Realistic physics and brutal AI
Features
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This is the lite version of Nemesis, so you can try before you buy. What is Nemesis? Nemesis is a theoretical brown dwarf star in orbit around our own sun, which may even have its own planetary system. Nemesis is also a 3D space shooter for the iPhone, iPad and Apple TV. The year is 3000... humanity has extended it's domain to the farthest reaches of the solar system. The new frontier is Nemesis, a star system rich with resources. Unfortunately, no one seems to agree on who owns this new frontier. Fight for your claim in this brave new world against ruthless enemies! Gameplay modes now include a campaign mode and a death-match mode. VR headsets are now supported. While in VR mode, you can adjust: the screen size; vertical and horizontal position; the amount of parallax (that is, the space between your two virtual eyes); and whether or not your head movements are tracked. A VR headset and an external controller such as an extended gamepad are required. External controllers are also supported - both the standard profile (the one without thumbsticks) and the extended profile (the one with thumbsticks.) Our future is in your hands! Features: * Includes both a campaign mode and death-match mode. * VR headset support. * Gamepad support (both the standard and extended profiles.) * Remote Control - control Nemesis Lite 1.9 on tvOS or iOS via Nemesis Lite 1.9 running on an iOS device. (Requires wifi.) * Beautiful graphics! * Intricately rendered explosion and smoke effects. * Three playable ships. * Realistic physics. * Brutal AI. * Listen to your own music while saving humanity. * Play in first person or third person modes. * Six different skill settings, from "practice" to "ace" in death-match; 5 skill settings in campaign. * User settable kill-limit in death-match mode.

About

Spells Arena

Engage in real-time spell-casting duels by drawing magical signs. Challenge friends or a sophisticated AI with over 30 unique spells and physics-based gameplay. Experience stunning graphics and a compelling story.

Highlights
  • Real-time multiplayer combat
  • AI opponents with varying difficulty
  • Gesture and swipe spell drawing controls
  • Physics-based spell simulation
  • Over 30 unique spells
  • Story mode and leaderboards
Features
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iFanzine: "... is an interesting concept, reminding me heavily of later incarnations of Lazer Tag." ***½ AppPicker: "The app features stunning and high-tech graphics" A-Maze: Candidate for Berlin Game Awards ---- Challenge the Gods and fight drawing spell signs. Spells Arena invites players to fight against their friends in realtime or fight against a tough AI that has 20 different opponents of various difficulties and personalities that await you! - Game Mechanics: Every player has 3 gems. Each gem has its unique spells. To activate the spells the player draws the signs. The gems you saved light up the portal stars and unlock new spell signs - 2 Gesture Controls Mode: Swipe or Gesture Sign Draw - Fun to Play: use plasma balls, shields, barrier, different types of traps that are created by the spells. Guide better the plasma balls using the aiming trajectory. LiquidFun engine is used to simulate the spells plasma. - Enjoy the story of the origins - Physics based gameplay - More than 30 spells gems await you - Multiplayer : Peer to Peer and Game Center - Enjoy the 3 characters to play: Inzana, Lahai, Sish - 3 levels of proficiency: apprentice ,sorcerer and warlock. On apprentice level the player is guided through a tutorial and competing against a difficultless AI, on the sorcerer and warlock levels the action is more and more frenetic and the AI becomes tougher to compete - Soundtrack by Craze Music Productions - Leaderboards Scores Spells Arena uses advanced graphics techniques to delight the eyes of the gamer. The light is computed in real time, the Gems and the Portals likewise and the fluid follows the physics laws of Boltzmann. Available only on iOS in following languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish, Japanese, Korean, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian, Turkish, Arabic, Romanian. It’s compatible with: - iPhone 4, 4S, 5, 5C, 5S, 6, 6 Plus, 6S, 6S Plus. 7, 7 Plus - iPod touch 5th generation - iPad 2, 3rd, 4th generations. - iPad Mini, Mini 2, Mini 3 - iPad Air, Air 2 For best experience play with - iPhone 6, 6 Plus, 6S, 6S Plus. 7, 7 Plus, 5S, 5C, iPhone 5, - iPad Air, Air 2, Mini 2, Mini 3, iPad 3rd, 4th generations. Some effects are disabled or downgraded on older generations.

Screenshots

Nemesis Lite4 screens
Spells Arena4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Spells Arena at 4.7 against Nemesis Lite's 3.6. Spells Arena also leads on review sentiment (81% vs 40%) and update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 3 months). Nemesis Lite's advantage is monetization model (free vs paid). On price, ratings volume, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Spells Arena holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 3 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 40% of Nemesis Lite's written reviews are positive against 81% of Spells Arena's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Nemesis Lite ships an update every 3 months, Spells Arena every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Nemesis Lite versus Spells Arena: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNemesis LiteSpells Arena
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.6 (5 ratings)4.7 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews40.0% of reviews81.5% of reviews — better
Number of ratings5 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 5 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple TViPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS17.211.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size110 MB54 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperDenizen Software, LLC2 THINK DI CAPUANO ROBERTO E MAIER ELISABETA LOANA SNC

Customer experience

Nemesis Lite

All ratings5 ratings
Positive60.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative40.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive40.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative60.0%

Spells Arena

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews27 reviews
Positive81.5%
Neutral14.8%
Negative3.7%

In-app purchases

None

Nemesis Lite

No in-app purchases

None

Spells Arena

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Nemesis Lite free?
Nemesis Lite is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Spells Arena free?
Spells Arena is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Nemesis Lite or Spells Arena?
Spells Arena is rated higher. Nemesis Lite averages 3.6 out of 5 from 5 ratings, while Spells Arena averages 4.7 from 3 ratings.
Do Nemesis Lite or Spells Arena have ads?
Neither Nemesis Lite nor Spells Arena shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Nemesis Lite or Spells Arena?
Nemesis Lite ships an update every 3 months, and Spells Arena every 5 weeks. Most recently, Nemesis Lite was updated on October 7, 2026 and Spells Arena on October 21, 2026.

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