SANTA SMASH vs LASTROW
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SANTA SMASH
Tap to smash incoming Santas and aim for the highest score possible. Test your reflexes and see how many you can hit before they pass.
- Tap to smash Santas
- Score-based gameplay
- High score tracking
- Simple tap controls
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Watch for the Santas... and get them! How high can YOU score?
LASTROW
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LASTROW turns your iPhone or iPad into the front-end for the video library you already own — served straight from your NAS over SMB, your own Plex or Jellyfin server, or over WebDAV. No cloud, no re-uploading, no monthly fee. Point it at your share and LASTROW scans your movies and series and dresses them up with rich artwork from TheMovieDB: posters, backdrops, year, cast and synopsis. Everything looks like a premium streaming service — except it's your own collection. • Play from your NAS (SMB), WebDAV, Plex, or Jellyfin — private, on your network • Gorgeous metadata from TheMovieDB: posters, cast and synopsis • Personalized "For You" recommendations from your Trakt history • One-click subtitles from OpenSubtitles, in your languages • Continue Watching picks up every title where you left off, with reliable watched-marking, synced across your devices • Series organised season by season, with per-season artwork • Fast browse and search, with genre, type and watch-state filters • Tap the center of the player to pause, the sides to fast-forward/rewind at different speeds • Chapters, skip intro, playback speed, AirPlay and Picture in Picture in the player • Hold any poster to fix its match or search TheMovieDB by hand — the file renames itself • Clean interface, the same careful design on iPhone, iPad, and Apple TV Your files stay yours. LASTROW just makes them beautiful wherever you watch. Free 30-day trial with every feature included. After the trial, keeping full access requires a one-time purchase (LASTROW Pro): pay once, yours forever — no subscription. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://lastrow.datacoderlabs.com/en/privacy.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: SANTA SMASH at none against LASTROW's 1. SANTA SMASH also leads on update cadence (weekly vs monthly) and iOS requirement (3.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads 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. LASTROW sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. SANTA SMASH asks for nothing beyond the download.
SANTA SMASH ships an update weekly, LASTROW monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SANTA SMASH | LASTROW |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.8 (4.6K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 30.8% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 4.6K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Apple TV |
| Requires iOS | 3.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 25 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Indigo Penguin Limited | Jose Luis Lucio Gonzalez |
Bugs and requests
SANTA SMASH
Reported bugs
3 issues- Frequent crashes and freezes
- Loading issues and long load times
- Unresponsive controls
Requested features
3 requests- More game modes and difficulty levels
- Ability to customize the targets
- Leaderboards and achievements
LASTROW
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
SANTA SMASH
No in-app purchases
LASTROW
- LASTROW Pro$4.99
Questions
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