Comparison

Last Fish vs Gravity Spikes

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

Head to head
About

Last Fish

Navigate a tiny fish through toxic waters in this stylish action game. Eat food to survive, avoid dangerous goo, and outsmart shadowfish. Features intuitive controls, atmospheric graphics, and over 45 challenging levels.

Highlights
  • Intuitive tilt controls
  • Stylish monochromatic graphics
  • Atmospheric soundtrack
  • Simple and addictive mechanics
  • 45 levels and 5 arcade stages
  • 3-star performance scoring
Features
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Last Fish is a stylish black and white action game about the survival of a tiny fish in toxic water filled with goo. Eat food, avoid goo, escape the shadowfish. Survive. FEATURES * Intuitive controls - tilt the device or use a controller! * Stylish monochromatic Retina Display graphics * Atmospheric soundtrack * Simple and addictive game mechanics * 45 levels and 5 arcade stages * 3 star performance score on each level PRESS QUOTES "Last Fish felt poetic in some ways." - DIYGamer "Last Fish is a satisfying swim through a world of light and shadows." - Kotaku "Within 15 minutes of downloading the game I was hooked." - AppAdvice "Last Fish is proof that games can be artistic, and more importantly that artistic games can be fun." - TouchMyApps GAME MECHANICS Control the fish by tilting the phone/tablet. Eat food to gain health. Avoid touching goo as it decreses health. Complete the objectives but beware of the shadowfish. LEVELS In each level you have to complete one of four objectives: survive for a specified amount of time; quickly follow a trail of rings; clear checkpoints; eat food with caution to reach a specific amount of health. Every level is different, be it food quantity, goo quantity, speed, size, movement patterns, health lost rate, number and speed of shadowfish. All these combined make each level unique. ARCADE Survive as long as possible. Arcade starts with lots of food and some goo, but over time the food gets more rare and more goo appears. The fish also loses more health as time passes. Then appears the shadowfish. Survive, until the inevitable end...

About

Gravity Spikes

Flip gravity to guide a falling ball, avoiding colored spikes and utilizing black platforms. Survive as long as possible by timing your flips precisely through challenging obstacles.

Highlights
  • Gravity flipping mechanic
  • Obstacle avoidance
  • Timed flips
  • Platform navigation
  • Endless survival gameplay
Features
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Tap to flip the gravity to make the ball fall in the opposite direction. Time these flips to avoid the colored spikes. Black platforms are your friends, use them to navigate your way through the obstacles. Try to survive for as long as you can.

Screenshots

Last Fish4 screens
Gravity Spikes4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Gravity Spikes at 4.8 against Last Fish's 3.9. Gravity Spikes also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 80%) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 12.0). Last Fish's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ratings volume (22 vs 5). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Gravity Spikes sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Last Fish asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Gravity Spikes holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 22 and 5 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 80% of Last Fish's written reviews are positive against 100% of Gravity Spikes's.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Last Fish versus Gravity Spikes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLast FishGravity Spikes
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.9 (22 ratings)4.8 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews80.2% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings22 — better5
Update frequencyEvery 4 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TViPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV
Requires iOS12.08.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size18 MB21 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPyrosphere, LdaLudvig Eriksson

Customer experience

Last Fish

All ratings22 ratings
Positive68.2%
Neutral9.1%
Negative22.7%
Written reviews106 reviews
Positive80.2%
Neutral4.7%
Negative15.1%

Gravity Spikes

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Last Fish

Reported bugs

6 issues
  • App crashes on startup
  • App crashes when connecting Sphero
  • Cannot find option to cancel free trial
  • Sphero connection issues leading to crashes
  • Calibration is off
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  • Controls are effed up

Requested features

11 requests
  • Option to buy individual game subscriptions
  • Keep screen from auto-locking
  • Add more variations to levels
  • Recreate app icon
  • Add a hint of color to indicate toxic water stages
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  • Add a story/explanation
  • More types of dangers and enemies
  • More unique levels and modes
  • Add new enemies of different colors
  • Animate the fish
  • Better soundtrack

Gravity Spikes

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Last Fish

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Gravity Spikes

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$0.99

Questions

Is Last Fish free?
Last Fish is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Gravity Spikes free?
Gravity Spikes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Last Fish or Gravity Spikes?
Gravity Spikes is rated higher. Last Fish averages 3.9 out of 5 from 22 ratings, while Gravity Spikes averages 4.8 from 5 ratings.
Do Last Fish or Gravity Spikes have ads?
Neither Last Fish nor Gravity Spikes shows ads.

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