Ninja Sprawl vs Ninja Ranger
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Ninja Sprawl
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The original Ninja Sprawl first hit the App Store in February 2012. Fourteen years later it's back, rebuilt from the ground up: 912 tiny, deadly levels across 57 chapters, a ninja who can stick to anything, and a clock that never stops. RUN. JUMP. SPRAWL. Run, jump and wall-jump, then SPRAWL: spread out to glide, cling to walls and ceilings, brace across shafts, swing from rings and ride zip lines. Simple to pick up, endlessly deep once you start chasing time. LEARN AS YOU GO A quick practice run teaches the moves, and every new trick gets a short lesson the first time you meet it. 912 LEVELS. 57 CHAPTERS. The Dojo, Bamboo Grove, Edo Rooftops, Frozen Peaks, Clockwork Keep, Volcano Shrine, Neon City 2099, Robot Factory, Ghost Temple and Sky Fortress, then 47 more chapters: 28 that mix them in fresh ways, and 19 new places with their own look, from Sakura Gorge and Rice Terraces to Crystal Caverns, Sky Railway and the final climb through Shogun's Keep. New abilities too: Air Feathers for a second jump, Grip Seals to refill your grip, matching sigils that open gates, and Pulse Mines. Each world brings new tricks: crumbling floors, springs, teleporters, switches, saws, lasers, rockets, snipers, lava and more. BEAT THE CLOCK Every level has a clock. It drains while you play, every gold adds time, and when it hits zero, so do you. Die, and you're back at the start in under a second. CHASE THE S RANK Three stars on every level: finish it, grab every gold, beat par. Then race the dev's own time for an S rank. Your best run plays back as a ghost, and you can watch the dev's route when you're stuck. A HOLIDAY FOR EVERY SEASON Halloween, Christmas, New Year, Valentine's Day, St. Patrick's Day and Midsummer each bring a Holiday Run while they are on: eight rooms in a brand new holiday look, with bats, snow, fireworks and more drifting through the sky. Clear the run to win that holiday's hat for good, from a pumpkin cap to a Santa hat. A NEW GAUNTLET EVERY DAY Five levels in a row on one clock, the same five for everyone. Post your time on the daily Game Center leaderboard and race your friends. MARATHON A whole world on one draining clock. How far can you get? DRESS YOUR NINJA Bands, hats, tails, trails and ink in the Dojo, most of them earned by playing. CONTROLS YOUR WAY Big on-screen buttons you can resize, fade and swap for left-handed play. Keyboards and game controllers work too. PLAY IN YOUR LANGUAGE English, Spanish, French, German and Brazilian Portuguese, with big, easy lesson text on every screen, from small phones to tablets and folding screens. Game Center leaderboards for the daily gauntlet, every world's Marathon, total stars and more, plus 18 achievements. No ads, no energy, no account. Your progress can be kept in your own iCloud, so a new phone or a reinstall picks up where you left off. Every level, world and mode unlocks as you play. Shuriken, earned by playing or bought, buy a continue when the clock runs out, a bigger hourglass, skips, the dev's route, early worlds and looks. They never buy a rank. The Ninja Pass and the Style Pack are optional one-time purchases. No Ads. No tracking. Just games.
Ninja Ranger
Embark on a pixelated adventure as a ninja superhero, battling evil across challenging levels. Master classic 2D platform action, wield diverse weapons, and upgrade your hero. Earn ninja evaluations and uncover a retro storyline.
- Classic 2D platform action gameplay
- Variety of ninja weapons and sub-weapons
- 7 challenging levels with unique terrain and bosses
- Hero upgrade system for blood and energy
- Ninja evaluation system with gold coin rewards
- Retro 2D scroll story CG
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Ninja Ranger tells the story of a legendary ninja--Ray, he punishes evil and save the world. In the game you will play a ninja superhero and fight against evil enemies. The game uses a realistic pixel style, bringing you back to the 8-bit, 16-bit pixel game era; the gameplay is also using the classic 2D platform action gameplay, this is an action game with a refreshing impact. If you are an action game player, please see the detailed description below. 1 Gameplay: Classic 2D platform action game, the super ninja hero can walk, jump, climb and attack the enemy on various terrain platforms; 2 Weapon system: Includes main weapons, such as samurai sword, chain sickle, hook claw, and ninjutsu sub-weapons, such as shuriken, wind blade, fire blade, amulet fire; 3 Level system: The game provides 7 levels, each level has different terrain features, enemies, and finally the difficult Boss; 4 Upgrade system: In addition to collecting and unlocking the main weapon and the ninjutsu sub-weapon, the game also has an upgrade scroll in the level to upgrade the hero's blood and energy slot; 5 Ninja Evaluation system: Each level challenge will give different levels of ninja evaluation according to the passing time, number of killings, number of injuries etc. Divided into three levels of master ninja, mid ninja and lesser ninja. The Ninja evaluationto corresponds to different gold coin rewards; 6 Storyline: The beginning and the end of the game provide a retro 2D scroll story CG, please enjoy it. Ninja Ranger is a challenging action game. If you are an action game enthusiast and want all the levels to be master ninja, I suggest you understand the characteristics of each main weapon and sub-weapon in the game. The following is a detailed introduction: 1 Samurai sword: The weapon that comes with the game at the beginning of the game, the attack frequency and attack range are relatively balanced, suitable for any battle scene; 2 Chain sickle: Need to unlock with gold coins, low attack frequency but long attack range, very suitable for battle scenes that need to maintain distance; 3 Hook claw: Need to unlock with gold coins, the attack frequency is super high, the attack range is short, the advantages and disadvantages are obvious, it is a weapon to spike the Boss; 4 Shuriken: The ninjutsu that comes with the game at the beginning of the game, throwing a shurikento forward; 5 Boomerang: Need a small amount of gold coins to unlock, throw a shuriken forward and it will return, can attack enemies at a certain distance from the front and rear; 6 Wind Blade: Need a small amount of gold coins to unlock, throw one blade in the up and down direction, attack the enemy from the up and down direction; 7 Fire blade up: You need to unlock with gold coins, throwing five scattered flames in the direction of the oblique upper, attacking enemies in a wide range; 8 Fire blade down: Similar to the Fire blade up, the different is oblique below direction; 9 Amulet fire: It takes a lot of gold coins to unlock. It is the ultimate ninjutsu. The fires can attack the enemy and the ninja will be invincible. Every soldier and Boss in the level, this is left to the player to explore. Come on, pick up the samurai sword and start your ninja trial. When you master every weapon and ninjutsu, you become a real master ninja!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Ninja Sprawl at none against Ninja Ranger's shown. Ninja Sprawl also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 9 months). Ninja Ranger's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.0). On price, in-app purchases 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. Ninja Sprawl sells 5 one-off in-app purchases and Ninja Ranger sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Ninja Sprawl ships an update every 2 weeks, Ninja Ranger every 9 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Ninja Sprawl | Ninja Ranger |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 4.6 (346 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 71.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 346 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 9 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 180 MB | 160 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Australia's Computer Techs Pty Ltd | 立鹏 冯 |
In-app purchases
Ninja Sprawl
- 120 Shuriken$0.99
- Style Pack$1.99
- 450 Shuriken$2.99
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- Ninja Pass$4.99
- 1,200 Shuriken$5.99
Ninja Ranger
- 200 Coins$0.99
- Remove ads$1.99
- 1000 Coins$3.99
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- 5000 Coins$9.99
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