Comparison

Ninja Sprawl vs Perfect Assassin

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

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About

Ninja Sprawl

Features
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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.

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Perfect Assassin

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Take a shuriken in your ninja hands to fight foes! Stylish ninja stickman game! In this unique action puzzle game, you become the shuriken. You are in control of its movement. Once the ninja attacks at the targets you move it left and right, and up and down. Watch out for obstacles that get in your path! Guide the ninja star to the correct destination that cut all the enemies into pieces! Let's play the unique ninja game as a superhero ninja assassin, with non-stop action and nail biting thrill. Be the stealth hero disguising himself under dark shadows, throw shuriken and clean the world from mafia, become a shadow master!

Screenshots

Ninja Sprawl4 screens
Perfect Assassin4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Perfect Assassin at none against Ninja Sprawl's 5. Perfect Assassin also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 2 weeks) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.0). Ninja Sprawl's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Ninja Sprawl sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Perfect Assassin asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Ninja Sprawl ships an update every 2 weeks, Perfect Assassin daily. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences ยท 2 level
Ninja Sprawl versus Perfect Assassin: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNinja SprawlPerfect Assassin
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksDaily โ€” better
AdsNo โ€” betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo โ€” better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod โ€” better
Requires iOS17.012.0 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size180 MB80 MB
Age rating9+12+
DeveloperAustralia's Computer Techs Pty Ltdๆญๅจๅฎ‡ ๅข

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Ninja Sprawl

One-time5
  • 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
None

Perfect Assassin

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Ninja Sprawl free?
Ninja Sprawl is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Perfect Assassin free?
Perfect Assassin is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Ninja Sprawl or Perfect Assassin have ads?
Perfect Assassin shows ads; Ninja Sprawl does not.
Which is updated more often, Ninja Sprawl or Perfect Assassin?
Ninja Sprawl ships an update every 2 weeks, and Perfect Assassin daily. Most recently, Ninja Sprawl was updated on November 1, 2026 and Perfect Assassin on November 3, 2026.

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