Comparison

Slender vs Space Swoosh

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

Head to head
About

Slender

Experience a chilling survival horror game based on the Slender-Man urban legend. Navigate dark environments with only a flashlight and your wits to evade the terrifying entity. Collect hidden tapes to uncover the mystery before it's too late.

Highlights
  • Survival horror gameplay
  • Slender-Man urban legend theme
  • Flashlight navigation
  • Collect hidden tapes
  • Evade the Slender Man
Features
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Slender-Man is the original survival horror game for mobile based upon the Slender-Man urban legend and "Der Großmann" myth. See how long you can survive before Slender Man gets you, with only your wits and a flashlight to aid you! Can you find all eight hidden tapes before Slenderman gets you?

About

Space Swoosh

Navigate a spaceship through challenging cosmic environments with simple one-tap controls. Experience a voiced 42-day story or test your skills in an endless mode with global leaderboards. This offline game offers cosmetic ships and no pay-to-win mechanics.

Highlights
  • One-tap zigzag controls
  • 42-day voiced story mode
  • Endless space runner
  • Global high score leaderboard
  • Cosmetic ships
  • Offline play
Features
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Space Swoosh is a free one-tap space arcade game. Steer a tiny spaceship through asteroid fields, black holes and portals with a single tap, follow a voiced 42-day story, or fly the endless mode and chase a spot on the global leaderboard. Plays offline, no wifi needed, and every ship is cosmetic, never pay to win. You're always moving. The only choice is which way you lean. Grab the blue to keep your fire burning, thread gaps barely wider than your hull, and carve a line through everything trying to end you. No clutter. No homework. Just you, the drift, and the next gap. But underneath the arcade is something quieter. JOURNEY Forty-two days, and a story told the way a late-night radio finds you: one line at a time, from a voice called NAV. She's guiding your small ship across an enormous silence, toward the source of a broken signal. Someone, somewhere, once tried very hard to be heard. You are the one who finally went looking. Where it ends is yours to discover, and yours to answer. OPEN SPACE No story. No mercy. No finish line. Just how far the dark will let you go. Fly the endless run for the pure feel of it, and if you make the top 100, your call sign goes on the Space Board for everyone to chase. This is the mode you'll come back to when you just want to fly. TO PLAY Chase the blue. It's fuel, and it's the only warm thing out here. Snap on a shield and tear straight through the rocks. Thread a gap barely wider than you are for a SWOOSH. Fall through portals, swing wide of black holes, kiss the walls and live. WHAT'S INSIDE One-tap zigzag controls: easy to learn, hard to master A 42-day story mode with a fully voiced narrator An endless space runner with a global high score board Leaderboards with your friends 40 spaceships, each leaving its own trail. Cosmetic only, never pay to win A Space Log that quietly fills as you fly Stars to earn on every Journey day Short runs, made for a quick break, a commute or a flight Works offline, no internet required No ads Headphones recommended. A small game with a long reach. Turn left. Or right. Or become debris.

Screenshots

Slender4 screens
Space Swoosh4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Space Swoosh at 5.0 against Slender's 3.8. Space Swoosh also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 4 days vs monthly). Slender's advantage is ratings volume (323 vs 1) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.0). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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. Slender sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Space Swoosh sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Space Swoosh holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Slender has 323 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Slender ships an update monthly, Space Swoosh every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Slender versus Space Swoosh: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSlenderSpace Swoosh
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.8 (323 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews33.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings323 — better1
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 4 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size110 MB34 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperAmmonite Design Studios LtdVLAD-CONSTANTIN TUDOSE

Customer experience

Slender

All ratings316 ratings
Positive67.1%
Neutral6.0%
Negative26.9%
Written reviews792 reviews
Positive33.2%
Neutral16.2%
Negative50.6%

Space Swoosh

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Slender

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$6.99
10 purchases

Space Swoosh

One-time10
  • Darner Ship$0.99
  • Puff Ship$0.99
  • Koi Ship$1.99
Show 7 more
  • Boreal Ship$1.99
  • Wisp Ship$1.99
  • Argus Ship$1.99
  • Chime Ship$1.99
  • Plume Ship$2.99
  • Spore Ship$2.99
  • Luna Ship$2.99

Questions

Is Slender free?
Slender is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Space Swoosh free?
Space Swoosh is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Slender or Space Swoosh?
Space Swoosh is rated higher. Slender averages 3.8 out of 5 from 323 ratings, while Space Swoosh averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Slender or Space Swoosh have ads?
Slender shows ads; Space Swoosh does not.
Which is updated more often, Slender or Space Swoosh?
Slender ships an update monthly, and Space Swoosh every 4 days. Most recently, Slender was updated on October 29, 2026 and Space Swoosh on October 25, 2026.

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