Final Guard vs Spartan Runner.
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Final Guard
Engage in a retro-style shooter defending Earth from alien invaders. Pilot robot planes, equip various weapons, and team up with a friend for two-player action.
- Retro shooting gameplay
- Robot cop heroes
- Ride robot form battle planes
- Multiple weapon options
- Defend Earth from aliens
- Two-player support on iPad
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Final Guard is a classic retro shooting game. The Heroes are robot cops and Ride the Robot Form Battle planes, Armed with many different Weapons and Options. to defend the Earth from the Outer space alien Invader. *Support two players in ipad
Spartan Runner.
Embark on an action-packed 2D adventure where you equip a Spartan with a shotgun to battle an alien invasion. Explore over 40 missions, customize your character, and upgrade weapons. Compete with friends on the global leaderboard.
- Old-school 2D graphics
- Over 40 missions
- Spartan customization
- Weapon upgrades
- Rewards and achievements
- Weekly challenges
- Global leaderboard
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Here comes a new fun action running game that will keep you entertained for weeks! Equip your Spartan with his shotgun to go on a wild ride in his endless quest to stop the Alien invasion. FEATURES: * Discover old-school 2D graphics * Over 40 missions to complete * Customise your Spartan with emblematic Helmets * Splatter everything on your way with awesome vehicles * Upgrade your favourite weapons to make them devastating * Earn rewards and achievements from each game * New challenges every week * Test your reflexes with easy-to-learn controls * Battle against your friends in the world leaderboard Download Spartan Runner now for a new action packed adventure!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Spartan Runner. at 89% against Final Guard's 50%. Spartan Runner. also leads on ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (1.3K vs 8). 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
Both are free to download. Final Guard sells 8 one-off in-app purchases and Spartan Runner. sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Spartan Runner. holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Spartan Runner. has 1.3K ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Final Guard's written reviews are positive against 89% of Spartan Runner.'s.
Final Guard ships an update every 4 months, Spartan Runner. every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 27, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Final Guard | Spartan Runner. |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (8 ratings) | 4.8 (1.3K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 89.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 8 | 1.3K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 18 MB | 62 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Tang Cho man | William Bourdon |
Customer experience
Final Guard
Spartan Runner.
Bugs and requests
Final Guard
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Spartan Runner.
Reported bugs
5 issues- Level 16 the add always freezes up and I have restarted the level 3 times
- Mission 21 is impossible to get all 12 marines
- The banshee levels could be fixed and the automatic weapons should kill elites in two or three shots, not one. The automatic weapons could be given more ammo to counter this. Also brutes, hunters and elites should deal more damage than jackals and there should be energy sword elites and maybe gravity hammer brutes later in the run that can kill you in one hit
- All of the characters in the game are copyrighted so kiss money goodbye, fake halo game
- The enemy sprites need to be added instead of just blobs cause the blobs just get in the way of the experience of the game it's supposed to feel like halo yes well the enemy's you can't tell what they are you can't tell if it's forerunners or Covinet or Prometheus you can't tell
Requested features
6 requests- Make a RTS halo game!
- Put this spartan into super Mario bros?
- Dark mode option
- Advanced analytics dashboard
- Playable Eleates (Elites) where you can customize their armor and stuff and get like different suits with an alien weapon
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- More customization options and select which part to be colored
In-app purchases
Final Guard
- Stage 2 Unlock$0.99
- Stage 3 Unlock$0.99
- Stage 4 Unlock$0.99
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- 10 credits$0.99
- Stage 5 Unlock$1.99
- Stage 6 Unlock$1.99
- Unlock All Stages$1.99
- Stage 7 Unlock$2.99
Spartan Runner.
- Credits pack 1$1.99
- Credits pack 2$2.99
- Ads removal$2.99
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- Credits pack 3$4.99
- Credits pack 4$8.99
- Credits pack 5$49.99
Questions
Is Final Guard free?
Is Spartan Runner. free?
Which has better reviews, Final Guard or Spartan Runner.?
Do Final Guard or Spartan Runner. have ads?
Which is updated more often, Final Guard or Spartan Runner.?
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