Final Guard vs Spartan Firefight
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 Firefight
Engage in fast-paced, under-five-minute battles against enemy waves. Unlock and upgrade a diverse arsenal of weapons, and customize your unique Spartan with collectible skins and gear. Compete on global leaderboards and enjoy a constantly evolving experience with new content planned.
- Epic PvP game modes
- Unlock and upgrade powerful weapons
- Customize your Spartan
- Climb global leaderboards
- Unlock ranks and rewards
- New challenges daily
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Get ready for the Firefight! From the creators of Spartan Runner comes a new action-packed game: Spartan Firefight. Battle against waves of enemies across a variety of game modes and maps in under five minutes. Unlock and upgrades powerful weapons to help you in your task. Purchase and collect skins, helmets, shoulders and more to create your unique Spartan. UNLOCK AND UPGRADE YOUR WEAPONS: Collect and upgrade a variety of powerful weapons going from the Magnum to the Spartan Laser, level them up with your kills and collect unique skins for each weapon. BECOME THE MVP: Climb the world leaderboad to prove you're the greatest Spartan of them all! CONSTANTLY EVOLVING: Look out for new helmets, shoulders, skins, maps and game modes in the future. Spartan Firefight is a non-stop evolving game! GAME FEATURES: * Epic PvP game modes * Powerful weapons to unlock and upgrade * Various game modes to master * Customize your own Spartan * Unlock ranks and unique rewards * New challenges every day * Climb to the top of the leaderboard * Each maps offer challenging new terrain to explore * Unlock achievements * And more to come soon! Get ready and join the fight now, Spartan!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Spartan Firefight at 93% against Final Guard's 50%. Spartan Firefight also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 4 months) and ratings volume (3.8K vs 8). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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 Firefight sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Spartan Firefight holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Spartan Firefight has 3.8K 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 93% of Spartan Firefight's.
Final Guard ships an update every 4 months, Spartan Firefight fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Final Guard | Spartan Firefight |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (8 ratings) | 4.8 (3.8K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 92.6% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 8 | 3.8K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| 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 | 117 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Tang Cho man | William Bourdon |
Customer experience
Final Guard
Spartan Firefight
Bugs and requests
Final Guard
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Spartan Firefight
Reported bugs
3 issues- Inability to restore progress on new devices
- Multiplayer matches ending prematurely
- Inconsistent weapon performance (e.g., weak Magnum)
Requested features
6 requests- Playable Elites and Covenant characters
- Larger maps and more game modes
- Campaign or story mode
- Online co-op firefight
- Controller support
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- More weapon and vehicle variety
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 Firefight
- Starter Pack$1.99
- Silver Pack$3.99
- Gold Pack$8.99
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- Heroic Pack$17.99
- Legendary Pack$44.99
- Mythic Pack$89.99
Questions
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