Final Guard vs Sparkman
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
Sparkman
Guide Mr Fire to safety by strategically removing blocks to create an escape route. Time your actions carefully to extinguish the spark and clear each magical level. Over 200 challenging puzzles await.
- Block removal puzzles
- Escape route design
- Timed challenges
- Over 200 levels
- Physics-based gameplay
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By removing the blocks, help Mr Fire design an escape route, extinguish the spark on Mr Fire's head to pass the level finally. In addition to designing the escape route, it is also necessary to choose the right time. Over 200 magical levels are waiting for you to challenge! Come and download it now!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Sparkman at none against Final Guard's 8. Sparkman also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 4 months) and ratings volume (281 vs 8). On price, rating, ads 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. Sparkman asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for Final Guard against 4.6 for Sparkman. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Sparkman has 281 ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Final Guard ships an update every 4 months, Sparkman every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Final Guard | Sparkman |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (8 ratings) | 4.6 (281 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 8 | 281 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 18 MB | 195 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Tang Cho man | Chengdu Huanqiu Shidai Technology Co., Ltd. |
Customer experience
Final Guard
Sparkman
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
Sparkman
No in-app purchases
