SLAP vs Lackin
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SLAP
Engage in real-life elimination games like Senior Assassin and Water Wars. This app allows you to play year-round, join local or global games, and even continue playing after elimination with ghost roles. It's designed for creating viral moments and connecting with friends for epic fun.
- Real-life elimination games
- Year-round gameplay
- Ghost roles after elimination
- Auto-capture and share clips
- Local and global game discovery
- 3-player game option
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Hide, seek, record! SLAP is the social app that’s actually social. SLAP lets friends play and record new versions of classic, neighborhood games IRL. A new style of social-game that brings you together to find your friends and win points by recording hilarious, real-time videos. SLAP HAS… - Easy search to add your friends and find players - Game map: quick to join live games all over the world - Simple, one-touch game setups - Safe zones, smart tracking and custom game privacy - Stealth Mode: Strategically hide your location from your hunter and target - Ghost roles: keep playing after elimination! Take selfies to protect your friends or spy on other players to sabotage the game - In-game video feed of all your SLAPS with one-click share options to your socials - SLAPCHAT group messages and dms - Auto-record and instant scoring! Perfect for connecting on campus, at camp, or with your crew! For fans of senior assassin, water wars, hide and seek, manhunt, and tag. Terms: playslap.com/terms-of-use Privacy: playslap.com/privacy-policy
Lackin
Turn casual hangouts into hilarious photo challenges with friends. Capture unexpected moments and share funny, meme-worthy pictures. Features include location tracking, elevation data, and group management for endless fun.
- Photo challenges for capturing friends
- Social sharing of funny moments
- Real-time notifications
- Location tracking
- Elevation data
- Group member management
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The app your school uses to run Senior Assassin and the app your friend use to play Mahunt Hide & Seek Tag. Set up a game in under a minute, send one link, and let Lackin handle the rest: targets, eliminations, photo proof, safe zones and the leaderboard. No more 200-message group chat arguing about who got who. HOW IT WORKS 1. Create a game and pick your rules 2. Share the join link with your grade or your friend group 3. Get your target, hunt them down, post photo proof 4. Survive to the final round GAME MODES - Senior Assassin: eliminate your target, then inherit theirs - Rounds: everyone draws a fresh target each round - Infection: every player you catch joins your team - Tag and casual: run manhunt, hide and seek or any chase game your friends already play BUILT FOR REAL GAMES - Live map so you can track your target and dodge your hunter - Photo and video proof on every claim, so eliminations never get disputed - Safe zones and no-tag windows, so school hours and homes stay off limits - Purge: targets stop mattering and anyone can take anyone out - Bounty: the whole game hunts one player - Dozens of abilities that change how a round plays - Group chat, push notifications and a full elimination feed - Tournaments and permissions for organizers running hundreds of players PLAY IT SAFE Lackin is a game. Play in safe places, follow your local laws, respect people who are not playing, and never trespass or play near roads. Questions or ideas: https://lackinapp.com/support Privacy Policy: https://lackinapp.com/privacy Terms of Service: https://lackinapp.com/terms
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: SLAP at none against Lackin's shown. SLAP also leads on ratings volume (274 vs 27). Lackin's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs every 3 weeks). On price, rating, review sentiment and in-app purchases 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. SLAP sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days and Lackin sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Lackin holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SLAP has 274 ratings behind it against 27, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 96% of SLAP's written reviews are positive against 100% of Lackin's.
SLAP ships an update every 3 weeks, Lackin every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SLAP | Lackin |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (274 ratings) | 4.8 (27 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 96.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 274 — better | 27 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 173 MB | 140 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Integrated Reality Labs Inc. | Lackin LLC |
Customer experience
SLAP
Lackin
Bugs and requests
SLAP
Reported bugs
3 issues- Login screen freezes
- Incompatibility with older devices
- Occasional GPS and tracking issues
Requested features
4 requests- Dark mode option
- Improved tutorial or onboarding process
- Support for more device types (e.g., Samsung)
- Ability to organize larger-scale games and events
Lackin
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
SLAP
- Weekly pro subscription2 variants$3.997 Days
- Monthly pro subscription$9.991 Month
- Monthly pro subscription$12.991 Month
- Stealth Power Up$2.99
- Protector Ghost Role$3.99
Lackin
- Lackin Pro$9.997 Days
- Lackin Pro Monthly$25.991 Month
- Lackin Pro Yearly$39.991 Year








