Pointless Wars vs Spin Hero
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pointless Wars
Engage in strategic battles against friends or AI in this multiplayer and single-player war game. Choose your troops and defend your castle across 20 unique levels, or compete in an 8-player tournament. The objective is to have fun battling for no reason.
- Two-player mode
- Single-player campaign
- 20 unique levels
- 8-player tournament mode
- Troop selection
- Castle defense
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Welcome, and join the battle by declaring war.... for no reason whatsoever. Play against your friends and family in two-player mode, where you each get to choose your arsenal of troops to take each other down! In the single-player campaign, you fight against an enemy AI whose only purpose is to destroy your castle. There are 20 fun-packed levels, each a little different than the one before. If one is too hard, just skip to the next one! Defend against the onslaught by sending out troops, but you don't get to choose your arsenal..... The fun doesn't stop there! You can play up to 8 players in tournament mode. Battle to the top of the bracket in individual battles, and see who will come out on top! With so many Pointless Wars happening, we hope you have fun battling your opponents for no reason! Good luck out there!
Spin Hero
Embark on a pixel-fantasy roguelike adventure where each playthrough presents a fresh strategic challenge. Forge potent combat combos, vanquish foes, and unearth powerful artifacts and symbols. Enhance your hero with lasting upgrades to achieve greater depths in every run.
- Combo-based combat synergies
- Roguelike runs with adaptive strategy
- Collect and discover artifacts
- Hero upgrades for permanent boosts
- Pixel fantasy art style
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A pixel-fantasy roguelike where every run is a new strategy! Create powerful combos in battles, defeat enemies, and discover new symbols and artifacts. Collect rare finds, build smart synergies, and upgrade your hero with permanent boosts to go deeper each run. - Сombat with combo synergies - Roguelike runs: adapt your strategy every time - Collect & discover artifacts (Epic & Legendary) - Build your best setup and get stronger with upgrades
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Pointless Wars at 100% against Spin Hero's 0%. Pointless Wars also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.0) and ads (none vs shown). Spin Hero's advantage is update cadence (every 5 months vs every 22 months). On price, in-app purchases 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. Pointless Wars sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Spin Hero sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Pointless Wars holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pointless Wars has 10 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Pointless Wars's written reviews are positive against 0% of Spin Hero's.
Pointless Wars ships an update every 22 months, Spin Hero every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pointless Wars | Spin Hero |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (10 ratings) — better | 3.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 10 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 22 months | Every 5 months — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 249 MB | 233 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Peter Brumbach | Quiz Please Limited |
Customer experience
Pointless Wars
Spin Hero
In-app purchases
Pointless Wars
- Remove Ads$1.99
Spin Hero
- Small Energy Pack$1.99
- Starter Pack$4.99
- Silver Pass$4.99
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- No Ads$9.99
- Medium Energy Pack$9.99
- VIP Pass$9.99
- Gold Pass$9.99
- Large Energy Pack$19.99
- Gem Pack: 5000 gems$49.99
- Extra Large Energy Pack$49.99
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