Zaparoo vs Longbara
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Zaparoo
Enhance your collection experience by connecting to compatible devices. Search for games, organize with tags, and adjust settings. Unlock advanced features to use your phone as a reader for tokens, no extra hardware needed.
- Connect to Zaparoo devices
- Search for games
- Create and manage tags
- Adjust device settings
- Use phone as Zap reader
- Launch Zap tokens via NFC/camera
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Take your Zaparoo experience to the next level with the official Zaparoo app! Connect to the Zaparoo devices on your network to search for games, create new tags, and adjust settings. Take things further by unlocking the ability to use your phone as a Zap reader! Now you can launch your Zap tokens using the NFC reader or camera in your device. No external hardware required. It's everything you love about Zaparoo, now in the convenience of an app.
Longbara
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Guide a sleepy capybara across the board and fill every single tile in one unbroken path. Simple to start, quietly demanding by the time you hit the double digits. HOW IT PLAYS Swipe and the capybara slides until something stops it. Every tile it crosses is filled. Clear the board by covering all of them — no tile left behind, no retracing your steps. One wrong slide and you are boxed in, so think before you move. WHY IT FEELS DIFFERENT • No timers. No lives. No energy bars. Think as long as you like. • Every level is solvable. Always. Each one is checked before you ever see it. • Difficulty grows honestly — wider boards, more forks, longer solutions. • Stuck? Free hints every day, and never a wall you have to pay to pass. WHAT'S INSIDE • Thousands of levels, and more the further you go • Mandarins to collect on hidden blocks, for players who want more than the win • Ten hand-picked colour worlds that change as you progress • Gentle procedural music, and a capybara that celebrates with you PLAYS ANYWHERE No account. No sign-up. No cloud save to worry about. The whole game runs on your device, so it works on a plane, on the underground, or with the data switched off. Longbara is free, supported by ads. Watch one only if you want extra hints — never to keep playing. A quiet puzzle for coffee breaks, commutes, and the ten minutes before sleep.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Longbara at none against Zaparoo's 1. Longbara also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). Zaparoo's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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. Zaparoo sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Longbara asks for nothing beyond the download.
Zaparoo ships an update every 2 months, Longbara every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and September 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Zaparoo | Longbara |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (7 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 85.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 7 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.5 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 53 MB | 102 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Wizzo Pty Ltd | Pietro Sardaro |
In-app purchases
Zaparoo
- Zaparoo Launcher$6.99
Longbara
No in-app purchases









