Comparison

No Way Home vs Spannd

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

No Way Home

Embark on a twin-stick shooter adventure across a hostile universe. Engage in tactical combat, loot weapons, and explore a vast starmap to find your way home. The opening chapters are free to play, with a single purchase unlocking the full experience.

Highlights
  • Fast-paced twin-stick combat
  • Tactical use of cover and positioning
  • Loot and upgrade weapons
  • Procedural world generation
  • Rich story mode
  • Over 100 unique enemies
  • Boss battles for rare loot
Features
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*TRY BEFORE YOU BUY* - Play the opening chapters of No Way Home for free. A one-time in-app purchase unlocks the full game. No ads. No Way Home is a twin-stick shooter adventure, set in a hostile far flung part of the universe filled with danger at every turn. Outgun enemies in tense skirmishes, take on dangerous mercenary missions, loot bigger and better weapons, and explore a huge starmap in search of answers and a way home. Gameplay • Fast-paced twin stick combat in large open environments • Chaotic and sprawling firefights require tactical use of cover, positioning, and timing • A regenerating shield allows a buffer to get in the fray, trade hits, and move around the environment strategically • Loot new weapons and ship components as random drops from encounters, creating your own build and play-style over time • Procedural world generation with hand-crafted encounters throughout • No permadeath, classic adventure format with zone respawning • Quick-loop arcade modes to unlock From the team that brought you Moving Out 1 & 2, Death Squared, Thumb Drift and One More Line and many others. Features • A rich story mode set across a huge universe • Stunning hand-drawn artwork • 50+ weapons to loot, craft and upgrade • Over 100 unique enemies to battle • Complete missions or explore freely and forge your own path • Fight huge bosses for rare loot drops (updated for this release) • Procedural universe creates unique layouts per game • Outfit your ship with the gear that suits your playstyle • Full controller support • Ship skins to unlock via arcade minigames • Daily Challenge - run and gun for daily glory with a new mega weapon every day The amazing collaborators we worked with on this game Art direction & world by Scott Vanden Bosch Story by Mike Rosenthal Voiced by Mick Lauer (RicePirate) and Cassie Ewulu Original music by Brad Gentle

About

Spannd

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SPANND is a one-touch precision game about bridging the gap. Hold to grow a beam of light. Release to tip it over. Too short and your orb falls into the abyss, too long and it overshoots. Land it right on the mark for a PERFECT. Easy to learn, hard to master – and the next obstacle is never quite like the last. 500 HANDCRAFTED LEVELS Play through 20 chapters and earn up to three stars in every level. New mechanics are introduced step by step, each with a short hint. 11 WAYS TO CROSS Bridges, reverse bridges, jumps, pendulums, sliding lifts, elevators, spring pads, dash gates, tilting planks, teleport portals and redirect prisms – plus gravity pads that flip you onto the ceiling, fragile platforms and tempo fields. THREE MODES • LEVELS – the full campaign, chapter by chapter • ENDLESS – how far can you go? • FLOW – the orb never stops rolling. Build ahead in time. FOUR WORLDS Crimson Static, Azure Drift, Golden Eclipse and Void Realm – each with its own atmosphere, music and orb. Unlock them by playing or with coins. COLLECT AND COMPLETE Earn coins, collect new orbs, complete three daily goals and keep your daily bonus streak alive. FEATURES • One-finger controls, made for iPhone • Interactive tutorial for every crossing • Coins and purchases backed up via iCloud • No account needed SPANND is free to play. It contains ads and optional in-app purchases (coin packs and a starter pack). Watching a video is always optional and can earn you a revive, double coins or free coins.

Screenshots

No Way Home4 screens
Spannd4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: No Way Home at none against Spannd's shown. No Way Home also leads on device support (4 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 26.5). On price 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. No Way Home sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Spannd sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
No Way Home versus Spannd: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNo Way HomeSpannd
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (115 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews70.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings115 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 days—
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone
Requires iOS13.0 — better26.5
Further details — not scored
Size962 MB36 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperSMG StudioDATOBO

Bugs and requests

No Way Home

Reported bugs

1 issue
  • Bosses changed to 'guardprotocol'

Requested features

1 request
  • Ability to release grappling hook

Spannd

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

No Way Home

One-time1
  • Purchase Full Game$4.99
6 purchases

Spannd

One-time6
  • Handful of Coins$0.99
  • Starter Pack$1.99
  • Pouch of Coins$2.99
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  • Chest of Coins$4.99
  • No Ads$5.00
  • Vault of Coins$9.99

Questions

Is No Way Home free?
No Way Home is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Spannd free?
Spannd is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do No Way Home or Spannd have ads?
Spannd shows ads; No Way Home does not.

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