Slap Beat vs Spring Lancer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Slap Beat
Engage in a physics-based game where you control hands to slap and pat various objects and ragdoll characters. Progress through levels by strategically smacking your way to victory.
- Physics-based gameplay
- Control hands to slap
- Pat enemies
- Smack objects and ragdolls
- Progress through levels
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Slap and pat enemies in this fun physics-based game. Control your hands to smack various objects and ragdolls as you progress.
Spring Lancer
Aim and launch a spear by tapping and dragging on the screen. Utilize a unique wall-sticking mechanic to guide the spear's trajectory and defeat all enemies to progress through levels.
- Tap and drag aiming
- Spear firing mechanic
- Wall-sticking physics
- Enemy elimination
- Stage clearing
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Tap and drag on the screen to aim your spear. Lift your finger and the spear fires in that direction! Use the spear-sticking wall mechanic to control its movement with finesse. Take down every enemy to clear the stage!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Spring Lancer at 4.5 against Slap Beat's 4.2. Spring Lancer also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 3 months) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). Slap Beat's advantage is review sentiment (85% vs 67%). On price, ratings volume, ads 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Spring Lancer holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 180 and 474 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 85% of Slap Beat's written reviews are positive against 67% of Spring Lancer's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Slap Beat ships an update every 3 months, Spring Lancer every 2 months. Both last shipped on November 8, 2026.
| Parameter | Slap Beat | Spring Lancer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (180 ratings) | 4.5 (474 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 85.3% of reviews — better | 66.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 180 | 474 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 568 MB | 220 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 17+ |
| Developer | FourM, K.K. | KAYAC Inc. |
Customer experience
Slap Beat
Spring Lancer
In-app purchases
Slap Beat
No in-app purchases
Spring Lancer
No in-app purchases
Questions
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