Comparison

Nanogram vs Halfsies!

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

Head to head
About

Nanogram

Create and play games without coding. Describe your game idea, and the app turns it into a playable experience. Explore mini-games made by other users and share your own creations.

Highlights
  • AI-powered game creation
  • Create games from text prompts
  • Edit and refine game ideas
  • Play community-made mini-games
  • Publish your own game creations
  • Offline game saving
  • No-code game development
Features
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Have a game idea stuck in your head? Nanogram gives you one place to create and play games, turning a simple prompt into something playable while you explore mini games made by the community. Make yours, then see what everyone else came up with! HOW NANOGRAM WORKS - Start with your idea - Put the game you want to make into your own words. - Play what you made - Nanogram turns the prompt into a game you can try. - Change it if you want - Update the prompt, test again, and keep working on the parts that matter to you. - Publish when it is ready - Let other people find and play your creation. - See what others are making - Swipe through mini games and stop whenever something catches your attention. - Save games for later - Keep the ones you want to play again, even when you may be offline. CREATE GAMES WITH AI Sometimes the hardest part of making a game is getting from “I have an idea” to something that actually works. With Nanogram, you can skip a lot of that setup. Describe the game, play the result, and change whatever does not feel right. You can start small or keep building on the same idea. Maybe the rules need changing. Maybe you want a different challenge or another way to play. Just update the prompt and try again. That also means you can create and play your own games without coding or learning a traditional game engine first. Nanogram works as an AI game maker, but the idea, direction, and changes are still yours. FIND SOMETHING NEW TO PLAY Not in the mood to create anything? Open the feed and play. Nanogram brings mini games from different creators into one place. Try one, swipe when you are done, or stick with it if it is fun. Instead of downloading a new app for every game, you can just keep exploring in Nanogram. Some are easy to jump into when you only have a few minutes. Others may keep you around longer. Either way, there is always another creator and another idea waiting further down the feed. NO CODE NEEDED No programming background is required to start. If you can describe your game idea, you already have enough to begin. Prompts let you test an idea, make changes, and see the result without working through code first. It is a simpler way to experiment with game creation, whether this is your first attempt or you already have more ideas than time to build them. PUT YOUR GAME OUT THERE Once you have something you like, you can publish it inside Nanogram instead of keeping it to yourself. Other people can discover the game and play it, while you can keep exploring what the community is making too. This is what ties both sides of the app together. Nanogram gives you one place to create and play: creators make and publish games, while players discover them and move through a constantly changing collection of community-made experiences. KEEP GAMES READY FOR LATER Know you will be without a connection later? Save a few games beforehand. Nanogram can download saved games in the background, so they are there when you want them. That makes saved games handy on a flight, on the subway, or anywhere Wi-Fi and mobile signal are not something you can rely on. Download Nanogram to create and play AI games in one place. Make games from prompts with no code, publish your creations, discover mini games from other creators, and keep saved games ready for offline play. Make something worth playing, then see what comes next!

About

Halfsies!

Test your precision in this daily puzzle game where you aim to make the perfect cut. Compete globally on leaderboards and practice your skills in various modes. Share your results and challenge friends.

Highlights
  • Daily cutting challenges
  • Multiple game modes
  • Global leaderboards
  • Practice sandbox mode
  • Shareable results
  • Subscription for ad removal
Features
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Cut the perfect half. Halfsies is the daily gunslinger showdown where the only weapon that matters is a steady hand. Every sunrise, the whole world gets the same three hauls — a catfish, a gold bar, a six-shooter, whatever the day drags in — and one shot each to slice them clean down the middle. Your halves ride the brass scale. The beam swings, the grams land, and the town learns exactly how steady your hand really is. NINE WAYS TO DRAW The cut mode rotates daily so nobody gets comfortable: take your time in Steady Hand, beat the clock in Quick Draw, chase a target that won't sit still in Runaway, slice from memory in Blindfold, time the spin in Tornado, aim backwards in Mirror Duel, shoot through both holes in Two Bullets, halve two hauls at once in Double Trouble, or carve any path you like in Freehand. ONE SHOT A DAY You get a single attempt at the daily. Miss it and it's gone — but yesterday's cuts stay open for practice, with your real score to beat. RACE YOUR POSSE One leaderboard, the same three cuts worldwide. Share your run as an animated GIF, taunt a friend by text, and post your score straight to the saloon Discord. PRACTICE IN THE SANDBOX Every shape, every mode, unlimited tries — including Spectral Hand, where the camera watches your real hand carve the cut. Free to play with one ad after your daily run. Halfsies Gold ($2.99/month) removes ads. Come take your shot, partner. — Halfsies Gold is an auto-renewable monthly subscription. Payment is charged to your Apple Account; it renews unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the period ends. Manage in Settings > Subscriptions. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://halfsies.jejestudios.com/privacy.html

Screenshots

Nanogram4 screens
Halfsies!4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Nanogram at none against Halfsies!'s 1. Nanogram also leads on ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (614 vs 16). Halfsies!'s advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 80%) and rating (5.0 vs 4.8). On price, update cadence 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Halfsies! sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $2.99 per month. Nanogram asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Halfsies! holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Nanogram has 614 ratings behind it against 16, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 80% of Nanogram's written reviews are positive against 100% of Halfsies!'s.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Nanogram ships an update every 5 days, Halfsies! every 4 days. Both last shipped on November 5, 2026.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Nanogram versus Halfsies!: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNanogramHalfsies!
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (614 ratings)5.0 (16 ratings) — better
Positive reviews80.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings614 — better16
Update frequencyEvery 5 daysEvery 4 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS1715.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size37 MB172 MB
Age rating12+9+
DeveloperSocial Platforms Inc., DE, USSalivation Inc.

Customer experience

Nanogram

All ratings614 ratings
Positive97.1%
Neutral0.7%
Negative2.3%
Written reviews50 reviews
Positive80.0%
Neutral4.0%
Negative16.0%

Halfsies!

All ratings16 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Nanogram

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Halfsies!

Subscriptions1
  • Halfsies Gold$2.991 Month

Questions

Is Nanogram free?
Nanogram is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Halfsies! free?
Halfsies! is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Nanogram or Halfsies!?
Halfsies! is rated higher. Nanogram averages 4.8 out of 5 from 614 ratings, while Halfsies! averages 5.0 from 16 ratings.
Do Nanogram or Halfsies! have ads?
Halfsies! shows ads; Nanogram does not.
Which is updated more often, Nanogram or Halfsies!?
Nanogram ships an update every 5 days, and Halfsies! every 4 days. Most recently, Nanogram was updated on November 5, 2026 and Halfsies! on November 5, 2026.

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