Comparison

NPAT vs Boltloft

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

Head to head
About

NPAT

Features
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The childhood classic is back and bigger than ever! NPAT by Now Studio LLC takes "Name, Place, Animal, Thing" and turns it into a high-speed party experience for your living room. Two Ways to Play: Classic NPAT: Race against the clock to fill in your categories before the letter changes. Think Alike Mode: The goal isn't to be original—it's to be part of the "herd." If your answer matches the majority, you win! Take it to the Big Screen Why huddle around a phone? Use AirPlay to cast the game board to your TV, allowing everyone in the room to follow the categories and track the timer together. Key Features: Seamless AirPlay Casting: Turn your TV into a game show board instantly. Endless Categories: Thousands of unique prompts across multiple difficulty levels. Smart Timers: Customize the pressure with adjustable countdowns. Privacy First: No ads, no accounts, and no data tracking. Your answers stay in the room. No Subscriptions: Professional social gaming without the monthly fee.

About

Boltloft

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Boltloft is a charge-jump arcade climber about timing, aim, and nerve. Hold to charge, drag left or right to angle the arc, then release to launch your bolt toward the next shelf. The dashed preview shows exactly where you will land. NEW IN 3.0: STORM TRIALS 24 handcrafted towers in three chapters: Foothills, Thunderhead and Eye of the Storm. Each trial has a goal shelf, its own rules and storm mutators, and some race the clock. Clear it to unlock the next, then go back for all three stars by grabbing enough orbs and landing enough clean centre jumps. 72 stars to collect, all included. MODES - Storm Climb: the full storm. Stormy shelves end the run. - Zen Loft: relaxed climbing with no run-ending zaps. - Daily Climb: one date-seeded tower for everyone each day, with a ghost of your best run to race and a daily streak. - Blitz Climb: sixty seconds on the clock. - Bolt Range: a no-fail practice tower that tracks your clean-landing accuracy. RECORDS AND PROGRESS - Records: your top 10 runs in every mode, kept on this device. - Stats with a trend chart, run history, a daily calendar, fall heatmap and tower map. - Ten Tower Ranks, 32 achievements, weekly feats and 23 storm contracts. - Earn orbs to unlock 14 bolt skins and 4 tower biomes. Every unlock has a fixed orb price; nothing is randomized and nothing is sold. - Storm mutators (heavy air, crosswinds, fog, narrow shelves, glass floor) raise the challenge and the orb payout. PLAY YOUR WAY - Pause any time; leaving the app pauses the run automatically. - Assist Mode rings the next safe shelf and marks the charge that reaches it. - Reduced motion, a color-blind-safe palette, left-handed aim, adjustable charge speed and aim sensitivity, and Dynamic Type in the menus. - Back up your progress to a file and restore it on any device. Everything is included in one purchase: no subscription, no ads, no accounts, no tracking. Boltloft works fully offline.

Screenshots

NPAT4 screens
Boltloft4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: NPAT at Free against Boltloft's $0.99. Boltloft's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs every 10 months) and iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.2). On ads, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

NPAT is free to download; Boltloft costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

NPAT ships an update every 10 months, Boltloft every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 3 level
NPAT versus Boltloft: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNPATBoltloft
PriceFree — better$0.99
Update frequencyEvery 10 monthsEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.217.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAmol SrivastavaRobert Corbin

In-app purchases

None

NPAT

No in-app purchases

None

Boltloft

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is NPAT free?
NPAT is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Boltloft free?
Boltloft costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do NPAT or Boltloft have ads?
Neither NPAT nor Boltloft shows ads.
Which is updated more often, NPAT or Boltloft?
NPAT ships an update every 10 months, and Boltloft every 5 days. Most recently, NPAT was updated on October 31, 2026 and Boltloft on October 28, 2026.

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