eXPlore vs Lastward
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
eXPlore
This game merges real-world fitness with roguelike combat. Your exercise progress directly powers up your in-game character, allowing them to battle through waves of enemies and unlock new abilities and resources.
- Real-world exercise powers character progression
- Survival-based dungeon runs
- Level up abilities with skill points
- Unlock gems, resources, and powers
- Add friends to track progress
- Unique weapons and combat styles
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eXPlore combines Strava-like fitness progression with Vampire Survivors-style combat. Real-world exercise helps level up your character, who then uses that strength in short survival-based dungeon runs. A fast-paced survival game where your real-world progress powers your character. Get XP from cardio and exercise. Use skill points to level abilities. Fight through waves of enemies, level up your character, and unlock gems, resources, more powers. Features: • Add friends to track each other's progress • Real-world character progression and leveling • Unique weapons and combat styles • Persistent player profiles
Lastward
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The gods went quiet. The gates never opened. One watchfire is all that stands between the dark and the last people alive — and tonight, you are the one holding it. Lastward is a fast, one-thumb survivors-like built for portrait play. Your weapons fire on their own. Everything else — where you stand, what you become, how long you last — is on you. ONE MORE NIGHT Twenty minutes. A horde that never stops growing. A final boss waiting at the end of it. Survive and the night is yours. Fall and the next run deals you a completely different hand. There is no grind to get through before the game gets good — the first minute already is. BUILD SOMETHING NEW EVERY RUN • 16 weapons, each with an evolution to discover • EMBER, ASH, BONE and STORM sets — stack matching weapons for escalating bonuses • Charms that rewrite your rules and talismans that push a build over the edge • Every level-up is a fork in the road, and no two runs offer the same cards FOUR SURVIVORS, FOUR ANSWERS TO THE SAME NIGHT • Aegis, The Last Ember — melee. Slams the ground, stuns everything near him, and every hit on a stunned enemy is a guaranteed crit. • Nyra, Shadow Hunter — ranged. Whatever stays at distance stays alive. • Solis, Keeper of the First Flame — mage. A walking hearth; whatever comes close turns to ash. • Umbra, Blood of the Nameless — thief. The shadow the horde chases is always the wrong one. FOUR PLACES TO DIE IN Cave, Burnt Forest, Glacier and Castle Ruins. Each one changes the rules — faster enemies, richer altars, more chests — and each one keeps its own boss for the end. PAST TWENTY MINUTES Beat the night and Endless opens: no timer, no finish line, just how far the last ember carries you. Game Center leaderboards for best time and for endless. BUILT FOR A PHONE, NOT PORTED TO ONE • One thumb, portrait, never rotates • Fully offline — no connection required • Runs short enough for a bus ride • 27 achievements, daily quests, unlockable heroes and costumes • Handmade pixel art and a dark-fantasy atmosphere FAIR BY DESIGN No forced ads. No energy timers. No paywalled progression. Ads exist only where you choose them: double your gold at the end of a run, or take one more chance when the ember dies. If you would rather never see one, a single purchase removes them for good. ELEVEN LANGUAGES English, Türkçe, Deutsch, Español, Français, Italiano, 日本語, Português (Brasil), Русский, 简体中文, 繁體中文. The last spark shall not fade.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: eXPlore at none against Lastward's 1. eXPlore also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price 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. Lastward sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. eXPlore asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | eXPlore | Lastward |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | — | Every 4 days |
| Ads | — | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | — | iPhone — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 118 MB | 41 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 12+ |
| Developer | CAMERON ALEXANDER METZ | ILKER YILMAZ |
In-app purchases
eXPlore
No in-app purchases
Lastward
- Destekçi Paketi$3.99









