Comparison

SplitLight vs NailSlice

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

Head to head
About

SplitLight

Features
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You are the only light. There is a corridor in the dark, and your beam is what shows the way. Sweep the light and you see what waits ahead and to the sides โ€” a wall, a gap, a column. Two thumbs. The left one moves you, the right one aims the light. The rest is down to you and your reflexes: dodge the walls, use the pickups. THREE WAYS TO PLAY CLASSIC โ€” endless, no upgrades, no mercy. Your record is yours alone. DAILY โ€” one world a day, the same one for everybody on earth. Same corridor, same obstacles, one leaderboard โ€” but the streak breaks the moment you skip a day. A new world at midnight UTC. ROGUE โ€” the run that keeps something. Metres become a bank, the bank buys a longer or a wider beam, and every upgrade costs more than the last. Your beam upgrades stay with you โ€” always. WHAT THE DARK DOES BACK Pickups change the beam mid-run: wider, narrower, longer, shorter โ€” and two that change the world instead, speeding it up or slowing it down. Glass columns let the light through and kill you anyway. The dimmed strip behind one is your only warning. Fog eats the reach of your beam metre by metre; inside it you see less than you did a second ago. And every few hundred metres the world turns inside out: black becomes white, white becomes black. TWO SCREENS, ONE DARK SplitLight ships for iPhone and Apple Watch. On the phone you play with two thumbs; on the watch the Digital Crown is your hand and the beam sweeps on its own. The watch version is not a companion widget โ€” it is the same game, rebuilt for a screen the size of a fingertip, and one of the few real arcade games on the platform. BUILT SMALL ON PURPOSE Two colours. No text on the field. No tutorial โ€” the first run is the tutorial. No ads. No subscription. No timers, no energy, no accounts, nothing to watch and nothing to wait for. The game does not collect your data โ€” there is no analytics SDK inside, and your progress lives on your device. Free the whole way through: classic, daily and rogue, all of it, from the first metre to the last. One optional purchase unlocks endless beam upgrades past the fifth level in rogue โ€” buy it only if you have already hit that ceiling and want more. That single purchase is the entire business model. Game Center leaderboards and achievements on both platforms. Turn off the lights. Turn on the flashlight.

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NailSlice

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Slice food with a ridiculously long toenail. Dodge speeding TukTuks. Try not to get nailed. NailSlice turns one very unusual foot into a satisfying slicing machine. Steer through food-filled streets, grow your nail, and build combos while obstacles put your reflexes to the test. BIG NAIL. BIGGER PROBLEMS. Cut through cucumbers, salami, and more. Cutting wears down your nailโ€”grab green gates to grow it and keep the slices coming. CHASE THE RUSH. Chain your cuts to trigger Gold Rush and work your way into Ghost Rush. Keep your combo going and chase a new personal best. SAME FOOT. NEW TROUBLE. Explore the sunny Street Market, the glowing Night Market, and Blackwater Docks. Watch for warning signals, dodge rushing TukTuks, and escape falling crates. FANCY FEET. SERIOUS PERKS. Earn coins and unlock Red Polish, Silver Knight, and Diamond. Each skin has its own look and gameplay perks. Find your favorite and take it for a run. No shoes. No shame. Just slices.

Screenshots

SplitLight4 screens
NailSlice4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: SplitLight at none against NailSlice's shown. NailSlice's advantage is update cadence (every 10 days vs every 3 weeks) and iOS requirement (16.0 vs 26.0). On price, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. SplitLight sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and NailSlice sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SplitLight ships an update every 3 weeks, NailSlice every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences ยท 3 level
SplitLight versus NailSlice: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSplitLightNailSlice
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 10 days โ€” better
AdsNo โ€” betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, Apple Watch โ€” betteriPhone
Requires iOS26.016.0 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size2 MB82 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperPavel GagarinDaniyal Bayanlou Khamseh

In-app purchases

1 purchases

SplitLight

One-time1
  • Full Version$3.99
3 purchases

NailSlice

One-time3
  • 2,500 Coins$0.99
  • 9,000 Coins$2.99
  • 20,000 Coins$3.99

Questions

Is SplitLight free?
SplitLight is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is NailSlice free?
NailSlice is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do SplitLight or NailSlice have ads?
NailSlice shows ads; SplitLight does not.
Which is updated more often, SplitLight or NailSlice?
SplitLight ships an update every 3 weeks, and NailSlice every 10 days. Most recently, SplitLight was updated on October 24, 2026 and NailSlice on October 11, 2026.

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