Comparison

Spike Flick vs Penlora

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

Head to head
About

Spike Flick

Features
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This app tests and sharpens your reaction skills. You control a golden sphere, dragging it freely across a dark arena while dodging red spikes that constantly shoot out from the edges and retract. Amber warning flashes appear at the edges; the slightest hesitation means getting impaled. As you progress through the levels, the spikes appear more frequently, the warning time shortens, and the spikes grow longer. The game features a 12-level campaign, an endless challenge mode for setting records, a "Blueprint Workshop" for creating custom rules, and a 20-second "Test Bench" to quickly get a feel for the controls. The controls are minimalist—simply press and drag anywhere on the screen, ensuring your finger never blocks the sphere. Perfect for quick gaming sessions; rounds last only seconds, yet the tension mounts as you play. Keep a close eye on the edges—don't let the spikes touch you.

About

Penlora

Features
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Penlora is a local workshop ledger for carousel restorers, antique amusement-ride studios, and historic park teams. Keep repair jobs, client and ride files, figure condition charts, band organs, and mechanical parts in one place. Everything stays on your device—no account, no subscription. Jobs and stage tracking Log a job in a few steps: link a client and ride, choose the job type (Single figure / Full ride / Mechanical overhaul / Electrical restore), then set estimated hours and priority. The Today board shows active work. Stages follow a fixed eleven-step path (Intake → Tear-down & tag → Wood body → Primer → Paint → Gilding → Mechanics → Electrics → Reassembly → Trial run → Archive). Mark a stage done when you finish it; timestamps keep a clear trail. After a stage, open the system Messages sheet to text the client. Custom SMS templates are supported, and each send is saved in the notice history for later review. Clients and ride files Client records store type (Historic park, Museum, Private collector, City park, Film crew), name, contact, phone, address, and notes, plus linked rides and jobs. Ride files cover build year, maker, country of origin, rotation direction, paint style, size, and more. Under each ride you can keep figure charts—“spinning case histories”—with wear notes (wood crack, paint loss, gilding wear, missing tail, glass eye, and so on), materials used this round (wood, primer, pigment batch, gilding karat, eye source), and notes on past poor repairs. Band organs and parts trail Register a fairground organ per ride: maker, pipe count, stop layout, paper-roll titles, and bellows condition. The parts trail logs gears, linkages, bearings, and other parts by ride—name, specs, and replacement notes—and can link each entry to a job for later lookup. In Studio you can manage SMS templates and see counts for clients, rides, figure charts, organs, jobs, and parts. Bring shop-floor records into one clear local ledger so every ride—and every figure—has a trail you can trust.

Screenshots

Spike Flick4 screens
Penlora4 screens

Verdict

The call

Spike Flick and Penlora are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Spike Flick versus Penlora: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSpike FlickPenlora
PriceFreeFree
Update frequency—Daily
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.016.0
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB7 MB
Age rating+44+
DeveloperDevadatta HosangadiLy Thi Xeo

In-app purchases

None

Spike Flick

No in-app purchases

None

Penlora

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Spike Flick free?
Spike Flick is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Penlora free?
Penlora is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Spike Flick or Penlora have ads?
Both Spike Flick and Penlora show ads.

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