Swordsmith vs TWINKLE STAR SPRITES
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Swordsmith
Craft a Japanese sword by tapping and striking a red-hot blade. Test the sharpness of your finished creation. A simple, engaging game focused on precision and creation.
- Tap to forge swords
- Strike hot metal
- Test sword sharpness
- Simple gameplay mechanics
- Japanese sword theme
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To build up a Japanese sword by tap! You clap the Japanese sword burned red-hot ! Good sword can do that you hit a number accurately ! Check the sharpness of the finished sword !!
TWINKLE STAR SPRITES
Experience a classic competitive shooting game from 1996, now on modern devices. Utilize unique attack mechanics and enjoy online ranking modes. Customize your gameplay with quick saves and virtual pad options.
- Competitive shooting gameplay
- Chain Explosions, Power Shots, Bombs
- Online ranking modes
- Quick save/load functionality
- Virtual pad customization
- Reproducible NEOGEO difficulty and look
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NEOGEO's masterpiece games are now available in the app !! And in recent years, SNK has partnered with Hamster Corporation to bring many of the classic games on the NEOGEO onto modern gaming environments through the ACA NEOGEO series. Now on smartphone, the difficulty and look NEOGEO games had back then can be reproduced through screen settings and options. Also, players can benefit from online features such as online ranking modes. More, it features quick save/load and virtual pad customization functions to support comfortable play within the app. Please take this opportunity to enjoy the masterpieces that are still supported to this day. [Game introduction] Twinkle Star Sprites is a competitive shooting game released by SNK in 1996. Utilize Chain Explosions, Power Shots, and Bombs to defeat the incoming Enemy Golems, changing them into Attack Characters to assault your opponent! Experience a new style of shooting game with more than enough cute characters flying around to fill the sky! [Recommendation OS] iOS 13 and above © SNK CORPORATION ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Arcade Archives Series Produced by HAMSTER Co.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Swordsmith at 56% against TWINKLE STAR SPRITES's 0%. Swordsmith also leads on price (Free vs $3.99) and update cadence (every 14 months vs every 50 months). TWINKLE STAR SPRITES's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.0) and ratings volume (5 vs 1). 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
Swordsmith is free to download; TWINKLE STAR SPRITES costs $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
TWINKLE STAR SPRITES holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: TWINKLE STAR SPRITES has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 56% of Swordsmith's written reviews are positive against 0% of TWINKLE STAR SPRITES's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Swordsmith ships an update every 14 months, TWINKLE STAR SPRITES every 50 months. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Swordsmith | TWINKLE STAR SPRITES |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $3.99 |
| Rating | 4.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 55.6% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 5 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 14 months — better | Every 50 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 8.1 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 20 MB | 138 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | STUDIO SHIN | SNK CORPORATION |
Customer experience
Swordsmith
TWINKLE STAR SPRITES
In-app purchases
Swordsmith
No in-app purchases
TWINKLE STAR SPRITES
No in-app purchases
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