KarmaRun vs Spartan Runner.
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
KarmaRun
Embark on an adventure with popular YouTubers in this first-person endless runner. Jump, slide, and dodge obstacles across diverse worlds, battling enemies and collecting rewards to achieve high scores. Unlock characters, power-ups, and explore over 40 levels.
- First-person perspective
- Jump, slide, and dodge obstacles
- Battle enemies and dragons
- Collect gold bars and diamonds
- Unlock 7 characters
- Explore 6 diverse stages
- Over 40 levels with rewards
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Enjoy the adventures of Rubius, Mangel, aLexBy, Willyrex, Vegetta777 and sTaXx in first person! KarmaRun will be the official game of the Club Media Fest second edition which will reunite the top LATAM and spanish youtubers. http://www.clubmediafest.com/ Jump, slide, dodge and destroy all the obstacles with three of the most popular video game youtubers! Guide Rubius, Mangel, aLexBy, Willyrex, Vegetta777 and sTaXx by worlds filled with traps and enemies and test your reflexes: broken boxes, burst ice blocks, jump spiked traps, dodge fireballs, end dragons using your bow and arrows to reach as far as possible in this endless runner. Prove you're the best of your friends, collect all the gold bars, get all the diamonds and beat your high score! - Seven characters await you. A wizard and six of the best spanish youtubers: Rubius, Mangel, aLexBy, Willyrex, Vegetta777 and sTaXxx - Defeat a wide range of enemies, skeletons, spiders, zombies and incredible dragons. - Six different stages full of obstacles: prairie, snow, forest, lava, space and Candy Land - Over 40 levels with ranks and exclusive rewards - Up to 120 available missions - Collect mystery boxes and find rewards - Collect power-ups and upgrades to increase your final score - Very simple touch controls: move left to right, jump, slide, swing, tap to launch an arrow - And exclusive 3D graphics! Karma Run is available in English and Spanish.
Spartan Runner.
Embark on an action-packed 2D adventure where you equip a Spartan with a shotgun to battle an alien invasion. Explore over 40 missions, customize your character, and upgrade weapons. Compete with friends on the global leaderboard.
- Old-school 2D graphics
- Over 40 missions
- Spartan customization
- Weapon upgrades
- Rewards and achievements
- Weekly challenges
- Global leaderboard
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Here comes a new fun action running game that will keep you entertained for weeks! Equip your Spartan with his shotgun to go on a wild ride in his endless quest to stop the Alien invasion. FEATURES: * Discover old-school 2D graphics * Over 40 missions to complete * Customise your Spartan with emblematic Helmets * Splatter everything on your way with awesome vehicles * Upgrade your favourite weapons to make them devastating * Earn rewards and achievements from each game * New challenges every week * Test your reflexes with easy-to-learn controls * Battle against your friends in the world leaderboard Download Spartan Runner now for a new action packed adventure!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Spartan Runner. at 4.8 against KarmaRun's 4.4. Spartan Runner. also leads on ratings volume (1.3K vs 125). KarmaRun's advantage is update cadence (every 10 days vs every 6 weeks) and iOS requirement (7.0 vs 15.6). On price, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases 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. KarmaRun sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Spartan Runner. sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Spartan Runner. holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Spartan Runner. has 1.3K ratings behind it against 125, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 90% and 89% positive.
KarmaRun ships an update every 10 days, Spartan Runner. every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | KarmaRun | Spartan Runner. |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (125 ratings) | 4.8 (1.3K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 90.3% of reviews — better | 89.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 125 | 1.3K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 7.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 148 MB | 62 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | U-Play Online | William Bourdon |
Customer experience
KarmaRun
Spartan Runner.
User reviews
KarmaRun
From 125 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🎮 Highly addictive and entertaining gameplay
- 👥 Popular YouTuber characters featured
- 🎨 Good graphics and visual effects
- 🎵 Cool soundtrack and audio design
- 😄 Fun and enjoyable experience
Room to improve
- 💰 Expensive character purchases required
- 🐛 Frequent lag and glitches during gameplay
- 🔐 Account linking and recovery issues
- ⚠️ Game balance problems
- 🎮 Unintuitive game controls
Spartan Runner.
From 1.3K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👌 Perfecto
- 🎮 New game idea
- 🕹️ Halo in a nutshell
- 👍 Good before bed game
- 🏃♂️ Spartan runner
Room to improve
- 🙅♂️ Bad app support
- 🙅♂️ Worst game ever
- 💰 Good if you don't care about ads
- 🐛 Fix level 16
- 🙅♂️ Can't X out of ads
Bugs and requests
KarmaRun
Reported bugs
6 issues- Facebook account linking not working
- Account data loss after device reset
- Login freezing and authentication issues
- Game lag during mission completion rewards
- Crashes and glitches during gameplay
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- Inconsistent language display (English/Spanish)
Requested features
10 requests- Free character unlocks through gameplay achievements
- Add more YouTubers (Luzu, Alexby, Rubius, Auronplay)
- Additional potion types and power-ups
- Custom character creation system
- Global leaderboard and score rankings
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- More frequent game updates
- New sound effects for characters
- Improved character voice lines
- Better graphics quality
- Fix character appearance (Vegetta design)
Spartan Runner.
Reported bugs
5 issues- Level 16 the add always freezes up and I have restarted the level 3 times
- Mission 21 is impossible to get all 12 marines
- The banshee levels could be fixed and the automatic weapons should kill elites in two or three shots, not one. The automatic weapons could be given more ammo to counter this. Also brutes, hunters and elites should deal more damage than jackals and there should be energy sword elites and maybe gravity hammer brutes later in the run that can kill you in one hit
- All of the characters in the game are copyrighted so kiss money goodbye, fake halo game
- The enemy sprites need to be added instead of just blobs cause the blobs just get in the way of the experience of the game it's supposed to feel like halo yes well the enemy's you can't tell what they are you can't tell if it's forerunners or Covinet or Prometheus you can't tell
Requested features
6 requests- Make a RTS halo game!
- Put this spartan into super Mario bros?
- Dark mode option
- Advanced analytics dashboard
- Playable Eleates (Elites) where you can customize their armor and stuff and get like different suits with an alien weapon
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- More customization options and select which part to be colored
In-app purchases
KarmaRun
- 10 diamonds$0.99
- 25 diamonds$1.99
- sTaXxCraft$1.99
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- Willyrex character$1.99
- Vegetta777$1.99
- Rubius$1.99
- aLexBy$1.99
- Mangel$1.99
- Character bundle$4.99
- Character bundle 2$4.99
Spartan Runner.
- Credits pack 1$1.99
- Credits pack 2$2.99
- Ads removal$2.99
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- Credits pack 3$4.99
- Credits pack 4$8.99
- Credits pack 5$49.99
Questions
Is KarmaRun free?
Is Spartan Runner. free?
Which has better reviews, KarmaRun or Spartan Runner.?
Do KarmaRun or Spartan Runner. have ads?
Which is updated more often, KarmaRun or Spartan Runner.?
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