Comparison

iNethack2 vs Footsies

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

Head to head
About

iNethack2

Embark on a single-player dungeon crawl to collect treasure, find the Amulet of Yendor, and survive perilous mazes. This port offers graphical tilesets, touch controls, and customizable shortcuts for an enhanced roguelike experience.

Highlights
  • Single-player dungeon exploration
  • Treasure collection and escape
  • Multiple graphical tilesets
  • Touchscreen gesture controls
  • Customizable keyboard shortcuts
  • Bones file sharing integration
Features
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"NetHack is a single player dungeon exploration game. Your goal is to grab as much treasure as you can, retrieve the Amulet of Yendor, and escape the Mazes of Menace alive." -- iNethack2 is an iOS port of Nethack 3.6.7. Original port in 2009 by Dirk Zimmermann which was called iNethack. Updated by Jeff King to work on modern devices, and renamed iNethack2. Initial 3.6 update by Joe Doucette. Various other contributions from the open source community. iNethack2 features: · 9 graphical tilesets (plus IBMGraphics mode, and regular ASCII mode in color and monochrome) · 1 animated tileset: DawnHack Animated · Touchscreen gesture controls: swipe to pan, pinch to zoom · Customizable keyboard shortcut controls · Hearse (bones file sharing) integration · Works on iOS12+ Some facts about NetHack: · The first version of NetHack was released in 1987 · NetHack was a roguelike before people used the term roguelike · You can play NetHack for years and still make new discoveries · NetHack is one of the greatest games of all time

About

Footsies

Engage in a playful, interactive game directly within your messaging app. Compete to build tension, strategically use game mechanics, and enjoy animated exchanges. Unlock all content with an in-app purchase.

Highlights
  • Playable within iMessage
  • Animated emoji-style footsie videos
  • Tension scale and goal system
  • Customizable gameplay options (countdown, freeze)
  • Ditto button for quick replies
  • In-app purchase for full content
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Have a blast playing Footsies for iMessage! Select from a variety of animated emoji-style footsie videos to exchange via interactive messages. Just open the App Drawer to start a new footsie game, or tap on an existing Interactive Message during gameplay to continue a session of Footsies. In-App Purchase available to unlock all available content. How to play: The tension scale is used to display the "tension" between two players, and is reflected in the sub-caption throughout the game as well as in the vertical slider when selecting a message. The goal is to reach the maximum tension, but we recreated the suspense of real-life footsies with various features to make things interesting. You can enable the button option to increase the tension goal with your next footsie to make the session last longer, or to wrap it up you can select the countdown timer for the session to expire if the goal isn't reached in time. Or to make them wait you may want to enable the freeze button to freeze the session where only you can thaw it when you're ready to allow the game to continue. All the features can be selected in combinations as well, such as selecting the freeze button and the countdown timer at the same time so that the other player knows that as soon as you thaw the session, the clock is ticking for the two of you to meet the goal. Or if they set a timer on you and you want to have a little fun with the other player, you can just keep increasing the goal as they try and reach it and let the session time out. You can even freeze the session while the countdown is active and the countdown will resume where it left off after the session is thawed. For the tension scale, each of the footsies are assigned a random number of points within a specified interval that contribute to the current number of tension points. The playful category contributes the least amount of points, risqué a bit more, and raunchy adds the most amount of points. Then there's the agitated, warning, and objection categories which decrease the current number of points with objection decreasing tension the most. Finally, the just-for-fun cozy category keeps the number of points the same. The tension increase button option similarly raises the second number in the sub-caption, the tension goal, by a randomly assigned value between a specified set. The settings page allows you to customize the layout of the Footsies interactive messages. Once a game starts, the original sender's settings can't be changed during that session. Open the app anew to start a new session. Also, use the Ditto button in the middle to immediately reciprocate with the same footsie type received. Enjoy!

Screenshots

iNethack24 screens
Footsies4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: iNethack2 at 84% against Footsies's 40%. iNethack2 also leads on rating (4.4 vs 3.2) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). Footsies's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Footsies sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. iNethack2 asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

iNethack2 holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: iNethack2 has 150 ratings behind it against 12, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 84% of iNethack2's written reviews are positive against 40% of Footsies's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

iNethack2 ships an update every 2 months, Footsies every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
iNethack2 versus Footsies: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameteriNethack2Footsies
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (150 ratings) — better3.2 (12 ratings)
Positive reviews84.1% of reviews — better40.0% of reviews
Number of ratings150 — better12
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size15 MB48 MB
Age rating9+9+
DeveloperFuture Shock Software LTDCarlos Estevez

Customer experience

iNethack2

All ratings137 ratings
Positive85.4%
Neutral5.8%
Negative8.8%
Written reviews138 reviews
Positive84.1%
Neutral5.1%
Negative10.9%

Footsies

All ratings12 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral8.3%
Negative41.7%
Written reviews10 reviews
Positive40.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative60.0%

Bugs and requests

iNethack2

Reported bugs

14 issues
  • Game crashes when using inventory (I command)
  • Crashes on Plane of Water during save restore
  • File corruption errors when switching apps
  • Game freezes with Chinese pinyin keyboard input
  • Crashes when equipping rings
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  • Crashes when dropping items
  • Crashes when accessing discoveries list
  • Cannot open level files error (501mobile.50)
  • Game unrecoverable after certain actions
  • Double-tap causes unintended character movement
  • Floor tiles not rendering in corridors
  • Crashes on iOS 11+ when dropping items
  • Waiting for logfile access message loops
  • Game crashes immediately on startup for some users

Requested features

17 requests
  • Separate button labels from command values
  • External Bluetooth keyboard support
  • Directional pad for movement
  • Swipe-based movement controls
  • Character name customization
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  • Pet naming functionality
  • Partial item stack management
  • Cloud save synchronization across devices
  • iPad Magic Keyboard support
  • Japanese language localization
  • Toggle for sparkle effects
  • Multiple simultaneous game saves
  • NetHack version 3.6+ support
  • Slash'Em port for iOS
  • Voice over support for accessibility
  • Options file editing capability
  • Discoveries list access without crashes

Footsies

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

iNethack2

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Footsies

One-time1
  • Unlock All$0.99

Questions

Is iNethack2 free?
iNethack2 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Footsies free?
Footsies is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, iNethack2 or Footsies?
iNethack2 is rated higher. iNethack2 averages 4.4 out of 5 from 150 ratings, while Footsies averages 3.2 from 12 ratings.
Do iNethack2 or Footsies have ads?
Neither iNethack2 nor Footsies shows ads.
Which is updated more often, iNethack2 or Footsies?
iNethack2 ships an update every 2 months, and Footsies every 3 weeks. Most recently, iNethack2 was updated on November 1, 2026 and Footsies on November 2, 2026.

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