iNethack2 vs ScreenPad on
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Single-player dungeon exploration
- Treasure collection and escape
- Multiple graphical tilesets
- Touchscreen gesture controls
- Customizable keyboard shortcuts
- Bones file sharing integration
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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
ScreenPad on
Enhance your mobile browsing experience by adding functional on-screen keyboards as overlays to any webpage. Play browser games that require keyboard input directly on your iPhone or iPad.
- On-screen keyboard overlay
- Play browser games
- Works on any webpage
- Manual scaling for iOS 15
- Support requests for issues
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Ever wanted to play browser game on you iPhone/iPad, but it required a keyboard? That's not a problem anymore with ScreenPad on-screen keyboard app! You can place various keyboards as an overlay above **any** page in the web and finally play the game you always wanted to right in your iPhone or iPad. If it doesn't work for your case, please send us a support request and mention the URL you're trying to play the game at, we'll take a look. ***iOS 15 users: autoscaling feature doesn't work for you, because it is not supported by your iOS version. But you can still scale the page manually.***
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: iNethack2 at 84% against ScreenPad on's 20%. iNethack2 also leads on price (Free vs $0.99) and rating (4.4 vs 3.0). 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
iNethack2 is free to download; ScreenPad on costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
iNethack2 holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: iNethack2 has 137 ratings behind it against 11, 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 20% of ScreenPad on's.
| Parameter | iNethack2 | ScreenPad on |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $0.99 |
| Rating | 4.4 (137 ratings) — better | 3.0 (11 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 84.1% of reviews — better | 20.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 137 — better | 11 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 15 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Future Shock Software LTD | Yury Apollov |
Customer experience
iNethack2
ScreenPad on
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
ScreenPad on
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
iNethack2
No in-app purchases
ScreenPad on
No in-app purchases
Questions
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