Comparison

Dead Ahead vs Raging Bytes

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

Head to head
About

Dead Ahead

Defend your bus from a zombie horde in this tactical survival game. Gather survivors, upgrade your team and vehicles, and use a variety of weapons and strategies to fight off the undead invasion. Conquer maps, earn experience, and aim for the highest scores.

Highlights
  • Tactical survival gameplay
  • Defend your bus
  • Gather and upgrade survivors
  • Variety of weapons and tactics
  • Conquer maps and locations
  • Upgrade vehicles and gear
  • Compete for high scores
Features
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DEAD AHEAD: ZOMBIE WARFARE Resist against the undead in this new tactical survival sequel of Dead Ahead! Slaughter the undead invasion in one of the most fun survival games of the year! Kill raid after raid of zombies, collect supplies, look for survivors and most importantly... create your own legacy! ZOMBIE INVASION Defend your bus and don’t let the hungry horde eat the living! Breakthrough barricades on your way and set up the battle camp to your advantage. Gather your team of gladiators and send them into battle, use any means necessary to ward off the horde of pixel crazed flesh eaters! Slash, shoot or burn the dead with barrels, Molotov cocktails, and grenades. Be direct and explosive or stealth kill your opponents. USE YOUR BRAINS, DON’T LOSE THEM Show that you have the real steel to conquer the maps! Finish off as many zombies as you can to become the ultimate freedom fighter! Command and conquer by using tactically offensive and defensive moves to obliterate the zombies and barricades! Remember – the rising dead won’t make it easy for you. IMPROVE YOUR SKILLS AND GEAR TO STAY ALIVE Collect items, earn experience, rebuild your bus and complete quests to upgrade your units and vehicles. The more gear you get, the more zombies you will be able to take on! Become the ultimate slayer of the undead! Banish the banshees to eternal hell! Contest against other player’s high scores! WHAT AWAITS YOU: * Blood-and-guts action-strategy game with a sense of humor * Safeguard the bus and your troops at all costs! NO DISCORD ALLOWED! * A huge world with numerous locations * Plenty of survivor units and zombies * Upgrades, special items and optional quests * Stop the world end * FUN!

About

Raging Bytes

Embark on a story-driven zombie apocalypse adventure as a police officer trying to survive. Explore a city overrun by the undead, team up with other survivors, and engage in strategic turn-based battles. Uncover the mystery behind the outbreak in this horror-themed RPG.

Highlights
  • Story-driven plot
  • Turn-based battles
  • Horror theme without gore
  • Character drama
  • Supply scavenging
  • No in-app purchases
Features
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A police officer, Ben, awakens in hospital after an accident to find the city overrun by zombies! What in the world is going on here? Can the government be relied on? Do any other survivors remain? Ben stumbles upon a doctor named Barbra while struggling through zombie-infested streets. Together, they make their way to Ben's police station, but only more horror awaits them. Can you survive the raging b"y"tes of the zombies? Features - A story-driven plot akin to that of zombie movies - A byte of horror without all the gore - Attractive characters full of drama - Turn-based battles with satisfying depth - Find supplies in all kinds of places - No in-app purchases! Written and supervised by:Jiro Ishii Development:Hit-Point Publishing:KEMCO * This app supports devices newer than iPhone 7 and iPad 5th with iOS 12 and up. User support on non-supported devices is not guaranteed.

Screenshots

Dead Ahead4 screens
Raging Bytes4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Dead Ahead at Free against Raging Bytes's $7.99. Dead Ahead also leads on rating (4.6 vs 3.9) and ratings volume (60K vs 14). Raging Bytes's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 18) and ads (none vs shown). On update cadence 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Dead Ahead is free to download; Raging Bytes costs $7.99 up front. Dead Ahead sells 16 one-off in-app purchases. Raging Bytes asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Dead Ahead holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Dead Ahead has 60K ratings behind it against 14, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 87% of Dead Ahead's written reviews are positive against 74% of Raging Bytes's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Dead Ahead ships an update fortnightly, Raging Bytes monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard9 real differences · 2 level
Dead Ahead versus Raging Bytes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDead AheadRaging Bytes
PriceFree — better$7.99
Rating4.6 (60K ratings) — better3.9 (14 ratings)
Positive reviews87.2% of reviews — better74.1% of reviews
Number of ratings60K — better14
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterMonthly
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
Best chart rank#73 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size274 MB465 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperABE Entertainment LimitedKotobuki Solution Co., Ltd.

Customer experience

Dead Ahead

All ratings60,360 ratings
Positive92.5%
Neutral4.2%
Negative3.2%
Written reviews3,305 reviews
Positive87.2%
Neutral5.4%
Negative7.4%

Raging Bytes

All ratings14 ratings
Positive71.4%
Neutral0.0%
Negative28.6%
Written reviews27 reviews
Positive74.1%
Neutral3.7%
Negative22.2%

Bugs and requests

Dead Ahead

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Crashes or freezes on certain devices
  • Sync issues with Game Center/Google Play
  • Incorrect or missing in-game descriptions

Requested features

6 requests
  • Add more levels and mission variety
  • Improve coin/resource earn rates
  • Implement a 'restart' or 'reset' option
  • Add more character/unit customization
  • Introduce an endless/survival mode
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  • Improve balancing for free-to-play players

Raging Bytes

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

16 purchases

Dead Ahead

One-time16
  • Handful of Money$0.99
  • Starter Pack$4.99
  • Money Pile$4.99
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  • Value Pack Rank 5$4.99
  • Explorer pass$4.99
  • Medium coin pack$5.99
  • Halloween Battle Pass$7.99
  • Season Battle Pass$8.99
  • Value Pack Rank 6$9.99
  • Money Heap x2 bonus$9.99
  • Money Heap$9.99
  • Value Pack Rank 7$9.99
  • Value Pack Rank 9$19.99
  • Sack of Money x2 bonus$19.99
  • Sack of Money$19.99
  • SWAT Bundle$29.99
None

Raging Bytes

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Dead Ahead free?
Dead Ahead is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Raging Bytes free?
Raging Bytes costs $7.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Dead Ahead or Raging Bytes?
Dead Ahead is rated higher. Dead Ahead averages 4.6 out of 5 from 60K ratings, while Raging Bytes averages 3.9 from 14 ratings.
Do Dead Ahead or Raging Bytes have ads?
Dead Ahead shows ads; Raging Bytes does not.
Which is updated more often, Dead Ahead or Raging Bytes?
Dead Ahead ships an update fortnightly, and Raging Bytes monthly. Most recently, Dead Ahead was updated on October 31, 2026 and Raging Bytes on October 27, 2026.

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