Rust Bucket vs DROP NOT!
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Rust Bucket
Embark on a turn-based dungeon crawl with simple swipe controls. Navigate treacherous environments, battle diverse monsters, and overcome deadly traps. This challenging game offers endless exploration and strategic combat, perfect for quick gaming sessions.
- Swipe to move and attack
- Fast-paced gameplay
- Puzzle traps
- Diverse monster types
- Endless dungeon exploration
- Strategic combat
- High score competition
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Rust Bucket is a turn based dungeon crawler that is built with mobile in mind. Swipe to take a step, swipe into enemies to attack. It’s as simple as that, but don’t be fooled into thinking this is a casual game! • Navigate using simple swipe to move controls. • Game play is fast and death is never far away so it’s perfect for your daily commute. • Puzzle your way past deadly traps or use them to catch enemies. • Many monster types, each with their own distinctive rules to overcome. • Make your way through the levels to become a fully qualified looter • Explore an endless dungeon, with more to discover the deeper you go. • Become a master of strategic combat and reach the top scoring dungeon rooms. • Compete against your friends high scores on Game Centre Important information! This game is funded by adverts but is completely free to play with no timers or boosters to ruin your experience. There is an option to remove popup ads for a one off In app purchase. *Please note that this does not remove Cross Promotion ads for other Nitrome games* We hope you enjoy our little game. If you do please consider giving us a nice review, tell your friends and maybe try some of our other games.
DROP NOT!
Engage in a reaction-based arcade puzzle game where tapping controls your movement through challenging levels. Collect power-ups, unlock characters, and compete on leaderboards. Experience diverse themes and modes for endless replayability.
- Tap controls
- Landscape and Portrait mode
- Unlockable characters
- Level mode
- Endless mode
- Handcrafted levels
- Graphical themes
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DROP NOT! Reaction based arcade/puzzle tapper! Tap to turn, beat the puzzles. Collect multipliers, run into teleports, unlock new characters and beat the handcrafted levels with variety of different themes! Make your longest run and rise through the ranks on leaderboards! Drop or DROP NOT! Features: - Simple tap controls - Change seamlessly between Landscape and Portrait mode - 30+ unlockable characters - Two game modes: Level mode & Endless mode - 35 challenging handcrafted levels - 5 unique graphical themes: Sky, Desert, Water, Night and Mechanical - Original music - GameCenter leaderboards and achievements - iCloud saving - ReplayKit recording supported - iMessage Stickers
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: DROP NOT! at none against Rust Bucket's shown. DROP NOT! also leads on rating (4.3 vs 4.0) and iOS requirement (7.0 vs 12.0). Rust Bucket's advantage is ratings volume (177 vs 23) and review sentiment (72% vs 63%). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Rust Bucket sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and DROP NOT! sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
DROP NOT! holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Rust Bucket has 177 ratings behind it against 23, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 72% of Rust Bucket's written reviews are positive against 63% of DROP NOT!'s, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Rust Bucket | DROP NOT! |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (177 ratings) | 4.3 (23 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 72.3% of reviews — better | 62.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 177 — better | 23 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| 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 | 12.0 | 7.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 105 MB | 111 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Nitrome | Oddrok Oy |
Customer experience
Rust Bucket
DROP NOT!
Bugs and requests
Rust Bucket
Reported bugs
4 issues- Progress reset when exiting levels
- Level select screen locking completed levels
- Compatibility issues on older devices
- Clipboard copying behavior
Requested features
5 requests- More levels and content updates
- Ability to save progress
- Weapon/item upgrades and customization
- Multiplayer or co-op mode
- Level editor
DROP NOT!
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Rust Bucket
- Buy 50 Coins$0.99
- Buy 200 Coins$1.99
- Remove Ads$3.99
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- Buy Coins 3$3.99
DROP NOT!
- Keys Small$0.29
- Keys Large$0.39
