Rust Bucket vs Dino Bros
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.
Dino Bros
Guide two dinosaur brothers to collect all coins on challenging maps by cooperating. This game offers a simple premise but requires skill to master, featuring 100 handcrafted levels playable offline.
- Cooperative gameplay
- Coin collection objectives
- 100 hand-made levels
- Offline play
- One-time ad removal purchase
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Help the two dino bros collect all coins on each map by working together! Easy to understand, difficult to master. - Playable offline - One-time purchase to remove ads - 100 hand-made levels
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Dino Bros at 4.7 against Rust Bucket's 4.0. Rust Bucket's advantage is ratings volume (177 vs 9). 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. Rust Bucket sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and Dino Bros sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Dino Bros holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Rust Bucket has 177 ratings behind it against 9, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 72% of Rust Bucket's written reviews are positive against 75% of Dino Bros's.
| Parameter | Rust Bucket | Dino Bros |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (177 ratings) | 4.7 (9 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 72.3% of reviews | 75.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 177 — better | 9 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | — |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| 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 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 105 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Nitrome | Fancade |
Customer experience
Rust Bucket
Dino Bros
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
Dino Bros
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
Dino Bros
- Dino Bros Premium$3.99
