Comparison

Cell Eat Cell vs Tap Dash

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

Head to head
About

Cell Eat Cell

Navigate a primordial soup as a single cell, growing by consuming smaller cells while evading larger ones and dangerous splitters. Choose from three game modes and customize your cell's appearance with collected DNA.

Highlights
  • Consume smaller cells to grow
  • Evade larger cells and splitters
  • Three distinct game modes
  • Customize cell appearance with DNA
  • Simple tap-to-move controls
Features
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Welcome to the cytoplastic jungle or what some call the primordial soup! You're a single hungry cell in a sea of giant virus cells. Evade the bigger virus cells or they'll eat you alive. Eat the smaller virus cells and grow bigger in size each time you eat. It's an endless struggle Be careful, it's a cell eat cell world out here. How to play: - Press and hold anywhere on the screen to move upwards. - Release to move downwards. - Eat the smaller cells. - Avoid the bigger cells. - Look out for splitters , they tear your in two. Three game modes: - Standard: Eat as much as you can - Gigantus: How fast can you become the largest cell? - Survival: Stay alive as long as you can. Collect DNA to customize your own cell. Become a Giant eye or Pizza ! Survive and eat long enough to become the biggest cell in the game!

About

Tap Dash

Features
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Tap to turn your character in the right direction to reach the finish line and not fall. Collect gems on your way to buy new animals. Each level has a different map with different ways, the higher the level - the more complex the map. Go through each level to discover a new one and win at all levels. Each character has good animations and the game features great effects, great graphics, and an incredible soundtrack. Enjoy the hypercasual game "Tap Dash", buy each character and finish each level.

Screenshots

Cell Eat Cell4 screens
Tap Dash4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Cell Eat Cell at none against Tap Dash's shown. Cell Eat Cell also leads on iOS requirement (9.0 vs 11.0). Tap Dash's advantage is update cadence (every 3 months vs every 21 months). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Cell Eat Cell ships an update every 21 months, Tap Dash every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Cell Eat Cell versus Tap Dash: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCell Eat CellTap Dash
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (4 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings4 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 21 monthsEvery 3 months — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS9.0 — better11.0
Further details — not scored
Size89 MB194 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJohan Gerhard OttensOleksii Petrochenko

In-app purchases

None

Cell Eat Cell

No in-app purchases

None

Tap Dash

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Cell Eat Cell free?
Cell Eat Cell is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Tap Dash free?
Tap Dash is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Cell Eat Cell or Tap Dash have ads?
Tap Dash shows ads; Cell Eat Cell does not.
Which is updated more often, Cell Eat Cell or Tap Dash?
Cell Eat Cell ships an update every 21 months, and Tap Dash every 3 months. Most recently, Cell Eat Cell was updated on October 17, 2026 and Tap Dash on October 27, 2026.

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