Invisible Dragons vs Galactic Colonies
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Invisible Dragons
Embark on a text-based strategy adventure in a frozen world. Build a dragon empire, manage resources like gold and spells, and survive an ice apocalypse. Experience the magic world with interactive notifications and Apple Watch integration.
- Text-based strategy gameplay
- Build a dragon empire
- Resource management (gold, spells)
- Interactive notifications
- Apple Watch integration
- Offline play
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The age of the Ice Apocalypse has begun. The world falls into absolute darkness and everything is frozen to death. Everything except the Dragon Eggs. Create your Dragon empire and try to survive. Invisible Dragons is a unique text based strategy about ice and fire, dragons and gold, spells and rituals. Stay in touch with your magic world through the interactive notification and get the full experience from your Apple Watch. Internet connection not required. – Developed by Doubble – Doubble.co Please don't hesitate to contact us with any questions and offers: dragons@doubble.co
Galactic Colonies
Explore a vast, procedurally generated galaxy and build thriving colonies on alien worlds. Manage resources, establish production lines, and research new technologies to expand your civilization. Discover diverse planets and ensure your colonists survive in challenging environments.
- Procedurally generated universe exploration
- Alien planet colonization
- Technology research
- Complex production pipelines
- Colony ship upgrades
- Diverse planet types
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Download the game for free and start exploring the galaxy! Galactic Colonies is a game about exploring space and building colonies. Explore a procedurally generated universe with thousands of planets. Every colony starts small. Start by providing housing and food for your colonists before you exploit a planet’s natural resources. Set up factories and create advanced high-tech products to make your colony grow even bigger. Discover tropical, desert and ice planets and help your colonists survive on harsh, alien worlds. FEATURES: - Explore a procedurally generated universe - Find and colonize alien planets - Research new powerful technologies - Set up complex production pipelines - Beautiful 3D graphics - Upgrade and improve your colony ship - Endless hours of fun. How far can you explore?
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Galactic Colonies at 4.4 against Invisible Dragons's 3.4. Galactic Colonies also leads on review sentiment (70% vs 47%) and ratings volume (303 vs 49). Invisible Dragons's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 11) and ads (none vs shown). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Galactic Colonies sells 11 one-off in-app purchases. Invisible Dragons asks for nothing beyond the download.
Galactic Colonies holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Galactic Colonies has 303 ratings behind it against 49, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 47% of Invisible Dragons's written reviews are positive against 70% of Galactic Colonies's.
Invisible Dragons ships an update every 3 weeks, Galactic Colonies every 10 days. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Invisible Dragons | Galactic Colonies |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.4 (49 ratings) | 4.4 (303 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 47.4% of reviews | 69.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 49 | 303 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 8.3 — better | 18.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 89 MB | 196 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | CONCEPT360 GmbH | MetalPop, LLC |
Customer experience
Invisible Dragons
Galactic Colonies
User reviews
Invisible Dragons
From 49 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- ✨ Addictive gameplay
- 🎨 Minimalist design
- 🧠 Strategic depth
- 👍 Satisfying progression
- 💡 Unique concept
Room to improve
- 🐛 Cult/Sacrifice bug
- 📉 Overflow error
- 🔇 Sound issues
- ❓ Lack of tutorial
- 📉 Slow progression
Galactic Colonies
From 303 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Highly addictive and engaging
- 👍 Accessible for blind and visually impaired users
- 🎨 Great graphics and sound design
Room to improve
- 🐛 Bugs and glitches, especially with accessibility features
- 🔁 Repetitive and lacking variety in gameplay
- 💰 Unsustainable monetization model
Bugs and requests
Invisible Dragons
Reported bugs
22 issues- Cult/sacrifice mechanic broken, game freezes or crashes
- Sound does not mute even when settings are off
- Game hangs on cult symbol image
- Sacrifice animation loop, no progress on restart
- Freeze when trying to form cult
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- Star on sacrifice screen stays on
- Game freezes on cult
- Numbers overflow to 0.0 (e.g., fire production)
- Invisible fire after a while
- Late game glitches zeroing out production
- Overflow error with large numbers
- Mana ritual card seems broken
- Notifications for mana upgrades work incorrectly
- Game breaks after incrementing too much, production registers 0.00
- Major bug 'undid' progress
- Randomly resetting after activating cult
- Cult ritual selection screen takes over cult tab
- Apple Watch app restarts phone game
- Scrolling effects on Fire screen
- Red Xs in latest update
- Mana section disappeared in update
- Typo in Apple Watch glance
Requested features
13 requests- Fix cult/sacrifice bug
- Implement dark mode
- Improve tutorial
- Add more story elements
- More ritual card choices
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- Fix sound muting
- Add countdowns for upgrades
- More cult functionality
- Fix overflow error
- Improve UI navigation
- Add day mode
- Fix rounding costs
- Update app icon
Galactic Colonies
Reported bugs
4 issues- Research projects getting stuck or going infinite
- Inability to connect buildings properly
- Inconsistent behavior of video rewards
- Crashes when trying to watch ads
Requested features
4 requests- Ability to relocate or remove buildings
- More varied mission objectives and planet types
- Improved navigation and map UI for accessibility
- Offline mode with background resource production
In-app purchases
Invisible Dragons
No in-app purchases
Galactic Colonies
- Small Pack Of Energy Cells$1.99
- Star Racer$1.99
- Welcome Bundle$1.99
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- Cold Steel$2.99
- Medium Pack Of Energy Cells$4.99
- Skyward$4.99
- Weekend Deal$4.99
- Doubled Planet Boost Time$4.99
- Colonizer's Bundle$7.99
- A Large Pack Of Energy Cells$9.99
- Huge Pack Of Energy Cells$19.99
Questions
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