Pixel Dash! vs MouseBot
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pixel Dash!
Navigate a dynamic maze, evading pursuers and collecting power-ups. Survive as long as possible in this minimalist arcade experience, with features designed for accessibility and social sharing.
- Dynamic maze navigation
- Power-up collection
- Pursuer evasion
- Game Center integration
- Color blind modes
- Social media integration
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Dash around an ever changing maze while trying to avoid the pursuers. Avoid the chasing dots for as long as you can, collect power-ups to help you along the way and be careful not to get caught in a closing path. Features: • Supports all screen sizes • Game Center integration • Great sound effects • Colour blind modes • Facebook & Twitter integration • Minimalist design • Developed by one person (support Indie)
MouseBot
Navigate a robotic mouse through treacherous mazes filled with mechanical traps and obstacles. Collect cheese to unlock new customizations and abilities in this fast-paced platforming adventure.
- 88 challenging mazes
- Hilarious cartoon destruction
- Unlock new abilities
- Collect cheese
- Customize MouseBot with skins
- Eye-popping cartoon visuals
- Multiple control options
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Guide MouseBot through mazes of fantastical mechanical mouse traps created by the cat scientists of CatLab. Dodge giant metal Kitty Krushers, leap over mouse-grinding Roller Graters, evade scary Mines and Lasers, and platform your way across pools of bot-melting Acid on an epic quest for cheese and freedom. Conquer 88 challenging platform-style levels as you delve deeper into the mysterious laboratories of CatLab and uncover the cats' nefarious plans. Collect epic piles of cheese, and transmogrify that cheese into new skins and accessories for your robotic mouse. MouseBot: Escape from CatLab is a zany and exciting platforming game that will test your reflexes, skills, timing, and love of cheese! GAME FEATURES • 88 challenging mazes filled with traps and obstacles. • Hilarious cartoon destruction! Try not to get crushed, stomped, zapped or blown to bits. • Unlock new abilities! Run, jump and transform for land and water! • Collect epic piles of cheese! • Win new skins and accessories to customize MouseBot! • Eye-popping cartoon visuals on iPhone, iPad and AppleTV • Control options include touch screen, simple and extended gamepads (and Siri remote on AppleTV.) • Earn achievements with Game Center, and stay synced with iCloud. CUSTOMER SUPPORT If you encounter a problem running the game, please visit us at: www.vectorunit.com/support STAY IN TOUCH Be the first to hear about updates, download custom images, and interact with the developers! Like us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/VectorUnit Follow us on Twitter @vectorunit Visit our web page at www.vectorunit.com MouseBot is free to play but there are optional in-app purchases available.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: MouseBot at 4.3 against Pixel Dash!'s 2.5. MouseBot also leads on review sentiment (85% vs 59%) and ratings volume (1.2K vs 6). Pixel Dash!'s advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 5 days vs every 4 months). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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. Pixel Dash! sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and MouseBot sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
MouseBot holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 2.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: MouseBot has 1.2K ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 59% of Pixel Dash!'s written reviews are positive against 85% of MouseBot's.
Pixel Dash! ships an update every 5 days, MouseBot every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pixel Dash! | MouseBot |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.5 (6 ratings) | 4.3 (1.2K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 59.1% of reviews | 84.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 6 | 1.2K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV |
| Requires iOS | 7.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 18 MB | 64 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Stewart Thomson | Vector Unit |
Customer experience
Pixel Dash!
MouseBot
Bugs and requests
Pixel Dash!
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
MouseBot
Reported bugs
3 issues- Progress resets or disappears
- Unresponsive controls and inputs
- Crashes and freezes on certain devices
Requested features
4 requests- More levels and chapters
- Level editor and sharing functionality
- Customizable controls and button placement
- Infinite lives or reduced wait times
In-app purchases
Pixel Dash!
- Remove Ads$0.99
MouseBot
- Cyber Skin Special$0.99
- Jet Pack Special$0.99
- A Pile of Power Tokens$1.99
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- Cyber Skin$1.99
- Red Fire Skin$1.99
- Jet Pack$1.99
- Stacks of Power Tokens$4.99
- Go Premium$4.99
- Buckets of Power Tokens$9.99
- ACME Special! Crates of Power Tokens$19.99
