Geometry Birds vs Wave Dash
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Geometry Birds
Navigate a maze, avoiding walls to collect points and grow your tail. This game offers simple, engaging gameplay for quick sessions.
- Maze navigation
- Wall avoidance
- Point collection
- Tail growth
- Simple controls
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Move through the maze without hitting the walls. Collect points to grow your tail.
Wave Dash
A rhythm-based platformer where players tap to steer an arrow through challenging levels synchronized with music. It features a level editor for creating and sharing custom stages, along with options for unlocking icons and competing for high scores.
- Rhythm-based gameplay
- Level editor
- Share custom levels
- Unlockable icons
- Speed run challenges
- Fast restarts
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Ride the wave in Wave Dash, a rhythm platformer where each tap steers your arrow through tight corridors. Read patterns in waves, time jumps to music, and beat brutal stages. Build routes with the level editor, share creations, unlock icons, chase ranks, and perfect speed runs. Simple controls, fast restarts—pure focus and flow. Inspired by classic geometry platformers, tuned for dash mastery.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Geometry Birds at none against Wave Dash's shown. Geometry Birds also leads on iOS requirement (6.0 vs 15.0). Wave Dash's advantage is review sentiment (84% vs 57%) and ratings volume (11K vs 56). On price, rating, 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
Both are free to download. Geometry Birds sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Wave Dash sells 9 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Geometry Birds against 4.6 for Wave Dash. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Wave Dash has 11K ratings behind it against 56, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 57% of Geometry Birds's written reviews are positive against 84% of Wave Dash's.
| Parameter | Geometry Birds | Wave Dash |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (56 ratings) | 4.6 (11K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 57.1% of reviews | 84.2% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 56 | 11K — better |
| Update frequency | — | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Best chart rank | — | #37 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 6.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 35 MB | 224 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Nguyen Hien | Ashima Prabhakar |
Customer experience
Geometry Birds
Wave Dash
In-app purchases
Geometry Birds
- Buy 200 Coins$0.99
- Pet 12$0.99
- Pet 13$0.99
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- Pet 14$0.99
- Pet 15$0.99
- Pet 16$0.99
- Pet 17$0.99
- Pet 18$0.99
- No Ads$9.99
- Unlock All Characters$9.99
Wave Dash
- Starter Pack$0.99
- Value Pack$1.99
- No Ads$2.99
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- Pro Pack$2.99
- Soccer Pack$3.99
- Elite Pack$3.99
- Creator Pack$4.99
- Ultimate Pack$4.99
- Mega Bundle$7.99
Questions
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