Lil BUB's HELLO EARTH vs Dadish
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Lil BUB's HELLO EARTH
Embark on a retro-style 8-bit adventure as Lil BUB to rescue your friend Spooky. Explore Earth, battle creatures, and use magical powers to repair your spaceship and continue your quest.
- Retro-style 8-bit graphics
- Explore Earth's diverse environments
- Battle wild creatures
- Use magical powers
- Repair spaceship
- Rescue missing friend
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Lil BUB’s HELLO EARTH is a truly beautiful, smart, captivating and enchanting mobile retro-style 8-bit video game. As BUB, you will set out in your space pod to rescue your missing friend Spooky. After battling the fierce Pupilera just outside of Earth’s atmosphere, your ship fails and you crash down to Earth. On land, you will explore parts of the planet that you never knew existed, come up against the wildest creatures on Earth, and use her magical powers to find the missing pieces of her busted up Space Pod, so she can again venture into space to find her long lost pal Spooky.
Dadish
Embark on a platforming adventure to find missing children in a vibrant world. Battle fast-food themed enemies and overcome challenging levels in this retro-inspired quest.
- Challenging retro platforming
- 50 unique levels
- Fast-food themed enemies
- Collectible stars
- Unlockable secrets
- Controller support
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He’s a radish… and also a dad. His kids have gone missing from the vegetable patch, and he needs your help to find them! Explore an exciting world, face off with fast-food themed foes, and reunite Dadish with his missing children in this challenging platforming adventure. + A challenging retro platformer from the creator of Super Fowlst! + Dialog that is funny, but not TOO funny + Controller support + 50 cool levels to beat + Lots of rude and sassy baby radishes to find + Fast-food dudes that will try to kill you + Five big tasty bosses + A screechy possum + The joys of fatherhood + A pretty good soundtrack I guess + I like the graphics I hope you do too + Collectable stars + Unlockable secrets
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Lil BUB's HELLO EARTH at none against Dadish's 2. Lil BUB's HELLO EARTH also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (weekly vs monthly). Dadish's advantage is ratings volume (4K vs 38). On price, rating, review sentiment 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. Dadish sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Lil BUB's HELLO EARTH asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Lil BUB's HELLO EARTH against 4.6 for Dadish. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Dadish has 4K ratings behind it against 38, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 90% of Lil BUB's HELLO EARTH's written reviews are positive against 87% of Dadish's.
Lil BUB's HELLO EARTH ships an update weekly, Dadish monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Lil BUB's HELLO EARTH | Dadish |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (38 ratings) | 4.6 (4K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 90.5% of reviews — better | 86.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 38 | 4K — better |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 6.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 142 MB | 148 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 9+ |
| Developer | GDEVELOP FRANCE | Thomas Young |
Customer experience
Lil BUB's HELLO EARTH
Dadish
User reviews
Lil BUB's HELLO EARTH
From 38 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 💖 Adorable character and visuals
- 🎮 Fun and addictive gameplay
- ✨ Unique and creative concept
- 🎶 Great retro-style music
- 👍 Easy to understand gameplay
Room to improve
- 🐛 Bad controls
- 🐛 Clunky controls
- 🐛 Game freezing issues
- 🐛 Glitching character models
- 🐛 Stuck in game
Dadish
From 4K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Smooth gameplay
- 👍 Cute and charming characters
- 🤣 Funny dialogue
- 💯 Excellent platforming challenge
- 🎨 Beautiful retro-style graphics
Room to improve
- 🐛 Occasional screen orientation issues after ads
- 🎮 Frustrating controls, especially for precise movements
- ⏱️ Difficulty spikes in later levels
- 🔋 Ads can be disruptive
Bugs and requests
Lil BUB's HELLO EARTH
Reported bugs
11 issues- Took to title screen after finding pod
- Game ended after clicking New Game
- Stuck hanging on a ledge
- Did not know how to scale wall
- Text going off screen cut off on iPad Air
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- Game will freeze sometimes
- Bub's head will glitch and have two heads
- Gameplay is terrible, laggy, bad controls
- Game doesn't explain itself how it works
- Doesn't look like 8-bit game, looks like terrible Atari graphics
- Controls are a tad stiff for a beta
Requested features
6 requests- Finish the game
- Fix codes to unlock new places
- Provide hints for codes
- Remove codes for unlocking areas
- Fix text cut off on ending screens
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- More game-style music
Dadish
Reported bugs
3 issues- Screen rotation issues after ads
- Unresponsive controls at times
- Difficulty progressing past certain levels
Requested features
4 requests- More levels and content
- Customization options for Dadish
- Checkpoint system or level skipping
- Separate left/right buttons instead of swiping
In-app purchases
Lil BUB's HELLO EARTH
No in-app purchases
Dadish
- Remove Ads$5.99
- Support Dadish$5.99
Questions
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