The Caveman Runner vs Tribe Dash
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
The Caveman Runner
Guide a caveman through a prehistoric world, dodging dinosaurs and collecting meat. Unlock new characters with unique skills and compete for the top spot on the global leaderboard. Simple tap controls make it easy to jump and survive.
- Multiple characters with different skills
- Global player ranking
- Simple tap-to-jump controls
- Collect meat to buy new characters
- Achieve best scores
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DINOSAUR WANT TO KILL THE CAVEMAN HELP HIM RUN... FEATURES - MANY CHARACTER (DIFFERENT SKILL) - RANKING (MULTIPLE PLAYER) HOW TO PLAY - JUST TAB TO JUMP - KEEP MEAT TO BUY NEW CHARACTER - MAKE BEST SCORE SHOW IN RANKING
Tribe Dash
Lead a Stone Age tribe, managing resources, hunting, and exploring lost islands. Defend against wild animals, trade with merchants, and complete missions to earn rewards and care for a dinosaur.
- Resource management
- Hunting and gathering
- Exploration
- Trading
- Defending against animals
- Completing missions
- Dinosaur care
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Tribe Dash is a Stone Age time management simulator! Hunt, collect resources, and search for treasure on lost islands playing as the leader of a Stone Age tribe in this exciting adventure game! Experience the life of a tribal leader from the Stone Age! Hunt, collect resources, trade, scare off wild animals, and search for treasure. Allocate resources Collect essential resources to clear rubble, defend against tiger attacks, and much more. Trade resources with a merchant at favorable rates and distribute responsibilities among fellow tribesmen. Explore the area The game has many exciting levels of varying difficulty. Discover the world of the Stone Age, find food, and defeat enemies as quickly as possible. Get rewards Get bonuses for completing levels quickly. Get chests, diamonds, various boosters, and many other rewards when you complete missions! Take care of the Dinosaur Feed the cute dinosaur in order to get help and survive in the Stone Age.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Tribe Dash at 4.5 against The Caveman Runner's 4.0. Tribe Dash also leads on ratings volume (48 vs 9). The Caveman Runner's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (80% vs 53%). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. The Caveman Runner sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Tribe Dash sells 12 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Tribe Dash holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tribe Dash has 48 ratings behind it against 9, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 80% of The Caveman Runner's written reviews are positive against 53% of Tribe Dash's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 6, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | The Caveman Runner | Tribe Dash |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (9 ratings) | 4.5 (48 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 80.0% of reviews — better | 53.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 9 | 48 — better |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 6.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 49 MB | 401 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Pawana Chatwaranon | Whalebox Studio LLC |
Customer experience
The Caveman Runner
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In-app purchases
The Caveman Runner
- Remove Ads$0.99
- Knight Horse$0.99
- The Boy$1.99
Tribe Dash
- Coins 1$1.99
- Scout Pack$2.99
- Coins 2$4.99
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- Volunteer Pack$6.99
- Coins 3$9.99
- Master Pack$14.99
- Coins 4$19.99
- Specialist Pack$24.99
- Coins 5$39.99
- Proffesional Pack$49.99
- Coins 6$79.99
- Instructor Pack$99.99
Questions
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