Comparison

Rainbow Dash vs Dash Heroes

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Rainbow Dash

An endless arcade platformer where players jump over geometric obstacles and collect coins to achieve a high score. The game features simple one-touch controls and a vibrant rainbow effect as you progress.

Highlights
  • Endless arcade platforming
  • One-touch gameplay
  • Coin collection
  • Spread the rainbow effect
  • High score challenges
Features
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Test your skills in this endless arcade geometry jumping platform game. Spread the rainbow as you speed through the level. Jump over the geometry and collect coins to score big. GAME FEATURES: * Simple one-touch gameplay! * Endless arcade Platforming! * How long can you last! * Release the Rainbow!

About

Dash Heroes

Embark on an epic quest through a vertical labyrinth, gaining the ability to scale walls. Navigate treacherous traps and enemies across 1000 levels, choosing from diverse heroes with unique skills. Compete in races, collect coins, and enjoy multiple game modes, including a level editor.

Highlights
  • Vertical labyrinth exploration
  • Wall-scaling abilities
  • 1000 challenging levels
  • Diverse roster of heroes
  • Level editor mode
  • Competitive racing
Features
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Swipe once and your hero dashes until it hits a wall. That single move is all it takes to play Dash Heroes, a pixel maze escape built for one thumb. Grab the key, reach the portal and get past every skull, spike and trap in the tower. The catch is that your hero does not stop halfway. Every swipe is a commitment: the dash keeps going until something gets in the way, so you read the maze before you move, not after. Speed along the arrows and time your run past turrets, flames, spears and patrolling skulls. In some stages you guide two heroes at once and swap between them to reach the exit. FOUR WAYS TO PLAY • Classic: hand-built stages across three towers of brick, ice and stone. Grab the key, open the portal and collect the gold to earn up to three stars on every stage. • Arcade: an endless climb through a maze that never runs out, with the water rising behind you. Your five best runs are saved, with the hero who set them and the day you did it. • Blitz: generated stages, one after another, with the water on your heels. • Race: 32 heroes race up the same tower. Get through two qualifying rounds and win the final. A MAZE ESCAPE THAT FIGHTS BACK • A key, a portal and gold in every stage, and traps that shoot, burn and patrol in between. • In Arcade the maze gets tighter the higher you climb, and the water does not wait for you to think. • Fast to read, easy to misjudge. It is a reflex game as much as a labyrinth. 60 HEROES, 10 POWERS • Collect 60 heroes, from common to mythic, and unlock them in the Hero Machine with the gold you pick up in the towers. • Every hero brings a power: more gold from every coin, a magnet that pulls coins in, a chance to start with a shield, slower rising water, a higher Arcade score and more. • Level your heroes up to make their powers stronger. • Take a team of two on every run. Both powers count, so the pair you choose changes the way you play. SOMETHING NEW EVERY DAY • Nine daily missions, plus a bonus for finishing them all. • A daily reward that keeps growing as long as your streak lasts. • Arcade boosts to pick before a run: shield, slow water, magnet or double score. • 50 achievements, from your first stage to the very long haul, and a sheet with all your stats. ONE THUMB, NO INTERNET • Swipe controls made for one hand, in portrait. • No internet connection needed, so the maze comes with you anywhere. • Keyboard and gamepad work too. • Separate music and sound volume, and screen shake you can switch off. If you like a pixel maze game where one wrong swipe sends you straight into a spike, this is your kind of maze escape. Pick two heroes, swipe and see how high the water lets you get.

Screenshots

Rainbow Dash4 screens
Dash Heroes4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Dash Heroes at 5.0 against Rainbow Dash's 2.8. Dash Heroes also leads on monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Dash Heroes holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 3 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Rainbow Dash ships an update every 22 months, Dash Heroes every 39 months. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Rainbow Dash versus Dash Heroes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRainbow DashDash Heroes
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.8 (4 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings4 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 22 months — betterEvery 39 months
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supportedFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.1 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size11 MB22 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSimon TurnerCHORRUS GAMES S.L.

Customer experience

Rainbow Dash

All ratings4 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

Dash Heroes

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Rainbow Dash

No in-app purchases

None

Dash Heroes

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Rainbow Dash free?
Rainbow Dash is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Dash Heroes free?
Dash Heroes is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Rainbow Dash or Dash Heroes?
Dash Heroes is rated higher. Rainbow Dash averages 2.8 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while Dash Heroes averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do Rainbow Dash or Dash Heroes have ads?
Both Rainbow Dash and Dash Heroes show ads.
Which is updated more often, Rainbow Dash or Dash Heroes?
Rainbow Dash ships an update every 22 months, and Dash Heroes every 39 months. Most recently, Rainbow Dash was updated on November 4, 2026 and Dash Heroes on November 3, 2026.

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