Shadow DotZ vs Five Dates
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Shadow DotZ
An addictive, one-touch game that challenges players to see how far they can progress. It's designed to be a super hard experience, testing your reflexes and endurance.
- One-touch gameplay
- Addictive challenge
- High difficulty
- Endurance testing
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How far can you go!? Addictive one touch game. Let's try to play this super hard game~
Five Dates
Experience a modern dating simulation where your choices shape a millennial's video dating journey during lockdown. Navigate conversations, awkward scenarios, and unexpected truths with five distinct personalities to discover attraction and compatibility.
- Interactive video dating simulation
- Branching narrative choices
- Multiple potential matches
- Explore modern dating challenges
- Engaging conversation topics
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Vinny, a millennial from London, joins a dating app for the first time while living in lockdown. With five potential female matches, Vinny must pluck up the courage to video date with wildly different personalities, starring Mandip Gill (Doctor Who) and Georgia Hirst (Vikings). The viewer’s choices will define Vinny’s interactions with each date and their interest in seeing him again. Amidst a branching, multi-directional chain of conversation topics and deep-dive questions, Vinny is faced with digital game dates, awkward scenarios and unexpected truths. Five Dates is an exploration of the unpredictable modern dating experience, which follows an average single man as he navigates the world of digital dating. Through his journey, the decisions the viewer makes for him will challenge their own conceptions of attraction and compatibility. From the publishing studio that brought you The Complex, The Bunker and The Shapeshifting Detective.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Five Dates at 55% against Shadow DotZ's 0%. Five Dates also leads on rating (4.3 vs 1.0) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 19 months). Shadow DotZ's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Five Dates sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Shadow DotZ asks for nothing beyond the download.
Five Dates holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Five Dates has 231 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Shadow DotZ's written reviews are positive against 55% of Five Dates's.
Shadow DotZ ships an update every 19 months, Five Dates fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Shadow DotZ | Five Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (1 ratings) | 4.3 (231 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 55.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 231 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 19 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 108 MB | 2.0 GB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Shih ju Yang | Wales Interactive Ltd. |
Customer experience
Shadow DotZ
Five Dates
Bugs and requests
Shadow DotZ
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Five Dates
Reported bugs
10 issues- Keeps asking to buy the game after purchase
- Stuck on a white screen after paying
- No sound in the game
- Game crashes mid-way through dates
- Game takes a very long time to download
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- Storage full error despite free space
- Videos glitch and don't coincide
- Game freezes on processing dates screen
- Game crashes and forces restart of date
- Video freezes if game is minimized
Requested features
10 requests- More inclusivity (LGBTQ+ options)
- Female protagonist version
- More date options
- Continuation of the story/new seasons
- New characters
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- More sexy situations
- Behind-the-scenes video
- Option to replay for different choices
- Lower price for full game
- More choices visible longer
In-app purchases
Shadow DotZ
No in-app purchases
Five Dates
- Five Dates - Unlock Full Game$4.99
