Shadow DotZ vs Particle Escape
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~
Particle Escape
Guide particles through an endless maze filled with dangerous rectangles. Navigate the challenging environment to achieve escape. The objective is to survive as long as possible in this fast-paced arcade experience.
- Infinite gameplay
- Particle navigation
- Obstacle avoidance
- Fast-paced action
- Simple controls
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Help the particles escape through this infinite field of evil rectangles.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Particle Escape at 63% against Shadow DotZ's 0%. Particle Escape also leads on rating (3.8 vs 1.0) and update cadence (every 4 days vs every 19 months). Shadow DotZ's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Particle Escape holds the better App Store score, 3.8 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Particle Escape has 12 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 63% of Particle Escape's.
Shadow DotZ ships an update every 19 months, Particle Escape every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and September 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Shadow DotZ | Particle Escape |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (1 ratings) | 3.8 (12 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 62.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 12 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 19 months | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 108 MB | 110 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Shih ju Yang | Swagdragon LTD |
Customer experience
Shadow DotZ
Particle Escape
In-app purchases
Shadow DotZ
No in-app purchases
Particle Escape
No in-app purchases
