Comparison

Ding Dong XL vs absOrby

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

Head to head
About

Ding Dong XL

Bounce between the top and bottom of the screen, dodging obstacles and collecting points in this fast-paced arcade game. Master one-touch controls for endless survival challenges, with dual and infinite modes for advanced players. Customize your experience with unlockable skins.

Highlights
  • One-touch controls for sliding
  • Endless progressive difficulty
  • Dual Mode challenge
  • Infinite Mode for experts
  • Unlockable cosmetic skins
  • Multi-language support
Features
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Ding and Dong Your Way to Survival! Tap, dodge, and survive as you bounce between the top and bottom of the screen, avoiding obstacles, collecting points, and smashing power-ups. How long can you last in this fast-paced arcade challenge? Easy to Play, Hard to Master - One-Touch Controls – Tap to slide between the top and bottom of the screen. Time your moves carefully to avoid enemies! - Endless Arcade Action – The game gets progressively harder the longer you survive with more challenging obstacles. - Dual Mode – A two-touch challenge for a real brain teaser! - Infinite Mode – An extreme test for Ding Dong experts looking for the ultimate challenge. Unlock Unique Skins Customize your player with a variety of cosmetic skins, including some from other Adamvision Studios games! Sound & Music The in-game sound effects were created with my own voice and a consumer mic, mixed with royalty-free sounds from FreeSFX. The music features loops from Difourks - "It's Complextro & Dance." Now available in 10 languages: English, Russian, German, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese, Japanese, and Korean.

About

absOrby

Navigate a world where moving causes you to shrink, creating a constant challenge to grow larger by consuming smaller elements. This game offers a thought-provoking experience with allegorical themes and the ability to restart after losses. Compete with friends to achieve the highest score.

Highlights
  • Shrink when moving
  • Eat smaller elements to grow
  • Allegorical gameplay
  • High score competition
  • Restart gameplay
Features
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You are an orb. Your goal is to survive. But when you move... you shrink. To eat you must be big. Herein lies the dilemma. --- Every life, you start out small and fragile in a harsh world. Become bigger and stronger by eating everything smaller than you! Make allegories to capitalism, Darwinism, and simply life in general and everything in the game becomes relevant. You will lose, but the best part is that you can start over! Even better, compete with your real-life friends, beat their high score and become the biggest real-life winner in absOrby!

Screenshots

Ding Dong XL4 screens
absOrby3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Ding Dong XL at none against absOrby's 1. Ding Dong XL also leads on ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (99 vs 5). absOrby's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 2 months). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Ding Dong XL costs $0.99 and absOrby $0.99 up front. absOrby sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Ding Dong XL asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Ding Dong XL against 5.0 for absOrby. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Ding Dong XL has 99 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 98% of Ding Dong XL's written reviews are positive against 100% of absOrby's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Ding Dong XL ships an update every 2 months, absOrby every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
Ding Dong XL versus absOrby: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDing Dong XLabsOrby
Price$0.99$0.99
Rating5.0 (99 ratings)5.0 (5 ratings)
Positive reviews98.3% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings99 — better5
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 4 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
Best chart rank#195 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.614.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size95 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAdamvisionJoshua Grant

Customer experience

Ding Dong XL

All ratings99 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews59 reviews
Positive98.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative1.7%

absOrby

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Ding Dong XL

Reported bugs

1 issue
  • Leaderboard not working on iPhone 6s

Requested features

3 requests
  • More characters, modes, upgrades
  • Apple TV support
  • More power-up explanations

absOrby

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Ding Dong XL

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

absOrby

One-time1
  • No Ads$0.99

Questions

Is Ding Dong XL free?
Ding Dong XL costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is absOrby free?
absOrby costs $0.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Ding Dong XL or absOrby?
Ding Dong XL and absOrby are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 99 and 5 ratings respectively.
Do Ding Dong XL or absOrby have ads?
absOrby shows ads; Ding Dong XL does not.
Which is updated more often, Ding Dong XL or absOrby?
Ding Dong XL ships an update every 2 months, and absOrby every 4 days. Most recently, Ding Dong XL was updated on October 18, 2026 and absOrby on October 16, 2026.

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