The Dreadmill vs Zero Below Zero
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
The Dreadmill
Navigate a treacherous, ever-changing path by tapping to jump and avoid deadly obstacles. Collect loot and unlock costumes as you strive to reach the top, but be warned: this challenging arcade experience is designed to be unbeatable.
- Tap to jump controls
- Randomly generated floors
- Brutal traps and explosive gameplay
- Unlockable costumes
- Daily reward gifts
- Piggy Bank coin bonus
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It will slam you, it will crush you, and it will ALWAYS end you. You will never beat it. It will never stop. Tap to jump, avoiding everything The Dreadmill can throw at you. Reach the top to reset the floor and push further, collecting as much loot as you can. With randomly generated floors, brutal traps and explosive gameplay, The Dreadmill will always have new ways to destroy you. * Super frantic, arcade hopping fun. * Simple, tap to jump controls * 30 cute costumes to unlock * Piggy Bank - a 25% bonus Coin reward is saved in your Piggy Bank, ready to unlock tomorrow. * Daily reward gifts - Play every day to open your Piggy Bank and collect an extra daily gift. Super Awesome Premium Edition * 15 extra premium costumes, with 5 unlocked straight away! * Piggy Bank bonus boosted permanently to 50%. * Super Jump Box - use your jumps to unlock game boosts, such as the Coin Magnet suit, Piggy Boost and Goldrush. * No Ads - all in-game ads are removed. * Extra Gift Boxes - A golden gift box appears at the end of each game, as well as an additional Daily Reward box.
Zero Below Zero
A challenging puzzle game with simple mechanics but extreme difficulty. Achieve a perfect score on free levels to unlock the rest at no cost. No hints are provided, requiring strategic thinking to solve each unique circle-based puzzle.
- Extremely challenging gameplay
- Unique circle-based puzzles
- Free levels unlockable
- No hints provided
- Inspired by math puzzles
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Don’t let the cute graphics deceive you - this game is HARD. It’s so difficult, that if you get a perfect score on the free levels, you get the rest of the levels for free. The goal sounds easy - all you have to do is make each circle at least zero. The trouble is there are gazillions of moves you can make, and just one will give you a perfect score. Oh, and there are no hints. There are also no ads, subscriptions, tracking, or anything else you wouldn’t want. If you can’t achieve a perfect score on the free levels, you can always admit defeat and pay to unlock the other levels ;) This game is inspired by the dollar game maths puzzle as seen on Numberphile. Don’t expect that to help you though - Zero Below Zero has been made much more difficult!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Zero Below Zero at 5.0 against The Dreadmill's 4.3. Zero Below Zero also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 63%). The Dreadmill's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 6 months) and ratings volume (391 vs 6). On price, ads, 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 Dreadmill sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Zero Below Zero sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Zero Below Zero holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: The Dreadmill has 391 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 63% of The Dreadmill's written reviews are positive against 100% of Zero Below Zero's.
The Dreadmill ships an update fortnightly, Zero Below Zero every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | The Dreadmill | Zero Below Zero |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (391 ratings) | 5.0 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 62.5% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 391 — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 6 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 14.3 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 104 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Rose Design and Education Services | Omar Fahmy |
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The Dreadmill
Zero Below Zero
In-app purchases
The Dreadmill
- Super Awesome Premium Edition$0.99
- Early Riser$0.99
- Under The Sea$0.99
Zero Below Zero
- Unlock all levels$3.99
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