Comparison

The Dreadmill vs Shrobik World

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Tap to jump controls
  • Randomly generated floors
  • Brutal traps and explosive gameplay
  • Unlockable costumes
  • Daily reward gifts
  • Piggy Bank coin bonus
Features
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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.

About

Shrobik World

Embark on a retro platformer adventure as a clumsy robot on a quest to reclaim stolen energy. Explore mysterious planets, battle enemies, and overcome challenges in a stylized world with easy controls and high-quality graphics.

Highlights
  • Retro platformer gameplay
  • Explore diverse planets and labs
  • Collect energy and defeat enemies
  • Interactive objects for navigation
  • Boss battles
  • Family-friendly content
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The main character of the game is a small, clumsy robot named Shrobik with a big, kind heart, whose energy has been stolen. The goal is to embark on a journey across mysterious planets and laboratories with a unique atmosphere and full freedom of movement, featuring exclusive mechanics, venture into space, survive ancient ruins, save a rock concert, and experience many other adventures, finding the right path using interactive objects, collecting energy, evading and defeating the Boss’s soldiers, to battle the Boss in the final showdown and reclaim your energy. Install the game now and start your adventure! Genre: Platformer, Arcade, Adventure, Stylized, Monsters Style: Sony PlayStation, Sega, Xbox, PC, Nintendo, Gameboy, 8bit, 16bit, 32bit Family-friendly game Easy controls Suitable for all ages High-quality graphic detailing Music "Cruising for Goblins", "Airship Serenity", "Brightly Fancy", "Carefree", "Equatorial Complex", "Feelin Good", "Floating Cities", "Goblin Tinker Soldier Spy", "Happy Bee - Surf", "In a Heartbeat", "Island Meet and Greet", "Life of Riley", "Our Story Begins", "Pixelland", "Return of the Mummy", "Trouble", "Truth in the Stones", "Unholy Knight", "Who Likes to Party" 1. Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) 2. Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 3. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ IGRS Rating: 3+ (Indonesia Games Rating System)

Screenshots

The Dreadmill3 screens
Shrobik World4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Shrobik World at 5.0 against The Dreadmill's 4.3. Shrobik World also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 3) and update cadence (every 4 days vs fortnightly). The Dreadmill's advantage is ratings volume (390 vs 1) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.0). On price, ads 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

Both are free to download. The Dreadmill sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Shrobik World asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Shrobik World holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: The Dreadmill has 390 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

The Dreadmill ships an update fortnightly, Shrobik World every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
The Dreadmill versus Shrobik World: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterThe DreadmillShrobik World
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (390 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews62.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings390 — better1
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS9.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size104 MB123 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRose Design and Education ServicesDmytro Morozov

In-app purchases

3 purchases

The Dreadmill

One-time3
  • Super Awesome Premium Edition$0.99
  • Early Riser$0.99
  • Under The Sea$0.99
None

Shrobik World

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is The Dreadmill free?
The Dreadmill is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Shrobik World free?
Shrobik World is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, The Dreadmill or Shrobik World?
Shrobik World is rated higher. The Dreadmill averages 4.3 out of 5 from 390 ratings, while Shrobik World averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do The Dreadmill or Shrobik World have ads?
Neither The Dreadmill nor Shrobik World shows ads.
Which is updated more often, The Dreadmill or Shrobik World?
The Dreadmill ships an update fortnightly, and Shrobik World every 4 days. Most recently, The Dreadmill was updated on November 2, 2026 and Shrobik World on October 30, 2026.

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