Comparison

BoxHead vs Zombies vs DEADGRID

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

Head to head
About

BoxHead vs Zombies

Battle endless waves of zombies with powerful weapons and upgrades. Customize your character with exclusive skins and team up with friends in online co-op mode to climb the global leaderboards.

Highlights
  • Endless zombie waves
  • Unlockable weapons and upgrades
  • Exclusive character skins
  • Online co-op mode
  • Global leaderboards
Features
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Conquer the Zombie Apocalypse and Prove You’re the Best! Face endless waves of zombies in an epic battle for survival! With powerful weapons and upgrades you unlock as you progress, every match is a new chance to push your limits. What awaits you: Devastating weapons – Unlock and master a variety of firearms to turn the tide in your favor. Exclusive skins – Customize your characters with unique skins and show off your style on the battlefield. Online co-op mode – Team up with your friends and survive the zombie hordes together! Global leaderboard – Compete with players from around the world and prove you’re the best! Do you have what it takes to survive? Download now and start your journey to DESTROY ALL ZOMBIES! Don’t just be another survivor... be the legend!

About

DEADGRID

Experience intense arcade zombie survival with endless waves and permadeath. Master an arsenal of 33 weapons, strategically deploy defenses, and choose dynamic upgrades to conquer the apocalypse. Customize your survivor and enjoy pure, optimized gameplay.

Highlights
  • Endless zombie waves
  • Permadeath runs
  • 33 unlockable weapons
  • Strategic deployables and turrets
  • Dynamic upgrade system
  • Four zombie types with advanced AI
  • Customizable survivor skins
Features
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DEADGRID is a minimalist zombie arena shooter — pure, intense arcade action with real multiplayer. THE CLIMB A campaign ladder thousands of levels deep, and no two rungs are alike. Every level rolls its own horde, its own weather, its own rule and its own goal: one-hit-point runs, total blackouts, meteor storms, assassination contracts. Two modes break the pattern — INFECT, where you ARE the outbreak and hunt the survivors down, and FREE FOR ALL, where everyone carries the same gun and only one walks out. 1,080 WEAPON FINISHES Thirty collectable liveries — GOLD, ONYX, SYNTHWAVE, NOSFERATU, VOIDLINE, RAINBOW and more — across all 36 weapons. Every third rung of the Climb pays one out. Locked finishes stay secret until you earn them. TWELVE HANDCRAFTED ARENAS Fight through Times Square, Shibuya Crossing, the Champs-Élysées, Copacabana, Stonehenge, the Taj Mahal, Chichén Itzá and Terreiro do Paço — plus four arenas of our own: The Garden, Sporewood, Rustyard and Cindermaw. Lava rivers, container mazes, neon crossings. Every layout is placed by hand, never generated. SURVIVE THE APOCALYPSE Endless waves of the undead. Every run is permadeath — beat your best in kills, waves and time survived. RANKED 1v1 — THE ARENA Duel real opponents in last-one-standing combat. Buy rage zombies and send them hunting your rival, earn a random upgrade every round, and climb 8 divisions to the top of the global ladder. DUO CO-OP Team up with a friend or matchmake with a stranger. Shared horde, shared glory — revive each other and see how deep two survivors can go. ARSENAL OF 36 WEAPONS Pistols, SMGs, shotguns, rifles, snipers, launchers, energy weapons, flamethrowers and wilder things — each with its own 3D model. Loot weapon crates mid-run and build your loadout on the fly. NINE ZOMBIE TYPES Walkers, runners, tanks, boomers, jumpers that vault your walls, fire-spitters, bladesmen who cut bullets from the air, gaolers with hooked chains and summoners who raise the dead. Smart pathfinding routes them around cover — they hunt, they don't just shamble. TURRETS & DEPLOYABLES Three turret types, barriers, claymores, explosive barrels and the legendary clapping monkey. Build choke points, then watch the horde walk into them. PROGRESS THAT LASTS • GAME PASS: a 101-tier season track with exclusive skins, chests and emotes • MISSIONS: endless ladders that pay pass XP with bonus chests on every claim • SPECS: permanent lifetime upgrades that make every future run stronger • 42 SKINS to unlock — from the humble Rookie to floating war gods • 32 EMOTES to talk trash in style COMPETE WITH THE WORLD Global leaderboards, a top-1000 board, friends list with live presence, duo invites and player profiles. Daily streaks keep your fire burning. PURE PERFORMANCE Optimized for smooth 60fps. All game audio is synthesized in real time — zero audio files, tiny download. Free to play. Endless waves, thousands of levels. Just pure arcade zombie survival. Any coin pack removes ad breaks forever. Download DEADGRID and see how long you survive.

Screenshots

BoxHead vs Zombies4 screens
DEADGRID4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: DEADGRID at 4.8 against BoxHead vs Zombies's 2.7. DEADGRID also leads on review sentiment (93% vs 54%) and ads (none vs shown). BoxHead vs Zombies's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 6). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. DEADGRID sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. BoxHead vs Zombies asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

DEADGRID holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 2.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 12 and 53 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 54% of BoxHead vs Zombies's written reviews are positive against 93% of DEADGRID's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

BoxHead vs Zombies ships an update every 17 months, DEADGRID every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
BoxHead vs Zombies versus DEADGRID: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBoxHead vs ZombiesDEADGRID
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.7 (12 ratings)4.8 (53 ratings) — better
Positive reviews53.8% of reviews92.6% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1253 — better
Update frequencyEvery 17 monthsEvery 2 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supportedFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size127 MB384 MB
Age rating9+9+
DeveloperApps Bergman LtdaAfonso Quinaz

Customer experience

BoxHead vs Zombies

All ratings12 ratings
Positive41.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative58.3%
Written reviews13 reviews
Positive53.8%
Neutral7.7%
Negative38.5%

DEADGRID

All ratings53 ratings
Positive96.2%
Neutral0.0%
Negative3.8%
Written reviews68 reviews
Positive92.6%
Neutral4.4%
Negative2.9%

In-app purchases

None

BoxHead vs Zombies

No in-app purchases

6 purchases

DEADGRID

One-time6
  • Scrap$0.99
  • Cache$4.99
  • Crate$9.99
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  • Pallet$19.99
  • Container$49.99
  • Motherlode$99.99

Questions

Is BoxHead vs Zombies free?
BoxHead vs Zombies is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is DEADGRID free?
DEADGRID is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, BoxHead vs Zombies or DEADGRID?
DEADGRID is rated higher. BoxHead vs Zombies averages 2.7 out of 5 from 12 ratings, while DEADGRID averages 4.8 from 53 ratings.
Do BoxHead vs Zombies or DEADGRID have ads?
BoxHead vs Zombies shows ads; DEADGRID does not.
Which is updated more often, BoxHead vs Zombies or DEADGRID?
BoxHead vs Zombies ships an update every 17 months, and DEADGRID every 2 days. Most recently, BoxHead vs Zombies was updated on October 17, 2026 and DEADGRID on October 20, 2026.

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