Comparison

Smash the Dummy vs Hand Strike

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

Head to head
About

Smash the Dummy

This game allows you to relieve stress by attacking a virtual rag-doll with various weapons and magic spells. Engage in a brutal, interactive experience where the dummy fights back, adding an element of challenge to your payback. Collect coins to unlock new tools for your virtual vengeance.

Highlights
  • Attack virtual rag-doll with weapons
  • Use magic spells for combat
  • Dummy fights back
  • Collect coins to unlock items
  • Unlock items by watching videos
  • Variety of weapons and spells
Features
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Relieve your stress and give payback to people who annoy you through our punching game! Punch face, beat up, shoot, and kick the dummy or the virtual voodoo doll. Use any weapons you can or use your magic wand to defeat the rag-doll and kick the boss. If you feel like you want to kick buddy or beat boss, just play this punching game as stress relievers. Just be aware that this is a very brutal game where you can hurt & give payback to your enemies! Have you ever felt upset and angry with someone? Maybe you want to kick buddy or beat boss. Of course, you can’t do it on real life. You will need stress relievers to channel your aggression and violent urge. The best thing about our punching game is that the enemy is not a passive kick the dummy, rag-doll or voodoo doll! It can FIGHT BACK! If you don’t hurry up and kill it, it will destroy you first and you will lose. This mechanic will fire you up to continue to punch face, shoot, throw, and beat up your enemy or kick the boss. The more you play and defeat your virtual enemies or kick the boss, the more coins you can collect. What can you do with coins? You can use it to unlock Weapons or Magic Spells you can use. You can even unlock Weapons or Magic Spells for FREE by watching short videos. What you can do to the rag-doll/ dummy with weapons: -Punch face or other parts of the rag-doll. - Throw cubes. - Hit with baseball bat - Throw basketball / soccerball - Use slap machine - Throw Jelly cannon - Spray red - Throw air grenade - Use elastic ball - Shoot with nerf gun - Shoot with paintball gun - Throw cloud rain or whirlwind - Strikes with various weapons - Use bombs, shockers, axes, and other weapons. - Throw flowers, tomatoes, pumpkins, and watermelon - Shoot with bows and arrows. - Nunchaku, shurikens, grand pianos. What Magic Spells can do: - Wave hands - Spins - Ride the bull - Robo taunt - Rodeo dance - Clap hands - Shadow boxing - Shoulder Wave - Shake the behind You can also use the magic wand to randomly throw, beat up, shock, and hurt the rag-doll. It’s an awesome stress relievers because you don’t have to think of which spell or weapons to use. So, whenever you feel like you want to kick buddy, beat boss, or give any kind of payback to your enemies, simply open our app and deliver your payback to the virtual voodoo doll and kick the dummy! --- Disclaimer: this is a gore brutal game intended for adult only. Parents need to be responsible and keep their children off from this brutal game.

About

Hand Strike

Control a powerful hand to grab and interact with robots in a fun, physics-based environment. Explore levels with freedom, use various traps and weapons, and enjoy hilarious animations. Earn rewards through bonus levels.

Highlights
  • Grab and interact with robots
  • Physics-based environment
  • Freedom in level approach
  • Choose traps and weapons
  • Hilarious animations
  • Bonus levels
Features
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Are you sure about two hands better than one? Lets meet with a hand capable of everything? CATCH THEM IF YOU CAN! Grab bad robots from their heads and interract them with anything placed in the environment. It will be fun to poke your nose into their business. Earn extra money and gain more with FREE Bonus Levels! == GAME FEATURES == ◉ Lots of fun content for FREE! ◉ Super easy to navigate! ◉ Freedom in how you approach levels. ◉ Choose whichever trap you want! ◉ Hilarious animations and face reactions! ◉ Fun weapons and glorious hand skins at your disposal!

Screenshots

Smash the Dummy4 screens
Hand Strike4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Hand Strike at weekly against Smash the Dummy's every 13 months. Hand Strike also leads on ratings volume (87K vs 445). On price, rating, review sentiment and ads 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. Smash the Dummy sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Hand Strike sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Smash the Dummy against 4.5 for Hand Strike. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Hand Strike has 87K ratings behind it against 445, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 64% of Smash the Dummy's written reviews are positive against 62% of Hand Strike's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Smash the Dummy ships an update every 13 months, Hand Strike weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Smash the Dummy versus Hand Strike: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSmash the DummyHand Strike
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (445 ratings) — better4.5 (87K ratings)
Positive reviews63.6% of reviews — better62.3% of reviews
Number of ratings44587K — better
Update frequencyEvery 13 monthsWeekly — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size168 MB395 MB
Age rating12+17+
DeveloperRaffaele DerosaRollic Games

Customer experience

Smash the Dummy

All ratings445 ratings
Positive87.9%
Neutral3.8%
Negative8.3%
Written reviews22 reviews
Positive63.6%
Neutral9.1%
Negative27.3%

Hand Strike

All ratings86,818 ratings
Positive89.2%
Neutral5.7%
Negative5.1%
Written reviews183 reviews
Positive62.3%
Neutral7.7%
Negative30.1%

User reviews

Smash the Dummy

From 445 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Loves the game
  • 👍 Good game
  • 👍 Lots of weapons
  • 👍 Boxing gloves are best
  • 👍 Amazing

Room to improve

  • 🤢 Terrible
  • 😠 No sandbox
  • 🐛 Can't grab dummy
  • 🐛 Ads not working
  • 🐛 Can't buy anything

Hand Strike

From 87K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Fun and entertaining game
  • 🚀 Well-made animations and graphics
  • 😊 Helps relieve stress
  • 💡 Variety of ways to kill the characters

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Frequent crashes and freezes
  • 🔋 Too many ads interrupting gameplay
  • 🤔 Concerns about the game's appropriateness for young kids
  • 👎 Stiff and difficult controls

Bugs and requests

Smash the Dummy

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Ads not working
  • Can't grab dummy
  • Game won't load
  • Glitch
  • Background looks like water

Requested features

11 requests
  • Add more levels
  • Add more stages
  • Add healing items
  • Add skins
  • Add more weapons
Show 6 more
  • Make earnings bigger
  • Add maps
  • Make dummy talk
  • Make it more ragdolly
  • Make it official
  • Lower item prices

Hand Strike

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Game gets stuck on loading screen
  • Unable to progress past certain levels
  • Inability to exit the review page

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add more levels and gameplay variety
  • Improve hand/character control and responsiveness
  • Reduce the number of ads or make them less intrusive
  • Provide options to change the character design/skin
  • Add sound effects and character voices

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Smash the Dummy

One-time10
  • Bunch of Coins$0.99
  • Pinch of Gems$0.99
  • Boost 2x$0.99
Show 7 more
  • Pile of Coins$1.99
  • Bunch of Gems$1.99
  • Remove Ads$1.99
  • Bag of Coins$3.99
  • Pot of Gems$3.99
  • Chest of Coins$7.99
  • Chest of Gems$7.99
1 purchases

Hand Strike

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$2.99

Questions

Is Smash the Dummy free?
Smash the Dummy is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Hand Strike free?
Hand Strike is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Smash the Dummy or Hand Strike?
Smash the Dummy is rated higher. Smash the Dummy averages 4.6 out of 5 from 445 ratings, while Hand Strike averages 4.5 from 87K ratings.
Do Smash the Dummy or Hand Strike have ads?
Both Smash the Dummy and Hand Strike show ads.
Which is updated more often, Smash the Dummy or Hand Strike?
Smash the Dummy ships an update every 13 months, and Hand Strike weekly. Most recently, Smash the Dummy was updated on November 3, 2026 and Hand Strike on November 7, 2026.

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