Comparison

Cosmo Dash vs Shrimp.io

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

Head to head
About

Cosmo Dash

Race your spaceship through challenging cosmic environments, avoiding gravity, black holes, and anomalies. Compete against real players worldwide to reach the portal first and climb the global rankings. Master controls and customize your ship to excel in three distinct leagues.

Highlights
  • Online PvP racing
  • Spaceship customization
  • Gravity and anomaly challenges
  • World rankings
  • Three distinct leagues
  • Over 45 stages
Features
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Take control of a spaceship and get to the portal first among other players! Customize your ship, master in controls and improve your pilot skills. Fly as quickly and accurately as possible, and take first places in the world rankings with real players! You will have to cope with gravity, black holes, time anomalies and other dangers! When you become a master, you can choose one of three leagues with different physics and ship controls! More than 45 stages in 3 difficulty levels and hundreds of thousands of players from all over the world are waiting for you!

About

Shrimp.io

Play as a shrimp, consuming microplastics and destroying fish. Upgrade your shrimp with collected resources. A portion of ad revenue is donated to ocean cleanup charities.

Highlights
  • Consume microplastics
  • Destroy fish and creatures
  • Upgrade your shrimp
  • Multiple enemy types
  • Multiple maps
  • Ad revenue donation to charity
Features
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over 2.7 million combinations of items 60 enemies, including 12 mini-bosses right now 2 maps right now. play as a shrimp destroy all the fishys and Creatures, collect their microplastics and upgrade your shrimp. made in 2 weeks, by an unexperienced game developer, so don't be sad please. and currently 5% of ad revenue will be donated at the end of each month to an ocean plastic cleanup charity on my choice.

Screenshots

Cosmo Dash4 screens
Shrimp.io4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Shrimp.io at none against Cosmo Dash's 10. Shrimp.io also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 5 months) and ratings volume (21 vs 2). Cosmo Dash's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.7). On price, ads, 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. Cosmo Dash sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Shrimp.io asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Cosmo Dash holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Shrimp.io has 21 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Cosmo Dash ships an update every 5 months, Shrimp.io every 4 days. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Cosmo Dash versus Shrimp.io: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCosmo DashShrimp.io
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better4.7 (21 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings221 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsEvery 4 days — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better12.0
Further details — not scored
Size45 MB63 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperMikhail BazhinJaxon Gallegos Garcia

Customer experience

Cosmo Dash

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Shrimp.io

All ratings21 ratings
Positive95.2%
Neutral4.8%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews15 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Cosmo Dash

One-time10
  • Starter Pack$0.99
  • No Ads$1.99
  • Trail - US$2.99
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  • Trail - TR$2.99
  • Ship Skin #13$2.99
  • Trail - KR$2.99
  • Trail - CN$2.99
  • Trail - JP$2.99
  • Trail - BR$2.99
  • Trail - CA$2.99
None

Shrimp.io

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Cosmo Dash free?
Cosmo Dash is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Shrimp.io free?
Shrimp.io is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Cosmo Dash or Shrimp.io?
Cosmo Dash is rated higher. Cosmo Dash averages 5.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Shrimp.io averages 4.7 from 21 ratings.
Do Cosmo Dash or Shrimp.io have ads?
Both Cosmo Dash and Shrimp.io show ads.
Which is updated more often, Cosmo Dash or Shrimp.io?
Cosmo Dash ships an update every 5 months, and Shrimp.io every 4 days. Most recently, Cosmo Dash was updated on November 3, 2026 and Shrimp.io on November 3, 2026.

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