The Tawashi vs Dragon Attack
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
The Tawashi
Engage in a retro-style shooter where you must evade enemy bullets while simultaneously attacking them. Collect power-ups and treasures to boost your score and gain extra lives. Master five challenging stages with adjustable difficulty levels.
- Bullet evasion and shooting gameplay
- Multiple control options (touch, gamepad, keyboard)
- Weapon power-ups and upgrades
- Collectible treasures for extra lives
- Five distinct stages with boss battles
- Adjustable difficulty levels
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- What kind of game is it? A game where you evade enemy bullets whilst shooting them down. Don't think, just evade and shoot! - Controls Smartphone: Move: Tap and slide Attack: Tap Precision control: Slowly slide Pause: Tap with 2 fingers Horizontal feed: None Vertical feed: tap and slide Gamepad: Move: Left joystick Attack: Button 1 (A) Precision control: Button 2 (B) + direction Pause: Menu button Horizontal feed: Button L/R Vertical feed: Right joystick The game is best experienced using a gamepad. Select the 'Gamepad' icon on the settings screen when using a gamepad. However, the compatibility of gamepads may affect the controls of the game. If this occurs, please use another method of control. You can also use the arrow keys or numeric pad for keyboard controls. Disable NumLock to use the numeric pad. Failing to do so will prevent the game from stopping. - Gameplay Select a stage and difficulty. Use the directional controls to avoid enemy bullets, and shoot down enemies using the attack button. Collect your friends to boost your score, and shoot at present boxes to switch to better weapons every now and then. When you see a flash on the ground, dig up the treasure, and if you get bombarded with enemy shots then use your precisions controls to slowly dodge them. Don't forget to 'pause' if you get tired. It might sound difficult, but you'll get the hang of it as you play. - Game rules Getting hit by enemy bullets reduces your HP. You lose 1 life when you run out of HP, and the game ends once you've lost all your lives. Complete a stage by defeating a boss before you lose all of your lives! Bumping into an enemy will not reduce your HP, but you may get knocked back or paralyzed. - Stages You can select the next stage once you have cleared a stage. There are 5 stages in total! Can you clear all the stages? Cleared stages and proceeding unlocked stage are always available to play, so you can constantly play stages you're good at or practice difficult ones at your leisure. - Power-ups Collect the weapons that appear when you destroy present boxes! They change the bullets shot from your character. Choose from various weapons to suit the situation. Some strong enemies can be easily defeated by switching weapons. Just a quick heads up - all weapons are disposable. - Difficulty There are 5 difficult levels: Easy, Light, Normal, Hard, and Hell. Select a difficulty level that suits you at the Start Stage screen. Try playing on 'Easy' or 'Light' if you're new to these kinds of games. If you're a veteran to this scene, then choose 'Hard' or 'Hell' and aim for a high score! The harder the difficulty, the higher your possible score. - Treasure Collecting various treasures in the game will increase your number of extra lives at the start of the game. When you collect 50/100/200/300/400/450/ALL different types of treasures, you will gain 1 extra life. (Note: collecting multiples of the same type of treasure does not count) The more extra lives you have, the easier it is to clear a stage. Try dropping the difficulty to collect more treasures if you're having trouble avoiding bullets. Each stage features different treasures, so play through different ones to collect more of them. - Any bombs? No, nothing like that. - What about 1UPs? Nope. Nothing. Collecting various different treasures will increase the number of lives you start with. - Any HP recovery? Your HP is recovered when you clear a stage. You can do it! - What about replays? Sorry to break it to you, but no. Please use the automatic highlights recording function. Recorded videos are saved to your gallery or my videos folder. Videos are saved in GIF format, so please use compatible software to view them. Unfortunately, there is no sound-recording function.
Dragon Attack
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Awaken your wings. Unleash your dragon breath. Dragon Attack is a vertical bullet hell shooter with drag-to-move controls and automatic fire. Dodge barrages, time your shield and strike back with your ultimate. 64 BOSS ATTACK PATTERNS Face bosses that transform as their health falls. Read each attack pattern, find the gaps and claim victory. FOUR TIERS OF DRAGON AWAKENING Permanently upgrade each dragon’s stats, bullet streams and missiles. Total upgrade levels unlock four awakening tiers with extra attack, health and glowing wing markings. Preview your dragon, current stats and next awakening bonus before you fly. 100 STAGES, 10 WORLDS Fly from sky ruins through volcanoes, glaciers and a clockwork citadel to the chaos void. Read each boss attack and find a path through overlapping barrages. 9 DRAGONS AND PERMANENT UPGRADES Discover fire, lightning, ice and more. Spend gold earned in battle on dragon stats, extra bullet streams and missiles. Even the Solar Emperor can be unlocked with gold. Keep earned gold and permanent upgrades after defeat. CHOOSE YOUR CHALLENGE Play on Easy, Normal, Hard or Ultra. Checkpoints and records are saved separately for each difficulty. Online rankings compare Ultra runs and require a supported game service account and a network connection. A STORY IN THE SKIES Follow animated story chapters and in-battle messages, then revisit unlocked chapters. Choose Korean, English, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese or Portuguese (Brazil) in the game. The optional archived original films retain Korean captions. ADS AND PURCHASES Contains ads. A one-time remove-ads purchase removes forced ads. Optional rewarded ads for revives and double gold remain available. Removing ads does not grant combat power or a ranking advantage.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Dragon Attack at Free against The Tawashi's $3.99. Dragon Attack also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 22 months). The Tawashi's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). On 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
Dragon Attack is free to download; The Tawashi costs $3.99 up front. Dragon Attack sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. The Tawashi asks for nothing beyond the download.
The Tawashi ships an update every 22 months, Dragon Attack every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | The Tawashi | Dragon Attack |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $3.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 22 months | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 115 MB | 339 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Makoto Umeda | YoungKook Ahn |
In-app purchases
The Tawashi
No in-app purchases
Dragon Attack
- Remove Stage Ads$1.99





