Comparison

Lost Shadows vs Daily Dadish

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

Head to head
About

Lost Shadows

Embark on a challenging platform-runner adventure through a treacherous castle, battling enemies and overcoming deadly obstacles. Upgrade your character's skills and discover secrets to progress in this addictive game.

Highlights
  • Intense platform-runner gameplay
  • Character skill upgrades
  • Discover secrets and power-ups
  • Beautiful graphics
  • Challenging levels
Features
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Exciting platform-runner game that will make you die again and again. Each level introduces the player to new obstacles and enemies. Venture into castle to fight lost shadows! Lost Shadows features simple yet addicting gameplay, giving you thrilling moments and an unexpected experience. You can upgrade abilities by increasing your level. Manuever through traps, lay waste on enemies who try to stop you. FEATURES: - Beautiful graphics - Easy to learn and addictive gameplay - Upgrade your character's skills - Secrets and power-ups to discover - Challenge yourself with tough levels

About

Daily Dadish

Embark on a year-long retro platforming adventure with a new handcrafted level released daily. Challenge yourself with unique daily levels, overcome foes, unlock characters, and help a father find his missing children. Enjoy a fun soundtrack and humorous dialogue.

Highlights
  • Daily handcrafted levels
  • Over 365 levels
  • Unlockable characters
  • Time-based challenges
  • Character collection
  • Retro platforming gameplay
Features
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It’s an adventure that lasts a whole year! Daily Dadish is a retro platformer that features over 365 handcrafted levels - one for every day of the year! Each level is only playable for one day, so beat them while you can. Face challenging foes, unlock cool characters, and help reunite Dadish with his missing kids all over again! • A retro platformer with a different level every day • Over 365 handcrafted levels • 10 playable characters to unlock • Can you beat the clock? Complete levels quickly to earn medals and stars • Rescue your children, and also a screechy possum • Dialog that is reasonably funny • A rockin’ soundtrack featuring remixes of classic Dadish tunes • Experience the joys of fatherhood, every day!

Screenshots

Lost Shadows4 screens
Daily Dadish4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Lost Shadows at every 2 days against Daily Dadish's every 2 weeks. Lost Shadows also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 82%). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Lost Shadows sells 8 one-off in-app purchases and Daily Dadish sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Lost Shadows ships an update every 2 days, Daily Dadish every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on June 1, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Lost Shadows versus Daily Dadish: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLost ShadowsDaily Dadish
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.4 (508 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better82.5% of reviews
Number of ratings—508 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 days — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.010.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size242 MB155 MB
Age rating12+9+
DeveloperTapteekThomas Young

Customer experience

Lost Shadows

Written reviews5 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Daily Dadish

All ratings508 ratings
Positive85.0%
Neutral4.5%
Negative10.4%
Written reviews297 reviews
Positive82.5%
Neutral6.1%
Negative11.4%

Bugs and requests

Lost Shadows

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Daily Dadish

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Levels repeating instead of new ones
  • Timer disappearing
  • Infinite loading screen soft-lock
  • Issues with the first level on certain days

Requested features

5 requests
  • Allow playing past missed levels
  • Add a level creator
  • Introduce more characters and costumes
  • Implement a leaderboard system
  • Add a calendar to track progress

In-app purchases

8 purchases

Lost Shadows

One-time8
  • Handful of Gems$1.99
  • Pile of Gems$4.99
  • Starter Pack$4.99
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  • Energy Pack$7.99
  • Basket of Gems$9.99
  • God Pack$14.99
  • Chest of Gems$19.99
  • Barrel of Gems$54.99
1 purchases

Daily Dadish

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$6.99

Questions

Is Lost Shadows free?
Lost Shadows is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Daily Dadish free?
Daily Dadish is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Lost Shadows or Daily Dadish have ads?
Both Lost Shadows and Daily Dadish show ads.
Which is updated more often, Lost Shadows or Daily Dadish?
Lost Shadows ships an update every 2 days, and Daily Dadish every 2 weeks. Most recently, Lost Shadows was updated on June 1, 2026 and Daily Dadish on October 1, 2026.

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