Comparison

Gigapocalypse vs Dash Heroes

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

Head to head
About

Gigapocalypse

Become a customizable giant monster and unleash destruction in this pixel art action game. Inspired by Kaijū movies and classic destruction games, players can unlock unique skills, mutations, and pets as they smash through various historical and futuristic locations.

Highlights
  • Customizable giant monsters
  • Unique skills and mutations
  • Pixel art destruction
  • Kaijū movie inspiration
  • Unlockable pets and skills
  • Epic boss fights
  • Tamagotchi-style mini-games
Features
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Become a customizable giant monster with manifold skills in this destruction game, inspired by classical Kaijū movies such as “Godzilla” and “King Kong” and the game classic “Rampage”. As a little kid, picking up your dragon toys, spewing fire, feels powerful and destroying everything is one of the best childhood memories for many of us. Now you become that giant monster in Gigapocalypse, a 2D pixel art destruction game, inspired by classical Kaijū movies such as “Godzilla” and “King Kong” and the game classic “Rampage”. Gigapocalypse features a selection of different “Gigas” from the Prehistoric era, the uncharted outer space and the forgotten history. Each with unique skills, mutations and manifold skins that can be unlocked with level ups. Start your destruction spree and destroy everything on your way through different beautifully detailed pixel style locations. Ever wondered how it looks like when a giant monster destroys a wild west town? Or clashing against the brave Knights Templar? Gigapocalypse has the answer. But beware: Nasty soldiers, wizards, drones and mechs will do everything to stop you! With each try your Giga will become more powerful until you will finally make it to the diversified, epic boss fights that await you at the end of each level. Complete quests, take care of your Giga in Tamagotchi-style mini games, find secrets to upgrade your Giga and its “home” and unlock cute, but yet lethal pets that accompany you on journey. Gigapocalypse is loud, punk, metal, anarchy and a lovely homage to the game and movie classics. It´s a game for the kid in all of us. Features: • Nine Gigas with unique distinctive abilities • Six beautifully detailed stages based on earth`s historical and future timeline • Customize your Giga and define your own destruction style • Themed enemies and buildings • Epic and hilarious boss fights • Unlockable pets, skills and mutations • Quests and secrets • Fast paced action with simple controls • Satisfying visual destruction in cute pixel art style • Lore based on existing myths and cryptozoology • Easy to approach, addictive gameplay style • Heavy-Rock soundtrack – if it´s too loud, you´re too old!

About

Dash Heroes

Embark on an epic quest through a vertical labyrinth, gaining the ability to scale walls. Navigate treacherous traps and enemies across 1000 levels, choosing from diverse heroes with unique skills. Compete in races, collect coins, and enjoy multiple game modes, including a level editor.

Highlights
  • Vertical labyrinth exploration
  • Wall-scaling abilities
  • 1000 challenging levels
  • Diverse roster of heroes
  • Level editor mode
  • Competitive racing
Features
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Swipe once and your hero dashes until it hits a wall. That single move is all it takes to play Dash Heroes, a pixel maze escape built for one thumb. Grab the key, reach the portal and get past every skull, spike and trap in the tower. The catch is that your hero does not stop halfway. Every swipe is a commitment: the dash keeps going until something gets in the way, so you read the maze before you move, not after. Speed along the arrows and time your run past turrets, flames, spears and patrolling skulls. In some stages you guide two heroes at once and swap between them to reach the exit. FOUR WAYS TO PLAY • Classic: hand-built stages across three towers of brick, ice and stone. Grab the key, open the portal and collect the gold to earn up to three stars on every stage. • Arcade: an endless climb through a maze that never runs out, with the water rising behind you. Your five best runs are saved, with the hero who set them and the day you did it. • Blitz: generated stages, one after another, with the water on your heels. • Race: 32 heroes race up the same tower. Get through two qualifying rounds and win the final. A MAZE ESCAPE THAT FIGHTS BACK • A key, a portal and gold in every stage, and traps that shoot, burn and patrol in between. • In Arcade the maze gets tighter the higher you climb, and the water does not wait for you to think. • Fast to read, easy to misjudge. It is a reflex game as much as a labyrinth. 60 HEROES, 10 POWERS • Collect 60 heroes, from common to mythic, and unlock them in the Hero Machine with the gold you pick up in the towers. • Every hero brings a power: more gold from every coin, a magnet that pulls coins in, a chance to start with a shield, slower rising water, a higher Arcade score and more. • Level your heroes up to make their powers stronger. • Take a team of two on every run. Both powers count, so the pair you choose changes the way you play. SOMETHING NEW EVERY DAY • Nine daily missions, plus a bonus for finishing them all. • A daily reward that keeps growing as long as your streak lasts. • Arcade boosts to pick before a run: shield, slow water, magnet or double score. • 50 achievements, from your first stage to the very long haul, and a sheet with all your stats. ONE THUMB, NO INTERNET • Swipe controls made for one hand, in portrait. • No internet connection needed, so the maze comes with you anywhere. • Keyboard and gamepad work too. • Separate music and sound volume, and screen shake you can switch off. If you like a pixel maze game where one wrong swipe sends you straight into a spike, this is your kind of maze escape. Pick two heroes, swipe and see how high the water lets you get.

Screenshots

Gigapocalypse4 screens
Dash Heroes4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Dash Heroes at Free against Gigapocalypse's $0.99. Dash Heroes also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 67%) and rating (5.0 vs 4.6). Gigapocalypse's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (18 vs 3). On in-app purchases, 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

Dash Heroes is free to download; Gigapocalypse costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Dash Heroes holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Gigapocalypse has 18 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of Gigapocalypse's written reviews are positive against 100% of Dash Heroes's.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Gigapocalypse versus Dash Heroes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGigapocalypseDash Heroes
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating4.6 (18 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings18 — better3
Update frequency—Every 39 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size705 MB22 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperHeadup GmbHCHORRUS GAMES S.L.

Customer experience

Gigapocalypse

All ratings17 ratings
Positive88.2%
Neutral0.0%
Negative11.8%
Written reviews21 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral4.8%
Negative28.6%

Dash Heroes

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Gigapocalypse

No in-app purchases

None

Dash Heroes

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Gigapocalypse free?
Gigapocalypse costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Dash Heroes free?
Dash Heroes is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Gigapocalypse or Dash Heroes?
Dash Heroes is rated higher. Gigapocalypse averages 4.6 out of 5 from 18 ratings, while Dash Heroes averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do Gigapocalypse or Dash Heroes have ads?
Dash Heroes shows ads; Gigapocalypse does not.

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