Dissolve vs Glow Glow
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Dissolve
Engage in an endless arcade shooter where every hit transforms the vibrant background. Collect permanent power-ups and melt through waves of enemies with intuitive swipe controls. Unlock new ships and face diverse enemy types in this colorful, fast-paced experience.
- Infinite enemy waves
- Permanent power-ups
- Transforming background visuals
- Single-finger swipe controls
- Haptic feedback
- Unlockable ships
- Upgradeable power-up drops
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In Dissolve, melt your way through infinite waves of enemies and bullets collecting never-expiring power-ups! Every shot that hits an enemy transforms the background, igniting dazzling bursts of color and warp-speed alterations all controlled with just a finger swipe. Get ready to melt through an endless torrent of vector foes! Features - Simple controls: Play with just moving your finger around the screen - Haptic feedback for key moments - 7 unlock-able ships - 14 Enemy Types and power-ups - Upgradeable power-up drop rates
Glow Glow
A charming arcade game challenges players to test their reflexes by navigating through obstacles and collecting coins. Unlock new cosmetic skins and compete for the top spot on the global leaderboard in a vibrant neon world.
- Obstacle avoidance gameplay
- Coin collection
- Unlockable skins
- High score leaderboard
- Cute neon graphics
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Glow Glow is a cute arcade game where you need to practice your skills! Avoid obstacles and run for the highest score. Collect coins and buy new skins! All set in a cute neon graphics! Compare your score to the others thanks to the leaderboard!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Glow Glow at none against Dissolve's 2. Glow Glow also leads on ads (none vs shown) and rating (4.9 vs 4.5). Dissolve's advantage is ratings volume (107 vs 16). On price, update cadence, 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
Both are free to download. Dissolve sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Glow Glow asks for nothing beyond the download.
Glow Glow holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Dissolve has 107 ratings behind it against 16, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 83% of Dissolve's written reviews are positive against 95% of Glow Glow's.
Dissolve ships an update fortnightly, Glow Glow weekly. The most recent releases landed on August 7, 2026 and June 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Dissolve | Glow Glow |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (107 ratings) | 4.9 (16 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 83.3% of reviews | 94.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 107 — better | 16 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Weekly — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 400 MB | 164 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | BabyStar Games | Jakub Klementewicz |
Customer experience
Dissolve
Glow Glow
In-app purchases
Dissolve
- 5000 Diamonds$0.99
- 30,000 Diamonds$4.99
Glow Glow
No in-app purchases
