Comparison

Dissolve vs Gnomes And Knights

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Infinite enemy waves
  • Permanent power-ups
  • Transforming background visuals
  • Single-finger swipe controls
  • Haptic feedback
  • Unlockable ships
  • Upgradeable power-up drops
Features
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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

About

Gnomes And Knights

Explore a dark fantasy medieval world to find hidden gnomes. Interact with characters, uncover the world's secrets, and make choices that lead to multiple endings. Enjoy a procedurally generated environment with replayable content.

Highlights
  • Gloomy medieval dark fantasy atmosphere
  • Explore and search for gnomes
  • Interact with various characters
  • Procedurally generated world
  • Multiple endings based on decisions
  • Low-poly graphics
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Immerse yourself in the atmosphere of a gloomy medieval dark fantasy and try to find all the gnomes. Meet various characters on your way and try to figure out what happened to this damned world that you yourself (in fact, we) created. Game Features - Stylish low-poly graphics that won't overload your computer - The opportunity to explore the forest well in search of gnomes and feel like a real knight - A specific goal of the game that you choose yourself - Procedurally generated world and high replayability - Five levels, five gnomes, nine story characters - Six endings depending on your decision - Unexpected plot twists - A REAL opportunity to FINALLY find the gnomes - A feeling of personal involvement in an iconic world event - Low price matches the level of content's quality

Screenshots

Dissolve4 screens
Gnomes And Knights4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Dissolve at Free against Gnomes And Knights's $2.99. Dissolve also leads on rating (4.6 vs 3.0) and ratings volume (118 vs 2). Gnomes And Knights's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ads (none vs shown). On 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

Dissolve is free to download; Gnomes And Knights costs $2.99 up front. Dissolve sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Gnomes And Knights asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Dissolve holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Dissolve has 118 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 84% of Dissolve's written reviews are positive against 100% of Gnomes And Knights's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Dissolve ships an update fortnightly, Gnomes And Knights daily. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
Dissolve versus Gnomes And Knights: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDissolveGnomes And Knights
PriceFree — better$2.99
Rating4.6 (118 ratings) — better3.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews84.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings118 — better2
Update frequencyFortnightlyDaily — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS13.013.0
Further details — not scored
Size400 MB537 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperBabyStar GamesAbdrakhimov Tim

Customer experience

Dissolve

All ratings107 ratings
Positive86.9%
Neutral6.5%
Negative6.5%
Written reviews25 reviews
Positive84.0%
Neutral8.0%
Negative8.0%

Gnomes And Knights

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Dissolve

One-time2
  • 5000 Diamonds$0.99
  • 30,000 Diamonds$4.99
None

Gnomes And Knights

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Dissolve free?
Dissolve is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Gnomes And Knights free?
Gnomes And Knights costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Dissolve or Gnomes And Knights?
Dissolve is rated higher. Dissolve averages 4.6 out of 5 from 118 ratings, while Gnomes And Knights averages 3.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Dissolve or Gnomes And Knights have ads?
Dissolve shows ads; Gnomes And Knights does not.
Which is updated more often, Dissolve or Gnomes And Knights?
Dissolve ships an update fortnightly, and Gnomes And Knights daily. Most recently, Dissolve was updated on November 3, 2026 and Gnomes And Knights on October 27, 2026.

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