Comparison

Dashy Smash vs Sketchbook Runner

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

Head to head
About

Dashy Smash

Pilot a jetpack through a magical world, smashing obstacles and collecting treasures. Unlock new characters and upgrades with collected coins, and customize your playstyle. Compete with others globally in daily quests and leaderboards.

Highlights
  • Jetpack flight
  • Environment destruction
  • Treasure collection
  • Character unlocks
  • Customizable playstyle
  • Daily quests
  • Global leaderboards
Features
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In this action-packed adventure, you play as a character equipped with a jetpack, soaring through a magical world filled with treasures to collect. One of the unique features of this game is the ability to destroy the environment around you – use powerful busts and various power-ups to smash through obstacles and clear a path to your goals. As you collect coins, you can use them to unlock unique characters and upgrades. With endless customization options available, such as the spider catcher and the gravity pull, you can tailor the game to your playstyle. In addition to the main campaign mode, the game also features daily quests and leaderboards, allowing you to compete with players from around the world for high scores. With its fast-paced gameplay, charming pixel art graphics, and simple controls, this mobile game is sure to keep you coming back for more.

About

Sketchbook Runner

Draw bridges and ramps to guide a stickman across gaps in this hand-drawn platformer. Race against others in real-time multiplayer or tackle challenging boss levels. Customize your character with earned cosmetics.

Highlights
  • Draw bridges and ramps
  • Hand-drawn doodle art style
  • Real-time multiplayer races
  • 50 hand-built levels
  • Endless mode
  • Character customization
  • Offline campaign play
Features
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Your runner can't stop. The page is full of gaps. All you have is a pencil. Sketchbook Runner is a hand-drawn doodle platformer where you draw lines to bridge every gap. Your stickman runs on its own — you draw the path. Drag to draw a bridge, a ramp or a loop. Tap to jump. Beat 50 hand-built levels across 10 chapters, run forever in endless mode, or race up to 4 players live. DRAW THE LINE. DON'T FALL. Gaps are everywhere. Draw ink lines to cross them — flat to walk, sloped to launch, a quick loop to bounce sky-high. Run out of ink mid-bridge and you fall. Drawing IS the game, and every chapter teaches a new trick with your pencil. RACE LIVE — MULTIPLAYER Race up to four players in real time on the same level and watch their ink appear stroke for stroke. Climb the global leaderboards, or chase a ghost: the world's #1 run or your own personal best. TEN CHAPTERS, TEN BOSSES • Pencil Marks — learn to draw across gaps. • Take a Leap — tap to jump when drawing is too slow. • Sharp Edges — plan your bridges around spikes. • Saw Mill — arc over spinning blades. • Moving Targets — time your lines past swinging saws. • Upside Down — gravity flips. Run on the ceiling. • The Eraser — draw a loop to bounce sky-high. • Head in the Clouds — ride updrafts, fight headwinds, catch a glider. • The Ruler — draw across the bars to break through walls. • The Author — every mechanic at once, and the page fights back. Every chapter ends in a boss that rewrites the rules. The Critic snatches your pencil. The Spike Lord forces a bouncing rhythm. The Eraser scrubs your lines off the page. Vertigo flips the world. ALWAYS SOMETHING NEW • Endless mode that re-seeds every week — the same course for everyone. • Daily challenge: one level pays double pencils every 24 hours. • A 7-day daily reward streak. • Three-star ratings and hidden treasure chests on every level. DRESS UP YOUR STICKMAN 20+ hand-drawn cosmetics — top hats, capes, crowns, halos, devil horns — plus pet followers (a cat, a dog, a ghost and more) and ink colors from plain graphite to rainbow and glitter. Three-star a level to unlock fun mods like Moon Boots, Big Head and Tiny Runner. NO TIMERS, NO PAYWALLS No energy meters. No lives on a clock. Nothing you can buy gates your progress — every cosmetic is earned by playing. The campaign plays offline, as long as you like. DRAWN AT RUNTIME Every line on screen — platforms, spikes, saws, the stickman, the cosmetics — is drawn procedurally. No sprites. Sharp on every phone and tablet.

Screenshots

Dashy Smash3 screens
Sketchbook Runner4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Sketchbook Runner at none against Dashy Smash's 3. Sketchbook Runner also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.8) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs monthly). Dashy Smash's advantage is ratings volume (58 vs 1) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 14.0). On price, ads and 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Dashy Smash sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Sketchbook Runner asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Sketchbook Runner holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Dashy Smash has 58 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Dashy Smash ships an update monthly, Sketchbook Runner every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Dashy Smash versus Sketchbook Runner: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDashy SmashSketchbook Runner
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (58 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews77.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings58 — better1
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS8.0 — better14.0
Further details — not scored
Size75 MB95 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperAnton ChekulaevMatt Panton

Customer experience

Dashy Smash

All ratings58 ratings
Positive94.8%
Neutral3.4%
Negative1.7%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive77.8%
Neutral22.2%
Negative0.0%

Sketchbook Runner

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Dashy Smash

One-time3
  • Small coin pack$1.99
  • Large coin pack$7.99
  • Ultimate coin pack$14.99
None

Sketchbook Runner

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Dashy Smash free?
Dashy Smash is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Sketchbook Runner free?
Sketchbook Runner is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Dashy Smash or Sketchbook Runner?
Sketchbook Runner is rated higher. Dashy Smash averages 4.8 out of 5 from 58 ratings, while Sketchbook Runner averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Dashy Smash or Sketchbook Runner have ads?
Both Dashy Smash and Sketchbook Runner show ads.
Which is updated more often, Dashy Smash or Sketchbook Runner?
Dashy Smash ships an update monthly, and Sketchbook Runner every 2 weeks. Most recently, Dashy Smash was updated on October 24, 2026 and Sketchbook Runner on October 19, 2026.

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