Daily Dadish vs Timberman
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Daily handcrafted levels
- Over 365 levels
- Unlockable characters
- Time-based challenges
- Character collection
- Retro platforming gameplay
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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!
Timberman
Embark on a 2D side-scroller platform adventure as a brave lumberjack. Rescue friends, save the forest from an evil corporation by defeating enemies, solving puzzles, and building structures. Enjoy co-op mode with a friend.
- 2D side-scroller platformer
- Rescue friends and save the forest
- Defeat enemies and solve puzzles
- Construct structures
- 2 player co-op mode
- Epic boss fights
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Timberman is back in his new 2D side-scroller platform adventure! Follow our brave lumberjack on his quest to rescue his friends and save the forest from the Evil Corp. Defeat hordes of enemies, solve puzzles, chop wood and construct various structures to help you complete challenging levels. Find secret treasures, unlock mini games, battle bosses and many more! Timberman The Big Adventure offers also 2 player co-op mode to play with your friend (gamepad required). - Retro-style side-scroll platformer - Help Timberman rescue his friends - Save the forest from evil corporation! - 2 player co-op / gamepads required - Challenging levels to complete - Epic boss fights - and a lot more!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Daily Dadish at 82% against Timberman's 55%. Daily Dadish also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs monthly) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 12.0). Timberman's advantage is rating (4.7 vs 4.4). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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. Daily Dadish sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Timberman sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Timberman holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 508 and 980 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 82% of Daily Dadish's written reviews are positive against 55% of Timberman's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Daily Dadish ships an update every 2 weeks, Timberman monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Daily Dadish | Timberman |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (508 ratings) | 4.7 (980 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 82.4% of reviews — better | 55.2% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 508 | 980 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Monthly |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 155 MB | 376 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Thomas Young | Digital Melody |
Customer experience
Daily Dadish
Timberman
User reviews
Daily Dadish
From 508 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Pretty good game
- 🚀 Decent challenge
- 👍 Like the daily levels and achievements
- 👍 Funny dialogues
- 👍 Cute characters and visuals
Room to improve
- 🐛 Some levels are too difficult
- 🔍 Lack of variety in levels
- 📢 Too many ads
- 🔍 Repetitive after unlocking all characters
- 🐛 Occasional glitches and bugs
Timberman
From 980 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🎮 Fun and addictive gameplay
- 🎨 Great graphics and visuals
- 🕹️ Intuitive and responsive controls
- 🕰️ Nostalgic feel of classic platformers
Room to improve
- 💰 Paywall for additional levels and features
- 🔍 Difficulty spike too early in the game
- 🕹️ Unresponsive controls without a controller
- 🔍 Levels can be too challenging at times
- 🔍 Glitches and bugs in certain levels
Bugs and 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
Timberman
Reported bugs
3 issues- Game freezing or crashing after certain actions
- Disappearing buttons and UI elements in levels
- Inconsistent input recognition and responsiveness
Requested features
4 requests- More free levels to try before purchasing
- Customizable controls and button placement
- Ability to save progress and resume later
- Additional content updates with new levels
In-app purchases
Daily Dadish
- Remove Ads$6.99
Timberman
- Premium - special offer$4.99
- Premium$6.99
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