Daily Dadish vs Shovel Pirate
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!
Shovel Pirate
Embark on a pirate adventure to find hidden treasures. This cute platformer features fun puzzles, charming characters, and clever traps across 15 action-packed levels. Discover secret collectibles and enjoy delightful music as you progress.
- 15 action-packed levels
- Clever puzzles
- Secret collectibles
- Intuitive controls
- Charming music
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Follow the map, search for hints, and collect all the treasures! Play as a pirate on a quest to gather all the wackiest treasures. Shovel Pirate is a cute platformer game with fun puzzles, adorable characters, and clever traps to avoid. Game features: • 15 levels packed with action • Intuitive and easy controls • Clever puzzles • Secret collectibles • Charming music tracks Important information: • This game comes with no ads and features a paywall to unlock the full game.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Shovel Pirate at none against Daily Dadish's shown. Daily Dadish's advantage is rating (4.4 vs 4.1) and ratings volume (508 vs 37). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Daily Dadish sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Shovel Pirate sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Daily Dadish holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Daily Dadish has 508 ratings behind it against 37, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 82% of Daily Dadish's written reviews are positive against 72% of Shovel Pirate's.
| Parameter | Daily Dadish | Shovel Pirate |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (508 ratings) — better | 4.1 (37 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 82.2% of reviews — better | 72.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 508 — better | 37 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | — |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 11.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 155 MB | 18 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Thomas Young | Gionathan Pesaresi |
Customer experience
Daily Dadish
Shovel Pirate
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
Shovel Pirate
From 37 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Fun and enjoyable gameplay
- 👍 Simple and easy to play
- 👍 Satisfying mechanics
- 👍 Good for killing time
- 👍 Nice characters and graphics
Room to improve
- 💰 Paid to unlock levels
- 💰 Misleading free-to-play model
- 💰 Game is too short
- 💰 Poor value for money (for some)
- 👎 Controls can be frustrating
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
Shovel Pirate
Reported bugs
2 issues- Game freezes after purchase
- Cannot play past a certain level without paying
Requested features
6 requests- Separate buttons for ladder and shoveling controls
- More levels or a sequel
- Longer games
- Make more levels free in the future
- Updates to design
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- Dark mode option
In-app purchases
Daily Dadish
- Remove Ads$6.99
Shovel Pirate
- Premium$1.99
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