Comparison

Entomophobia vs Dash Heroes

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

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Entomophobia

Engage in a top-down roguelite bullet hell experience, eliminating swarms of insects with automatic and controllable weapons. Collect upgrades and make strategic choices to enhance your damage and achieve glory in this solo-developed port of a PC game.

Highlights
  • Top-down roguelite bullet hell gameplay
  • Thousands of insects to slay
  • Automatic and controllable weapons
  • Upgrade cards on level up
  • Strategic upgrade choices
  • Port of a PC version
Features
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A top-down Roguelite Bullethell where you kill thousands of Insects/Bugs! Get up to 5 Automatic firing Weapons, and a Controllable Weapon too. Slay Bugs, Get Upgrades, and Kill More. Pick from 3 Upgrade Cards on Level Up, choose correctly may your choice bring great damage and glory. Entomophobia is Solo developed. I initially published Entomophobia to Steam, and this is a port of the pc version. I try to update the game every week to every other week. Hopefully, you enjoy it! :)

About

Dash Heroes

Embark on an epic quest through a vertical labyrinth, gaining the ability to scale walls. Navigate treacherous traps and enemies across 1000 levels, choosing from diverse heroes with unique skills. Compete in races, collect coins, and enjoy multiple game modes, including a level editor.

Highlights
  • Vertical labyrinth exploration
  • Wall-scaling abilities
  • 1000 challenging levels
  • Diverse roster of heroes
  • Level editor mode
  • Competitive racing
Features
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Swipe once and your hero dashes until it hits a wall. That single move is all it takes to play Dash Heroes, a pixel maze escape built for one thumb. Grab the key, reach the portal and get past every skull, spike and trap in the tower. The catch is that your hero does not stop halfway. Every swipe is a commitment: the dash keeps going until something gets in the way, so you read the maze before you move, not after. Speed along the arrows and time your run past turrets, flames, spears and patrolling skulls. In some stages you guide two heroes at once and swap between them to reach the exit. FOUR WAYS TO PLAY • Classic: hand-built stages across three towers of brick, ice and stone. Grab the key, open the portal and collect the gold to earn up to three stars on every stage. • Arcade: an endless climb through a maze that never runs out, with the water rising behind you. Your five best runs are saved, with the hero who set them and the day you did it. • Blitz: generated stages, one after another, with the water on your heels. • Race: 32 heroes race up the same tower. Get through two qualifying rounds and win the final. A MAZE ESCAPE THAT FIGHTS BACK • A key, a portal and gold in every stage, and traps that shoot, burn and patrol in between. • In Arcade the maze gets tighter the higher you climb, and the water does not wait for you to think. • Fast to read, easy to misjudge. It is a reflex game as much as a labyrinth. 60 HEROES, 10 POWERS • Collect 60 heroes, from common to mythic, and unlock them in the Hero Machine with the gold you pick up in the towers. • Every hero brings a power: more gold from every coin, a magnet that pulls coins in, a chance to start with a shield, slower rising water, a higher Arcade score and more. • Level your heroes up to make their powers stronger. • Take a team of two on every run. Both powers count, so the pair you choose changes the way you play. SOMETHING NEW EVERY DAY • Nine daily missions, plus a bonus for finishing them all. • A daily reward that keeps growing as long as your streak lasts. • Arcade boosts to pick before a run: shield, slow water, magnet or double score. • 50 achievements, from your first stage to the very long haul, and a sheet with all your stats. ONE THUMB, NO INTERNET • Swipe controls made for one hand, in portrait. • No internet connection needed, so the maze comes with you anywhere. • Keyboard and gamepad work too. • Separate music and sound volume, and screen shake you can switch off. If you like a pixel maze game where one wrong swipe sends you straight into a spike, this is your kind of maze escape. Pick two heroes, swipe and see how high the water lets you get.

Screenshots

Entomophobia4 screens
Dash Heroes4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Dash Heroes at 100% against Entomophobia's 20%. Dash Heroes also leads on price (Free vs $0.99) and rating (5.0 vs 4.0). Entomophobia's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 39 months). On ratings volume, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Dash Heroes is free to download; Entomophobia costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Dash Heroes holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 3 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 20% of Entomophobia's written reviews are positive against 100% of Dash Heroes's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Entomophobia ships an update every 2 weeks, Dash Heroes every 39 months. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Entomophobia versus Dash Heroes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEntomophobiaDash Heroes
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating4.0 (5 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews20.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings5 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 39 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
Best chart rank#163 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.013.0
Further details — not scored
Size222 MB22 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperJaxon Gallegos GarciaCHORRUS GAMES S.L.

Customer experience

Entomophobia

All ratings5 ratings
Positive60.0%
Neutral40.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive20.0%
Neutral60.0%
Negative20.0%

Dash Heroes

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Entomophobia

No in-app purchases

None

Dash Heroes

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Entomophobia free?
Entomophobia costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Dash Heroes free?
Dash Heroes is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Entomophobia or Dash Heroes?
Dash Heroes is rated higher. Entomophobia averages 4.0 out of 5 from 5 ratings, while Dash Heroes averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do Entomophobia or Dash Heroes have ads?
Dash Heroes shows ads; Entomophobia does not.
Which is updated more often, Entomophobia or Dash Heroes?
Entomophobia ships an update every 2 weeks, and Dash Heroes every 39 months. Most recently, Entomophobia was updated on November 3, 2026 and Dash Heroes on November 3, 2026.

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