Comparison

Hacker the Beginning vs Dash Heroes

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

Head to head
About

Hacker the Beginning

Embark on an adventure filled with mystery and action as you uncover the fragility of the digital world. Crack passwords, infiltrate networks, and make critical choices to fight for justice in this narrative-driven hacker story. Experience over 2 hours of gameplay with stunning comic-style cutscenes.

Highlights
  • 2+ hours of story-driven gameplay
  • 21 action-packed episodes
  • Full HD comic-style cutscenes
  • Immersive narrative experience
  • Hacker and mystery themes
  • Infiltration gameplay
Features
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An adventure-, action-, and mystery-filled hacker story awaits you. In Hacker Baslangic, your goal is not only to break into systems, but to prove how fragile the digital world really is. Find security vulnerabilities, crack passwords, secretly infiltrate networks, and dive deeper into the story using the data you obtain. By turning technology’s weaknesses to your advantage, you will make choices among hidden files, dark corporations, and covered-up truths. Each mission pushes you one step forward—never forget that every attack has a reason. This is not chaos; this is a fight for justice. With its comic-style cutscenes and powerful storyline, get ready to truly feel like a real hacker. In this gripping story centered around three friends, only your courage and intelligence will be enough to reach the end. Features • Over 2 hours of story-driven gameplay • 21 action- and adventure-filled episodes • Full HD comic-quality cutscenes • Immersive, narrative-focused gaming experience • Hacker, infiltration, and mystery-themed scenario Supported Languages Turkish English Korean French Contact Your feedback matters to us. For suggestions and requests: info@kurgustudios.com Follow Us Web: www.kurgustudios.com YouTube: www.youtube.com/@kurgustudios3313 Instagram: www.instagram.com/kurgustudios/

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

Hacker the Beginning4 screens
Dash Heroes4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Dash Heroes at Free against Hacker the Beginning's $0.29. Dash Heroes also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). Hacker the Beginning's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 39 months). On rating, ratings volume, in-app purchases 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

Dash Heroes is free to download; Hacker the Beginning costs $0.29 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Hacker the Beginning against 5.0 for Dash Heroes. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 3 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Hacker the Beginning ships an update fortnightly, Dash Heroes every 39 months. The most recent releases landed on September 18, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Hacker the Beginning versus Dash Heroes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHacker the BeginningDash Heroes
Price$0.29Free — better
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings23 — better
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 39 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size206 MB22 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperFurkan YurtseverCHORRUS GAMES S.L.

Customer experience

Hacker the Beginning

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Dash Heroes

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

In-app purchases

None

Hacker the Beginning

No in-app purchases

None

Dash Heroes

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Hacker the Beginning free?
Hacker the Beginning costs $0.29, with no in-app purchases.
Is Dash Heroes free?
Dash Heroes is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Hacker the Beginning or Dash Heroes?
Hacker the Beginning and Dash Heroes are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 3 ratings respectively.
Do Hacker the Beginning or Dash Heroes have ads?
Dash Heroes shows ads; Hacker the Beginning does not.
Which is updated more often, Hacker the Beginning or Dash Heroes?
Hacker the Beginning ships an update fortnightly, and Dash Heroes every 39 months. Most recently, Hacker the Beginning was updated on September 18, 2026 and Dash Heroes on October 24, 2026.

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