Nocturnal Ninjas vs Dead Frequency
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Nocturnal Ninjas
An arcade-survival game where players navigate a dojo, battling enemies with quick movements and attacks. Test your reflexes and survival skills in this action-packed challenge.
- Joystick movement
- Attack and dash mechanics
- Enemy evasion
- Dojo survival gameplay
- Fast-paced action
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Tackle Nocturnal Ninjas, an arcade-survival game set inside a dojo. This action-packed survival game will test your limits! - Use the joystick to move around - Attack and dash through enemies - Be quick on your feet - Watch out for the dashing ninjas Download Nocturnal Ninjas and dominate the dojo!
Dead Frequency
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Pilot a modular starship through deep space, destroy enemy vessels, and salvage their wreckage to rebuild yourself mid-battle. Dead Frequency is an arcade space combat game about survival, adaptation, and shipbuilding under pressure. Every enemy you destroy can leave behind modules you can drag onto your own ship: weapons, engines, armor, ghost systems, and stranger things. Build fast, fight dirty, and keep your command module alive. Features: • Real-time arcade space combat • Modular shipbuilding from salvaged enemy parts • Touch controls built for landscape mobile play • Global high scores • Multiplayer battles • Unlockable abilities and high-risk power spikes • Atmospheric original soundtrack • No account required • Every run starts small. Every fight changes your ship. Every mistake leaves wreckage.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Nocturnal Ninjas at none against Dead Frequency's 2. Nocturnal Ninjas also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). Dead Frequency's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 7 months). On price 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
Both are free to download. Dead Frequency sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Nocturnal Ninjas asks for nothing beyond the download.
Nocturnal Ninjas ships an update every 7 months, Dead Frequency every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Nocturnal Ninjas | Dead Frequency |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.5 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 155 MB | 39 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Adknown | Nathan Mueller |
In-app purchases
Nocturnal Ninjas
No in-app purchases
Dead Frequency
- Neon Dagger$1.99
- Void Relic$2.99
Questions
Is Nocturnal Ninjas free?
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Do Nocturnal Ninjas or Dead Frequency have ads?
Which is updated more often, Nocturnal Ninjas or Dead Frequency?
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