Comparison

Dinosaur Slayer vs Dino Safari

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

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About

Dinosaur Slayer

Defend your castle from waves of attacking dinosaurs in this action-packed defense game. Utilize a variety of weapons and magic, upgrade your arsenal, and strategically defeat powerful bosses. Manage resources like gold and food to maintain your defenses and conquer increasingly challenging stages.

Highlights
  • Castle defense against dinosaurs
  • 7 different weapons and magic
  • Upgrade weapons and magic
  • Battle unique Bosses
  • Resource management (gold, food)
  • Challenging stages
Features
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1. Game Introduction "Dinosaurs Slayer" is a defense game of guarding the castle from attacking dinasaurs. You must defeat the various dinosaurs and great Boss with 7 different weapons and magic. 2. Game Instructions > Operating Method - Set the direction of attack by moving up and down while touching the screen. - Attck by pressing the weapon or magic button. - The arrows can be shot longer in distance with the longer pressing of the attack button. > Processing of Game - Player can move to the next stage after defeating all the dinosaurs during the time of each stage. - The Boss appears in the specific stages. > Upgrade - Weapons and magic can be learned and upgraded with the gold that is earned during the process of the game. 3. Tips > Gold - Use for learning or upgrading your weapons or magic. > Food - After stage clear, it is used as maintenance fee for number of men. - For lack of food, it is substituted with gold but for cases without gold, the men die. - Tanning dead dinasaurs will cause the increase. > Mens - Total number of hired men. - Number will gradually increase when upgrading the magic and weapons. > Battle with the Boss - The great Boss will only be damaged when attacking his weakness. - When the player is unable to place damage on the weakness of the Boss for the settled time, the Boss will attack. > Certain attacks of the dinosaurs and Boss are possible of defence with arrows. * Openfeint high-score, Achievement ----------Update version 1.4------------- 1. Castle Max HP limit 40 -> 99 2. Food +10 (200 gold) -> +100 ( 2000 gold) 3. added option quality ( high, low ) 4. increase damage (paralysis arrow, poison arrow(+), Fire, Ice ) 5. fixed balance 6. fixed some bugs -----------Update version 2.0------------- -Added Boss -Added Challenge mode -Added GameCenter -Added purchase gold -fixed level ----------Update version 2.1------------- - paralysis arrow Power Up - poison arrow Power Up - added new skills.( remove cool-down, power buff ) - added new boss ! - news, APNS - fixed bugs -----------Next Update------------- 1. New Boss 2. New Skill ▶e-mail : game@dnddream.com ▶ Homepage: DNDDream.com ▶ Facebook: Facebook.com/projectsoul

About

Dino Safari

Embark on a thrilling Jurassic safari, hunting deadly carnivores as one of 20 distinct dinosaurs. Explore a prehistoric world with various vehicles, build camps for survival, and utilize an arsenal of weapons for thrilling encounters.

Highlights
  • Play as 20 different dinosaurs
  • Multiplayer online mode
  • Variety of vehicles for exploration
  • Weapon and gear upgrades
  • Day/night cycle with survival elements
  • High-quality graphics
Features
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​On Jurassic Safari adventures like this you will discover wild and deadly dino carnivores: Multiplayer Online 20 Players - Play as any one of 20 different Dinosaurs TRex, Spinosaurus, Velociraptors, Stegosaurus, Raptors, Euoplocephalus Triceratops, Pterodactyl, Dilophosaurus, Parasaurolophus, Brontosaurus, Gigantic Worm, Plesiosaur, Compsognathus, Allosaurus, Dunkleosteus, Sarcosuchus, Achelousaurus, Deinonychus, Nodosaur, Medusaceratops, Giganotosaurus, Torosaurus, Edmontonia and Pentaceratops. Build up your weapon supplies: A handgun for close encounters, a 4x4 off-road vehicle and rifle for sniper action, lay Mines to trap dinosaurs and the ones hunting you those Gas Canisters are very useful. Upgrade your Pistol - Crossbow(Explosive Arrows) and you equipped with a Compound Bow. Dino Safari: Evolution has High quality graphics and gameplay. An Adventurer in this deadly world can travel by Horse your faithful friend - Whistle to Call, Jeep using your sniper skills for those amazing long distance kills, Motorbike can be quick and fun, some like to travel by boat or those who just prefer to walk or maybe run! Night time is a dangerous time to be in this prehistoric world, gather logs in the daytime and find supplies, then build a camp fire and stay close. On top of a canyon your find a Zip line for those fast escapes or collect a magic mirror portal.

Screenshots

Dinosaur Slayer4 screens
Dino Safari4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Dinosaur Slayer at none against Dino Safari's shown. Dinosaur Slayer also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 6 months). Dino Safari's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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

Both are free to download. Dinosaur Slayer sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Dino Safari sells 8 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.2 for Dinosaur Slayer against 4.1 for Dino Safari. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 90 and 86 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 76% of Dinosaur Slayer's written reviews are positive against 68% of Dino Safari's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Dinosaur Slayer ships an update every 2 months, Dino Safari every 6 months. Both last shipped on November 1, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Dinosaur Slayer versus Dino Safari: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDinosaur SlayerDino Safari
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (90 ratings) — better4.1 (86 ratings)
Positive reviews75.9% of reviews — better68.3% of reviews
Number of ratings90 — better86
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 6 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size26 MB107 MB
Age rating12+17+
DeveloperD&D Dream Corp.Jurassic Apps

Customer experience

Dinosaur Slayer

All ratings90 ratings
Positive78.9%
Neutral6.7%
Negative14.4%
Written reviews299 reviews
Positive75.9%
Neutral12.4%
Negative11.7%

Dino Safari

All ratings86 ratings
Positive76.7%
Neutral5.8%
Negative17.4%
Written reviews82 reviews
Positive68.3%
Neutral9.8%
Negative22.0%

User reviews

Dinosaur Slayer

From 90 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Addictive gameplay
  • 🚀 Passes time quickly
  • 💡 Variety of upgrades
  • 👍 Good for killing time
  • 👍 Entertaining and fun

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Bosses are too difficult
  • 🐛 Unbalanced difficulty
  • 🐛 Glitches and crashes
  • 🐛 Controls can be unresponsive
  • 🐛 Repetitive after a while

Dino Safari

From 86 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🤩 Nostalgic childhood game
  • 🎮 Fun and enjoyable gameplay
  • 🦖 Playable as dinosaurs
  • 🗺️ Large map to explore
  • 🔫 Variety of weapons

Room to improve

  • 💥 Frequent crashes
  • 💸 Expensive in-game currency (Sungas)
  • 🐌 Slow progression/grind
  • 🕹️ Difficult controls
  • 🐛 Glitches and bugs

Bugs and requests

Dinosaur Slayer

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Game freezes on startup
  • Inability to continue from last level
  • Arrows not firing consistently

Requested features

6 requests
  • Sandbox mode with infinite money
  • Ability to respawn at last level
  • More levels and bosses
  • iPad support
  • Separate sound/music options
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  • Ability to redistribute upgrades

Dino Safari

Reported bugs

15 issues
  • Game crashes frequently, especially in animal section
  • Account deletion issues
  • Dinosaur models glitching out and falling through floor
  • Cannot kill AI dinosaurs in multiplayer as a dinosaur
  • Random deaths in multiplayer
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  • Stegosaurus and Plesiosaurus not appearing but can be heard and attack
  • Sarcasucus glitches (attacks from distance, spawn killable for unlimited exp)
  • Raptors turn invisible
  • Dinosaurs go invincible and cannot be seen
  • Control stick moves and gets stuck
  • Game drops out
  • Zipline causes game to exit automatically
  • Flying dinos not appearing after purchase/listing
  • Game sends user back to home screen
  • Game takes forever to load and crashes quickly

Requested features

15 requests
  • Add more dinosaurs (Pakisephalosaures, Ankylosaurus, Brachiosaurus, Therizinosaurus, Oviraptor, Quetzalcoatlus, Stegosaurus, Plesiosaurus, Carnotaurus, Baryonyx, Godzillasaurus)
  • Fix bugs and glitches
  • Improve dinosaur models for accuracy
  • Add multiplayer mode
  • Make in-game currency easier to obtain
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  • Add more weapons
  • Add different islands/areas to explore
  • Make taming dinosaurs possible
  • Add visual warning for raptors
  • Add flying dinosaurs
  • Add dig up bones feature for leveling up
  • Update allosaurus model
  • Add octopus arm removal
  • Add lockness monster to sea
  • Add ice age safari

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Dinosaur Slayer

One-time3
  • 500,000 GOLD$0.99
  • 2,000,000 GOLD$2.99
  • 5,000,000 GOLD$4.99
8 purchases

Dino Safari

One-time8
  • Handful of Sunga's - 10$0.99
  • Satchel of Sunga's - 20$1.99
  • Backpack of Sunga's - 45$2.99
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  • Golden Bone$2.99
  • Chest of Sunga's - 100$3.99
  • Cart of Sunga's - 300$9.99
  • Wagon of Sunga's - 1000$14.99
  • Shed of Sunga's - 3000$40.99

Questions

Is Dinosaur Slayer free?
Dinosaur Slayer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Dino Safari free?
Dino Safari is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Dinosaur Slayer or Dino Safari?
Dinosaur Slayer is rated higher. Dinosaur Slayer averages 4.2 out of 5 from 90 ratings, while Dino Safari averages 4.1 from 86 ratings.
Do Dinosaur Slayer or Dino Safari have ads?
Dino Safari shows ads; Dinosaur Slayer does not.
Which is updated more often, Dinosaur Slayer or Dino Safari?
Dinosaur Slayer ships an update every 2 months, and Dino Safari every 6 months. Most recently, Dinosaur Slayer was updated on November 1, 2026 and Dino Safari on November 1, 2026.

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