Swordigo vs Dave Dangerous
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Swordigo
Embark on an epic adventure in a magical realm filled with challenges. Explore dungeons, battle monsters, and gain experience to level up your character. Discover powerful weapons, items, and spells to aid you in your quest.
- Explore a magical realm
- Gain experience and level up
- Find powerful weapons and spells
- Dynamic lighting system
- Optimized touch controls
- Game Center achievements
- iCloud save syncing
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Run, jump and slash your way through a vast world of challenges and embark on an epic adventure! “Swordigo is a love letter to the platforming and adventure games of the past.” — SlideToPlay, 4/4 “There’s never a dull movement as you hop between platforms and slash your sword against a plethora of enemies.” — Apple’n’Apps, 4.5/5 “Honestly, if you only buy one game this week, you should choose Swordigo.” — AppAdvice A GREAT ADVENTURE • Explore a magical realm of dungeons, towns, treasures and devious monsters. • Gain experience and level up your character. MAGIC AND SWORDS • Find powerful weapons, items and spells to defeat your enemies. DYNAMIC LIGHTING • Venture into gloomy caves and dungeons illuminated by the atmospheric dynamic lighting system. OPTIMIZED GAMEPLAY • Precise touch controls designed specifically for iOS. • Customize the controls to your preference. LATEST iOS FEATURES • Game Center achievements. • Use iCloud to sync saves between the iPhone, iPod touch and iPad. • Retina display support for both the iPhone and the iPad.
Dave Dangerous
Embark on a nostalgic platforming adventure across 50 challenging levels. Save your girlfriend from the clutches of an evil villain in this classic-inspired quest.
- 50 levels of platforming
- Nostalgic gameplay
- Story-driven quest
- Classic game inspiration
- Character rescue mission
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A classic, inspired by games like Mario. Fight through 50 levels of nostalgic platform mayhem. Join Dave in his quest to save his beautiful girlfriend Daphne from the clutches of Evil Steve! Thanks to... KiloBolt.com for the fantastic tutorial. OpenGameArt.org for access to many talented artists. Kevin MacLeod for all the music from Incompetech.com All licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Dave Dangerous at none against Swordigo's 3. Dave Dangerous also leads on update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 5 months) and rating (5.0 vs 4.8). Swordigo's advantage is ratings volume (8K vs 3). On price, review sentiment, ads 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. Swordigo sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Dave Dangerous asks for nothing beyond the download.
Dave Dangerous holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Swordigo has 8K ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 94% of Swordigo's written reviews are positive against 100% of Dave Dangerous's.
Swordigo ships an update every 5 months, Dave Dangerous every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Swordigo | Dave Dangerous |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (8K ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 94.3% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 8K — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 | 8.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 128 MB | 86 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Touch Foo | Allan Stevens |
Customer experience
Swordigo
Dave Dangerous
Bugs and requests
Swordigo
Reported bugs
2 issues- Glitches with key items
- Crashes on certain devices
Requested features
4 requests- Swordigo 2 or sequel
- More levels and content
- Difficulty settings
- Expanded story and lore
Dave Dangerous
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Swordigo
- Remove Advertisement$1.99
- Guiding Compass$2.99
- Coin Doubler$2.99
Dave Dangerous
No in-app purchases









