Dawntown vs air
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Dawntown
Survive chilling encounters with light-chasing monsters in a dark, unknown world. Collect keys, find the exit, and manage resources like food and first aid kits to stay alive. Upgrade your abilities and recruit other survivors to increase your chances of making it through the day.
- Collect keys and find the exit
- Survive light-chasing monsters
- Heal with food and first aid
- Obtain items from drawers
- Save survivors for opportunities
- Upgrade abilities
- Compete globally
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All you can do from this unknown monster is to do your best to survive. Experience the invisible fear and the brink of survival in Dawntown. 〔 How to play 〕 · Collect the keys, find the exit, and survive the day. · Survive light-chasing monsters in the dark. · Heal your health with food and first aid kits. · Open the drawer to obtain various items. · Save survivors and gain additional opportunities. 〔 Characteristic 〕 · You can become stronger through ability upgrades. · Fun interactive elements are hidden. · Brave survivors are inducted into the Hall of Fame. Compete with users around the world anytime, anywhere.
air
Defend against incoming luggage as a frog in this tower defense game. Purchase upgrades for towers and health to progress further. Customize your character with unlockable outfits and hats.
- 70+ unique upgrades
- Ultimate Upgrades for endgame
- 7 unlockable levels
- Character customization (hats, skins)
- Unique achievements
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Play as a Frog, and don't let any luggage through! Buy upgrades in the shop, such as towers and health, to make it as far as you can! Discover secret interactions and interesting synergies, and earn Star Coins to get outfits and hats! Features 70+ unique upgrades, all with interesting synergies! Ultimate Upgrades that add a twist to the endgame 7 unlock-able levels spanning a range of difficulties Tons of hats, skins, and planes to customize your character with A couple of unique achievements for the insane!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Dawntown at Free against air's $4.99. Dawntown also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 9 months) and review sentiment (100% vs 89%). air's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and rating (4.5 vs 4.3). On 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
Dawntown is free to download; air costs $4.99 up front. Dawntown sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and air sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
air holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: air has 20 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 100% of Dawntown's written reviews are positive against 89% of air's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Dawntown ships an update every 4 days, air every 9 months. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | Dawntown | air |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $4.99 |
| Rating | 4.3 (3 ratings) | 4.5 (20 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 88.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 20 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days — better | Every 9 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 142 MB | 75 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | I M GAME Inc. | Brendan Roarty |
Customer experience
Dawntown
air
In-app purchases
Dawntown
- Remove Front Ads$1.99
air
- Retry Tokens$0.99
- Star Stack$0.99
- Star Bundle$1.99
