Dare City vs ContraBee
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Dare City
Embark on thrilling adventures and build connections by completing dares and participating in events. Earn points and achievements for real-life experiences while exploring your world and sharing challenges with friends.
- Undertake daring adventures
- Build community
- Explore your world
- Collect points and achievements
- Participate in events
- Share dares with friends
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Dare City dares you to undertake adventures, build community, and explore your world like never before. Collect points, achievements, and real-life experiences by completing dares, participating in events, and sharing dares with your friends.
ContraBee
This app offers a daily word puzzle using the same letter hive as the New York Times Spelling Bee. It challenges players to find words without using the required center letter, encouraging a different approach to word discovery.
- Daily word puzzles
- Uses NYT Spelling Bee letter hive
- Excludes center letter
- Encourages alternative word finding
- Unique puzzle twist
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ContraBee is a complement to each day’s official New York Times Spelling Bee. It uses the same hive as each day’s Spelling Bee, but with a twist: Instead of requiring the center letter, Contra Bee excludes it. You’ll be surprised at how many words you can find if you turn your mind upside down.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Dare City at 5.0 against ContraBee's 4.0. ContraBee's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 6 weeks). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Dare City holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 4 respectively.
Dare City ships an update every 6 weeks, ContraBee every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Dare City | ContraBee |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better | 4.0 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 23.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 | 11.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 48 MB | 16 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Dare City Holdings Inc. | Lexi Games LLC |
Customer experience
Dare City
ContraBee
In-app purchases
Dare City
No in-app purchases
ContraBee
No in-app purchases
