DinoBlits vs Athena Crisis
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
DinoBlits
Lead a tribe of lizards through a catastrophic event 65 million years ago. Explore unique islands, build your civilization, and defend against enemies. Manage your tribe's needs and customize their strengths for survival.
- Create and strengthen dino chief
- Explore and populate unique islands
- Build to expand onto more islands
- Balance expansion and research
- Customize tribe strengths
- Manage dino needs
- Defend against enemy waves
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What really happened 65 million years ago? What ended the world of dinos? Experience the catastrophic event through your own last tribe of lizards! - Create and strengthen your very own dino chief - Explore and populate unique islands (Each time different) - Build in order to expand onto more islands and thrive - Carefully balance between expansion and research - Customize your tribes strengths & weaknesses - Your dinos have feelings and needs. Take care of them! - Defend your tribe against the neverending waves of enemies Goals: - Meaningful choices - Respect player time (Avoid long grinds) - Keep it simple (Avoid long tutorials)
Athena Crisis
Command over 40 diverse units in this turn-based strategy game. Engage in single-player campaigns or test your skills in online multiplayer. Design custom maps and campaigns, and experience unique invasion mechanics that blend single-player missions with player-vs-player combat.
- 40+ ground, naval, air, and special units
- Multiple single-player campaigns
- Sync and async online multiplayer
- Unlockable player skills and unit powers
- Map and campaign design tools
- Invasion mechanics for PvP battles
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Athena Crisis is a modern retro turn-based strategy game that puts you in command of 40+ ground, naval, air and special units. Play through multiple single-player campaigns and measure yourself against others in sync and async online multiplayer. You can unlock player skills and unit powers, or design your own maps and campaigns. Fans of Advance Wars or Fire Emblem will feel right at home in Athena Crisis! Athena Crisis features invasions that turns single-player campaign missions into player vs player battles, with up to 7 people! Players can choose to activate a Power Crystal for an attack increase, which opens an inter-dimensional portal for friends to join – but also leaves it open for invaders to battle you.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Athena Crisis at Free against DinoBlits's $2.99. DinoBlits's advantage is rating (4.4 vs 3.8) and in-app purchases (none vs 4). On ratings volume, 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
Athena Crisis is free to download; DinoBlits costs $2.99 up front. Athena Crisis sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. DinoBlits asks for nothing beyond the download.
DinoBlits holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 12 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 83% of DinoBlits's written reviews are positive against 73% of Athena Crisis's.
DinoBlits ships an update every 3 months, Athena Crisis every 9 months. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | DinoBlits | Athena Crisis |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.4 (5 ratings) — better | 3.8 (12 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 83.3% of reviews — better | 72.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 12 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 9 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 214 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Marton Taba | Nakazawa Tech KK |
Customer experience
DinoBlits
Athena Crisis
In-app purchases
DinoBlits
No in-app purchases
Athena Crisis
- Map & Campaign Editor$0.99
- PvP & Curated Campaigns$2.99
- The Athena Crisis Campaign$5.99
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- Athena Crisis: Full Game$9.99









