Comparison

DinoBlits vs Athena Crisis

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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)

About

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.

Highlights
  • 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.

Screenshots

DinoBlits4 screens
Athena Crisis4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

DinoBlits ships an update every 3 months, Athena Crisis every 9 months. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
DinoBlits versus Athena Crisis: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDinoBlitsAthena Crisis
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating4.4 (5 ratings) — better3.8 (12 ratings)
Positive reviews83.3% of reviews — better72.7% of reviews
Number of ratings512 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 months — betterEvery 9 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size214 MB5 MB
Age rating9+9+
DeveloperMarton TabaNakazawa Tech KK

Customer experience

DinoBlits

All ratings5 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive83.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative16.7%

Athena Crisis

All ratings11 ratings
Positive72.7%
Neutral9.1%
Negative18.2%
Written reviews11 reviews
Positive72.7%
Neutral9.1%
Negative18.2%

In-app purchases

None

DinoBlits

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

Athena Crisis

One-time4
  • 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

Questions

Is DinoBlits free?
DinoBlits costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Athena Crisis free?
Athena Crisis is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, DinoBlits or Athena Crisis?
DinoBlits is rated higher. DinoBlits averages 4.4 out of 5 from 5 ratings, while Athena Crisis averages 3.8 from 12 ratings.
Do DinoBlits or Athena Crisis have ads?
Neither DinoBlits nor Athena Crisis shows ads.
Which is updated more often, DinoBlits or Athena Crisis?
DinoBlits ships an update every 3 months, and Athena Crisis every 9 months. Most recently, DinoBlits was updated on October 24, 2026 and Athena Crisis on October 24, 2026.

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