Gridlock Dungeon vs DOWNIT!
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Gridlock Dungeon
Navigate a dungeon grid, clearing creatures by tracing an uninterrupted path. Solve increasingly complex puzzles, unlock new mechanics, and utilize hints to overcome challenges. Enjoy a charming art style and immersive music in this strategic puzzle adventure.
- Clear creatures by tracing paths
- Progressively complex puzzles
- Unlockable creatures and mechanics
- Helpful hint system
- Replayable puzzles
- Intuitive tap-and-drag gameplay
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Embark on a journey through the depths of Gridlock Dungeon, a captivating puzzle adventure. You, the hero, must clear creatures by traversing an uninterrupted path through the dungeon grid. Each level presents a unique challenge, with progressively complex puzzles that will test your strategy and wit. As you descend further, unlock new creatures, traps, and mechanics that add fresh layers of difficulty. Struggling with a particularly devious puzzle? Use carefully crafted hints to nudge you in the right direction. Return to previous puzzles to perfect your solutions or challenge yourself again. Featuring an intuitive tap-and-drag gameplay system, Gridlock Dungeon offers a smooth learning curve with endless replayability. Lose yourself in its atmospheric music and delightful art style, which bring the dungeon's eerie yet charming world to life. Key Features: - 100 unlockable creatures and puzzle mechanics - 500 replayable puzzles - Helpful hints if you get stuck - Immersive music and charming, hand-crafted art - Easy-to-learn, hard-to-master grid-based gameplay
DOWNIT!
Navigate procedurally generated dungeons, strategically using items and the environment to defeat monsters and reach the exit. This addictive rogue-like offers challenging, one-handed gameplay perfect for experts seeking a strategic challenge.
- Tile-based dungeon crawling
- Strategic combat and item usage
- Randomly generated levels
- Swipe controls for one-handed play
- Increasing difficulty
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Do you have what it takes to conquer the dungeon? In DOWNIT, every move counts! Plan your route through each dungeon to grab the key and get to the exit. Fight enemies, use items, and break a path to the end on every floor! This addictive tile-based rogue-like will keep you on your toes! Prepare to face monsters of all shapes and sizes as you journey through different randomized levels. Will you find the right items and strategies to outsmart them? Only the true Dungeon Masters will make it deep! Key Features: - Simple Controls: Use swipe controls to play comfortably with one hand. - Strategic Gameplay: Use the environment, weapons, and items to plan the perfect route to the exit. - Randomly Generated Gameplay: Each run is completely different from the last! - Brutal Gameplay: Each floor gets harder as the game progresses- watch out! (Perfect for experts)
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: DOWNIT! at daily against Gridlock Dungeon's every 4 months. DOWNIT! also leads on price ($0.99 vs $3.99) and review sentiment (92% vs 80%). On rating, 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
Gridlock Dungeon costs $3.99 and DOWNIT! $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Gridlock Dungeon against 4.8 for DOWNIT!. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 13 and 14 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 80% of Gridlock Dungeon's written reviews are positive against 92% of DOWNIT!'s.
Gridlock Dungeon ships an update every 4 months, DOWNIT! daily. The most recent releases landed on June 19, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Gridlock Dungeon | DOWNIT! |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $3.99 | $0.99 — better |
| Rating | 4.8 (13 ratings) | 4.8 (14 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 80.0% of reviews | 92.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 13 | 14 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Daily — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 8.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 145 MB | 408 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Red Hawk Games | Mauro Reyes |
Customer experience
Gridlock Dungeon
DOWNIT!
In-app purchases
Gridlock Dungeon
No in-app purchases
DOWNIT!
No in-app purchases
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