Nerd Survivors vs Dandy Ace
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Nerd Survivors
Embark on a chaotic fantasy adventure where friends are transported to a monster-filled realm. Wield wacky weapons, cast spells, and craft ultimate armaments to survive relentless hordes. Can you endure 20 minutes of madness and return to your gaming night?
- Bullet-heaven action
- Rogue-lite survivor adventure
- Wacky fantasy realm setting
- Pizza frag-grenades and magic spells
- Resource scavenging and crafting
- Weapon customization via Forge of Destiny
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The ordinary gaming night among four friends takes a chaotic turn when they find themselves transported to a preposterous fantasy realm teeming with thousands of wacky monsters! Equip yourself with pizza frag-grenades, enchanted fidget spinners, unleash preposterous magic spells, or even fling your very own friends into the fray to repel the relentless hordes of monsters determined to obliterate you. And if that's still not enough, scavenge resources and blueprints, then harness the 'Forge of Destiny' to customize your weapons or craft the ultimate armaments of your nerdy wet dreams! Can you endure for 20 minutes of non-stop madness and make your way back to your gaming night? Nerd Survivors is a bullet-heaven action rogue-lite survivor adventure, set in the Doom & Destiny Worlds universe. This version of 'Nerd Survivors' includes all the playable characters and weapon customization options from the Forge that are not available in the free 'Nerd Survivors Lite' version.
Dandy Ace
Embark on an over-the-top action adventure as a fabulous magician. Combine magical cards, battle enemies, and loot your way through challenges to defeat a wicked illusionist and escape a cursed mirror.
- Over-the-top action gameplay
- Magical card combination system
- Looting and combat mechanics
- Defeat the Green-Eyed Illusionist
- Escape a cursed mirror
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Dandy Ace is an over the top action game that follows this fabulous magician seeking to combine and use his magical cards, fighting and looting his way to defeat the Green-Eyed Illusionist and free himself from a cursed mirror.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Nerd Survivors at $0.99 against Dandy Ace's $9.99. Nerd Survivors also leads on ratings volume (56 vs 1) and chart position (#197 vs unranked). Dandy Ace's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.7). On review sentiment, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
Nerd Survivors costs $0.99 and Dandy Ace $9.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Dandy Ace holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Nerd Survivors has 56 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 93% of Nerd Survivors's written reviews are positive against 100% of Dandy Ace's.
| Parameter | Nerd Survivors | Dandy Ace |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 — better | $9.99 |
| Rating | 4.7 (56 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 92.9% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 56 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Best chart rank | #197 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 510 MB | 1.6 GB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Francesco Ficarelli | Mad Mimic |
Customer experience
Nerd Survivors
Dandy Ace
In-app purchases
Nerd Survivors
No in-app purchases
Dandy Ace
No in-app purchases
