Bionics vs DreadLands
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Bionics
Engage in intense zombie survival battles as a bionic hero. Utilize powerful skills, a wide range of weapons, and impressive visual effects to fight off undead hordes and defend humanity's future.
- Zombie apocalypse survival
- Bionic hero gameplay
- Powerful skills and abilities
- Arsenal of guns
- Stunning visual effects
- Battle undead hordes
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Survive the zombie apocalypse as the Bionic Hero armed with a bionics gear. Battle hordes of the undead with an array of powerful skills, an arsenal of guns, and stunning visual effects. Are you ready to fight for humanity's survival?
DreadLands
Experience a dark-fantasy twin-stick wave shooter with procedurally generated worlds and unique heroes. Survive endless waves of monsters and challenging bosses, utilizing elemental powers and evolving enemy forms. Enjoy drop-in, one-handed gameplay perfect for quick sessions.
- Ten playable heroes with signature powers
- Sixteen evolving enemy types
- Eight rotating bosses
- Procedurally generated infinite world
- One-handed, drop-in gameplay
- Elemental power chaining
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The horde never stops. Neither do you. DreadLands is a dark-fantasy twin-stick arena shooter built for quick, brutal runs. Pick a hero, drop into a cursed land and carve through wave after wave of monsters, each one stronger than the last. Every fifth wave the ground shakes, the arena seals, and a boss rises to meet you. BOSS RUSH EVERY FIVE WAVES Eight hand-built bosses rotate through the dread: the Dreadlord and its void meteors, the Gorger's crushing slams, the shifting Miasma, the blood-drinking Nosferat, the Gorgon's petrifying gaze, the Withered that is always behind you, the Warforge's missile barrages and the flying Pyre Wyrm. Learn their tells, break the arena, claim an extra heart. TWIN-STICK, ONE-THUMB SIMPLE One stick to move and aim through a full 360 degrees, one button to fire. Tap for a shot, hold to unleash. Swap the sides anytime. POWER PODS AND TITAN MODE Stack up to five bolts, grab elemental weapons like chain lightning, laser beams and flame torches, raise an invincible shield, surge with speed, unleash a 360 degree burst barrage, or become a three-times-size Titan and punch your way through the swarm. ENDLESS AND EVOLVING Sixteen monster types debut one at a time, then return Hardened and Ancient with armor, more health and faster attacks. Travel through seven realms, from the Bone Desert and Shadow Marsh to the starfields of the Starfall Expanse and the Astral Rift, forever. TEN HEROES Vorn the living stone, Lyss of the frost, Kael of the flame, and seven more to unlock, each with a signature power. Recolor them with dark themes and pick from ten procedurally generated soundscapes. COMPETE AND SHARE Climb the Game Center leaderboard, earn 14 achievements, and share a card of your best run. FAIR AND FREE DreadLands is free to play with no energy timers and no forced ads. The only ad is optional: watch one to rise again after death. Heroes, themes and soundscapes are optional one-time purchases, or grab the Everything bundle. Plays offline. Made for iPhone.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: DreadLands at 100% against Bionics's 23%. DreadLands also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 10 days) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). Bionics's advantage is ratings volume (2.5K vs 1) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Bionics sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and DreadLands sells 9 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
DreadLands holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Bionics has 2.5K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 23% of Bionics's written reviews are positive against 100% of DreadLands's.
Bionics ships an update every 10 days, DreadLands daily. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Bionics | DreadLands |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (2.5K ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 22.9% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2.5K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days | Daily — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 365 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Voodoo | Thomas Masters |
Customer experience
Bionics
DreadLands
Bugs and requests
Bionics
Reported bugs
3 issues- Crashes and freezes
- Loading issues and unresponsive app
- Purchased content not working as expected
Requested features
3 requests- Ability to replay completed levels
- More diverse and meaningful upgrades
- Improved controls and movement
DreadLands
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Bionics
- Remove Forced Ads$3.99
- Special Offer$4.99
- Special Offer$5.99
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- Season Pass$6.99
- Special Offer$6.99
- Starter Pack$7.99
- Blessings$9.99
- Heap of Gems$9.99
- Season Pass Plus$9.99
- Special Offer$9.99
DreadLands
- Xirak$0.99
- Theme Pack 1$0.99
- Theme Pack 2$0.99
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- All Themes$1.49
- Character Pack 1$1.99
- All Soundscapes$1.99
- Character Pack 2$1.99
- All Characters$3.99
- Everything Bundle$4.99









