Bionics vs DreadLands
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Bionics
Engage in an epic survival experience during a zombie apocalypse. Utilize bionic gear, powerful skills, and a vast arsenal of weapons to battle relentless undead hordes and fight for humanity's survival.
- Zombie apocalypse survival
- Bionic gear and skills
- Arsenal of guns
- Battle undead hordes
- Stunning visual effects
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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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Survive the endless dread. Ten playable heroes. Sixteen monstrous enemies. Eight rotating bosses. An infinite, ever-shifting world. DreadLands is a dark-fantasy twin-stick wave shooter built for one-handed, drop-in sessions. One stick moves and aims in a full circle; the other fires. Every wave ramps the pressure — chain elemental powers, stack bolts, go Titan-sized and start throwing punches, or ring yourself in an explosive barrage to clear a swarm. Every five waves, the world seals shut around you and a boss steps out of eight rotating horrors, each with its own attack pattern and a growing threat as you go deeper. - 10 characters, each with a signature power and a fully articulated fighting rig - 16 enemy types that evolve into Hardened and Ancient forms the longer you survive - 7 biomes on an endless cycle, from bone deserts to starfields - Fully procedural — every visual and every note of music is generated, nothing pre-rendered - Optional rewarded ad for a single continue after death — never required, never forced
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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 16 one-off in-app purchases and DreadLands sells 8 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 October 17, 2026 and October 11, 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 | 366 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
- Some Gems$0.99
- Season Pass Plus Upgrade$2.99
- Remove Forced Ads$3.99
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- Pile of Gems$4.99
- Special Offer$4.99
- Special Offer$5.99
- 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
- Special Offer$12.99
- Stack of Gems$19.99
- Special Offer$19.99
DreadLands
- Xirak$0.99
- Theme Pack 1$0.99
- Theme Pack 2$0.99
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- Character Pack 1$1.99
- All Soundscapes$1.99
- All Themes$1.99
- Character Pack 2$1.99
- All Characters$3.99









