Comparison

Risko vs Deep Tether

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

Head to head
About

Risko

Descend through mountain ravines, collecting ancient symbols and avoiding obstacles. Customize your character with unlockable skins and discover the traditions of the Canary Islands.

Highlights
  • Procedural game engine for unique landscapes
  • Procedural weather engine
  • Score mode for high score challenges
  • Relax mode for casual play
  • Character customization with unlockable skins
  • In-game store for cosmetic purchases
  • Available in English and Spanish
Features
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"In the mountains of the Canary Islands, the ancient shepherds dedicated their lifes to their land with such intensity that their learning, experiences and teachings remain eternally leaping over the cliffs of the canarian geography with their astias..." Run and descend through the memories using your astia through the ravines collecting all the pintaderas you find on the way. Take care of the local flora and the geographical accidents hidden in the mountains! Earn coins and unlock all kinds of skins for your character, from a cap for the strong canarian sun to the legendary Hope cape of ancient shepherds. This game is based on the canarian tradition of the shepherd's leap that has been transmitted from centuries ago until today and it's still being practiced in the Canary Islands mountains. FEATURES: - Everygame is unique! Our procedural game engine creates different geographical accidents everytime you play a new game. - Backgrounds based on real landscapes from different Canary Islands with a procedural weather engine that creates multiple experiences. - Score mode to challenge your own high scores and reach your best scores during the run. - Relax mode without worries about points or defeat, just enjoy leaping around the different islands. - Customize your male or female character with different kind of skins for each part of the body. Unleash the leaper you have inside! - InGame store for buying new skins for your character. - Play in english or spanish and discover surprising things about the sheperd's leap.

About

Deep Tether

Features
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You hang from one cable. Every metre down is worth more. Every metre is also air you still have to spend climbing back out. Deep Tether is a one-thumb, portrait salvage game built on a single question: keep going, or turn around? ONE CABLE, ONE THUMB Drag anywhere to steer the pod down the trench. Hold to reel home. The winch on the boat above is the only way back, and the drum has an end: reach it and the line stops paying out. THE RETURN LINE A marker on the oxygen dial shows exactly what the climb home will cost, cargo weight included. Above it you are safe. Below it you are betting the pod on what you are carrying. The marker never lies to you; upgrades only buy you more rope. A HUNDRED REAL ANIMALS, AT THEIR REAL DEPTHS A coelacanth at 350 metres. An anglerfish at 1,000. A colossal squid at 1,300. A hadal snailfish at 7,000. A hundred living things are drawn in the dark as you pass them, each named, each with one true thing about it, alongside sixteen wrecks and records down to the bottom of the trench. Seeing one costs nothing and is kept forever, even when the pod is not. SOMETHING DOWN THERE IS LISTENING Floodlights, speed and sonar all make noise, and noise draws attention. Nothing can be killed. Cut the lights, hold still, and it passes you by; in the dark you can hardly see what you came for. CUT THE CARGO OR LOSE EVERYTHING Cable tension builds from cargo mass, a snagged line and deep currents. Near the limit the metal starts to complain. Drop the heavy safe and keep the rest, or hold on and hope the drum holds with you. THE SHIP IS THE PROGRESS A longer drum, a better scrubber, heavier clamps, stronger lights: every upgrade turns up as a real part on the boat you come back to. Salvage contracts keep pushing you deeper than you meant to go. AND THEN THERE IS BELOW 900 METRES Past the wreck belt the salvage runs out. The water opens, the dark is total, and the only thing left to bring home is what you saw. That water is not handed to you. It is bought once, by a crew that has finished everything else. HARSH, BUT FAIR Lose the pod and you lose whatever was not insured. The map remembers where it fell, and a later dive can bring it back up. Air and a safe return are never for sale, at any price. Ads are optional, always rewarded, and never interrupt a dive. Sign in with Apple, Google or e-mail to carry your ship between devices, or play as a guest. A game by Nexisia.

Screenshots

Risko4 screens
Deep Tether4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Deep Tether at none against Risko's 5. Risko's advantage is update cadence (daily vs every 9 days) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, 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

Both are free to download. Risko sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Deep Tether asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Risko ships an update daily, Deep Tether every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Risko versus Deep Tether: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRiskoDeep Tether
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (2 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyDaily — betterEvery 9 days
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size407 MB94 MB
Age rating9+9+
DeveloperMELIAN CARRILLO ADAY JOSENexisia Ltd

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Risko

One-time5
  • x1000$0.99
  • x2.500$1.99
  • Premium Mode$2.99
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  • x10.000$3.99
  • x50.000$8.99
None

Deep Tether

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Risko free?
Risko is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Deep Tether free?
Deep Tether is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Risko or Deep Tether have ads?
Both Risko and Deep Tether show ads.
Which is updated more often, Risko or Deep Tether?
Risko ships an update daily, and Deep Tether every 9 days. Most recently, Risko was updated on October 30, 2026 and Deep Tether on October 31, 2026.

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