Comparison

Fight! Dagashi Shop vs NoteRunner

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

Head to head
About

Fight! Dagashi Shop

Merge and level up traditional Japanese snacks to battle rival sweets. Rebuild your shop, collect items, and enjoy a charming story with customizable characters. Easy to play for everyone.

Highlights
  • Merge Dagashi to level up
  • Battle enemy sweets
  • Rebuild the Dagashi Shop
  • Collect Dagashi in encyclopedia
  • Customize characters
  • Enjoy the story
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Dagashi and fancy sweets face off!? Merge (combine) Dagashi to level up, and battle enemy sweets! Anyone can play easily! ◎Story Here lies a desolate Dagashi Shop on the brink of collapse... Its selection is poor, with only a single piece of hard candy left. No customers in sight, and the lucky cat at the entrance seems like just a decoration... Just then, across from the Dagashi Shop filled with uneasy vibes, a sparkling, stylish Pastry Shop opens!! It seems bustling with customers and hugely successful... What will become of the Dagashi Shop!? Will it just close down and disappear...? ◎How to Play ・Merge (combine) the same Dagashi items to level up your Dagashi! ・Battle enemy Dagashi! Attack using button mashing and strategy. ・Win battles to rebuild the Dagashi Shop! ・You might even get to play a special merge game at the end!? ◎How to Enjoy ・Starting today, you're the Dagashi Shop owner. Team up with your allies—the beckoning cat, candy balls, and other Dagashi— and battle the Pastry Shop's treats! ・Level up your Dagashi to battle sweets! ・Merge Dagashi to create new ones. (Which one will be your favorite?) ・Collect Dagashi in your encyclopedia to view them. ・Enemy sweets come in all kinds of varieties! ・Progress through the game to encounter more and more new Dagashi and Western sweets. A special one appears at the end, so look forward to it! ・There's also a dress-up feature, so customize them to your favorite look. ・Enjoy the story! The battle between the Dagashi Shop and the Pastry Shop... The interactions between the Maneki Neko and the sweets, will the candy balls start talking too? How will it all end... We need your power! ◎The story in this game is fictional. The characters, organizations, names, etc. appearing are fictional and bear no relation to any real entities whatsoever.

About

NoteRunner

Features
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NoteRunner is a music education game where you learn to read notes through a fun runner game. As your character keeps running, walls with musical staves appear one after another. Read the note shown on each wall and tap the correct key on the piano keyboard at the bottom of the screen to smash through it! [Main features] - A fresh music game: read notes while you run - Build your ability to read staff notes in real time - Intuitive controls: just tap the piano keyboard - Aim for high scores with combo bonuses [4 difficulty levels] - Easy: start with basic notes - Normal: wider range and faster tempo - Hard: an advanced mode with accidentals - Sadistic: take on the ultimate challenge! [Ranking system] Scores are graded on 5 tiers: S / A / B / C / D. Track your skill and level up. From music beginners to piano students, this app trains your sight-reading while you have fun.

Screenshots

Fight! Dagashi Shop4 screens
NoteRunner4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: NoteRunner at none against Fight! Dagashi Shop's 3. Fight! Dagashi Shop's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). On price, update cadence and ads 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. Fight! Dagashi Shop sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. NoteRunner asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Fight! Dagashi Shop ships an update fortnightly, NoteRunner every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 20, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 5 level
Fight! Dagashi Shop versus NoteRunner: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFight! Dagashi ShopNoteRunner
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size174 MB4 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperNOELITH, INC.MIZOU, CO., LTD.

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Fight! Dagashi Shop

One-time3
  • Ad Removal A Pack$0.99
  • Ad Removal AB Value Pack$1.99
  • Ad Removal B Pack$1.99
None

NoteRunner

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Fight! Dagashi Shop free?
Fight! Dagashi Shop is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is NoteRunner free?
NoteRunner is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Fight! Dagashi Shop or NoteRunner have ads?
Both Fight! Dagashi Shop and NoteRunner show ads.
Which is updated more often, Fight! Dagashi Shop or NoteRunner?
Fight! Dagashi Shop ships an update fortnightly, and NoteRunner every 3 weeks. Most recently, Fight! Dagashi Shop was updated on September 20, 2026 and NoteRunner on September 21, 2026.

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