Comparison

Gear Fight! vs DreadLands

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

Head to head
About

Gear Fight!

Build and test a gear-powered factory to defeat waves of enemies. Strategize your unit placement, manage your budget, and choose between ranged attacks or brute force to overcome challenges.

Highlights
  • Build gear-powered factories
  • Fight various enemies
  • Strategic unit placement
  • Manage budget
  • Choose attack strategies
Features
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It's time to build a well oiled machine to take down these pesky enemies! First, place down some gears. Then, put your newly constructed factory to the test versus all of the evil enemies! You will face many different choices on what to use to take on these challenging enemies. Will you utilize the range abilities of your archers? Or will you brute force your way to victory?! Do you have what it takes to build a flawless factory of brutes, archers, and grunts? Manage your budget, and take them all down! It's time to get these gears spinning and it's time to get you winning!

About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

Screenshots

Gear Fight!4 screens
DreadLands4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: DreadLands at 100% against Gear Fight!'s 27%. DreadLands also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6) and update cadence (daily vs fortnightly). Gear Fight!'s advantage is ratings volume (16K vs 1) and chart position (#131 vs unranked). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Gear Fight! 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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

DreadLands holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Gear Fight! has 16K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 27% of Gear Fight!'s written reviews are positive against 100% of DreadLands's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Gear Fight! ships an update fortnightly, DreadLands daily. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Gear Fight! versus DreadLands: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGear Fight!DreadLands
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (16K ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews27.2% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings16K — better1
Update frequencyFortnightlyDaily — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#131 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size356 MB7 MB
Age rating12+9+
DeveloperVoodooThomas Masters

Customer experience

Gear Fight!

All ratings16,030 ratings
Positive88.7%
Neutral4.9%
Negative6.4%
Written reviews1,112 reviews
Positive27.2%
Neutral13.9%
Negative58.8%

DreadLands

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Gear Fight!

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Skill tree upgrade bug
  • Coin gear taking away coins
  • Troops disappearing after upgrades

Requested features

5 requests
  • Multiplayer mode
  • Gear stats and information
  • Ability to replay old levels
  • Rotating difficulty for boss battles
  • More upgrade options

DreadLands

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Gear Fight!

One-time10
  • Small Gem Pack!$1.99
  • Chained Offer$1.99
  • Jiro Starter Pack!$1.99
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  • Shade Starter Pack!$1.99
  • Chained Offer$2.99
  • Medium Gem Pack!$4.99
  • Remove Forced Ads$4.99
  • Double Speed!$8.99
  • Battle Pass Premium track$9.99
  • Unlimited Blessings$9.99
9 purchases

DreadLands

One-time9
  • 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

Questions

Is Gear Fight! free?
Gear Fight! is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is DreadLands free?
DreadLands is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Gear Fight! or DreadLands?
DreadLands is rated higher. Gear Fight! averages 4.6 out of 5 from 16K ratings, while DreadLands averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Gear Fight! or DreadLands have ads?
Both Gear Fight! and DreadLands show ads.
Which is updated more often, Gear Fight! or DreadLands?
Gear Fight! ships an update fortnightly, and DreadLands daily. Most recently, Gear Fight! was updated on November 9, 2026 and DreadLands on November 7, 2026.

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