Comparison

Strangers Here vs Dial Drop

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

Head to head
About

Strangers Here

An atmospheric VHS horror game where you play as an FBI agent hunting creatures that mimic humans. Distinguish between real people and their copies, make critical decisions, and uncover the truth behind the "Strangers."

Highlights
  • VHS horror atmosphere
  • Track human-imitating creatures
  • Distinguish real people from copies
  • Make life-altering decisions
  • Six unique endings
  • Customizable menu background
Features
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Strangers Here — an atmospheric VHS horror about the "Strangers": unsettling creatures that mimic humans with terrifying precision. In the quiet family park of Willingstone, something has gone horribly wrong. People are vanishing, animals are falling ill, and inhuman screams echo from the forest at night. The special agency D.I.C. has been tracking incidents like these for a long time. Now it's your turn — learn to tell the real from the imitation, and uncover the true nature of these beings.

About

Dial Drop

Features
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Set the dial. Release. Watch your committed precision survive the chaos. Dial Drop is a one-thumb skill game with a single, honest idea: you get one dial and one ball. Before each drop you commit a single precise value, then lift your thumb to release. The ball falls through a fixed course of bumpers, baskets, and pegs — and tiny differences in your value send it to wildly different places. You can't steer mid-flight. All of your skill is spent ahead of time, in choosing the number. THE HOOK Because the course is fully deterministic, every miss has an exact answer — never a guess. The coach proves it: on the first level of every zone it reveals the exact dial that would have dropped it home, with a ghost trajectory and a clear "you were 3 too hard." Failure is taught, never punished. Once you've learned to read the course, every near-miss pulls you back for one more. WHAT YOU GET • 300 hand-tuned levels across 30 distinct zones • A difficulty curve that starts forgiving and tightens to a needle • Floor cups, wall-mounted baskets, moving targets, gravity wells, wind, and bouncy materials • Swish detection — thread it clean for the satisfying drop • A cosmetic shop: 44 ball skins and 39 trails, all earned by playing (never pay-to-win) • Full offline play — no account, no sign-in, no internet required • One-thumb portrait controls, silent-playable NO TRICKS No timers. No energy. No lives. No gacha. No FOMO. Just a clean skill loop you can put down and pick up. Your progress is saved on your device and goes nowhere else. Dial Drop is a near-miss machine where the near-miss is real — measured to the tick. Set the dial. Trust your read. Drop.

Screenshots

Strangers Here4 screens
Dial Drop4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Strangers Here at none against Dial Drop's 6. Strangers Here also leads on ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). Dial Drop's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs monthly). On price 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. Dial Drop sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Strangers Here asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Strangers Here ships an update monthly, Dial Drop every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Strangers Here versus Dial Drop: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStrangers HereDial Drop
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.1 (178 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews71.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings178 — better—
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 2 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size252 MB15 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperElmira SevostyanovaJordan Drake

In-app purchases

None

Strangers Here

No in-app purchases

6 purchases

Dial Drop

One-time6
  • Starter Coin Pack$0.99
  • Handful of Coins`$2.49
  • Remove Ads$3.99
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  • Coin Stack$4.99
  • Coin Pile$9.99
  • Coin Vault$19.99

Questions

Is Strangers Here free?
Strangers Here is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Dial Drop free?
Dial Drop is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Strangers Here or Dial Drop have ads?
Dial Drop shows ads; Strangers Here does not.
Which is updated more often, Strangers Here or Dial Drop?
Strangers Here ships an update monthly, and Dial Drop every 2 days. Most recently, Strangers Here was updated on October 25, 2026 and Dial Drop on October 18, 2026.

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