Colony Master vs Lava Dash
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Colony Master
Manage an ant colony by adding new ants, merging them to improve efficiency, and directing them to gather food. Tap to accelerate their actions and clear obstacles.
- Add new ants
- Merge ants
- Increase ant speed
- Gather food
- Destroy obstacles
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Add new ants, merge them and make them work faster to access food. Tap tap to speed them up, destroy earth and food.
Lava Dash
Test your reflexes in this fast-paced game where the floor randomly turns to lava. React quickly to stay on safe ground and survive as long as possible. Simple to learn but challenging to master, it offers an addictive experience for quick gaming sessions.
- Fast-paced reaction gameplay
- Dynamic color-changing zones
- Simple yet addictive mechanics
- Immersive sound effects
- Progress tracking
- Optimized for iPhone and iPad
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The floor is lava, run by your phone. Prop it up where everyone can see it, tap Start, and let Lava Dash call the rounds. HOW IT WORKS • Green: the floor is safe. Walk around and do the challenge on screen. • Orange: the countdown. 3, 2, 1, get your feet off the floor! • Red: the floor is LAVA. Stay on a cushion, the couch or a chair until it turns green. • Every round is a little faster than the last. TWO WAYS TO PLAY • Classic: play for 3, 5 or 10 minutes, or forever, and count how many lava floods you survive together. • Last One Standing: anyone caught on the floor is out. Tap once per player and the last one left wins, with confetti. THREE DIFFICULTIES • Little Kids: long warnings, slow rounds, no tricks. • Family: a fair warning, faster rounds and the odd fake out. • Chaos: short warnings, surprise lava and lots of fake outs. MADE FOR THE ROOM • 40 silly challenges: hop like a bunny, walk like a robot, touch something red. • Countdown beeps, lava music and vibration, so everyone knows the moment the floor turns. • Plays out loud even when your phone is on silent, and the screen stays awake. • Pause any time. Great for birthday parties, rainy days, sleepovers and burning off energy before bed. Lava Dash is free with small banner ads. Remove Ads is a single optional purchase, not a subscription. Play safe: clear a space, keep away from stairs, glass and sharp corners, and grown ups please keep an eye on little ones. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Lava Dash Terms: https://thrasherapps.com/lavadash/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://thrasherapps.com/lavadash/privacy.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Lava Dash at 100% against Colony Master's 6%. Lava Dash also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.5) and in-app purchases (none vs 18). Colony Master's advantage is ratings volume (427 vs 2) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.6). On price, update cadence, 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
Both are free to download. Colony Master sells 18 one-off in-app purchases. Lava Dash asks for nothing beyond the download.
Lava Dash holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Colony Master has 427 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 6% of Colony Master's written reviews are positive against 100% of Lava Dash's.
Colony Master ships an update every 4 days, Lava Dash weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Colony Master | Lava Dash |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (427 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 5.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 427 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days — better | Weekly |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 140 MB | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Upperpik Oyun Yazilim ve Pazarlama Ticaret Anonim Sirketi | Chris Thrasher |
Customer experience
Colony Master
Lava Dash
Bugs and requests
Colony Master
Reported bugs
2 issues- Ads cannot be skipped or disabled
- Game crashes or becomes unplayable due to ads
Requested features
2 requests- Remove forced ads
- Improve gameplay to make it more engaging
Lava Dash
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Colony Master
- Kickstart Pack$1.99
- 10 Tickets!$1.99
- Manager$2.99
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- Engineer$2.99
- Money Fountain Pack$2.99
- 20 Tickets$2.99
- Financier$3.99
- Big Deal Pack$3.99
- Royal Treasury Pack$4.99
- 50 Tickets$4.99
- No Ads$4.99
- Bundle$5.99
- Treasury Trove Pack$5.99
- 30 Tickets & No Ads$5.99
- Mega Bundle$7.99
- Big Vault Pack$8.99
- Ultra Bundle$10.99
- Big Chest Treasure$11.99
Lava Dash
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Colony Master free?
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