Comparison

Neon Wings vs DreadLands

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

Head to head
About

Neon Wings

Pilot a customizable aircraft, strategically choosing skills to enhance its capabilities. Engage in challenging battles against formidable bosses, aiming to build the ultimate flying machine.

Highlights
  • Skill selection
  • Aircraft customization
  • Boss battles
  • Strategic gameplay
  • Plane building
Features
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Carefully select your skills, build the strongest plane and defeat bosses!

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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Survive the endless dread. Ten playable heroes. Sixteen monstrous enemies. Eight rotating bosses. An infinite, ever-shifting world. DreadLands is a dark-fantasy twin-stick wave shooter built for one-handed, drop-in sessions. One stick moves and aims in a full circle; the other fires. Every wave ramps the pressure — chain elemental powers, stack bolts, go Titan-sized and start throwing punches, or ring yourself in an explosive barrage to clear a swarm. Every five waves, the world seals shut around you and a boss steps out of eight rotating horrors, each with its own attack pattern and a growing threat as you go deeper. - 10 characters, each with a signature power and a fully articulated fighting rig - 16 enemy types that evolve into Hardened and Ancient forms the longer you survive - 7 biomes on an endless cycle, from bone deserts to starfields - Fully procedural — every visual and every note of music is generated, nothing pre-rendered - Optional rewarded ad for a single continue after death — never required, never forced

Screenshots

Neon Wings4 screens
DreadLands4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: DreadLands at 100% against Neon Wings's 16%. DreadLands also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.3) and update cadence (daily vs every 6 days). Neon Wings's advantage is ratings volume (6.4K vs 1) and device support (3 vs 1). 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. Neon Wings sells 16 one-off in-app purchases and DreadLands sells 8 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 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Neon Wings has 6.4K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 16% of Neon Wings's written reviews are positive against 100% of DreadLands's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Neon Wings ships an update every 6 days, DreadLands daily. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Neon Wings versus DreadLands: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNeon WingsDreadLands
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (6.4K ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews15.5% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings6.4K — better1
Update frequencyEvery 6 daysDaily — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size554 MB7 MB
Age rating12+9+
DeveloperVoodooThomas Masters

Customer experience

Neon Wings

All ratings6,409 ratings
Positive80.8%
Neutral5.8%
Negative13.4%
Written reviews986 reviews
Positive15.5%
Neutral14.0%
Negative70.5%

DreadLands

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

Bugs and requests

Neon Wings

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Can't beat first boss on level 280
  • Forced to equip module but none available
  • Data reset after update

Requested features

2 requests
  • Unlock level 13 upgrades
  • Explain what upgrades/abilities do

DreadLands

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

16 purchases

Neon Wings

One-time16
  • Revive Skip It Pack 1$0.99
  • Gem Pack 1$0.99
  • Saw Blade Pack$1.99
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  • Super Revive$1.99
  • Starter Pack$1.99
  • Revive Skip It Pack 2$2.49
  • No Forced Ads$2.99
  • Curve Laser Pack$3.99
  • Gem Pack 2$4.99
  • Drone Bundle #2$9.99
  • Premium Pack$14.99
  • Gem Pack 3$14.99
  • NO RV$24.99
  • Gem Pack 4$29.99
  • Gem Pack 5$49.99
  • Gem Pack 6$99.99
8 purchases

DreadLands

One-time8
  • Xirak$0.99
  • Theme Pack 1$0.99
  • Theme Pack 2$0.99
Show 5 more
  • Character Pack 1$1.99
  • All Soundscapes$1.99
  • All Themes$1.99
  • Character Pack 2$1.99
  • All Characters$3.99

Questions

Is Neon Wings free?
Neon Wings 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, Neon Wings or DreadLands?
DreadLands is rated higher. Neon Wings averages 4.3 out of 5 from 6.4K ratings, while DreadLands averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Neon Wings or DreadLands have ads?
Both Neon Wings and DreadLands show ads.
Which is updated more often, Neon Wings or DreadLands?
Neon Wings ships an update every 6 days, and DreadLands daily. Most recently, Neon Wings was updated on October 19, 2026 and DreadLands on October 11, 2026.

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