Comparison

Alien Grounds vs DWEL

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

Head to head
About

Alien Grounds

Choose your invader and conquer planets across galaxies. Engage in battles to claim your territory and become the ultimate owner of all galaxies. Experience strategic conquest and expansion.

Highlights
  • Choose your invader
  • Conquer planets
  • Galactic battles
  • Expand your territory
  • Become galaxy owner
Features
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You have an opportunity to choose your invader, and conquer planets! Fight for what has to be yours, and become an owner of all galaxies!

About

DWEL

Features
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Your neighborhood is the battlefield. Your next walk is a campaign. DWEL turns the places you visit into a fantasy strategy world. Recruit an army by spending time in real places, claim nearby territory, and build a kingdom worth defending. Discover loot, challenge rival forces, and command troops with plenty to say. CLAIM YOUR REAL-WORLD KINGDOM Make your surroundings part of your strategy. Visit locations, claim territory, and watch your kingdom grow across the map. Every new hex is another foothold—and another place to defend. STAY A WHILE. RAISE AN ARMY. Recruit Militia, Soldiers, and Elite units by dwelling in real locations. Strengthen your marching army or reinforce territory you already own. Decide where your next recruit will make the biggest difference. FIGHT FOR EVERY HEX Challenge enemy armies, defend your holdings, and take on roaming Gravewalkers. Choose your battles carefully: building a kingdom takes ambition, but keeping it takes strategy. DISCOVER LOOT ALONG THE WAY Keep an eye on the map for nearby chests and opportunities. Open loot, collect rewards, and give your next outing a new objective. AN ARMY WITH AN ATTITUDE Your troops have opinions. Most of them are unnecessary. Enjoy hundreds of voiced one-liners, playful trash talk, and unexpected jokes from friendly units, enemies, and Gravewalkers. Speech bubbles bring the battlefield to life, with optional voices you can switch on or off. LEARN AS YOU CONQUER A guided tutorial introduces recruiting, claiming territory, opening loot, and fighting battles. Track your progress, collect tutorial rewards, or skip ahead and return to the tutorial later. Your route. Your army. Your kingdom. Start your next campaign with DWEL. DWEL uses your location for real-world gameplay. Stay aware of your surroundings, respect private property, and play only where it is safe and permitted.

Screenshots

Alien Grounds3 screens
DWEL4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: DWEL at none against Alien Grounds's shown. Alien Grounds's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 18.0). On price, update cadence and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Alien Grounds ships an update every 8 days, DWEL every 4 days. Both last shipped on October 25, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Alien Grounds versus DWEL: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAlien GroundsDWEL
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 8 daysEvery 4 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supported—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS12.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size746 MB148 MB
Age rating9+9+
DeveloperDmitriy SychevPixxaid Inc.

In-app purchases

None

Alien Grounds

No in-app purchases

None

DWEL

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Alien Grounds free?
Alien Grounds is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is DWEL free?
DWEL is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Alien Grounds or DWEL have ads?
Alien Grounds shows ads; DWEL does not.
Which is updated more often, Alien Grounds or DWEL?
Alien Grounds ships an update every 8 days, and DWEL every 4 days. Most recently, Alien Grounds was updated on October 25, 2026 and DWEL on October 25, 2026.

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