Comparison

Feed the Deep vs Grave Dividend

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

Head to head
About

Feed the Deep

Explore procedurally generated undersea caves in this atmospheric roguelike. Collect resources to upgrade your gear, manage limited oxygen, and face hostile wildlife. Every dive offers a unique challenge in a dark, Lovecraftian world.

Highlights
  • Procedurally generated caves
  • Resource collection and upgrades
  • Atmospheric deep sea adventure
  • Lovecraftian vibes
  • Exploration at your own pace
  • Limited oxygen management
Features
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- A dark roguelike by the designer of Fruit Ninja and Jetpack Joyride. - Procedurally generated caves make every expedition different. - Explore at your own pace. Dive fast and aggressive or explore slowly, dropping markers along the way. - Soundtrack by award-winning composer Cedar Jones (Jetpack Joyride and more). - An atmospheric deep sea adventure with lovecraftian vibes. When they built the floating cities, they had no idea an insidious threat lurked deep below... Feed the Deep is a compulsive lovecraftian roguelike inspired by the likes of Dome Keeper and Spelunky. Dive into an ever-changing system of undersea caves. Collect resources that can be traded for upgrades and items. Explore ever deeper, managing dark spaces, limited oxygen, and hostile wildlife, and complete your mission to Feed the Deep. Feed the Deep was built almost entirely by me, Luke Muscat. Back in the Old Times I was creator of Jetpack Joyride and Fruit Ninja. A couple of years ago I decided I wanted to try the ultimate game dev challenge and make a game completely solo.

About

Grave Dividend

This wave-survival shooter challenges players to decide when to bank their earnings or risk it all for a higher multiplier. Banked earnings unlock permanent perks, allowing for customized gameplay. Face hordes across five distinct grounds, with co-op options for up to four players.

Highlights
  • Wave-survival gameplay
  • Risk vs. reward banking mechanic
  • Permanent perk progression
  • Five unique game grounds
  • Co-op multiplayer for up to four
  • Intuitive one-thumb controls
Features
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Every point you earn is a bet you have not settled yet. Grave Dividend is a wave-survival shooter built on one decision, made over and over, under pressure. Kill the dead and your Dividend climbs. Bank it between rounds and it is permanently yours. Push one more round and the multiplier grows - but die with it unbanked and you walk away with nothing. Greed is the whole game. Knowing when to stop is the skill. THE DECISION Your Dividend is never safe while you are still fighting. Every round you survive without banking makes the pile bigger and the loss worse. There is no correct answer, only the one you can live with. WHAT YOU BANK, YOU KEEP Banked Dividend funds your Portfolio: permanent perks that carry into every run you ever play. Deadeye, Gunslinger, Juggernaut, Scavenger and Fortune each change how a run plays out. Build the loadout that suits how far you are willing to push. FIVE GROUNDS, EACH WITH ITS OWN PROBLEM - The Last House - hold the Last Signal Relay behind a sandbag perimeter while the horde works the gaps. - Lockdown Lot - a thirty-metre killbox. No retreat, no cover, no second plan. - Repossession Yard - a thirty-six-metre impound yard of blind corners and dead ends. Clear a ground and the next one unlocks. CO-OP FOR UP TO FOUR Drop straight into public Quick Play, or keep the lobby private and bring your own crew. You share the ground, but every survivor decides alone when to bank. Watching a teammate push one round too far never stops being funny. BUILT FOR PHONES One thumb to move, one to aim. No twenty-button layouts, no menus in the middle of a fight. A run fits into the time you actually have. HONEST ABOUT WHAT IT IS No advertising. No real-money purchases. No energy timers asking you to come back tomorrow. Dividend is a score, not a currency - it cannot be bought, and there is nothing to sell you. LEADERBOARDS THAT MEAN SOMETHING Every run is validated on the server before it counts. Impossible scores do not make the board, so the names above yours got there the same way you have to. Pick your ground. Hold it. Then decide how greedy you feel.

Screenshots

Feed the Deep4 screens
Grave Dividend4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Grave Dividend at none against Feed the Deep's 1. Grave Dividend also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 73%) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). Feed the Deep's advantage is update cadence (daily vs every 4 days) and ratings volume (385 vs 1). On price, ads and iOS requirement 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. Feed the Deep sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Grave Dividend asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Grave Dividend holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Feed the Deep has 385 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 73% of Feed the Deep's written reviews are positive against 100% of Grave Dividend's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Feed the Deep ships an update daily, Grave Dividend every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Feed the Deep versus Grave Dividend: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFeed the DeepGrave Dividend
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (385 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews73.4% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings385 — better1
Update frequencyDaily — betterEvery 4 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS14.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size250 MB866 MB
Age rating9+12+
DeveloperLuke MuscatByteBrew IT LLC

Customer experience

Feed the Deep

All ratings385 ratings
Positive92.7%
Neutral2.3%
Negative4.9%
Written reviews143 reviews
Positive73.4%
Neutral8.4%
Negative18.2%

Grave Dividend

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

Bugs and requests

Feed the Deep

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Camera flipping when taking damage
  • Shoot button not working consistently

Requested features

2 requests
  • Support for older devices
  • Controller support

Grave Dividend

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Feed the Deep

One-time1
  • Unlock Game$6.99
None

Grave Dividend

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Feed the Deep free?
Feed the Deep is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Grave Dividend free?
Grave Dividend is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Feed the Deep or Grave Dividend?
Grave Dividend is rated higher. Feed the Deep averages 4.7 out of 5 from 385 ratings, while Grave Dividend averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Feed the Deep or Grave Dividend have ads?
Neither Feed the Deep nor Grave Dividend shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Feed the Deep or Grave Dividend?
Feed the Deep ships an update daily, and Grave Dividend every 4 days. Most recently, Feed the Deep was updated on October 17, 2026 and Grave Dividend on October 5, 2026.

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