Hello, Mario! vs Dino Booster
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Hello, Mario!
Engage with Mario's face by pulling, stretching, and poking him to create various expressions. Add iconic items and characters from the Mushroom Kingdom to the scene. Enjoy interactive play with a built-in feature that encourages screen time breaks.
- Manipulate Mario's face
- Add game items and characters
- Play peekaboo with Mario
- Built-in screen time breaks
- Offline play
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"Hello, Mario!" Are you ready to play? With this free application from the little-kid-friendly My Mario brand, you and your kiddo can play with Mario's face and delight in all his various expressions. ■Make Silly Faces Team up with your kiddo to see how silly Mario can get when you pull and stretch his face or take turns poking and spinning him around. Tap on the ? Block in the top-left corner of the screen and select an icon to make items—like a Super Mushroom, a Super Star, or pipes—and even enemies appear alongside Mario. ■Peekaboo! Invite Mario to play peekaboo by tapping on the leftmost icon in the ? Block menu. Boo may even make a guest appearance! ■Built-In Breaks Good night, Mario! Mario gets tuckered out after playing for a while and will fall fast asleep. At that point no amount of poking can wake him up! This is a great opportunity to take a break and help parents limit their child's screen time. If you want to keep the fun going, you can turn off this feature by tapping the gear icon in the top-right corner of the screen when the application starts. ■Play Offline There's no need to be connected to the internet to play this application. After you download it, you're good to go! Operation is not guaranteed for all devices that meet the operating conditions. It may not work properly depending on the device's performance and specifications, device-specific application usage conditions, etc. Please be sure to read the Health and Safety information provided in the application settings before you start playing. Settings can be accessed by tapping the gear icon in the top-right corner of the screen when the application starts to access the menu. ©Nintendo
Dino Booster
Embark on a retro space adventure riding a dinosaur through the cosmos. Dodge asteroids, collect coins, and chase high scores across challenging worlds. Unlock customizations and power-ups for endless arcade fun.
- 5 unique worlds with increasing difficulty
- 25 handcrafted levels plus Endless Mode
- Unlockable skins, hats, and trails
- Collect power-ups like shields and magnets
- Game Center leaderboards for competition
- Retro-inspired procedural soundtrack
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Blast off on a dino-powered space adventure! Ride your trusty dinosaur through the cosmos, dodging asteroids, collecting coins, and chasing high scores across 5 escalating worlds. FEATURES: • 5 unique worlds with increasing difficulty — from Earth Orbit to the Event Horizon • 25 handcrafted levels plus an Endless Mode for unlimited play • Bonus rounds with 5X score multipliers after every level clear • Unlock skins, hats, rocket boot trails, and upgrades in the shop • Collect power-ups: shields, score boosters, coin magnets, super boosters, and more • Game Center leaderboards — compete with friends on every level • Retro-inspired procedural soundtrack • Jump, jetpack, and duck your way through intense asteroid fields Completely free. No ads. No in-app purchases. Just pure arcade fun.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Dino Booster at 5.0 against Hello, Mario!'s 4.6. Dino Booster also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 4 months) and review sentiment (100% vs 90%). Hello, Mario!'s advantage is ratings volume (333 vs 2). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Dino Booster holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Hello, Mario! has 333 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 90% of Hello, Mario!'s written reviews are positive against 100% of Dino Booster's.
Hello, Mario! ships an update every 4 months, Dino Booster every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 10, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Hello, Mario! | Dino Booster |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (333 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 89.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 333 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 137 MB | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Nintendo Co., Ltd. | David Denman |
Customer experience
Hello, Mario!
Dino Booster
In-app purchases
Hello, Mario!
No in-app purchases
Dino Booster
No in-app purchases
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