Comparison

Dawnmaker vs Sounds Fishy

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

Head to head
About

Dawnmaker

A solo strategy game blending city building and deck building mechanics. Rebuild a world shrouded in toxic smog by constructing buildings, acquiring powerful cards, and upgrading your lighthouse to reclaim lost lands and technologies.

Highlights
  • City building mechanics
  • Deck building gameplay
  • Resource management
  • Lighthouse upgrades
  • Smog reclamation
  • Technology recovery
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Dawnmaker is a solo strategy game combining elements of city building and deck building to create a board game-like experience. In a world covered by a toxic Smog, only you can rekindle the ancient lighthouses and bring light and life back. Construct buildings, gain new cards, generate resources and improve your central lighthouse to unlock new building space. Optimize your deck - gain increasingly powerful cards as you improve your city. Your cards and buildings interact in various ways: choose them wisely to create the most powerful combinations! Build efficient cities - make the best of your limited space by optimally positioning your buildings. Improve your lighthouse to repel the Smog and expand your city. Manage your resources - grow farms, build industries, develop science and inspire your people to create the rarest of resources: Eclairium! Reclaim the lost continent - the continent of Heksiga has been covered by a toxic Smog. Repair and improve magical lighthouses to repel that Smog and reclaim the land, region by region. Recover lost technologies - explore vestiges of the old Empire and rediscover technologies that were lost to the Smog.

About

Sounds Fishy

A push-your-luck trivia game where players guess fake answers to absurd questions. One player hosts with the premium app, while others join for free using a companion app. The app manages scorekeeping and turns for a seamless party game experience.

Highlights
  • Push-your-luck trivia gameplay
  • Fake answer guessing mechanic
  • Companion app for free players
  • Automated scorekeeping and turns
  • Large question bank
  • Quick to learn
Features
Currently charting
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As any good fisherman will tell you, you should always carry a fish in your pocket, just in case. And now you can. The classic push-your-luck trivia game, Sounds Fishy, is now an app! The game is simple: your friends each make up a fake answer to a ridiculous question, then all you have to do is pick the fake answers without hooking the real one. If you do, you lose all your points. Why trawl through the App Store looking for the perfect trivia game, when you’ve already landed on it? One player buys the Sounds Fishy app, everyone else joins for free using the Big Potato Companion App. Then the game takes care of everything - scorekeeping, turns, and all the fishy fun. It’s the party game where one answer’s real, and the rest are red herrings. - Great for ages 12+ - 750 strange but true trivia questions to play - Two minutes to learn, 20 minutes to play - 3+ players (the more slippery, the better) - The app handles the game - no setup, no cards, no fuss - One player hosts the game with the premium app - Everyone else joins for free via the Companion App How it works It’s so simple to play. Simply download the app, then get your friends to join in on their phones by downloading the free Big Potato app (it only takes a couple of seconds). Now they can use their phones to see the questions too, and go fishing for fakes when it’s their turn. The Sounds Fishy app will teach you how to play, keep score along the way, and have you entertained for hours. FYI - Internet connection required - Minimum 3 players - Only one player needs the Sounds Fishy app - Friends play for free via the Big Potato Companion App - Extra question packs coming soon

Screenshots

Dawnmaker4 screens
Sounds Fishy4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Dawnmaker at 100% against Sounds Fishy's 0%. Dawnmaker also leads on rating (5.0 vs 1.0) and update cadence (daily vs every 3 weeks). Sounds Fishy's advantage is price ($4.99 vs $8.99) and chart position (#148 vs unranked). On ratings volume, 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

Dawnmaker costs $8.99 and Sounds Fishy $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Dawnmaker holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 2 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Dawnmaker's written reviews are positive against 0% of Sounds Fishy's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Dawnmaker ships an update daily, Sounds Fishy every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
Dawnmaker versus Sounds Fishy: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDawnmakerSounds Fishy
Price$8.99$4.99 — better
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better1.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings22
Update frequencyDaily — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
Best chart rank—#148 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS13.013.0
Further details — not scored
Size144 MB175 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperAcram DigitalBig Potato Ltd.

Customer experience

Dawnmaker

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Sounds Fishy

All ratings2 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

None

Dawnmaker

No in-app purchases

None

Sounds Fishy

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Dawnmaker free?
Dawnmaker costs $8.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Sounds Fishy free?
Sounds Fishy costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Dawnmaker or Sounds Fishy?
Dawnmaker is rated higher. Dawnmaker averages 5.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Sounds Fishy averages 1.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Dawnmaker or Sounds Fishy have ads?
Neither Dawnmaker nor Sounds Fishy shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Dawnmaker or Sounds Fishy?
Dawnmaker ships an update daily, and Sounds Fishy every 3 weeks. Most recently, Dawnmaker was updated on October 6, 2026 and Sounds Fishy on October 8, 2026.

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