Comparison

Dawnmaker vs Keepers' Dissension

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
Currently charting
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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

Keepers' Dissension

Features
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Keepers’ Dissension is a high-strategy, turn-based board game where every decision echoes across the battlefield. Command powerful warriors, unleash unique abilities, and manage limited resources as you fight for control of the board. Whether you’re learning the fundamentals or pushing toward mastery, Keepers’ Dissension rewards planning, adaptation, and precise play. What you’ll love Deep tactical gameplay — positioning, timing, and threat management matter every turn Unique warriors & abilities — create momentum swings and clever counterplays Resource management — spend wisely, bait mistakes, and punish overreach Spectate matches — watch games unfold and learn new strategies Leaderboards — track your progress and compete for the top Rules built-in — clear guidance for new players, depth for veterans Strategy first Keepers’ Dissension is designed for players who enjoy reading the board, predicting outcomes, and turning small advantages into victory. There’s no need for fast reflexes—just smart choices. Download Keepers’ Dissension and prove you can outthink the opposition.

Screenshots

Dawnmaker4 screens
Keepers' Dissension4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Keepers' Dissension at Free against Dawnmaker's $4.49. Dawnmaker's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and update cadence (daily vs weekly). On rating, ratings volume, ads and device support 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

Keepers' Dissension is free to download; Dawnmaker costs $4.49 up front. Keepers' Dissension sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Dawnmaker asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Dawnmaker against 5.0 for Keepers' Dissension. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Dawnmaker ships an update daily, Keepers' Dissension weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
Dawnmaker versus Keepers' Dissension: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDawnmakerKeepers' Dissension
Price$4.49Free — better
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better1
Update frequencyDaily — betterWeekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaid—
Best chart rank#162 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size144 MB350 MB
Age rating9+12+
DeveloperAcram DigitalMaverick Masterminds LLC

Customer experience

Dawnmaker

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

Keepers' Dissension

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Dawnmaker

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

Keepers' Dissension

One-time4
  • Remove ads$1.99
  • Forest Faction$1.99
  • Dragon Faction$1.99
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  • Cyborg Faction$1.99

Questions

Is Dawnmaker free?
Dawnmaker costs $4.49, with no in-app purchases.
Is Keepers' Dissension free?
Keepers' Dissension is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Dawnmaker or Keepers' Dissension?
Dawnmaker and Keepers' Dissension are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Dawnmaker or Keepers' Dissension have ads?
Neither Dawnmaker nor Keepers' Dissension shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Dawnmaker or Keepers' Dissension?
Dawnmaker ships an update daily, and Keepers' Dissension weekly. Most recently, Dawnmaker was updated on October 30, 2026 and Keepers' Dissension on October 31, 2026.

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