Comparison

Red Ball Forever vs DEADGRID

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

Head to head
About

Red Ball Forever

Embark on a bouncy platformer adventure as a rolling hero fighting a new villain. Explore diverse worlds, master challenging levels, and defeat epic bosses. Collect coins and unlock cosmetic items to customize your hero.

Highlights
  • 3D visuals
  • Hand-crafted levels
  • Epic boss battles
  • Open world map
  • Offline play
  • Collectible customization
  • Cloud save
Features
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The red rolling hero is back - Welcome to Red Ball Forever, a stunning sequel to the bouncy platformer series with 500 million fans. A NEW VILLAIN HAS APPEARED A mysterious force called The Hexagon has emerged from the shadows RED BALL TO THE RESCUE Jump'n roll into action, smash the minions, and bounce your way to a final showdown. A WORLD WORTH EXPLORING Freely navigate a top-down world map, connecting every level. Roll between sunny meadows, snowy mountain peaks and far beyond - this isn't just a platformer, it's an adventure. CHALLENGING LEVELS Master 45 hand-crafted platformer levels with 2.5D gameplay, packed with tricky traps, hidden coins and joyful physics interaction. FURIOUS BOSSES Tough boss fights stand between you and the truth behind The Hexagon. Time your jumps. Dodge the enemy. Bounce back stronger. COLLECT & CUSTOMIZE Earn bronze, silver or gold medals based on the stars you collect, then turn them in at the in-game candy machine to unlock skins, ball cosmetics and surprise collectibles. Spend the coins you grab along the way to grow your collection even faster. No loot boxes. No surprises. Just rewards for skilled play. FEATURES • Beautiful new 3D visuals • Hand-crafted levels across unique worlds • Epic boss battles • Open top-down world map connecting every level • Cinematic cutscenes • Cloud save - pick up where you left off • Fully playable offline - no Wi-Fi, no problem • Achievements • Skins, ball cosmetics and unlockable collectibles • Family-friendly • Regular content updates with new levels and worlds coming • Available in 23 languages PREMIUM UPGRADE Free to download and play. One optional in-app purchase unlocks the full experience: remove all ads, unlock every level, and enjoy unlimited lives - yours forever, no subscription required. A FRANCHISE LOVED BY HALF A BILLION PLAYERS Red Ball Forever continues a beloved tradition of bouncy, family-friendly platformer fun, building on the legacy of classics like Red Ball 4. Whether you're a long-time fan or rolling into the franchise for the very first time, an unforgettable adventure awaits. Download Red Ball Forever now and start bouncing today!

About

DEADGRID

Experience intense arcade zombie survival with a minimalist aesthetic. Battle through thousands of procedurally generated levels, collect unique weapon finishes, and compete globally in various multiplayer modes. Features permadeath, diverse enemy types, and strategic deployables for ultimate replayability.

Highlights
  • Thousands of procedurally generated levels
  • Collectable weapon finishes
  • Twelve handcrafted arenas
  • Permadeath survival mode
  • Ranked 1v1 duels
  • Duo co-op mode
  • 36 unique weapons
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DEADGRID is a minimalist zombie arena shooter — pure, intense arcade action with real multiplayer. THE CLIMB A campaign ladder thousands of levels deep, and no two rungs are alike. Every level rolls its own horde, its own weather, its own rule and its own goal: one-hit-point runs, total blackouts, meteor storms, assassination contracts. Two modes break the pattern — INFECT, where you ARE the outbreak and hunt the survivors down, and FREE FOR ALL, where everyone carries the same gun and only one walks out. 1,080 WEAPON FINISHES Thirty collectable liveries — GOLD, ONYX, SYNTHWAVE, NOSFERATU, VOIDLINE, RAINBOW and more — across all 36 weapons. Every third rung of the Climb pays one out. Locked finishes stay secret until you earn them. TWELVE HANDCRAFTED ARENAS Fight through Times Square, Shibuya Crossing, the Champs-Élysées, Copacabana, Stonehenge, the Taj Mahal, Chichén Itzá and Terreiro do Paço — plus four arenas of our own: The Garden, Sporewood, Rustyard and Cindermaw. Lava rivers, container mazes, neon crossings. Every layout is placed by hand, never generated. SURVIVE THE APOCALYPSE Endless waves of the undead. Every run is permadeath — beat your best in kills, waves and time survived. RANKED 1v1 — THE ARENA Duel real opponents in last-one-standing combat. Buy rage zombies and send them hunting your rival, earn a random upgrade every round, and climb 8 divisions to the top of the global ladder. DUO CO-OP Team up with a friend or matchmake with a stranger. Shared horde, shared glory — revive each other and see how deep two survivors can go. ARSENAL OF 36 WEAPONS Pistols, SMGs, shotguns, rifles, snipers, launchers, energy weapons, flamethrowers and wilder things — each with its own 3D model. Loot weapon crates mid-run and build your loadout on the fly. NINE ZOMBIE TYPES Walkers, runners, tanks, boomers, jumpers that vault your walls, fire-spitters, bladesmen who cut bullets from the air, gaolers with hooked chains and summoners who raise the dead. Smart pathfinding routes them around cover — they hunt, they don't just shamble. TURRETS & DEPLOYABLES Three turret types, barriers, claymores, explosive barrels and the legendary clapping monkey. Build choke points, then watch the horde walk into them. PROGRESS THAT LASTS • GAME PASS: a 101-tier season track with exclusive skins, chests and emotes • MISSIONS: endless ladders that pay pass XP with bonus chests on every claim • SPECS: permanent lifetime upgrades that make every future run stronger • 42 SKINS to unlock — from the humble Rookie to floating war gods • 32 EMOTES to talk trash in style COMPETE WITH THE WORLD Global leaderboards, a top-1000 board, friends list with live presence, duo invites and player profiles. Daily streaks keep your fire burning. PURE PERFORMANCE Optimized for smooth 60fps. All game audio is synthesized in real time — zero audio files, tiny download. Endless waves, thousands of levels. Just pure arcade zombie survival. Any coin pack removes ad breaks forever. Download DEADGRID and see how long you survive.

Screenshots

Red Ball Forever4 screens
DEADGRID4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: DEADGRID at none against Red Ball Forever's shown. DEADGRID also leads on review sentiment (94% vs 75%). On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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. Red Ball Forever sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and DEADGRID sells 7 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Red Ball Forever against 4.7 for DEADGRID. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 38 and 70 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 75% of Red Ball Forever's written reviews are positive against 94% of DEADGRID's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Red Ball Forever ships an update every 3 days, DEADGRID every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Red Ball Forever versus DEADGRID: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRed Ball ForeverDEADGRID
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (38 ratings)4.7 (70 ratings)
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews93.5% of reviews — better
Number of ratings3870 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterEvery 4 days
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size214 MB404 MB
Age rating4++9
DeveloperFDG Entertainment GmbH & Co.KGAfonso Quinaz

Customer experience

Red Ball Forever

All ratings38 ratings
Positive89.5%
Neutral5.3%
Negative5.3%
Written reviews12 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral8.3%
Negative16.7%

DEADGRID

All ratings63 ratings
Positive93.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative6.3%
Written reviews77 reviews
Positive93.5%
Neutral3.9%
Negative2.6%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Red Ball Forever

One-time1
  • Premium$7.99
7 purchases

DEADGRID

One-time7
  • Scrap + No Ads$0.99
  • Cache + No Ads$4.99
  • Premium Pass$4.99
Show 4 more
  • Crate + No Ads$9.99
  • Pallet + No Ads$19.99
  • Container + No Ads$49.99
  • Motherlode + No Ads$99.99

Questions

Is Red Ball Forever free?
Red Ball Forever is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is DEADGRID free?
DEADGRID is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Red Ball Forever or DEADGRID?
Red Ball Forever and DEADGRID are both rated 4.7 out of 5 on the App Store, from 38 and 70 ratings respectively.
Do Red Ball Forever or DEADGRID have ads?
Red Ball Forever shows ads; DEADGRID does not.
Which is updated more often, Red Ball Forever or DEADGRID?
Red Ball Forever ships an update every 3 days, and DEADGRID every 4 days. Most recently, Red Ball Forever was updated on November 5, 2026 and DEADGRID on November 1, 2026.

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