Drop Duchy vs Inbox Dash
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Drop Duchy
Experience a unique blend of deckbuilding, puzzle, and rogue-lite gameplay. Build a realm by strategically placing tiles, gather resources, and lead your troops to reclaim enemy territory. Each run offers a fresh challenge with procedural generation and meta-progression.
- Deckbuilding, puzzle, and rogue-lite gameplay mix
- Strategic tile placement for resource maximization
- Real-time strategy combat and territory reclamation
- Procedurally generated game experiences
- Meta-progression with over 90 challenges
- Over 110 unique cards for deck building
- Three playable factions: The Duchy, The Order, The Republic
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[TRY BEFORE YOU BUY!] A beloved PC game, now coming to mobile. Metacritic: 83. Very Positive on STEAM - 90%. Drop Duchy takes the iconic geometric puzzle gameplay we all know and love and gives it a fresh perspective: instead of simply clearing lines, you build a realm. A mix of deckbuilding, puzzle and rogue-lite, designed to hone your appetite as a block-stacking tactician. Place tile pieces as you would in a block-dropping game, but align them to maximize their activation rules. Set the right structures next to lush forests, wild rivers and grassy plains to pull out maximum resources and units. Then gather your troops, reclaim the regions under enemy control, and storm the enemy fortress along branching, decision-filled paths. Let your castle take too much damage and the run ends - but defeat is not the end: jump straight back in with a new strategy, and use the experience gained to unlock even more content. Grow in power with over 110 unique cards, trade with markets and guilds, and climb a meta progression of over 90 missions tied to three playable factions: The Duchy, The Order and The Republic. Adapt, conquer, and keep the action moving! FEATURES * An original mix of puzzle gameplay and real-time strategy * A brand new game experience with each run thanks to procedural generation * Play with Factions: The Duchy, The Order, The Republic * Meta progression: over 90 challenges designed to help you through your journey * Build the perfect deck with over 110 unique cards * An elegant and charming art direction to please your eyes * An engaging and ever-evolving soundtrack to please your ears * Choose your path between lakes, glades, forests, villages, guilds… and more!
Inbox Dash
A quick-play game where you clear your inbox in 30 seconds. Match at least three identical colored tiles to complete tasks, build combos, and earn points. Features offline play, leaderboards, and accessibility options.
- 30-second rounds
- Tile matching gameplay
- Combo system for score multipliers
- Offline play supported
- Leaderboards and achievements
- Colorblind mode
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You have 30 seconds of working time and an inbox that will not clear itself. Tap matching items in a row. The faster you chain them, the more points you get. Newsletters, spam, social media, calendar invites and FYI mails pile up. You are the one who deals with them. SPECIAL TILES Some tiles wipe one color from the board. Others stop the clock for one second. Use them at the right moment. FOUR THEMES Standard, Colorblind, Cyberpunk and Fantasy. Each theme has its own look and its own mail subjects. Cyberpunk and Fantasy also bring their own music. Switch in Settings. TILE LABELS Show text, icons or nothing at all on the tiles, whichever reads best for you. RANKS Your score earns a rank, from Mailroom Intern up to Legend of the Filing Cabinet. The result card can be shared as an image. GAME CENTER Compare your score on the leaderboard and collect achievements, including Inbox Zero. SETTINGS Music volume, haptics in three levels, tile labels and language. Slide the music volume to zero and the music is off. No ads. No account needed beyond Game Center. A game by Andy Ebels, kirchendice.de
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Inbox Dash at 5.0 against Drop Duchy's 4.4. Inbox Dash also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 2). Drop Duchy's advantage is ratings volume (11 vs 1) and device support (4 vs 2). On price, update cadence, ads 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. Drop Duchy sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Inbox Dash asks for nothing beyond the download.
Inbox Dash holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Drop Duchy has 11 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly daily. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Drop Duchy | Inbox Dash |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (11 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 87.5% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 11 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Daily | Daily |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 304 MB | 19 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Doghowl Games Ltd. | Andy Christian Ebels |
Customer experience
Drop Duchy
Inbox Dash
In-app purchases
Drop Duchy
- Base Game Offer$12.99
- Base Game$14.99
Inbox Dash
No in-app purchases









