Comparison

Dunkadillo vs ShoalGlow

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

Head to head
About

Dunkadillo

Embark on a platforming adventure as an armadillo who transforms into a basketball to rescue a kidnapped friend. Bounce through 50 stages, dodge obstacles, and collect trading cards to unlock new characters. Face off against bosses and enjoy a rad soundtrack in this unique rescue mission.

Highlights
  • Basketball armadillo transformation
  • 50 platforming stages
  • Unlockable characters
  • Collectible trading cards
  • Boss battles
  • Controller support
Features
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Finally, a game that answers the age-old question: “What if a basketball was also an armadillo?” You are Dill the armadillo, and your best friend Pickle has just been kidnapped by a mysterious tentacle! Transform into a basketball to bounce off walls, floors, and ceilings as you rush to the rescue. Double jump over exploding bees, oblivious porcupines, and overly friendly frogs. Snag rare trading cards to unlock funky characters as you traverse 50 awesome stages. Do you have what it takes to save your best buddy... and maybe shoot a few hoops along the way? • A new platforming adventure from the creator of Dadish and Be Brave, Barb • 50 awesome stages • 10 characters to unlock • Lots of cool trading cards to find • Five big bad boys to battle • Controller support • A huge rabbit • A soundtrack that slaps • The graphics are rad • So much bouncing • I think you are special

About

ShoalGlow

Features
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You are a lantern-jelly matriarch — a ribbon of cold light gliding through an ink-black ocean. The little lights trailing behind you are your shoal, your health, and your halo all at once. Guide them through the dark. SHOALGLOW is a calm, luminous drift, not a race. Hold and drag anywhere to steer; lift your thumb and time softens to a slow, breathing hush while your shoal curls into a tight defensive glow. The whole ocean inhales and exhales on one slow four-second breath — kelp sways, jellies pulse, and your light swells and dims along with it. Every dive is a feed of seeded "cards," each its own pocket of the deep: • KELP CATHEDRAL — sway through moving slalom gates of glowing kelp. • CURRENT RAPIDS — ride braided currents for double plankton. • JELLY BLOOM — thread lanes of moon jellies that open and close on the breath. • ANGLERFISH DARK — near-black water where your bell is the only lamp, and a slow sonar pulse is your one long-range sense. • PREDATOR SHADOW — a whale-scale silhouette lunges from below; graze it and live for a bonus. ...and more, each hiding rare specimens to find and photograph into your Reef. Your glow IS your health: the more lights you carry, the farther you can see. Lose them and the dark closes in — but a knocked-loose light drifts for a moment, and you can swim back and catch it before it fades. • One-thumb controls — pick up and play, hard to put down. • DAILY FEED: the same waters for everyone, every 24 hours. One honest attempt. • Endless dives, comparable scores, and near-miss "brushes" measured to the tenth of a length. • CHALLENGE a friend with a 5-character code — the same exact waters, their score to beat. • THE REEF: collect specimens, complete daily missions, and earn pearls. • Game Center leaderboards, all-time best and today's Daily. No ads. No pop-ups. No purchase ever touches how you play — pearls buy nothing but color: shoal tints and bell patterns, cosmetics only, forever. Dim the lights. Turn the sound on. Dive.

Screenshots

Dunkadillo4 screens
ShoalGlow4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: ShoalGlow at none against Dunkadillo's 1. ShoalGlow also leads on ads (none vs shown). Dunkadillo's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). On price 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

Both are free to download. Dunkadillo sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. ShoalGlow asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Dunkadillo versus ShoalGlow: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDunkadilloShoalGlow
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (59 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews90.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings59 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size420 MB3 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperThomas YoungAbdullah Salih KUCUKARSLAN

Bugs and requests

Dunkadillo

Reported bugs

1 issue
  • Controls not showing up in level 35

Requested features

2 requests
  • Non-linear levels with time limit enforcer enemies
  • Roguelike elements

ShoalGlow

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Dunkadillo

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$6.99
None

ShoalGlow

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Dunkadillo free?
Dunkadillo is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ShoalGlow free?
ShoalGlow is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Dunkadillo or ShoalGlow have ads?
Dunkadillo shows ads; ShoalGlow does not.

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