Comparison

Dunkadillo vs Hacker Puzzle

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

Hacker Puzzle

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You never type a single command or see a line of real code. You are the handler — the one who reads the map, makes the call, and decides what is worth the risk. On the other end of the line is Ghost, a hacker who does exactly what you tell him, nothing more. This is the hack-from-the-shadows fantasy, no syntax required. HOW IT PLAYS Ghost gets you inside a network's edge, and from there you decide where he goes next. You don't type — you solve a puzzle, choose a path, or pick the right thing to say, and Ghost turns it into action. His terminal fills with commands and results while you watch. Get it right and the target never notices; get it wrong and the noise adds up. Each episode strings together short scenes — a briefing, a live 3D map of the target's network, a puzzle standing between you and the next room, a decision with consequences later on. There's no fail state that dumps you to a menu, only quieter and louder, safer and riskier. WHAT YOU DO Nine puzzle types, each a different way of thinking rather than typing: — ROUTE THE NETWORK: read a live 3D map, choose the path that gets Ghost through without tripping a camera or an alarm. — CRACK THE LOCK: a folder guarded by a short code — every lock comes with a clue about the person who set it. — BREAK THE CIPHER: a message hidden in plain sight, shifted letter by letter. — SPOT THE PATTERN: numbers and codes that follow a rule — find it, and you find what comes next. — SEARCH THE LOG: a wall of raw activity hides one line that matters. Read it like an investigator. — MATCH THE WIRES: a torn label panel, a puzzle of cables and ports — wire each device to the port that fits. — CALL THE TIMING: a door that only opens for a fraction of a second. Watch the rhythm, call the moment. — TALK YOUR WAY IN: not every door is a firewall. Some are a tired man on a phone at midnight. — PIECE IT TOGETHER: scattered fragments that only make sense once you put them in order. None of it asks you to remember a command. All of it asks you to think. THE TRACE One number watches every choice: the trace, 0 to 100. Careful moves barely move it; greedy moves — grabbing more than needed, forcing a door instead of finding the key — push it higher. Cross a threshold and you make the call: pull back, or push forward and risk it all. Hit 100 and Ghost is burned; the operation resets from your last safe point. No perfect run is required, but careful players see a different ending than reckless ones — Ghost's trust, built or lost decision by decision, shapes how he talks to you and which of three endings you reach. THE FIRST CASE: COLD TRAIL Mara Venn's sister Iris took a night-shift job at a logistics yard eleven weeks ago; nine days ago she stopped answering. Police said what they always say — adults are allowed to disappear. Mara doesn't believe it, and she's found someone who can get inside the company's network: Ghost. What he looks at, and what it's worth risking to find, is your call. By the end of episode one you already know something that shouldn't be true: Iris's badge still swipes into the yard gate every night, nine days after she vanished. Someone wants it to look like she never left — finding out why means going deeper into a network built to keep you out. Cold Trail runs five episodes, each built for a single sitting, each ending on a reason to come back tomorrow. FREE AND PRO The entire first case, Cold Trail — all five episodes — is free. One episode unlocks per day, with a second any day by watching a short video; no puzzle is ever paywalled — every scene you can reach, you can fully solve. A subscription unlocks what comes after Cold Trail: further cases as they release, unlimited episodes, unlimited hints, an ad-free experience, and more of Ghost's voice. None of it is required to finish the case you've started. Ghost sends no invoice. He just says the next case is on you. Privacy Policy: https://coddykit.com/privacy Terms of Use: https://coddykit.com/terms

Screenshots

Dunkadillo4 screens
Hacker Puzzle4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Dunkadillo at 13.0 against Hacker Puzzle's 15.1. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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 and Hacker Puzzle sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $19.90 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Dunkadillo versus Hacker Puzzle: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDunkadilloHacker Puzzle
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (60 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews90.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings60 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly—
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size420 MB60 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperThomas YoungMEHMET CANKER (TR)

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

Hacker Puzzle

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Dunkadillo

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$6.99
2 purchases

Hacker Puzzle

Subscriptions2
  • Ghost Handler Pro monthly$19.901 Month
  • Ghost Handler Pro annual$39.901 Year

Questions

Is Dunkadillo free?
Dunkadillo is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Hacker Puzzle free?
Hacker Puzzle is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Dunkadillo or Hacker Puzzle have ads?
Both Dunkadillo and Hacker Puzzle show ads.

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