Comparison

Swarm Dodge vs Cubean

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

Head to head
About

Swarm Dodge

A minimalist survival game where players must evade swarming enemies and environmental hazards. Survive for as long as possible, master movement, and adapt to changing rules with unique modifiers. Features 100 levels, daily challenges, and customizable skins.

Highlights
  • Evasion-based survival gameplay
  • Dynamic rule-changing modifiers
  • 100 challenging levels
  • Daily challenges with leaderboards
  • Collectible and customizable skins
  • Global Game Center leaderboards
Features
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YOU ARE THE PREY. THE ARENA IS YOUR WEAPON. Swarm Dodge is a minimalist survival game where homing enemies hunt you down — and the only way to fight back is to make them chase you somewhere they should not go. Drag your finger to move. That is the whole control scheme. Simple to learn, nearly impossible to master. THE ARENA IS ON YOUR SIDE Spinning blades, electric fields, crushing walls, bounce bumpers and bottomless pits fill the arena. None of them can touch you. Every one of them will destroy anything that follows you in. Lure the swarm through a blade and you score. Chain kills together and the multiplier climbs to 5x. Hiding in a corner will keep you alive for a while. Hunting will win. THE RULES KEEP CHANGING Every 20 seconds the game stops and offers you three cards. Some are gifts — a shield that eats one hit, a shockwave that throws the swarm off you, a slow that brings them to a crawl. Some make life harder — fog, a swarm that clumps, blades that widen their reach. You have to take one. 100 LEVELS A hundred hand-tuned levels, each with its own layout of hazards and its own enemy count. Every level rates you out of three stars: clear it, hit the kill target, do it without a second chance. Blocked by a level you cannot beat? Stars you have already earned will open the way past it. You are never stuck for good. ENDLESS No levels. No timer. No end. Waves build, hazards multiply, and the run only stops when you do. Scored in points, so the best runs actually rank. DAILY CHALLENGE One arena, the same for every player on earth, changing every day at midnight UTC. Compete on the daily leaderboard, then come back tomorrow for a new one. LEADERBOARDS Prove you are the last one standing. COLLECT AND CUSTOMISE Eleven skins, each with its own trail and its own death. The rabbit kicks up dust. The fish blows bubbles. The bee sparks yellow. Buy them with coins you earn by playing, unlock them by reaching milestone levels — or earn the last two through pure skill: a 50-kill chain, and thirty stars. FAIR BY DESIGN No subscriptions. No energy meters. Swarm Dodge is free to play with ads. One single purchase removes them forever.

About

Cubean

Features
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Twist a 3D cube. Line up the colors. Watch them blast! Cubean is a puzzle game played on the entire surface of a spinning 3D cube. Drag to twist a whole row or column - colors travel around the cube's edges, and when they line up, they pop in a satisfying cascade. What's hiding on the other side? Rotate and find out. TAKE YOUR TIME No countdown. No pressure. Campaign levels give you a set number of twists and all the time in the world to spend them. Turn the cube, look around, plan the big one. YOUR CUBE GROWS WITH YOU Start on a tiny 2x2 cube and grow it level by level to a 15x15 giant across 300 levels. Every 10 levels brings a reward chest. Every chapter makes your cube visibly bigger. TWIST ACROSS THE EDGES Matches aren't stuck on one side. Colors connect around corners and edges - the whole cube is one puzzle. Rotate to reveal hidden lines and plan bigger blasts. SPECIAL CUBES Clear five in a row and a Ring Rocket appears. Six makes a Cube Bomb, seven a Star Cube. Set one off beside your next match and watch the chain travel around the cube. FOUR WAYS TO WIN Hit a score. Collect a color. Chain a combo. Bloom every rose cube. Levels keep changing what they ask of you, and Time Rush drops in now and then when you want the clock back. A REASON TO COME BACK - Weekly League: thirty players, one week, promotion for the top ten - Live events: Color Hunt through the week, Star Rush at the weekend - Cube Garden: finish a chapter and plant something in it - Piggy Bank: quietly saves a quarter of every coin you earn by playing NO LIVES. NO WAITING. NO ADS. Out of moves? Just try again - instantly. Cubean never locks you out of your own game, and never interrupts it with an advert. FEATURES - 300 levels, from cozy 2x2 to epic 15x15 cubes - 4 goal types plus timed Time Rush levels - Combo chaining up to x10 - chain twists, not stopwatches - Rose cubes to bloom for bonus stars - Boosters: Time Slower, Cube Bomb, Color Magnet - Endless Rush and a Daily Challenge when you do want a clock - Game Center leaderboards: Weekly Score, Total Stars, Best Combo - Colorblind-friendly mode and haptic feedback - Soft clay design that's easy on the eyes Twist. Match. Blast. How big can your cube get?

Screenshots

Swarm Dodge4 screens
Cubean4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Swarm Dodge at 15.0 against Cubean's 18.0. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Swarm Dodge sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Cubean sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Swarm Dodge ships an update every 3 weeks, Cubean every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Swarm Dodge versus Cubean: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSwarm DodgeCubean
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (4 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings4 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 5 weeks
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size33 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKridaLLCYUSUF HAZERHAN COMEZ

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Swarm Dodge

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$1.99
6 purchases

Cubean

One-time6
  • Handful of Coins$0.99
  • Starter Pack$2.99
  • Bag of Coins$4.99
Show 3 more
  • Remove Ads$4.99
  • Chest of Coins$9.99
  • Treasure of Coins$19.99

Questions

Is Swarm Dodge free?
Swarm Dodge is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Cubean free?
Cubean is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Swarm Dodge or Cubean have ads?
Both Swarm Dodge and Cubean show ads.
Which is updated more often, Swarm Dodge or Cubean?
Swarm Dodge ships an update every 3 weeks, and Cubean every 5 weeks. Most recently, Swarm Dodge was updated on October 3, 2026 and Cubean on October 1, 2026.

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