Comparison

Dronefall vs Neverstill

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

Head to head
About

Dronefall

Command a squad in a real-time brawler where you loot, fight rivals and AI, and must extract before the window closes. Success builds your army for future runs, while failure means losing everything.

Highlights
  • Command a full squad in real-time
  • Fight players, AI, and horde
  • Loot fuel, gear, and rare drops
  • Strategic extraction decisions
  • Build and upgrade army between runs
Features
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Dronefall is a real-time survival action game where you lead a hero and a squad of robots against relentless enemy hordes. Rescue new allies, defeat powerful bosses, and build a team that fits your playstyle. FIGHT THROUGH THE CAMPAIGN Take on missions built around survival, defense, and rescue. Defeat guardians, collect keys, and free robots to expand your roster. From holding the line to fighting your way to extraction, every mission puts your squad to the test. BUILD YOUR STRATEGY IN BATTLE Earn experience and choose how your squad grows. Recruit robots, unlock their special abilities, or strengthen the entire team. Combine flamethrowers, explosive mines, energy shields, and more to handle the threats ahead. GROW STRONGER BETWEEN RUNS Build a squad of up to six robots. Spend coins and fragments to upgrade your drones, and unlock permanent bonuses in the technology tree. TAKE ON SURVIVAL Complete the campaign to unlock Survival mode. Challenge the horde again, defeat bosses, earn trophies, and collect rewards along the Trophy Road. WHAT YOU DO • Lead your hero and robot squad in real-time combat • Rescue robots with distinct weapons and abilities • Choose personal abilities and squad-wide upgrades • Face bosses with different attack patterns • Develop your team between battles • Play in portrait mode with clear objectives and guided onboarding Your next squad starts with the robots you rescue.

About

Neverstill

Pilot a drone to defend a moving train from waves of monsters. Upgrade your train cars and drone with salvaged resources to survive increasingly difficult challenges. Decide when to end a run and bank your progress, or push further for greater rewards.

Highlights
  • Drone piloting and combat
  • Train car upgrades
  • Resource management
  • Wave-based survival
  • Run banking and progression
  • Strategic car fusion
Features
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Fly the drone above the train and defend it from all the monsters trying to wreck it. The armoured cars fight on their own. But you are the thing that can support them, and you can only be in one place at a time. Fly the roof. Overcharge the car you are standing over. Stomp the boarders off the deck. Drag in the scrap and upgrade the cars and drone at the stations. TWELVE WAVES TO A TERMINUS the line asks how long you want to keep going. Pull in and bank the run, or run on into the next division, where everything that was hard is worse. There is no last stop, only the one you chose or lose. THE TRAIN Laser, mortar, tesla, shield, flak, carrier. Three of a kind in a row unlocks pierce, chain, salvo and reach. Three of a kind anywhere can instead be fused into one car a level higher, a railgun, a jericho, a gatling, which costs a single coupling instead of three. Breadth or depth. You cannot have both. THE DRONE Whatever car you hover over fires harder and faster. Scrap only magnetises to where you are. Boarders only come off under your boots. Nothing you do is free, because everything you do is somewhere else. THE STATION Goods on plinths, a board shows what a repair costs, and a lever marked DEPART sends you back out. Buy a car. Bolt a module to it. Decide what the train is for. THE DEPOT A dead run still pays. Bonds buy the shape of the next run, never power inside this one. A warranty costs thirty and buys you a single derail. After that it is percentages. WHAT IT COSTS Free is the whole game: every wave, every car, every module, the depot. A couple of the cars and modules are earned by playing rather than handed over, and none of them are for sale. The Line Pass is one optional purchase. It clears the hoardings, opens the difficulty ladder past the first line, and unlocks the deeper depot ranks. A one-time unlock, not a subscription. Nothing behind it changes the balance of a free run.

Screenshots

Dronefall4 screens
Neverstill4 screens

Verdict

The call

Dronefall and Neverstill both sit at 3.0 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Neverstill's written reviews are positive against 33% of Dronefall's. Neverstill also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 2 months). Dronefall's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 10) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. Neverstill sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Dronefall asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 3.0 for Dronefall against 3.0 for Neverstill. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 2 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 33% of Dronefall's written reviews are positive against 100% of Neverstill's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Dronefall ships an update every 2 months, Neverstill every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Dronefall versus Neverstill: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDronefallNeverstill
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (3 ratings)3.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews33.3% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings3 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 3 days — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size384 MB41 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperAndrey KorotkovFurkan Donmez

Customer experience

Dronefall

All ratings3 ratings
Positive33.3%
Neutral33.3%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral33.3%
Negative33.3%

Neverstill

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Dronefall

No in-app purchases

10 purchases

Neverstill

One-time10
  • Hazard$1.99
  • Newsprint$1.99
  • Eight-Bit$1.99
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  • Obsidian$1.99
  • Lichen$1.99
  • Blueprint$1.99
  • Circuitry$1.99
  • The Line Pass$2.99
  • Season 1 Ticket$4.99
  • First Class$5.99

Questions

Is Dronefall free?
Dronefall is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Neverstill free?
Neverstill is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Dronefall or Neverstill?
Dronefall and Neverstill are both rated 3.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 3 and 2 ratings respectively.
Do Dronefall or Neverstill have ads?
Both Dronefall and Neverstill show ads.
Which is updated more often, Dronefall or Neverstill?
Dronefall ships an update every 2 months, and Neverstill every 3 days. Most recently, Dronefall was updated on November 5, 2026 and Neverstill on October 31, 2026.

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