Comparison

Grow! vs DEADGRID

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

Head to head
About

Grow!

Embark on a cosmic journey from the atomic scale to the astronomical. Absorb matter, level up, and evolve into an unstoppable force. This survivor-like action game features deep progression and a unique art style.

Highlights
  • Progress through 20 tiers of reality
  • Deep meta-progression with permanent abilities
  • Loot gear and craft builds
  • Asynchronous multiplayer leaderboards
  • Striking minimalist art style
  • Unravel mysterious lore
Features
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You are the Entity. You don't know what you are. You don't know why you're here. All you know is one thing : GROW! Start at the atomic scale. Tear through particles, nucleons, and molecules. Absorb their matter. Level up. Get stronger. Then do it again — bigger. Molecules. Bacteria. Cells. A tardigrade. Tadpoles. Insects. Animals. Humans. Buildings. Satellites. Moons. Planets. Stars. Nothing is beyond your reach. Every run pushes you further up the cosmic ladder, from the subatomic to the astronomical. GR0W! is a survivor-like action game where scale IS the progression. Fight through waves of enemies that grow as you grow, loot gear, unlock abilities, and build your Entity into an unstoppable force, across runs that span the entire known universe. CORE FEATURES ◈ SCALE BEYOND IMAGINATION Progress through 20 tiers of reality : from particle physics to astrophysics. Each tier brings new enemies, new challenges, and a mind-bending sense of scale. ◈ DEEP META-PROGRESSION Every run matters : Unlock permanent abilities, upgrade your Entity, and push further than ever before. The meta-progression is massive — there's always something new to chase. ◈ LOOT & EQUIP Enemies drop gear. Spend Matter : the universal currency — during or between runs. Craft your build, find synergies, dominate. ◈ COMPETE GLOBALLY Asynchronous multiplayer leaderboards : How far can you grow? Compare your highest tier reached against players worldwide. ◈ STRIKING MINIMALIST ART Black, white, grey, and yellow : Clean vector visuals with a bold, distinctive identity. No visual clutter — just you, the swarm, and the ever-expanding universe. ◈ MYSTERIOUS LORE What is the Entity? Why does it grow? Every death delivers the same cryptic message: GR0W. Piece together the mystery as you ascend through layers of reality. Free to play. No ads.

About

DEADGRID

Experience intense arcade zombie survival with endless waves and permadeath. Master an arsenal of 33 weapons, strategically deploy defenses, and choose dynamic upgrades to conquer the apocalypse. Customize your survivor and enjoy pure, optimized gameplay.

Highlights
  • Endless zombie waves
  • Permadeath runs
  • 33 unlockable weapons
  • Strategic deployables and turrets
  • Dynamic upgrade system
  • Four zombie types with advanced AI
  • Customizable survivor skins
Features
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DEADGRID is a minimalist zombie arena shooter — pure, intense arcade action with real multiplayer. THE CLIMB A campaign ladder thousands of levels deep, and no two rungs are alike. Every level rolls its own horde, its own weather, its own rule and its own goal: one-hit-point runs, total blackouts, meteor storms, assassination contracts. Two modes break the pattern — INFECT, where you ARE the outbreak and hunt the survivors down, and FREE FOR ALL, where everyone carries the same gun and only one walks out. 1,080 WEAPON FINISHES Thirty collectable liveries — GOLD, ONYX, SYNTHWAVE, NOSFERATU, VOIDLINE, RAINBOW and more — across all 36 weapons. Every third rung of the Climb pays one out. Locked finishes stay secret until you earn them. TWELVE HANDCRAFTED ARENAS Fight through Times Square, Shibuya Crossing, the Champs-Élysées, Copacabana, Stonehenge, the Taj Mahal, Chichén Itzá and Terreiro do Paço — plus four arenas of our own: The Garden, Sporewood, Rustyard and Cindermaw. Lava rivers, container mazes, neon crossings. Every layout is placed by hand, never generated. SURVIVE THE APOCALYPSE Endless waves of the undead. Every run is permadeath — beat your best in kills, waves and time survived. RANKED 1v1 — THE ARENA Duel real opponents in last-one-standing combat. Buy rage zombies and send them hunting your rival, earn a random upgrade every round, and climb 8 divisions to the top of the global ladder. DUO CO-OP Team up with a friend or matchmake with a stranger. Shared horde, shared glory — revive each other and see how deep two survivors can go. ARSENAL OF 36 WEAPONS Pistols, SMGs, shotguns, rifles, snipers, launchers, energy weapons, flamethrowers and wilder things — each with its own 3D model. Loot weapon crates mid-run and build your loadout on the fly. NINE ZOMBIE TYPES Walkers, runners, tanks, boomers, jumpers that vault your walls, fire-spitters, bladesmen who cut bullets from the air, gaolers with hooked chains and summoners who raise the dead. Smart pathfinding routes them around cover — they hunt, they don't just shamble. TURRETS & DEPLOYABLES Three turret types, barriers, claymores, explosive barrels and the legendary clapping monkey. Build choke points, then watch the horde walk into them. PROGRESS THAT LASTS • GAME PASS: a 101-tier season track with exclusive skins, chests and emotes • MISSIONS: endless ladders that pay pass XP with bonus chests on every claim • SPECS: permanent lifetime upgrades that make every future run stronger • 42 SKINS to unlock — from the humble Rookie to floating war gods • 32 EMOTES to talk trash in style COMPETE WITH THE WORLD Global leaderboards, a top-1000 board, friends list with live presence, duo invites and player profiles. Daily streaks keep your fire burning. PURE PERFORMANCE Optimized for smooth 60fps. All game audio is synthesized in real time — zero audio files, tiny download. Free to play. Endless waves, thousands of levels. Just pure arcade zombie survival. Any coin pack removes ad breaks forever. Download DEADGRID and see how long you survive.

Screenshots

Grow!4 screens
DEADGRID4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: DEADGRID at free against Grow!'s free with in-app purchases. DEADGRID also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs weekly). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. Grow! sells 8 one-off in-app purchases and DEADGRID sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Grow! against 4.8 for DEADGRID. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 110 and 53 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 95% of Grow!'s written reviews are positive against 92% of DEADGRID's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Grow! ships an update weekly, DEADGRID every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Grow! versus DEADGRID: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGrow!DEADGRID
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (110 ratings) — better4.8 (53 ratings)
Positive reviews95.5% of reviews — better92.4% of reviews
Number of ratings110 — better53
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size117 MB384 MB
Age rating12+9+
DeveloperThibault BrouardelleAfonso Quinaz

Customer experience

Grow!

All ratings110 ratings
Positive99.1%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.9%
Written reviews22 reviews
Positive95.5%
Neutral4.5%
Negative0.0%

DEADGRID

All ratings53 ratings
Positive96.2%
Neutral0.0%
Negative3.8%
Written reviews66 reviews
Positive92.4%
Neutral4.5%
Negative3.0%

In-app purchases

8 purchases

Grow!

One-time8
  • 100% of Endergy Page Cost$2.99
  • +1 Attack Slot$4.99
  • +1 Element Slot$4.99
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  • Endergy Boost x2$8.99
  • Full Bundle$8.99
  • 500% of Endergy Page Cost$8.99
  • Absolute Boost ×2$14.99
  • 5000% of Endergy Page Cost$44.99
6 purchases

DEADGRID

One-time6
  • Scrap$0.99
  • Cache$4.99
  • Crate$9.99
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  • Pallet$19.99
  • Container$49.99
  • Motherlode$99.99

Questions

Is Grow! free?
Grow! is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is DEADGRID free?
DEADGRID is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Grow! or DEADGRID?
Grow! is rated higher. Grow! averages 4.9 out of 5 from 110 ratings, while DEADGRID averages 4.8 from 53 ratings.
Do Grow! or DEADGRID have ads?
Neither Grow! nor DEADGRID shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Grow! or DEADGRID?
Grow! ships an update weekly, and DEADGRID every 2 days. Most recently, Grow! was updated on October 14, 2026 and DEADGRID on October 16, 2026.

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