Deadly Dispatch vs Walk on Thin Ice
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side โ with what reviewers say about each.
Deadly Dispatch
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Deadly Dispatch is a puzzle game in a genre we had to invent: tactical zombie elimination. Build a multi-stage bomb, drop it on a zombie-infested city, and try not to hit the humans. Part demolition sandbox, part ordnance budgeting problem, all B-movie zombie apocalypse. You get one bomb per sortie โ and the survivors would appreciate it landing on the correct side of the wall. BUILD THE BOMB Twelve materials, three stages, no wrong answers โ only expensive ones. Start with a core: the balanced Blast Core, the brutal short-range Heavy Charge, the lingering Fire Canister, or the Volatile Core if you enjoy ยฑ30% surprises. Wrap it in a second stage that scatters, splits into submunitions, ricochets down streets, or lands and waits. Finish with a payload that burns, shatters, corrodes, or shreds. That's 200 bomb configurations before you've touched the payload dials โ and every kilogram costs credits. DROP IT ON THE CITY Guided delivery gives you a reticle and no excuses. Unguided is cheaper: a plane, a countdown, and a RELEASE NOW button โ time it right, or watch your masterpiece detonate in a parking lot. Then bullet-time kicks in and physics takes over: fuel stations chain, barrels cook off, buildings pancake, and the horde learns about ragdolls. TRY NOT TO HIT THE HUMANS The city isn't empty. Survivors are holed up behind the last wall standing, and everything is scored: kill 80% of the horde and you're a hero. Crack the wall โ or drop wide into the safe zone โ and you're the reason it all ends. Three stars means surgical: maximum kills, minimal collateral, wall intact. Build frugal and bank the change; tomorrow's sortie might call for something irresponsible. FEATURES โข 30 handcrafted levels โ a fogbound ferry terminal, a vineyard, a drydock, a mountaintop observatory, a movie-studio backlot, and one very unlucky stadium โข Stage-based bomb crafting with 12 materials and two delivery methods โข Full physics destruction: chain reactions, collapsing buildings, craters that stay โข Arcade campaign with a credit economy that rewards restraint โ and funds the occasional act of art โข Free play mode for hunting three stars on every map โข Built for touch โ aim, pinch, and drop from an isometric command view on iPhone and iPad โข First 5 levels free; one purchase unlocks all 30 base levels. No ads, no subscriptions. Assemble the payload. Call the drop. End the horde.
Walk on Thin Ice
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You're an explorer stranded on a frozen lake, and the only way home is a ship somewhere ahead of you. There's just one problem: every tile you step on starts to crack, and after enough cracks it melts into open water. Walk somewhere once, and you might be walking there for the last time. Walk on Thin Ice is a minimalist puzzle game about planning your own escape route before you seal it off yourself. Every level is a small grid, a handful of moves, and one goal โ but the ice remembers everywhere you've been, and a path that looks safe on your first step can strand you three moves later. DAILY PUZZLE A new puzzle every day of the year, 365 in all. Open the calendar, pick a day, and get an optional reminder that takes you straight to that day's puzzle. HOW TO PLAY - Move one tile at a time โ up, down, left, or right โ by swiping or tapping an adjacent tile. Tap a farther tile instead and you'll walk the whole path there in one go. - Every tile cracks a little more each time you step onto it. After a few cracks, it turns to water โ stand on it when that happens, and you're done. - Reach the ship to complete the level. Fewer moves earns more stars. - Made a mistake? Undo up to 5 moves, or restart the level from scratch. HAZARDS - Rock โ blocks your path outright, unless you're carrying a pickaxe to mine through it. - Fire โ cracks every tile around it, every single turn, whether you're nearby or not. - Wind โ sweeps you one or more extra tiles in the direction it's blowing, cracking everything it carries you across. Ride it right and it's a shortcut; misjudge it and it's how you strand yourself. GEAR - Pickaxe โ a one-time use that breaks through a single rock. - Snowshoes โ four charges that stop badly-cracked ice from cracking any further while you cross it. - Compass โ once you've found it, a needle on your HUD always points the way to the ship, even across ice you haven't explored yet. - SOS flare โ some crossings hide the ship until you signal for it; find the flare and it appears. - CO2 canister โ freezes a crumbling tile rock-solid right before it would've dropped you into the water, three uses per canister. - Wooden scraps โ build a permanent bridge across open water, one plank at a time. - Ski poles โ plant them once and the wind can crack the ice under you, but it can't push you around anymore. Expeditions bundle levels into themed sets with their own painted landscape, difficulty curve, star ratings, and achievements to unlock as you go. Later expeditions branch โ choose a path, discover a dead end or two along the way, and every branch you've found stays open for next time. No timers, no penalties for thinking โ just you, the ice, and the choices you can't take back. Play your way: on iPad in landscape, the level list and the live puzzle sit side by side. Prefer a different look? Switch to the Anime tile theme in Settings.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Deadly Dispatch at 15.0 against Walk on Thin Ice's 17.0. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
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Both are free to download. Deadly Dispatch sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Walk on Thin Ice sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
| Parameter | Deadly Dispatch | Walk on Thin Ice |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | โ | Every 4 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod โ better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 โ better | 17.0 |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 30 MB | 237 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Monochrome Ltd | yury chebiryak |
In-app purchases
Deadly Dispatch
- Base Levels Unlock$4.99
Walk on Thin Ice
- Small Tip$1.99
- Medium Tip$4.99
- Large Tip$9.99
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