Comparison

Printer Invaders vs Dumpling Ops

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

Head to head
About

Printer Invaders

Defend the office from rogue printers in this neon-drenched arcade shoot-'em-up. Control your character with one thumb, upgrade weapons, and battle bosses in endless waves. Enjoy fast-paced action that plays great offline.

Highlights
  • One-thumb controls with auto-fire
  • Branching weapon upgrade tree
  • Combo multipliers for skillful play
  • Power-ups and drone wingmen
  • Photocopier boss battles
  • Retro-futuristic synthwave aesthetic
  • Offline play
Features
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DEATH TO PRINTERS. You're IBM's finest IT intern, and the office printers have gone rogue. Paper jams were just the warm-up. Armed with nothing but the mighty black inkjet cartridge, you are the last line of defense against an uprising of toner-crazed machines. Printer Invaders is a fast, neon-drenched arcade shoot-'em-up built for one thumb. Drag to fly and your cartridge auto-fires — so you can focus on dodging, weaving, and chaining kills. Outlast wave after wave, climb the weapon tree, and stare down the Photocopier itself. FEATURES - One-thumb controls — drag to fly, auto-fire handles the rest - A branching weapon tree — chain kills to upgrade from inkjet to laser toner and beyond - Combo multipliers that reward fearless, no-flinch play - Power-ups: AirPrint rapid-fire, cloud-printed drone wingmen, and more - Photocopier boss battles every few waves - A retro-futuristic look: synthwave starfields, glowing pixel art, CMYK printouts - Endless escalating waves and a local high score to beat - Plays great offline — no account, no ads, no tracking Pick up the cartridge. Save the office. Death to printers.

About

Dumpling Ops

Defend the kitchen as the last dumpling standing in this fast-paced, twin-stick shooter. Master simple one-handed controls to survive waves of increasingly challenging enemies and unlock new dumplings and upgrades for unique runs.

Highlights
  • Twin-stick shooter gameplay
  • One-handed controls
  • Wave-based survival
  • Unlockable dumplings
  • Stackable run upgrades
  • Multiple kitchen environments
Features
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The kitchen has been overrun. You are the last dumpling standing. Dumpling Ops: Kitchen Defense is a fast twin-stick shooter built for one hand and short sessions. Drag to move, drag to aim, hold to fire. That's the whole control scheme — and it takes about four seconds to learn. SURVIVE THE WAVES Every wave sends more, and worse. Shufflers and runners give way to armoured tanks, ranged spitters, chargers that wind up and dash, splitters that burst into two when killed, shielded enemies you have to flank, and swarms that arrive eight at a time. A boss every fifth wave. FIVE KITCHENS Fight through the Back Alley, the Loading Dock, Cold Storage, The Furnace and the Ash Kitchen. Each is a different room — different floor, different lighting, different hazards underfoot. EIGHT DUMPLINGS TO UNLOCK Score points to unlock new fighters, each one a real change to how you play. Spicy Chili fires faster. Captain Jay'Lani starts every wave in armour. Cosmic Holo fires twin piercing rounds. Onyx Legend does nearly everything at once. EARN YOUR UPGRADES Survive long enough and you choose an upgrade. They stack for the whole run and reset when you die, so no two runs play the same way. PLAYS ANYWHERE No internet needed. No account. No ads. No in-app purchases. Nothing to sign up for. Just the game.

Screenshots

Printer Invaders4 screens
Dumpling Ops4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: Printer Invaders at 3 against Dumpling Ops's 1. Printer Invaders also leads on iOS requirement (14.0 vs 16.0). 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Printer Invaders against 5.0 for Dumpling Ops. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Printer Invaders versus Dumpling Ops: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPrinter InvadersDumpling Ops
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings)
Number of ratings12 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS14.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB3 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperFERGUS COONEYROBERT D FELLS

In-app purchases

None

Printer Invaders

No in-app purchases

None

Dumpling Ops

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Printer Invaders free?
Printer Invaders is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Dumpling Ops free?
Dumpling Ops is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Printer Invaders or Dumpling Ops?
Printer Invaders and Dumpling Ops are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 2 ratings respectively.
Do Printer Invaders or Dumpling Ops have ads?
Neither Printer Invaders nor Dumpling Ops shows ads.

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