Comparison

Dawnbound Heroes vs SparrowScore

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

Head to head
About

Dawnbound Heroes

Lead legendary heroes on an airship expedition through a post-apocalyptic world. Engage in auto-battles, gather resources, and upgrade your base to survive the closing Mist Ring and reach the center of the world.

Highlights
  • Hero recruitment and team building
  • Turn-based auto combat
  • Offline idle rewards
  • Airship base upgrades
  • Evolving seasonal world map
  • Weekly random events
  • Skyspire endgame challenges
Features
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The Mist Ring is closing in, and the edge of the world is disappearing. Board the low-altitude airship Dawnbringer, recruit legendary heroes from the Wasteland, Oasis, ancient Ruins, and the remnants of the Old Civilization, and assemble your own expedition team as you journey toward the center of the world across ever-changing seasonal maps. Dawnbound Heroes is a post-apocalyptic fantasy idle RPG. Lead your heroes through battles, gather resources, strengthen your roster, overcome powerful enemies, and guide the Dawnbringer along its migration route. With every stage cleared, your airship moves one step closer to the center. The closer you get, the greater your idle rewards become—and the more of the season's ultimate challenge will be revealed. I.Gather Heroes, Build the Ultimate Expedition Heroes from multiple factions answer the call. Firearms, melee weapons, and advanced technology collide on the battlefield. Recruit powerful SSR heroes, develop your core lineup, and combine strategic formations with faction synergies to create the ultimate expedition force. II.Auto Battles, Effortless Growth Enjoy accessible turn-based auto combat designed for easy progression. Build your team, upgrade your heroes, and activate faction bonuses to keep earning valuable resources even while offline. III.Your Airship Base, Your Mobile Stronghold Your headquarters is no ordinary castle—it's a low-altitude airship traveling through the Mist Ring. Upgrade specialized cabins, collect idle rewards, dispatch heroes on expeditions, and transform the Dawnbringer into humanity's last beacon of hope. IV.The Mist Ring Closes, The Expedition Moves On The seasonal world map evolves every day as the Mist Ring steadily contracts. To survive, the Dawnbringer must continue advancing toward the center along beacon routes. Clear campaign stages, break through key milestones, increase your rewards, and discover the path leading to the legendary Skyspire. V.Weekly Random Events, Endless Surprises and Rewards As the Mist Ring closes in, unexpected encounters may emerge across the map. Face monster hordes, meet wandering mist merchants, explore ancient ruins, uncover supply caches, and complete special events to earn expedition rewards and rare resources. Every week brings new surprises, new challenges, and new rewards. VI.Climb Skyspire, Conquer the Season Endgame At the center of the world stands Skyspire, a mysterious tower that is slowly awakening. As the Dawnbringer draws ever closer, endgame challenges gradually unlock. Take on greater difficulties, earn higher scores, and claim glorious rewards reserved for the finest explorers. The Mist is Closing. The Airship is Rising. Recruit. Survive. Push to the Center.

About

SparrowScore

Features
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SparrowScore keeps score for a physical Hong Kong mahjong table. Place one iPhone or iPad at the table, choose the winner and win type, enter the hand's total faan, and let the app calculate points and running totals across the whole night. Patterns are an optional helper: search names and aliases, see why a choice is unavailable, and use its calculated total when helpful. Entered faan includes self-draw and ready bonuses; the dealer bonus is added separately. Exact amounts can be assigned to every opponent, including on discard wins. Two Hong Kong styles are built in: - HK Cantonese: configurable faan values, minimum and limit, full- or half-discarder payment, and responsibility payments. - HK Taiwanese: 16-tile scoring with base points, faan value, dealer and dealer-streak bonuses, and 拉 settlement. It can also use Cantonese-style payments. Make the rules match your table. Change a pattern's faan, disable it, mark it as a limit hand, or choose how payments work. New games use the saved house rules while games already in progress keep the rules they started with. The built-in rule book explains the tiles, winning hands, table flow, payments, table vocabulary, and every supported scoring pattern. Each supported pattern includes a drawn example hand. Use manual totals for patterns the helper does not yet cover. Features: - Cantonese interface in colloquial or written Chinese, plus English - automatic dealer rotation, prevailing wind, and dealer streaks - several games in one night, with automatic or manual seat draws - four to eight players, including substitutions and stand-ins - undo the last entry and restore points, dealer state, and 拉 debts - exact player amounts while retaining entered faan and helper evidence - custom table transfers and optional award/penalty presets that preserve the unfinished hand - saved table-award amounts and explicit rule variants in House Rules - debtor-chosen 拉 cuts from three mouths onward, with an automatic house-rule option - settle once from the whole night's points, including finalized 拉 and awards - lifetime results for every player SparrowScore is a scorekeeper, not a digital mahjong game. It does not deal tiles or move money. No account is required. SparrowScore asks for no permissions and has no server, analytics, or tracking. Everything stays on your device.

Screenshots

Dawnbound Heroes4 screens
SparrowScore4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: SparrowScore at none against Dawnbound Heroes's 10. SparrowScore also leads on update cadence (daily vs weekly). Dawnbound Heroes's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads and device support 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. Dawnbound Heroes sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. SparrowScore asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Dawnbound Heroes ships an update weekly, SparrowScore daily. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Dawnbound Heroes versus SparrowScore: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDawnbound HeroesSparrowScore
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews30.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyWeeklyDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size932 MB3 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperStorm Interactive Entertainment LimitedWai Hei Lam

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Dawnbound Heroes

One-time10
  • Tier 1 Pack$0.99
  • Tier 3 Pack$2.99
  • Tier 4 Pack$4.99
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  • Tier 5 Pack$9.99
  • Tier 6 Pack$14.99
  • Tier 7 Pack$19.99
  • Tier 8 Pack$29.99
  • Tier 10 Pack$49.99
  • Tier 11 Pack$69.99
  • Tier 12 Pack$99.99
None

SparrowScore

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Dawnbound Heroes free?
Dawnbound Heroes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is SparrowScore free?
SparrowScore is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Dawnbound Heroes or SparrowScore have ads?
Neither Dawnbound Heroes nor SparrowScore shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Dawnbound Heroes or SparrowScore?
Dawnbound Heroes ships an update weekly, and SparrowScore daily. Most recently, Dawnbound Heroes was updated on October 31, 2026 and SparrowScore on October 31, 2026.

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