Comparison

Worm Control 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

Worm Control

Engage in intense battles against invading worms. Upgrade your arsenal and strategically defend your base to survive the onslaught. Experience fast-paced action and test your defensive capabilities.

Highlights
  • Weaponry upgrades
  • Base defense
  • Worm combat
  • Strategic gameplay
Features
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Upgrade Your Weaponry And Defend Your Base! Defend Yourself Against the Worms!

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

Worm Control4 screens
Dumpling Ops4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Dumpling Ops at 5.0 against Worm Control's 2.7. Dumpling Ops also leads on ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). Worm Control's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and ratings volume (6 vs 2). On price, in-app purchases and iOS requirement 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

Dumpling Ops holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 2 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Worm Control versus Dumpling Ops: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWorm ControlDumpling Ops
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.7 (6 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews33.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings6 — better2
Update frequencyWeekly—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supportedFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size287 MB3 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperUmut AydinROBERT D FELLS

Customer experience

Worm Control

All ratings6 ratings
Positive16.7%
Neutral33.3%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral16.7%
Negative50.0%

Dumpling Ops

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Worm Control

No in-app purchases

None

Dumpling Ops

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Worm Control free?
Worm Control 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, Worm Control or Dumpling Ops?
Dumpling Ops is rated higher. Worm Control averages 2.7 out of 5 from 6 ratings, while Dumpling Ops averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Worm Control or Dumpling Ops have ads?
Worm Control shows ads; Dumpling Ops does not.

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