Comparison

Smash Dash RTS vs Colony Wars

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

Head to head
About

Smash Dash RTS

Engage in fast-paced real-time strategy battles, commanding individual units and groups. Build and defend your base, capture territory, and outmaneuver opponents in quick 5-minute matches. Challenge friends to private PvP battles or practice offline.

Highlights
  • Real-time strategy battles
  • Base building and defense
  • Territory capture
  • 1v1 PvP matches
  • Offline tutorial and target range
  • Unit customization
  • Battle replays and sharing
Features
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Build your base. Give the orders. Take the battlefield. Smash Dash RTS puts you in direct command of individual units and whole groups in real-time strategy battles designed to last around five minutes. Capture territory, outmaneuver other players or AI opponents, and challenge friends to private 1v1 matches. BUILD, DEFEND AND EXPAND Capture tiles to expand your territory. Place walls and defensive weapons, protect your base and choose when to push forward. Collapsing base shields change the opening battle as protected areas gradually shrink. COMMAND YOUR FORCES Deploy tanks, aircraft and specialist units. Select individual units or groups, position your defenses and use orbital weapons to turn the battle. Different battlefields bring variety to every encounter. CHALLENGE YOUR FRIENDS Add friends, arrange private 1v1 battles and meet in a private room before the match. Compare player stats and communicate through preset messages. LEARN OFFLINE Learn the controls in the guided offline tutorial, then experiment with units and tactics in the offline Target Range. The game follows your device language, and you can switch languages in Settings. PROGRESS AND PERSONALIZE Complete quests, progress through seasonal rewards and customize your battlefield identity with army colorways and other cosmetics. REPLAY AND SHARE Revisit completed matches in your Battle Log. Choose your highlights, export a video and share your battles with friends. An internet connection is required for multiplayer. Optional in-app purchases are available.

About

Colony Wars

Engage in fast-paced strategy battles to control the board. Automatically spawn and evolve units with unique roles, making strategic upgrade choices to adapt your colony's growth and combat style in every match.

Highlights
  • Four player colony battles
  • Automatic unit spawning and combat
  • Tank, melee, and ranged unit roles
  • Strategic unit evolution
  • Randomized upgrade choices
  • Deep strategic decisions
Features
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Build a growing colony and battle for control of the board in a fast paced strategy game where every choice matters. Your colony expands automatically as new units spawn into nearby cells. Each unit has a different role in battle, from durable tanks to powerful ranged attackers and protective melee fighters. Units stay in position and automatically attack enemies within range, creating constantly changing battle lines across the board. At regular intervals, the match pauses and you choose one of three upgrade cards. Improve unit spawn rates, evolve specific unit types, increase overall colony growth, convert units into stronger roles, or build toward a specialized strategy. Every match develops differently depending on the upgrades you choose and how your colony forms. Features : - Four player colony battles - Automatic unit spawning and combat - Tank, melee, and ranged unit roles - Strategic unit evolution - Common, Rare, Epic, and Legendary upgrade cards - Randomized upgrade choices - Fast matches with constant colony growth - Different strategies and colony builds every match - Simple controls with deep strategic decisions Grow faster, evolve smarter, and become the last colony standing.

Screenshots

Smash Dash RTS4 screens
Colony Wars4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Colony Wars at none against Smash Dash RTS's 10. Colony Wars also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 10 days). Smash Dash RTS's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, rating, ratings volume 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. Smash Dash RTS sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Colony Wars asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Smash Dash RTS against 5.0 for Colony Wars. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Smash Dash RTS ships an update every 10 days, Colony Wars every 4 days. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Smash Dash RTS versus Colony Wars: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSmash Dash RTSColony Wars
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyEvery 10 daysEvery 4 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size907 MB140 MB
Age rating12+9+
DeveloperCutEsy HoldingsDipayon Debnath Dip

Customer experience

Smash Dash RTS

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Colony Wars

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Smash Dash RTS

One-time10
  • 500 Coins$1.99
  • Starter Pack$2.99
  • 550 Gems$3.99
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  • 1,500 Coins$3.99
  • 1,200 Gems$8.99
  • 4,000 Coins$8.99
  • 3,000 Gems$17.99
  • 12,000 Coins$22.99
  • 8,000 Gems$44.99
  • 15,000 Gems$89.99
None

Colony Wars

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Smash Dash RTS free?
Smash Dash RTS is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Colony Wars free?
Colony Wars is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Smash Dash RTS or Colony Wars?
Smash Dash RTS and Colony Wars are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Smash Dash RTS or Colony Wars have ads?
Colony Wars shows ads; Smash Dash RTS does not.
Which is updated more often, Smash Dash RTS or Colony Wars?
Smash Dash RTS ships an update every 10 days, and Colony Wars every 4 days. Most recently, Smash Dash RTS was updated on October 31, 2026 and Colony Wars on October 31, 2026.

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