Barrel River vs Diver Dan
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Barrel River
Navigate a dangerous river in a barrel, dodging obstacles and collecting gold coins. Compete with friends for the highest score in this action-packed game.
- Navigate a barrel down a river
- Avoid rocks and jumping fish
- Collect gold coins
- Compete for high scores
- Action-packed gameplay
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Flow down the brutal water of the mighty barrel river with nothing but your wits and a rickety old barrel to guide you! Barrel river is a fun filled action game where you must flow down the river avoiding rocks and deadly jumping fish. As an added bonus, King Midas has touched the river with his magical golden touch, and his gold coins can be found on the river as well. Collect coins and try to stay alive on this deadly river. Your score is determined by how far you make it and how many coins you have collected. Compete with friends for the top score! **Special Credit** The music for Barrel River came from Kevin MacLeod at incompetech. Search for him online, he's got some awesome tracks!
Diver Dan
Navigate treacherous underwater environments, avoiding deadly obstacles like mines and sharks. Tap to control your dive and surface to collect coins and treasures. Compete with others using online scores in this classic arcade-style game.
- Tap to dive and release to surface
- Avoid mines, sharks, and clams
- Collect coins and treasures
- Online high scores
- Original soundtrack
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Avoid murderous mines, snappy sharks, clappy clams, and all sorts of underwater dangers in this exciting arcade game! Tap to dive, release to surface, and try to stay alive so you can collect precious coins and other fun treasures! Some cool features: -Soundtrack by Johan Harnge! -Bubble sounds! -Diving action! -Online scores! -Sharks! First released by knpmaster in 2009 now back in 2017 and updated for modern devices! Enjoy!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Barrel River at 5.0 against Diver Dan's 4.5. Barrel River also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 80%). Diver Dan's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). On price 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
Both are free to download. Barrel River sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Diver Dan asks for nothing beyond the download.
Barrel River holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 4 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Barrel River's written reviews are positive against 80% of Diver Dan's.
Barrel River ships an update every 15 months, Diver Dan every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on June 7, 2026 and June 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Barrel River | Diver Dan |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.5 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 80.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 4 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 15 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Brandon Stecklein | SoapCow, LLC |
Customer experience
Barrel River
Diver Dan
In-app purchases
Barrel River
- Advertising Removal$1.99
Diver Dan
No in-app purchases
