Bullet Boy vs Shadow DotZ
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Bullet Boy
Embark on a thrilling adventure across a floating world, launching yourself from cannons to escape a tornado and collect mysterious statue pieces. Master dynamic mechanics to dodge obstacles, aim precisely, and shoot your way to victory through challenging levels.
- Fire yourself from cannons
- Collect mysterious statue pieces
- Dodge birds, buildings, and machines
- Tap rapidly to dodge obstacles
- Aim precisely to reach cannons
- Unlock power-ups
- Over 60 levels
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The coolest game you'll play this year! An incredibly fun adventure across a floating world, where you fire yourself out of powerful cannons! Meet Bullet Boy, the courageous kid who rushes to escape a deadly tornado, while he tries to collect the missing pieces of some very mysterious, and fascinating statues. Packed with highly dynamic mechanics. Avoid birds, buildings and weird machines, tap rapidly to dodge fast-moving obstacles, aim precisely to get to the next cannon, or shoot to the sky to elude multiple obstacles altogether, and quickly get to your goal! You'll spend hours engaged in the action and the challenge of lots of levels, with randomly generated sections, and exciting progression along the whole game. Unlock awesome power-ups to increase the fun and the possibilities of blasting your way through this peculiar and beautiful world. The 7 reasons why you'll love Bullet Boy: - Incredibly FUN! - Fast-paced action and super dynamic game mechanics. - More than 60 beautifully crafted levels. - Charming 3D graphics and super-engaging soundtrack. - Hours of challenging and delicious gameplay. - Three amazing powerups to give a twist to the game mechanics. - Upcoming updates with more levels, amazing new zones and more gameplay! Bullet Boy is free to download. Some items in the game are available for purchase. Download Bullet Boy and have a blast! For questions and suggestions, please drop us a message to contact@pomelogames.com
Shadow DotZ
An addictive, one-touch game that challenges players to see how far they can progress. It's designed to be a super hard experience, testing your reflexes and endurance.
- One-touch gameplay
- Addictive challenge
- High difficulty
- Endurance testing
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How far can you go!? Addictive one touch game. Let's try to play this super hard game~
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Bullet Boy at 90% against Shadow DotZ's 0%. Bullet Boy also leads on rating (4.7 vs 1.0) and update cadence (monthly vs every 19 months). Shadow DotZ's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 10) and ads (none vs shown). On price, device support 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
Both are free to download. Bullet Boy sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Shadow DotZ asks for nothing beyond the download.
Bullet Boy holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Bullet Boy has 790 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 90% of Bullet Boy's written reviews are positive against 0% of Shadow DotZ's.
Bullet Boy ships an update monthly, Shadow DotZ every 19 months. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Bullet Boy | Shadow DotZ |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (790 ratings) — better | 1.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 90.4% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 790 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 19 months |
| 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 | 12.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 286 MB | 108 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Pomelo Games | Shih ju Yang |
Customer experience
Bullet Boy
Shadow DotZ
Bugs and requests
Bullet Boy
Reported bugs
4 issues- Levels failing to load or download
- Inability to purchase items from the store
- Leaderboard/score tracking issues
- Crashes and freezes, especially on older devices
Requested features
4 requests- More level variety and challenges
- Customizable character options
- Cloud saving to preserve progress
- Reduced ads or paid ad-free version
Shadow DotZ
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Bullet Boy
- Pack of 20 Revives$0.99
- Pack of 1,000 Coins$0.99
- The Turkey$0.99
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- The Penguin$0.99
- Pack of 80 Revives$2.99
- Pack of 5,000 Coins$3.99
- Coin Doubler$4.99
- Pack of 400 Revives$9.99
- Pack of 20,000 Coins$9.99
- Pack of 1,000 Revives$19.99
Shadow DotZ
No in-app purchases
