Comparison

Dash Quest vs Hero's Quest

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

Head to head
About

Dash Quest

Embark on a retro-inspired fantasy adventure combining endless running with RPG elements. Battle enemies, conquer bosses, and customize your hero with extensive gear, spells, and skills. Complete daily challenges and explore a world map for legendary rewards.

Highlights
  • Addictive action RPG gameplay
  • Daily challenges and rewards
  • Epic boss battles
  • Customizable upgrade system
  • Adventure Mode with World Map
  • Pets with accessories
  • Retro-inspired HD graphics
Features
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Fantasy action and endless runner collide with exciting RPG elements in this incredibly addictive, retro-inspired adventure game! Dash through hordes of enemies to reach epic boss battles! Customize and upgrade your character with Gear, Spells, Skills, Items and Pets! Complete daily challenges for Legendary Gear and other rewards! Features: • Addictive action RPG gameplay! • Daily dungeon, challenges and rewards! • Epic boss battles! • Incredibly customizable upgrade system! • Prestige system with unique perks and bonuses! • Adventure Mode featuring a complete World Map and hidden secrets! • Challenges and Mini-Games with dedicated leader boards! • Pets that you can accessorize! • Hero Mode with epic difficulty... and epic rewards! • Beautiful retro-inspired HD graphics! • Dozens of achievements! Can you save the kingdom from the evil Lich and become a Legendary Hero? PLEASE NOTE! Dash Quest is free to download and play, however, some game items can also be purchased for real money. If you don't want to use this feature, please disable in-app purchases in your device's settings. Also, under our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy, you must be at least 13 years of age to play or download Dash Quest. Dash Quest can be played offline, but please note that an active internet connection is required to update some features. Support: Are you having problems? Visit https://trophy-games.com/contact-us or contact us in game by navigating to Settings > Support. Privacy Policy: https://trophy-games.com/tiny-titans/privacy-policy Terms of Service: https://trophy-games.com/tiny-titans/terms-of-service Like us on Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/trophygamescompany/ Follow us on Twitter! https://twitter.com/TrophyGamesDK

About

Hero's Quest

Embark on an epic adventure as a hero, exploring a world filled with monsters and powerful bosses. Strategize your battles, level up your character, and collect gold, weapons, and equipment to enhance your stats and abilities. Discover new fighting styles and combinations in this roguelite RPG.

Highlights
  • Automatic battles
  • Hero and skin customization
  • Skill tree progression
  • Unlockable areas and bosses
  • Roguelite permanent upgrades
  • Portrait orientation gameplay
Features
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Hero's Quest is a game where you play the role of a lovely hero, go around exploring the world, and challenge your fighting ability to reach the highest level in the limited energy range. Your mission is to reach the highest level as you can to get a lot of gold coins, new weapons and equipment to improve your stats. Initially, you will have 20 energy points (EP). Trying to maintain or improve this stat so you can get high levels in the game. Every time you beat monsters and Bosses, you will get gold coins. The more monsters you beat, the more money you have and the faster you go on the adventure. The more you win, the faster you level up. The higher the level, the higher your ability to defeat the aggressive monsters encountered along the jorney. During the game, you will gradually discover your abilities and find the most effective fighting style for yourself. That's the magic, it can be very rewarding to play and discover new strategies or relics combinations. Explore the world and challenge yourself to reach the highest levels within limited energy! • Heroes and Skins • Hero’s Quest allows you to choose different characters to participate in thrilling battles, each hero have different bonus stats and wonderful pixel art skins. Heores can also be situational you'll have to chose the most suitable Hero for each scenario. • Skill Tree • Players can chose between multiple passive Skills to shape the gameplay the way they like. Skills are separated into different types ranging ranging from ofensive, defensive or utility skills. • Immersive world • Unlock multiple areas, where with powerful monsters enemies are waiting for you. Battle can be very intense the further you get. Players also need to defeat Bosses with outstanding power to unlock new Maps, Relics and Equipment. • Roguelite action • Roguelite is an evolution of the Roguelike genre, this means you still have to start the game from the beginning when the game is over, but you also have permanent upgrades to make each run easier and esiear while also making you progress further and further. The more you play, the more you progress! • Automatic battle • You'll find monsters along the map and your job is to choose the fights. Your focus should be on strategy, Hero and Relics combinations. Let the game do the rest. • Portrait orientation • Play the game anywhere with only one hand. Music by Aaron Krogh: https://soundcloud.com/aaron-anderson-11 Character Art by Ækashics: http://www.akashics.moe/

Screenshots

Dash Quest4 screens
Hero's Quest4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Dash Quest at none against Hero's Quest's shown. Dash Quest also leads on review sentiment (74% vs 66%). Hero's Quest's advantage is rating (4.8 vs 4.6) and update cadence (fortnightly vs monthly). On price, ratings volume, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Dash Quest sells 11 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days and Hero's Quest sells 22 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Hero's Quest holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1.1K and 1.3K respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 74% of Dash Quest's written reviews are positive against 66% of Hero's Quest's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Dash Quest ships an update monthly, Hero's Quest fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 19, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Dash Quest versus Hero's Quest: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDash QuestHero's Quest
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (1.1K ratings)4.8 (1.3K ratings) — better
Positive reviews74.2% of reviews — better66.0% of reviews
Number of ratings1.1K1.3K — better
Update frequencyMonthlyFortnightly — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size203 MB210 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperTrophy Games Canada Inc.Murilo Bastos

Customer experience

Dash Quest

All ratings1,072 ratings
Positive91.0%
Neutral4.3%
Negative4.7%
Written reviews264 reviews
Positive74.2%
Neutral8.3%
Negative17.4%

Hero's Quest

All ratings1,339 ratings
Positive94.7%
Neutral2.0%
Negative3.3%
Written reviews203 reviews
Positive66.0%
Neutral9.4%
Negative24.6%

User reviews

Dash Quest

From 1.1K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 💎 Excellent game
  • 🕹️ Fun and addictive gameplay
  • 🎨 Great retro pixel art style
  • 🕰️ Engaging time-killer
  • 🔥 One of the best mobile games

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Crashes and glitches
  • 💰 Excessive ads and monetization
  • 📱 UI/UX issues on newer devices
  • 🕰️ Slow progression and grindy
  • 🔍 Missing features/descriptions

Hero's Quest

From 1.3K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Fun and addictive gameplay
  • 🚀 Frequent updates and developer engagement
  • 🔒 No exploitative monetization
  • 💡 Innovative progression system

Room to improve

  • 🔁 Repetitive gameplay loop
  • 🔍 Lack of content variety
  • ⏱️ Slow progression at higher levels
  • 🔋 Battery drain issues

Bugs and requests

Dash Quest

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Ads not registering properly
  • Inability to exit certain menus
  • Chest/revive issues during runs
  • Inventory filling up with junk
  • Crashes and freezes on longer runs

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add more levels and bosses
  • Improve inventory management
  • Implement cloud save/sync
  • Add more customization options
  • Enhance the daily dungeon mode

Hero's Quest

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Game crashes on startup
  • Infinite loading screen
  • Crit rate bug causing inconsistent damage

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add teleport/skip functionality
  • Implement a reset progress option
  • Improve the equipment progression curve
  • Introduce more enemy/boss variety

In-app purchases

11 purchases

Dash Quest

Subscriptions1
  • VIP Gold Pass3 Days trial$3.997 Days
One-time10
  • Epic Gift$1.99
  • Remove Ads$2.99
  • Gold (Medium)$4.99
Show 7 more
  • Double XP$4.99
  • Epic Coin Doubler$4.99
  • DQ Adventurer's Pack$4.99
  • DQ Gold (Regular)$9.99
  • Adventurer's Pack II$9.99
  • DQ Gold (Large)$19.99
  • Adventurer's Pack III$19.99
22 purchases

Hero's Quest

One-time22
  • Tickets - Tiny$0.99
  • Ad Skip - Tiny$0.99
  • Remove Ads$1.99
Show 19 more
  • Tickets Small$1.99
  • Skin: Void Bender$1.99
  • Skin: Shadowbringer$1.99
  • Ad Skip - Small$1.99
  • Skin: Warlock Warrior$1.99
  • Skin: High Summoner$2.99
  • Skin: Elaine$2.99
  • Skin: Blight Lord$2.99
  • Skin: Goddess Yoko$2.99
  • Skin: Asema$2.99
  • Skin: Shadow Piercer$2.99
  • Tickets - Medium$3.99
  • Ad Skip - Medium$3.99
  • Tickets - Large$6.99
  • Ad Skip - Large$6.99
  • Tickets - Super$12.99
  • Ad Skip - Super$13.99
  • Tickets - Extra Large$27.99
  • Tickets - Ultra$54.99

Questions

Is Dash Quest free?
Dash Quest is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Hero's Quest free?
Hero's Quest is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Dash Quest or Hero's Quest?
Hero's Quest is rated higher. Dash Quest averages 4.6 out of 5 from 1.1K ratings, while Hero's Quest averages 4.8 from 1.3K ratings.
Do Dash Quest or Hero's Quest have ads?
Hero's Quest shows ads; Dash Quest does not.
Which is updated more often, Dash Quest or Hero's Quest?
Dash Quest ships an update monthly, and Hero's Quest fortnightly. Most recently, Dash Quest was updated on September 19, 2026 and Hero's Quest on September 24, 2026.

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