Darkness Dash vs Exist
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Darkness Dash
Embark on an epic quest to restore a world plunged into darkness. Rescue ancient energies by collecting orbs of light, navigating treacherous levels, and battling formidable bosses. This adventure saga offers beautifully illustrated worlds and interactive physics for an engaging experience.
- Rescue ancient energies
- Collect orbs of light
- Beautifully illustrated worlds
- Awesome physics
- Boss battles
- Secret rooms
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***** Join in the new popular saga Darkness Dash!!! ***** ***** TOP FEATURED Game in OVER 50 Countries! ***** "AWESOME ADVENTURE SAGA!" "I CAN'T STOP PLAYING." "PLEASE MAKE A SEQUAL!!!" -AppReviewers The Story: What was once a beautiful world that radiated light is sadly now a land of darkness and despair. Ancient energies and Shepherds of the Light were captured and imprisoned by the Underlords of Darkness. You have been chosen... You are our only hope... please help restore our world... You must rescue the very wise and ancient energies that can bring back the brilliant guiding light of the people. Collect all the orbs of light to restore this lost world and free it from darkness. Every turn is a new brush with death. Move cautiously... and good luck. Features include: + Beautifully illustrated worlds and levels + Awesome physics and interactive levels + Game Center leaderboards + Boss battles + Secret rooms! + Easy controls and fun for all ages! Get this super addicting game for FREE today! Get ready to be addicted for hours. Download now!!
Exist
Master strategic movement and timing to dominate the battlefield in this action-packed game. Explore gameplay mechanics and enjoy a unique combat experience, even with its simpler graphics. Your feedback helps shape its ongoing development.
- Strategic movement and timing mechanics
- Exploration of gameplay concepts
- Free-flowing battlefield combat
- Independent developer's passion project
- User feedback drives improvements
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The position and timing of walking are important concepts in the game, and you need to explore them in the game, as long as you use them flexibly, you can play freely and gallop on the battlefield. This is a personal development of an independent game, out of the love of action games, spent years to complete this work, I hope you like! At the same time because of the limited time and manpower so the picture can not do too exquisite, but does not affect the game experience. Welcome to leave your suggestions and comments! I will continue to improve, thank you!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Darkness Dash at none against Exist's shown. Darkness Dash also leads on ratings volume (205 vs 13) and iOS requirement (7.0 vs 11.0). Exist's advantage is review sentiment (86% vs 74%). On price, rating, update cadence and in-app purchases 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. Darkness Dash sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Exist sells 8 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for Darkness Dash against 4.5 for Exist. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Darkness Dash has 205 ratings behind it against 13, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 74% of Darkness Dash's written reviews are positive against 86% of Exist's.
Darkness Dash ships an update weekly, Exist every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Darkness Dash | Exist |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (205 ratings) | 4.5 (13 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 74.2% of reviews | 85.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 205 — better | 13 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 9 days |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 7.0 — better | 11.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 49 MB | 543 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | RoboNacho Systems, LLC | 超洪 梁 |
Customer experience
Darkness Dash
Exist
Bugs and requests
Darkness Dash
Reported bugs
7 issues- App crashes at 90-96% during loading on iPad
- Game closes after reaching 100% on loading screen
- Screen goes completely dark after loading with only audio
- Progress resets when returning to app
- Unresponsive jump controls
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- Ads block settings menu
- Ads interrupt review writing
Requested features
11 requests- More levels and content
- Autosave functionality
- Checkpoint respawn system instead of full restart
- Use for collected light orbs
- Boss battles
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- Character development
- Deeper storyline
- Difficulty settings or easier levels
- Life bar instead of one-hit death
- Better tutorial and directions
- Fewer or optional ads
Exist
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Darkness Dash
- Remove Ads FOREVER - Support the Game - Play FASTER!$2.99
Exist
- Unlocking Chapter 1.$0.99
- Unlocking Chapter 2.$0.99
- Unlocking Chapter 3$0.99
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- Unlocking Chapter 4$0.99
- Unlocking Chapter 5$0.99
- Unlocking Chapter 6$0.99
- Unlock Chapters 2 to 6$1.99
- Unlock all 6 chapters$2.99
