# Desktop Tower Defense Defence - Hard Strategy Game — user reviews > 74 indexed App Store user reviews of Desktop Tower Defense Defence by Chi Shing Fung, rated 4.40/5 from 81 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/desktop-tower-defense-defence-hard-strategy-game/id944766667/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/desktop-tower-defense-defence-hard-strategy-game/id944766667.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 57 · 4★ 10 · 3★ 6 · 2★ 2 · 1★ 6 ## What do users think of Desktop Tower Defense Defence? Overall sentiment: mixed **Pros** - 👍 Faithful recreation of original - 👍 No in-app purchases - 👍 No overbearing ads - 👍 Not pay to win - 👍 Good gameplay - 👍 Retro simplicity - 👍 Solid design - 👍 No glitches - 👍 Addictive - 👍 Challenging - 👍 Strategic depth - 👍 Fun distraction - 👍 Stylish design - 👍 Easy to play - 👍 Good for commutes - 👍 Combines Flappy Bird concept - 👍 Good tower defense mechanics - 👍 Free to play **Cons** - 👎 Manual coin collection tedious - 👎 Sound cannot be turned off/lowered - 👎 Annoying coin collection - 👎 White cloud obscures coins - 👎 Game restarts on interruption - 👎 Grid positioning iffy - 👎 UI is horrid - 👎 Small elements on screen - 👎 Freezing at higher levels - 👎 Game crashes on 'Game Over' - 👎 Giant birds seem impossible - 👎 Hard wall in endless play - 👎 Less fun than original desktop TD - 👎 Can't pause and build towers - 👎 Needs more levels/maps/turrets - 👎 Not enough tower variety - 👎 Game bogging down - 👎 Blatant rip-off of classic - 👎 Everything is so small - 👎 UI is horrid **Commonly reported bugs** - Game restarts on interruption - Grid positioning iffy - Freezing at higher levels - Game crashes on 'Game Over' - Cannot select towers to upgrade - Game doesn't run correctly on iPhone 6S - Coin counter has no function (no coins to buy towers) - iPad freezes on large flying bosses - Sound cannot be turned off/lowered - No volume on/off or control - No stars if you get a phone call **Most requested features** - Ability to save maze setup - Full refund during initial maze setup - Option to watch ads for support - Map variety - More maps and new turrets - More towers with different abilities - Zooming or larger game elements - Update for OS9 compatibility - Fix freezing at higher levels - Fix game bogging down - More polish ## Newest reviews (13 of 74) ### 4/5 — Closest to original Flash game *2020-07-08* With Flash’s long phase out, due to security and other reasons, it is a shame the original developer has not ported it to iOS himself. This is the closest to the original, but created when both flappy birds and coin thumb-collecting were hot. The former is not an issue, the latter is annoying to anyone over the age of nine. Since this game has not been updated since 2017, this is most likely the final version. Still, it is mostly true to the original and plays very well. ### 5/5 — Endlich das Original ... *2019-01-29* .. zumindest dicht dran. Alle anderen Tower Defence Games sind dagegen Kinderkacke! Bitte weiter so! ### 5/5 — No micro-transactions! *2018-01-05* I would give this 5 stars JUST for not adding garbage MCD into the title! With that said, it is actually a good clone of the origional desktop version, much better than other versions out there. My only gripe is I wish there was some map variety available, but that is small issue in the end. ### 5/5 — Very good! *2017-10-15, version 1.45* Anybody did success go through level 55? ### 5/5 — Enjoyable *2017-09-20, version 1.45* A nice change from the usual TD games. The star upgrade system is refreshing, and not completely pay-to-win. ### 5/5 — Creeps of old. *2017-08-14* Reminds me of some of the original TD games I ever played, now on mobile. ### 4/5 — Не реально! *2017-06-06, version 1.45* Ipad виснет на огромных летающих босах. Видимо из-за этого происходят ошибки в просчетах, и не получается всех ликвидировать. Можете облегчить графику или ещё что-нибудь, что бы не висло и не вылетала игра?! ### 4/5 — Nice game *2017-05-15, version 1.45* But sounds enjoying. ### 5/5 — Just like the old flash version *2017-05-02* I love this game. It's just like the original one that was on Flash that I played years ago. ### 4/5 — Pass the time using your mind *2017-03-30* I've always enjoyed strategy games. I got hooked on tower defense style several years ago, but then life happened && I found myself too busy to "play games". Now that life has settled down; I found this version and am very pleased with the familiarity & retro simplicity. Good Job guys. ### 5/5 — Endlich... *2017-03-29* Ein Tower-Defense Game für unterwegs das nicht den Akku innerhalb von einer Stunde killt. Klar die Grafik ist nicht die beste aber wer mehr Wert auf Gameplay legt sollte dieses Spiel ausprobieren. Keine Werbung und keine In-App-Purchases. Von mir auf jeden Fall ein must-have auf jedem iPhone 👍🏻 ### 3/5 — Fun then boring. *2017-02-25* This is almost a direct rip of the original desktop defense, but less fun. I hate that you cant pause and build towers, it makes this more stressful than it needs to be. But thats how the original desktop defense was too, so i guess i just wanted to complain. ### 3/5 — Needs more levels *2017-02-13, version 1.45* It's a fun game... but could use more maps and new turrets ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — annoying *2020-08-08* You constantly have to collect coins. Why should you have to do this if this is supposed to be a thinking strategy game. Also the sound can’t be turned off or lowered. Even when I mute the ipad, the sound is still on and quite loud. ### 1/5 — Good TD Game *2019-07-24, version 1.45* Good TD Game, but loses a star for no volume on/off or control. Update... Now 1 star. No longer works, the coin counter has no function so there are no coins to buy towers. ### 1/5 — Terrible remake *2019-06-01* Seriously? This game should be called “Towers money pickup.” Nobody wants to waste time picking up coins while there’s a maze to build and towers to upgrade. And then the grid system is so bad why punish me when I sell a tower? The original had many flaws, and this one kept them and added worse ones. Forget it. ### 1/5 — What’s with all the pickups *2017-12-16, version 1.45* Really weird version. I have to manually pick up the loot. Total pain. Gave up. ### 1/5 — Worse in every way *2017-05-14* Worse port of another game. Graphics are messy and loose, hard to tell if towers are aligned correctly. Have to collect coins from every kill which is absolutely pointless and destroys the functionality of what wants to be a cerebral game. Only functional iOS game I've given one star to. Does not need to exist--get desktop TD instead. ### 2/5 — Went backwards on the original DesktopTD *2019-08-14* Took the original DesktopTD but then added a couple of annoying drawbacks. (1) Now, you spend all your time collecting coins and stars which take you away from your main goal which is building and upgrading your defences. (2) The shot birds explode with a white cloud so that it’s harder to see if their are coins there to collect or not. Just get rid of the coins and stars altogether. It’s better to just automatically credit players with the coins and stars as though they’ve been automatically collected, rather than forcing us to waste our time, annoyingly having to go around and collect them all the time. ### 2/5 — No stars if you get a phone call *2019-06-04* Game is awesome but after level 50, you can skip levels anymore and are a slave to the timer (which means I’m sitting there swiping on my phone repeatedly for 20 minutes straight just waiting for a few levels). Finally managed to get over the level 167 boss flying hump after months and months of saving stars to sky rocket past my 3300 high score and was well on my way up to 10k. Got a phone call and took me out of the game. Reopened it a moment later to continue and it had kicked me out to the main screen. When I clicked the upgrade tab, I only had 17 stars. Played for hours and hours to get zero progression. Please fix this and I’ll change my rating. ### 2/5 — Kinda boring in unlimited mode *2016-11-26* Once you beat all the stages and play unlimited mode, it gets boring because of the wait time between each waves. ### 2/5 — Ok. *2016-01-24, version 1.43* If a text or phone call interrupts game it restarts. Positioning on grid iffy. Collecting coins at top of game awkward as a swipe activates notification tab ### 2/5 — Can't select towers to upgrade *2015-10-21, version 1.41* Seems like it would be fun, but it seems like there is a bug where you can't select a tower so no upgrades. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Decent remake *2026-05-06* Should definitely make an upgrade available so that we no longer have to manually collect all the coins just like the og game. Also some explanations on what the upgrades do would be great. Game is currently not working but hopefully will be fixed soon. ### 5/5 — Кайф *2026-03-23, version 1.45* Отличная игра ### 5/5 — Fun - tip to win *2023-05-08* Fun to play a game from the past that requires knowledge and strategy of tower defenses when games like Wintermaul was popular. How to win? It is possible to beat game without buying stars. Just need the right maze. My tip. Use purple stars to get tower upgrades and than magnet to just make collecting stars easier. I beat the game with the first two towers as they both become very powerful once upgrades to max. Good luck, have fun. And get a good laugh if you make it to endless lvl 55. ### 5/5 — Very similar to the Original *2022-10-26* This game is very well done. While, it does not have as many game modes as the original version, it is a very faithful recreation. I especially love that there are no in app purchases, or over bearing ads. Just a small banner ad at the bottom of the screen when you’re in the main menu. The only thing I think would be nice is if we had an ability to save a maze setup, to help with replay ability. Or to full refund during the initial maze setup before the creeps come in. ### 5/5 — Almost perfect, worth more than 5 stars *2020-09-21, version 1.45* I like the douche out of this game. It is funny how the apps that are not worth a dime are being promoted while little gems like this stay hidden until someone has to make an extensive research to get their hands on it. I say this game is almost perfect because I do not appreciate having to collect the gold and stars by hand. But everything else is just dreamy. And how it is not pay to win I am proud to keep this game in my phone and tell my friends about it. I only wish you had an option where I can watch adds just to support you guys, I do not need stars to do it. Congratulations on making this! ### 5/5 — Great Game but please remove Money Collection *2020-08-31* Simple but good. But please remove the manual money collection. Thanks! ### 5/5 — Update *2019-12-08* Very nice Game Time for some Update !!! ### 5/5 — Супер игра *2019-12-04, version 1.45* Открыв все звездочки до конца я был приятно удивлён! ### 5/5 — Not pay to win game *2019-02-18* I tried the upgrade shop then I found buy or shop can’t remember but the text if you try if crazy funny so PS I thought the shop was more upgrades LOL ### 5/5 — Best Tower Defence game *2019-02-10* Earn your way up. No in game purchase! --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-08-22.*