# Idle Defense - Idle Towers — user reviews > 59 indexed App Store user reviews of Idle Defense by Yarr Games, rated 4.70/5 from 2,636 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/idle-defense-idle-towers/id1419674095/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/idle-defense-idle-towers/id1419674095.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 2,162 · 4★ 247 · 3★ 117 · 2★ 44 · 1★ 66 ## What do users think of Idle Defense? Overall sentiment: mixed **Pros** - 🚀 Fast gameplay - 👍 Addictive and fun - 💡 Potential for great game **Cons** - 🐛 Bugs and crashes - 💰 Excessive ads and in-app purchases - ⏱️ Long upgrade/build times - 🤔 Confusing progression and mechanics **Commonly reported bugs** - Game freezes and crashes - Upgrades and progress reset - Ads not working as expected - Enemies/bosses behaving erratically **Most requested features** - More tower types and upgrades - Reduce ads and in-app purchases - Improve tutorial and onboarding - Optimize performance and stability ## Newest reviews (16 of 59) ### 3/5 — Soooooo manyyyyy adsssssssss *2021-06-08, version 1.5.47* Sooooooooop manyyyyyyyy adsssssssssss ### 4/5 — Love it *2021-03-19* I love this game but need to make battling a little more longer. Plus every time I log in to collect away coin and need to watch video to collect double but won’t let me. Really need to get that working ### 3/5 — To Menes ads *2021-01-20, version 1.5.33* After everyRoundThere is an add ### 2/5 — Don't make in app purchases. *2020-10-06, version 1.5.31* Do NOT pay to remove ads, paid $2.99 because it seemed fun and am still bothered to watch ads every other minute. Misleading. ### 4/5 — Bug issue. edited *2020-09-14* I love playing this game but you guys really need to stop These random rebalancing issues are making this game un playable. One patch I can barely handle the fights and they are tough the next I’m having a much easier time. And this one.... I can’t seem to kill a single target. It just walks through every shot like it doesn’t even phase it. Please fix this bug Edit: after this last patch I can’t even get the game to open. It loads to what looks like 95% then crashes. **Developer response:** Thanks for your feedback! We are sorry about this balance issue, we fixed it in the previous update. Also, the bug with the crash at startup has been fixed. We hope you stay with us! Please let us know if there will be any other issues. ### 2/5 — Good then broke *2020-09-13* I was enjoying the game. Then this last update killed it on my phone so it won’t even open. It just crashes part way through loading. I have a 6S, and it being older might be the issue. Just wanted to warn those who also have an older phone. The low star rating is mostly because of this issue. **Developer response:** Thank you for contacting us! We are fixed some issues with crashes. We hope the latest update will help you to come back. ### 4/5 — Can’t open the app anymore *2020-08-07* |Dear Developers| can you fix the crashing issue and please don’t make me forget this game please it’s fun and addicting game but graphics and quality is awesome but it needs music a smoothing music to get you to play this game for a while but please fix it I don’t want to forget this all leave it on my ipad for 1 months and if it’s not fixed im deleting it FOREVER but please fix it I don’t wanna delete it it’s addictive please fix it - your truly Cyrus **Developer response:** Sorry for the late reply. We are fixed some issues with crashes and hope the latest update will help you to come back to the game. ### 3/5 — Fun *2020-07-29, version 1.5.16* Since the update the game keeps crashing on my iPhone... Love this game tho ### 3/5 — Latest update ruined it *2020-07-28* Was a decent game but this latest update ruined things. Now every new tower you place and every single upgrade takes either long amounts of time or gems to complete. You upgrade things and then just can’t play until the upgrade finishes unless you want to buy gems. Dumb. I’m deleting but might check back in a few months to see if the developer wised up and reverted this new change. Or may not. There are plenty of other much better tower defense games anyway ### 4/5 — Too many ads *2020-07-26, version 1.5.16* I was playing the game it was good but it was just a lot of ads for me so the goal is to take away the ads ### 3/5 — I used to like it *2020-07-15* Just recently they’ve added timers to every single upgrade and every new thing you place down. Of course you can use special currency ,that’s bought with real money or earned very slowly with quests, to remove the timers Before they added that feature the game was pretty great and I would’ve given five stars. But for now I’ve got some turrets that will be done building in almost two weeks and sadly by then I doubt I’ll still have any desire to play. ### 2/5 — This new update broke late game *2020-07-15* I was having lots of fun in the game just messing around and seeing cool mixtures of towers that would destroy the enemy. I am in the late game or a decently late part of the game where I am making millions everytime I log in. Then this new update happened were every upgrade and when you build something It would take time. Which isn’t a horrible thing unless in early game as each upgrade usually only takes a few minutes. But the point I’m at in the game building one coin booster is taking me almost 2 weeks and other buys take me nearly a month. I think the scaling needs to be turned way down for this to actually work because building one thing that’s gonna take even over 1 week is kinda ubsurd because I then still need to spend time upgrading it ### 4/5 — Great game but *2020-07-13, version 1.5.14* The so call improvements to the game were not good so if possible can u please make upgrading not have a timer ### 3/5 — Decent game- but.. *2020-07-10, version 1.5.13* Suffers from the same thing so many of these games do. After awhile the game starts to punish you with ads. I’m getting full ad after every stage I complete now- and I literally spend more time watching ads than “playing” the game. I get that it’s free. I get that they need to make money. But when you spend more time watching ads than playing the game, I draw the line. Sorry guys. ### 3/5 — Good game but to many adds *2020-06-28, version 1.5.12* Like the title says the game is good but there is so many adds. after your done with a wave I get a add before a wave I get a add honestly I think this game has the quality to make it a 5 star game but it’s greed took over and made it a 2-4 star game ### 3/5 — To much ads *2020-06-27, version 1.5.12* I love this game but every time you would beat a level there would be an ad ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Gem necessity? *2025-09-03, version 1.5.48* Why is it impossible to play at the beginning without using the gems? I just want to play, and save gems for later. If you are going to force the gem usage at least make the beginning upgrades free. Got it so I could play, not use the gems before I play. ### 1/5 — Scammers *2025-08-04, version 1.5.48* Liked the game and thought i would pay to get rid of adds but its a scam ### 1/5 — Too Many Ads *2021-09-29, version 1.5.47* Almost every action needs an ad to do. Even after paying for no ads I don’t see a reduction… closed the game to restart and no difference ### 1/5 — I need more ads ASAP!! *2021-06-13, version 1.5.47* Please fix this game. There are not enough ads! How am I supposed to know whether I want to play an advertised game if you don’t show it to me more than once every 2 minutes? Fix this immediately!!! ### 1/5 — Oh well... (edited) *2020-09-16* Update version 1.5.25 broke the game so it wouldn’t load, 1.5.26 fixed that so at least it loads now, but the ad interface is still horribly broken. Start up game and want to get bonus cash by watching an ad? Good luck. If an add doesn’t play when you click the button the first time, it will NEVER play and you lose the bonus. Want to watch an ad to increase boost time? Same thing. Have to restart and hope you get lucky next time the game starts. Even worse, try to play an ad to get a bonus payout after a level, ad doesn’t play so choose no ad and lower payout - still have to watch an ad but now no payout. Seems like a scam to boost ad watching with no return on time invested. **Developer response:** Hi, Virtualchoirboy Thanks for your detailed feedback. We working on this issue and fix it soon. We hope you will stay with us! ### 1/5 — Ads *2020-08-12, version 1.5.18* Paid for no Ads, still has Ads ### 1/5 — Worst game ever made *2020-06-09* This game is just the worst game don’t play this game people it’s ok for the first few waves but then you see that all it is a tower defense rip off made by some idiots that don’t know how to make a real tower defense game anyway just don’t get this game I quit playing when I got to wave 10 plus once you have a certain amount of stuff you will need 300 gold for a cannon,wall and 810 for a gold producer. ### 1/5 — The ads..... *2019-07-12* Ads are unbearable in any game, but they’re made so much worse when you don’t get a choice to watch or not. I understand thats where yall get a lot, if not most, of your money, but when games force me to watch ads I uninstall them unless the gameplay is THAT good. Games like Eggs Inc., and Idle Zen are heroes for letting you watch ads IF YOU WANT TO for a boost, but never forcing you. Uninstalled. ### 2/5 — Still getting ads? *2021-06-22, version 1.5.47* I bought the no ads thing for $3 but when a round is over and I try for the x2 or x3 coins it still gives me an ad isn’t that what I paid to not receive? ### 2/5 — Was fun *2021-05-30, version 1.5.46* Started playing a month ago or so and had a lot of fun but the new update has destroyed the game. Every time I load up the game it says I’m townhall lvl 1 again even though I’m on wave 66 on land 1. Please fix your game so I can enjoy it again. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — I love this! *2024-10-07, version 1.5.48* I absolutely love this game but whatever happened to it? I really miss the updates :( ### 5/5 — Lol *2021-06-20, version 1.5.47* Great game ### 5/5 — Hoi *2020-12-21, version 1.5.33* Th hame is great and all, but you just happened to misspell the word “defense” in you app title and description. But otherwise, I give it a 5 star. ### 5/5 — Cesar canon *2020-11-18, version 1.5.33* Ccccc ### 5/5 — Aaaaaaaaaa *2020-09-04, version 1.5.23* It’s great super great I don’t now what to say be cause it is so great nah not that great but pretty awesome so far ### 5/5 — Nice game *2020-07-18* Nice, fun game. I like playing, only thing is, there’s ads every other round. But, I get why, less annoying than the other games which is like every 30 seconds. I rate it a 10/10! I recommend playing it! ### 5/5 — Case-Shot Cannon is bugged *2020-06-07, version 1.5.11* It deletes the upgrades after 3 bars after I close the game ### 5/5 — 🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🌈🌈🌈 *2020-06-02, version 1.5.10* Over ### 5/5 — 5 Stars *2020-05-25, version 1.5.9* This is a so much more fun and easier paint game 🎨 ### 5/5 — 5 Stars for its potential! *2019-05-31* Love the game! A few notes: 1)first map - I cannot take down level 12 boss tower. Game let’s me run about 4 waves before heavy lag, about 10 more waves before app shuts down. Every relaunch of app the boss tower is back to full health. Tried deleting towers to free up memory, no luck. 2)second map (rocky shore maybe?) - I have a task for upgrading a cannon to level 10, but my research is maxed out (for everything) and max cannon level is 5. 3)A “tips” or “info” section would be great where it explains which bad guys are which (this one’s fast, this one drops coins etc) as well as one for towers (this produces “x” amount of gold every minute & “y” amount while your not playing, or power upgrade slows enemies down even more). 4)The bottom for selecting towers needs some help with sliding back and forth, every time I look I have more walls than I thought I did haha! 5)I like the idea of more towers mentioned previously but I suggest rolling those out one by one so app doesn’t get too buggy and you can develop a clear direction of strategies players can employ. 6)Releasing a few new maps (unlocked through tasks, clearing a different map, and/or weekly special event maps where players could compete for gems or game cash) soon would be great! That last suggestion may require some sort of scoring system to be developed thought...points for completed in fewest waves, with fewest towers, with more money in piggy bank, etc. Keep up good work, it’s a nice app with tons of potential. --- *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 2026-06-10.*