# Part-Time Defense — Hold back the customer rush > Hold back the customer rush (iPhone/iPad app by jihun jung.) - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/part-time-defense/id6816055146 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`) - Developer: [jihun jung](https://appshunter.io/developer/6809169498) - Category: Games, Lifestyle, Action, Casual - Price: Free with in-app purchases - Age rating: 12+ - Requires: iOS 15.0 · 358 MB - Languages: American English - Released: 2026-10-05 - Data updated: 2026-10-26 ## What is Part? New job: Burger Crew! - 10 new weapons: patty flip, drive-thru, 10-story burger, Happy Box and more - Wild awakenings: floor fryers, a drive-thru packed with cars Convenience store weapons remade (giant microwave, blizzard freezer, customer-scooping basket) Difficulty rating for every job New look for the Theme Park Crew New jobs now cost 3,300 coins New sound effects, smoother intro, smaller app size ## Pricing and in-app purchases Base price: Free. **One-time purchases** | Purchase | Price | Type | | --- | --- | --- | | 100 Diamonds | $1.99 | one-time | | 300 Diamonds | $4.99 | one-time | | 600 Diamonds | $9.99 | one-time | ## Is Part safe? Not enough ratings yet to assess Part. ## Is Part legit? Part-Time Defense has limited verification signals. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Part is 58 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data. ## Version history (last 5 releases) ### 1.6.2 — 2026-10-25 This update - The Convenience Store scanner awakening "Self-Checkout" now hits much harder - The cafeteria "Rice Scoop Toss" now lands on approaching customers - Fixed upgrade cards whose descriptions didn't match their effects - Minor bug fixes New part-timer: Beauty Shop Clerk! - 10 makeup weapons with 10 dazzling awakenings: palette, cushion puff, lipstick, mist, sheet mask, perfume, sunscreen, brush, cotton pad and cleansing foam - A brand-new store with marble floors and display shelves, plus new customers and troublemakers Easier start - Lowered the early-game difficulty for the Convenience Store Clerk, School Cook and Barista New features - Daily Wage: 5 daily missions and score chests - 132 achievements with icons that get fancier each tier - Mailbox and Attendance Season 2 (28-day cycle) Weapon buffs and makeovers - Ice pack awakening "Ice Cream Freezer": hit customers freeze briefly - Plastic bag awakening "Basket Flip" - Rebalanced onigiri, gift card, microwave and QR pay - Redesigned the School Cook's pressure cooker Also - New menu backgrounds for the cafe, pizza shop, PC room, BBQ house and burger shop - Softer new UI, fixed button and tab flicker - Smaller download and performance fixes ### 1.6.1 — 2026-10-23 New part-timer: Beauty Shop Clerk! - 10 makeup weapons with 10 dazzling awakenings: palette, cushion puff, lipstick, mist, sheet mask, perfume, sunscreen, brush, cotton pad and cleansing foam - A brand-new store with marble floors and display shelves, plus new customers and troublemakers Easier start - Lowered the early-game difficulty for the Convenience Store Clerk, School Cook and Barista New features - Daily Wage: 5 daily missions and score chests - 132 achievements with icons that get fancier each tier - Mailbox and Attendance Season 2 (28-day cycle) Weapon buffs and makeovers - Ice pack awakening "Ice Cream Freezer": hit customers freeze briefly - Plastic bag awakening "Basket Flip" - Rebalanced onigiri, gift card, microwave and QR pay - Redesigned the School Cook's pressure cooker Also - New menu backgrounds for the cafe, pizza shop, PC room, BBQ house and burger shop - Softer new UI, fixed button and tab flicker - Smaller download and performance fixes - Minor bug fixes ### 1.6 — 2026-10-22 New part-timer: Beauty Shop Clerk! - 10 makeup weapons with 10 dazzling awakenings: palette, cushion puff, lipstick, mist, sheet mask, perfume, sunscreen, brush, cotton pad and cleansing foam - A brand-new store with marble floors and display shelves, plus new customers and troublemakers New features - Daily Wage: 5 daily missions and score chests - 132 achievements with icons that get fancier each tier - Mailbox and Attendance Season 2 (28-day cycle) Convenience Store buffs - Ice pack awakening "Ice Cream Freezer": hit customers freeze briefly - Plastic bag awakening "Basket Flip" - Rebalanced onigiri, gift card, microwave and QR pay Also - New menu backgrounds for the cafe, pizza shop, PC room, BBQ house and burger shop - Softer new UI, fixed button and tab flicker - Smaller download and performance fixes ### 1.5 — 2026-10-21 Convenience store weapons, reborn! - Microwave: microwave ripples burst from the door / Awakened, a giant microwave drops in and sucks customers inside - QR Code: a QR card flies out, scans customers and pops! / Awakened, a giant QR code sweeps the field - Ice Pack: freezes the floor solid / Awakened, a freezer unleashes a blizzard - Plastic Bag: bags customers up / Awakened, a red shopping basket scoops them up - Receipt roll fires more often Changes - See each job's difficulty (stars) in the job info and on the menu - The theme park worker has a new look - Theme park dance now deals damage over time - Area upgrades now visibly enlarge your attacks - You can't buy a job's weapons before hiring that job - A big notice appears when you've collected every weapon - PC bang cat ears now sit properly on the head - Bug fixes ### 1.4 — 2026-10-17 Time to clock in at the amusement park and cinema! [Two New Part-Timers] - Meet the Amusement Park and Cinema Part-Timers. - Each comes with 10 exclusive weapons, awakenings and upgrades. - Take on new guests and bosses in dedicated stages. - Discover new character portraits, weapon artwork, upgrade cards and awakening notifications. [Amusement Park Part-Timer] - Fight the rush with dance moves, roller coasters, swinging ships, bumper cars and more. - Unleash spectacular awakenings, including parades and looping coasters. [Cinema Part-Timer] - Turn popcorn, movie tickets, 3D glasses, projectors and red carpets into weapons. - Unlock cinema-themed awakenings inspired by mobile tickets, 4DX and IMAX. [New Visuals and Tutorials] - Added a new opening sequence and main menu entrance animations. - Improved battle environments for the convenience store, kitchen, cafe, pizzeria and PC cafe. - Added tutorials for your first shift and the main menus. Replay them from Settings. - Made the pause button easier to see. [Combat and Stability Improvements] - Rebalanced Amusement Park and Cinema weapon damage and upgrades. - Removed knockback from the Roller Coaster awakening. - Awakened Swinging Ship and Red Carpet weapons no longer fire their normal attacks alongside their awakenings. - Increased the BBQ Tongs awakening's target count from 4 to 5. - Improved the Call Bell's range and attack interval, and fixed wasted attacks when guests were out of range. - Corrected rewarded ad configuration errors and improved consent handling and retries. - Added retries when checking for app updates temporarily fails. ## More apps by jihun jung - [업넘버 - 숫자 잇기 퍼즐](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/id6809169496) All apps by jihun jung: https://appshunter.io/developer/6809169498 --- *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 2026-10-26.*