# The Tower - Idle Tower Defense — user reviews > 3,090 indexed App Store user reviews of The Tower by Tech Tree Games LLC, rated 4.20/5 from 19,639 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/the-tower-idle-tower-defense/id1575590830/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/the-tower-idle-tower-defense/id1575590830.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 12,711 · 4★ 3,397 · 3★ 938 · 2★ 583 · 1★ 2,010 ## What do users think of The Tower? Overall sentiment: mixed **Pros** - 🚀 Slow but steady progression - 👍 No forced ads - 👍 Simple but engaging gameplay - 🎶 Calming music **Cons** - 🕰️ Extremely slow progression - 💰 Expensive upgrades and in-app purchases - 🐛 Bugs and crashes - 🔁 No offline/idle mode **Commonly reported bugs** - Game resets progress after updates - Ads freezing or crashing the game - Inconsistent game speed and performance issues **Most requested features** - Offline/idle mode to earn resources when not playing - More enemy variety and boss battles - Ability to save progress and resume games - More customization options for the tower ## Newest reviews (14 of 3,090) ### 2/5 — Ads don’t work *2026-08-27, version 28.3.2* No ad rewards work as you can not complete the adds, have to swipe off and restart, saw many comments for a long time about the same problem and nothing has been done, hence the low review, game it’s self is quite enjoyable apart from that. ### 4/5 — Rhtj *2026-08-27, version 28.3.2* Good game fun to play when have a short time ### 3/5 — Charlie’s Tower Review *2026-08-27, version 28.3.2* Basically I think k this is a 3⭐️ review because the quality is good but it does take a while to get to the lasers and that and the upgrades because I’ve been playing an hour now and I’m not near it ### 2/5 — Go slow, wait forever *2026-08-27, version 28.3.2* Game is painfully slow, even after buying the “No Ads” microtransaction because it’s not a horrible game but it is so agonizingly slow. Then they hit you with a game speed research that takes 4 ENTIRE DAYS TO GO FROM 3.5x TO 4x. The happy brain itch doesn’t exist in this game. ### 4/5 — Eh *2026-08-26, version 28.3.2* Pretty good if u wanna progress VERY slow ### 3/5 — Bug? *2026-08-26, version 28.3.2* On an IOS device (iphone 12 i think) was enjoying the game semi occasionally for awhile but at some point now its just stalling out at 24% during the boot load (waiting for ATT apparently). Decent game but unless i can get help for my issue i have to let it go because its quite literally unplayable now. ### 4/5 — Excellent *2026-08-25, version 28.3.2* 👍👍 ### 4/5 — I like it *2026-08-24, version 28.3.2* It’s pretty nice 👍 ### 4/5 — Ad *2026-08-23, version 28.3.2* Ads keep kidnapping me as no option to leave ### 4/5 — Good *2026-08-22, version 28.3.2* It is a good ### 3/5 — Gameplay 5 stars, Ads 1 star *2026-08-22, version 28.3.2* Gameplay is simple, great for killing time, but the Ads are terrible, sometimes you stare at a AD screen for FIVE WHOLE minutes and the X sometimes never shows up!! Fix your ads it’s making me not want to play - thanks! ### 3/5 — Kind of like Bloons TD 6 *2026-08-21, version 28.3.2* Tower defense ### 4/5 — Decent *2026-08-19, version 28.3.2* Not the greatest ever, but been playing for a few days now and it’s a nice little progression, slow but I know that’s what I signed up for. I did the 9.99 to bypass ads because they are terrible and I felt like I would like this style of game loop, right now it’s cool but I am not sure how long I will stick with it ### 3/5 — Would be 5 star but *2026-08-19, version 28.3.2* You are unable to close the ads after they are done so you have to close the entire app. If they fix this issue it might be a 5 star game ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Bait & Switch *2026-08-27, version 29.0.0* Newest update now limits the number of gems you can earn with ads per day. It used to be 5 every 10 minutes or so. Now it’s 6 capping at 60. I already bought the ad-free, now the rules are changed to “encourage” people to buy gems. If you are a new player, this will hinder your ability to progress ### 1/5 — Bad update *2026-08-27, version 28.3.2* I put over 80$ in game and Im not able set new passwordfor play game ### 1/5 — Ads *2026-08-27, version 28.3.2* I try to watch an ad for the boosts but it never gives me an option to close the ad and continue to play. I don’t mind watching ads but this is ridiculous ### 1/5 — New update *2026-08-27, version 28.3.2* The fact they change the ad gem to max out 60 claims is BS. They want you to spend money on there in game gems. Hey developer. Don’t you know that it hard out here no one want to spend money on your damn gems if we’re paying your game. ### 1/5 — Full screen ads *2026-08-24, version 28.3.2* Full screen ads that you can’t close ### 1/5 — Come on, man. *2026-08-23, version 28.3.2* Not available offline, provably just so that people can only play the game when ads are available. It’s such a simple game, why can’t I play this when I don’t have access to WiFi. ### 1/5 — Five star review is not possible… *2026-08-23, version 28.3.2* because it requires internet connection to play ### 1/5 — Ads *2026-08-19, version 28.3.2* Ads on this game make me hate everything advertised with a passion. Especially Wool Crush and Atlas Earth. I think your an idiot if you advertise with this game, I loath everyone who’s ads I am trapped in for excessive amounts of time. ### 1/5 — A *2026-08-19, version 28.3.2* Stop giving me stupid ads I can’t skip ### 1/5 — Originally a 3 star but money money money *2026-08-18, version 28.3.2* $20 for a bonus of a wave I earned is wildly greedy along w the very slow progression past early game. Additionally now $40 for a bonus to progress unbelievable ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Cozy idle experience *2026-08-27, version 28.3.2* Although the game doesn't really run while the app is closed unlike some of the other reviews it does NOT require constant supervision and clicking. The longer you play over time the less you will click over time. I let it run while I sleep and I don't click once, the only downside is you must have the app presently open while playing. There is monetization although completely optional and its NOT jammed down your throat, all ads are optional and NOT forced. Many different builds and complexities within this game. ### 5/5 — A great game. Rough community *2026-08-27, version 28.3.2* The game is fun and maintains constant goals to achieve in a really interesting growth journey. The community is weirdly hyper negative and every update, even objectively good ones, is received with a lot of criticism. So prepare for that. ### 5/5 — Fun so far *2026-08-26, version 28.3.2* So far really fun ### 5/5 — Incredible game *2026-08-25, version 28.3.2* Unlike any mobile game I’ve played. I much more of a pc and console gamer and I love the grind of this game ### 5/5 — The tower *2026-08-25, version 28.3.2* Good game no bad words to say about it, can’t seem to get past level 30 ha, overall good upgrade options too ### 5/5 — Subar *2026-08-23, version 28.3.2* I love this hame with all my ha4rts!!!!!!! Tuleyy teh best stretyg game ive ever pkayed!!! And almost all the games i playbare strategy games ### 5/5 — Fantastic *2026-08-22, version 28.3.2* Brilliant game to kill time addictive trying to better runs ### 5/5 — Infinite upgrades *2026-08-19, version 28.3.2* Love how calming the music is and how there is infinite upgrades ### 5/5 — Tower *2026-08-19, version 28.3.2* Tower ### 5/5 — Very good *2026-08-19, version 28.3.2* Is very good. Would reccomend --- *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 2026-08-29.*