# Tower Ball: Idle Tower Defense — user reviews > 46 indexed App Store user reviews of Tower Ball by WaffleStack Studio LLC, rated 4.59/5 from 202 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/tower-ball-idle-tower-defense/id1536018938/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/tower-ball-idle-tower-defense/id1536018938.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 157 · 4★ 27 · 3★ 7 · 2★ 2 · 1★ 9 ## What do users think of Tower Ball? Overall sentiment: mixed **Pros** - 👍 Fun and addictive gameplay - 💡 Unique progression system - 👍 No forced ads - 👍 Active and responsive developer - 👍 Relaxed idle game experience - 👍 Good sense of progression - 👍 Interesting idle/TD/incremental take **Cons** - 🐛 Frequent crashes - 🐛 Game freezes on open - 🐛 Progress loss after crashes - 🐛 Inconsistent offline earnings - 🐛 UI scaling issues on iPad - 🐛 Gem costs feel high - 🐛 Gameplay becomes pointless after magnets - 🐛 Restore purchases needed every time **Commonly reported bugs** - Game crashes after buying 3rd gun - Game crashes before title screen - Game freezes and crashes after watching an ad - Points not being added correctly - Game crashes every few minutes - Game crashes immediately after opening - Game crashes after unlocking second set of levels - UI and levels cut off on iPad - Bottom upgrade option hidden and not scrollable - Game crashes after being up for 2-3 minutes - Restore purchases needed every time app is opened - Game crashes without VPN **Most requested features** - Increase gold collection rate in endless mode - Add scroll bars for upgrades - Implement 'hold and confirm' for buying upgrades - Add offline income - Add mega prestige option - New content for endgame players - Fix iPad resolution/scaling issues - Improve offline idle time detection ## Newest reviews (11 of 46) ### 3/5 — potential *2026-03-04, version 1.49* out of the gate, this game is fun, the problem for my experience was a few minutes (less than) basically after buying the 3rd gun...the game crashes. If you replay you must start over, get to the same exact spot, crash. Unfortunate. seems like it would've been really fun ### 3/5 — 面白いが *2025-09-28, version 1.49* 金の効率が悪いせいでパーマダメージとか全然あげれないので、エンドレスモードとかの金収集率を上げてほしい ### 3/5 — Having an Error *2024-05-08, version 1.37* Okay. So right away I like this game a lot. Have played games with a similar overall theme but this game is very unique in many ways. Great job with making this pretty original. However I have an error very soon after playing. The point I am supposed to be obtaining every so many enemies (or possibly enmity hit points) are not. Wind added to the total. It clearly shows the countdown to get the next 3 or 4 or 5 or however many “points” and when they are supposed to be issued no points are added. Please fix this as I would like be to love this game. ### 3/5 — Good but crashes *2024-03-27, version 1.37* This is a very fun game but I cannot recommend it due to the fact it continuously crashes every few minutes. It started once I got on my fourth of third prestige and makes the game unplayable. I’ve noticed older reviews saying similar things and the devs saying they’ve fixed it but it keeps happening. ### 3/5 — Fun and addictive game. Just one flaw. *2024-03-07, version 1.37* Im not very far into this game but it is very fun. Ive only noticed one issue so far, you dont seem to be able to use spotify and tower ball at the same time. I have an iphone 13 for anyone possibly having the same issue. Edit: Doesnt seem to be spotify my game is just crashing every time I open it. ### 2/5 — Free, but not very fun *2024-02-11, version 1.37* Tried it out—not for me ### 2/5 — Won’t open *2023-12-24, version 1.35* Crashes as soon as you open it on an iPhone 13 Pro Max ### 4/5 — Fun but crashes *2021-10-13, version 1.26* I’ve really enjoyed this game so far, even bought packs, but after unlocking the second set of levels it crashes after a minute or so of playing. ### 4/5 — I won (no purchase necessary) *2021-10-13, version 1.26* Well, I technically beat the game, and without spending a cent or watching any forced Ads (there are very useful optional Ads)! Upgraded my towers to the point where it’d probably only take a few days to 100% all the stat/bonus upgrades. But that task felt pointless once I reached the last level and had balls shrinking faster than the new ones could keep up. Had a good time with the grind, got a little frustrated with the lack of scroll bars to prevent accidental gem upgrades, and the only odd but benign glitch I’ve encountered is when some of the towers unique upgrades purchased with gold didn’t appear. It’s brief enough not to be a pain though, and easy to fix by closing/opening the tower’s menu again. I just wish there was a sort of clear “goal/end” or a way to spice things up once you hit the last level. Unless the dev comes out with new content soon, I’m done with this game, but in the meantime I’ve switched to one of their other games that I hope is just as enjoyable, lol. Anyway, if you need something that takes a fair bit of time to “beat” while satisfying that idle itch, I’d highly recommend this game! ### 1/5 — This review has been removed at least twice *2021-09-06* Paid for no ads, have to hit restore purchases EVERY TIME APP IS OPENED **Developer response:** I don't remove reviews, I don't even think that's an ability I have. If you having issues with no-ads email me at support@wafflestackstudio.com. I can probably fix it for you easily. ### 4/5 — Nice sense of progression *2021-07-27, version 1.23* The game feels well balanced (still in the early days). The gem costs feel a bit high for a currency you don’t earn money quickly, so when starting - don’t blow em all in one place. Keep up the good work! ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Crashes on open *2025-05-07, version 1.45* I heard good things about this game and wanted to try it but it just crashes before the title screen. ### 1/5 — It’s No Tower Defense To Me! *2025-02-01, version 1.42* Perspectively, it’s not! ### 1/5 — Ad watched -> can’t open app anymore *2024-12-24, version 1.40* I have watched one ad. Now the game instantly freezes and then crashes when I try to open it. ### 1/5 — Fix it pls *2024-04-14, version 1.37* Closes the game as soon as I open it ### 1/5 — Cannot play game whatsoever *2024-04-05, version 1.37* Every time I try to open this game it immediately crashes. I can’t even attempt to play it. Very sad since I’d love to give it a try. ### 1/5 — Permanent Crash *2024-03-14, version 1.37* Watched one commercial, now the app crashes immediatly after opening. ### 1/5 — Просто вылетает спустя время *2024-02-18, version 1.37* Финны получается ### 1/5 — вылеты *2024-01-13, version 1.37* чз 30-60 секунд вылетает из игры. ### 1/5 — keeps crashing *2023-05-23, version 1.35* crashing on startup ### 1/5 — 1 to 1 clone of game jam game lol *2022-03-11, version 1.30* This is a 1 to 1 clone from a game jam. Half this dudes games have similar stories. Don’t support him ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Tower Ball *2025-08-29, version 1.49* I play on android but wanted to try on iPhone. ### 5/5 — Super Game *2024-07-12, version 1.37* No ads no ptw a relaxed idle game thanks ### 5/5 — Great but critical bug *2024-02-08, version 1.37* At later stages, thousands of balls can pile up offscreen and almost crash my phone. ### 5/5 — Game *2024-01-28, version 1.37* Игра крашится через пару минут,не возможно играть ### 5/5 — Игра *2024-01-03, version 1.35* Есть потенциал, но почему нет offline дохода? Может конечно я его не заметил… Ииии очень долго зарабатываются очки прокачки. Еще одно, игра вылетает без VPN что делать не знаю… Впринцепи еще поиграю надеюсь на дальнейшее развитие игры! ### 5/5 — Super nice dev! *2021-11-05, version 1.29* When I pointed out a bug about a store item, he gave me that item for free and fixed the bug! Really nice game, and a nice dev! ### 5/5 — Fun game *2021-08-12, version 1.23* Not your standard tower defense idle. I recommend the tutorial. There’s a lot in this game that almost overwhelmed me but I’m glad I took the time to learn because it’s a ton of fun. ### 5/5 — Great fun, but why no scroll bars *2021-08-12, version 1.23* Hallo, so I‘m enjoying the game. Makes for great background action while I watch TV. I just unlocked the gem upgrades and was all keen on getting the passive gem 1 boost, I had 3k of the 5K needed for it and decided to upgrade the magnet dark power. Unfortunately, with all towers upgraded there’s no way to see the button without drag to scroll. The dark upgrades are tap to buy scrolling to the bottom effectively costs 1K for an upgrade you might not want. Other than adding a scroll bar, changing the buy command to “hold and then confirm” would probably work too. I assume it will be the same issue with the gem upgrades menu as well. ### 5/5 — 評価 *2021-07-26, version 1.23* とても面白い ### 5/5 — Great game *2021-07-20, version 1.23* Honestly a great game but not sure what to do as I am endgame with over half a million of upgrade points and nearly beating the last level, would be cool if it has a mega prestige to get everything double at like 500k UP or a million, hope more gets added --- *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 2026-08-09.*