Comparison

DefCom TD vs Take That Hill

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

DefCom TD

A 3D tower defense and real-time strategy survival game. Build your base, gather resources, and defend against endless enemy waves on a randomly generated map. Enjoy intuitive controls and pleasant graphics without ads or in-app purchases.

Highlights
  • Mix of TD and RTS gameplay
  • Varied enemy types (infantry to aviation)
  • Randomly generated maps
  • 3D graphics and sound
  • Simple, intuitive controls
  • No ads or in-app purchases
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DefCom TD offers an exhilarating blend of tower defense and real-time strategy, delivering an immersive survival experience. Engage in intense battles on dynamically generated maps as you construct your base, gather vital resources, and fend off relentless waves of adversaries. Key Features: • Uniquely fusing TD and RTS genres for an innovative gameplay experience • Encounter a diverse range of enemies, from infantry units to formidable aviation forces • Explore endlessly diverse maps generated with each new game • Immerse yourself in captivating 3D graphics and immersive sound design • Intuitive controls designed for seamless gameplay • Enjoy an ad-free and In-App Purchase-free gaming environment Strategize, adapt, and overcome the odds in DefCom TD. Will you rise as the ultimate defender? The challenge awaits! Good luck and have fun!

About

Take That Hill

Command an infantry platoon in a hex-and-counter wargame. Your mission is to destroy an enemy position on a hill quickly. Features simple mechanics and advanced rules for tactical depth.

Highlights
  • Infantry platoon command
  • Hex-and-counter wargame mechanics
  • Fire and maneuver gameplay
  • Advanced rules for fire support and defenses
  • Scenario expansion with paratrooper raid
  • Turn-based strategy
Features
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You command an infantry platoon of three sections and a Pl HQ. Your mission is to destroy an enemy section hastily dug in on the hill 500 metres away, as quickly as possible. The ground in front of your position is open and offers no cover from view or fire. To do this you must fire and manoeuvre your platoon into an assault position adjacent to the hill while keeping the enemy suppressed. A WARGAME PRIMER Take That Hill is a hex-and-counter wargame primer: a short, focused introduction to the genre. It features a simple IGO-UGO turn structure that introduces the core mechanics used across the majority of commercial wargames: alternating sides, action economy, dice-driven fire, line of fire, suppression, morale and rally. LOW COMPLEXITY The base game strips wargaming down to its essentials. Four sections, one enemy, one hill. Sixteen turns to take it. Combined turns plus hits reach 16 and the attack collapses. Reach the hill inside the first ten turns and it's a clean victory; from turn eleven the best you can hope for is a draw. ADVANCED RULES Fire support: Rifle Platoon, GPMG section, 81mm High Explosive, 81mm Smoke. Each is a one-shot asset; spent at the right moment or wasted. Red defences: Hidden minefields, barbed wire, depth positions that may or may not be real, and 120mm mortars with a beaten zone that chains hex to hex. Hit markers and morale: Direct and indirect hits stack penalties on rally rolls. Take both and the penalties double. Low light: Pre-dawn attacks penalise fire and rally by -2 until illumination arrives. Blue pre-arranges a flare; Red can call their own. PARATROOPER RAID A full scenario expansion. You are dropped behind enemy lines on the eve of a major offensive, with one night to destroy the enemy's command-and-control node on a nearby hill. You come down in darkness with only your platoon commander on the board; the rest of the force is drawn from the drop zone over the turns that follow. Every turn you spend assembling is a turn the garrison grows stronger and dawn draws closer - at turn eleven first light flips on for good and the darkness you were counting on is gone. Get through the wire and the sentries, put your commander on the crest, and roll for the engineers' demolition - three attempts, each at better odds than the last. Then get out: the raid is not over when the node is, and turn sixteen does not end it. Every section has to make it back to the wood line.

Screenshots

DefCom TD4 screens
Take That Hill4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: DefCom TD at 4.7 against Take That Hill's 2.0. DefCom TD also leads on review sentiment (76% vs 50%) and ratings volume (24 vs 1). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

DefCom TD costs $1.99 and Take That Hill $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

DefCom TD holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: DefCom TD has 24 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 76% of DefCom TD's written reviews are positive against 50% of Take That Hill's.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
DefCom TD versus Take That Hill: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDefCom TDTake That Hill
Price$1.99 — better$4.99
Rating4.7 (24 ratings) — better2.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews76.5% of reviews — better50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings24 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 41 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better
Requires iOS15.014.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size61 MB108 MB
Age rating9+12+
DeveloperGame Dev TeamHunted Cow Studios Ltd.

Customer experience

DefCom TD

All ratings24 ratings
Positive95.8%
Neutral4.2%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews17 reviews
Positive76.5%
Neutral11.8%
Negative11.8%

Take That Hill

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

In-app purchases

None

DefCom TD

No in-app purchases

None

Take That Hill

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is DefCom TD free?
DefCom TD costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Take That Hill free?
Take That Hill costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, DefCom TD or Take That Hill?
DefCom TD is rated higher. DefCom TD averages 4.7 out of 5 from 24 ratings, while Take That Hill averages 2.0 from 1 ratings.
Do DefCom TD or Take That Hill have ads?
Neither DefCom TD nor Take That Hill shows ads.

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