Comparison

Tower Keepers vs Magic Brick Wars

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

Head to head
About

Tower Keepers

Build and train an army of heroes to defend your tower in this strategy RPG. Engage in a deep solo campaign with over 75 missions and 70+ monster types, or test your skills against other players in real-time PvP battles.

Highlights
  • Hero training and team building
  • Deep solo campaign with 75+ missions
  • Real-time head-to-head PvP battles
  • 30 unique heroes with special skills
  • 70+ unique monsters and bosses
  • Item crafting, enchanting, and upgrading
Features
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Heroic strategy RPG with deep solo campaign and real-time head to head battles! Train an epic army of heroes and defend your tower against all enemies. Embark on more than 75 unique missions against 70+ monster types, each with their own special attacks. Loot your foes, discover hidden treasure chests, and complete quests to unlock new skills, weapons, and armor for each hero. Enchant your items or craft new ones to maximize your power, then enter Hero Battles and pit your best team of heroes against other players in real-time head to head play. Play Tower Keepers now for the best free strategy RPG available! EPIC HEROES * Ranger, Necromancer, Samurai, Druid - 30 Heroes from which to build the most effective 4 hero teams possible * Amazing Soul Skill powers - you choose when to trigger awesome abilities like Meteor Swarm, Soul Rend, or Perfect Strike * 9 unique skills per hero, all upgradeable * 7 stars of hero progression to maximize their stats and Soul Skills BEASTLY MONSTERS * 70+ unique monsters with their own animations, stats, resistances, and special abilities * Brutal bosses that will test your hero team building skills REAL-TIME HEAD TO HEAD MULTIPLAYER * Choose your best heroes, equip their best gear, and fight head to head with other players * Perfect your team building and real-time skills to ensure victory! * Compete for the glory of your Guild and win powerful weapons and armor only found in PvP MORE AWESOMER! * 126 weapon and armor items to find, craft, and enchant to make your heroes unstoppable * Launch asynchronous PvP attacks against other players' towers to win the weekly leaderboards * Win Catacomb and Wizard Tower challenges for huge rewards Go build your heroes, customize your teams, and enjoy the epic fun in Tower Keepers! ----------- Ninja Kiwi Notes: Tower Keepers is free to download and play (aside from internet, carrier, data, device, and other services for which the player is financially responsible), but some in-game items can be purchased with real money. You can disable in-app purchases in your device's settings, or reach us at support@ninjakiwi.com for help. Purchases fund our updates and new games, and we sincerely appreciate every vote of confidence you give us with your purchases. Ninja Kiwi Community: We love hearing from our players, so please get in touch with any feedback, positive or negative, at support@ninjakiwi.com. If it's stuff you want the whole community to talk about, then join us on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram: https://www.facebook.com/TowerKeepers/ https://www.facebook.com/ninjakiwigames/ https://twitter.com/ninjakiwigames https://www.instagram.com/realninjakiwi/ Youtubers and Streamers: Ninja Kiwi is actively developing, supporting, and promoting channel creators on YouTube, Twitch, Kamcord, and Mobcrush. If you are not already working with us, keep making videos and then tell us about your channel at youtube@ninjakiwi.com

About

Magic Brick Wars

Engage in real-time PvP battles in a magical world, deploying characters from popular games. Build powerful decks, strategize to outwit opponents, and collect rare loot to unlock new cards and defenses. Enjoy an ad-free, premium gaming experience.

Highlights
  • Real-time PvP battles
  • Build and upgrade card decks
  • Collect rare loot and unlock cards
  • Deploy unique characters and defenses
  • Strategic gameplay and quick thinking
  • Ad-free and no in-app purchases (premium version)
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Magic Brick Wars is the premium version of the quirky tower defence game you love! Exclusive to this version of Magic Brick Wars - enjoy uninterrupted strategic action, with zero ads or in-app purchases. All you have to do is sign up now! Welcome to the magic world of Magic Brick Wars. Fight wars with your favorite characters from games like Fruit Ninja and Jetpack Joyride using your own Raskulls! Play real-time multiplayer games featuring an epic cast of heroes with magic abilities and powerful bricks. KEY FEATURES ● Play games with epic real-time PvP battles with players around the world! ● Build the ultimate deck and develop strategies to defeat your opponents in games. ● Explore the caves and collect rare loot to unlock new powerful cards to use in multiplayer games. Play games to collect and upgrade dozens of cards featuring loads of troops, spells and defenses. Use the powerful Viking, sneaky Ninja, fire-breathing Dragon, and more powerful characters in games against real opponents! Smart moves and quick thinking are the order of the day as you battle to outwit your opponent in thrilling, fast-paced multiplayer games/battles. Play games and fight for glory in the arena! WHAT'S HALFBRICK+ Halfbrick+ is a mobile games subscription service featuring: ● Exclusive access to the highest-rated games ● No ads or in app purchases ● Brought to you by the makers of Award-winning mobile games ● Regular updates and new games ● Curated by hand - for gamers by gamers! Start your 7 days free trial and play all our games without ads, in app purchases, and fully unlocked games! Your subscription will auto-renew after 7 days, or save money with an annual membership! If you have any questions, please contact our support team https://support.halfbrick.com **************************************** Privacy Policy: https://www.halfbrick.com/halfbrick-plus-privacy-policy Terms of Use: https://www.halfbrick.com/subscription-agreement

Screenshots

Tower Keepers4 screens
Magic Brick Wars4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: Tower Keepers at free with in-app purchases against Magic Brick Wars's subscription. Tower Keepers also leads on iOS requirement (10 vs 18.0). Magic Brick Wars's advantage is rating (4.7 vs 4.3) and ratings volume (4.8K vs 105). On price, review sentiment, update cadence and ads 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

Both are free to download. Tower Keepers sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Magic Brick Wars sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Magic Brick Wars holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Magic Brick Wars has 4.8K ratings behind it against 105, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 57% of Tower Keepers's written reviews are positive against 56% of Magic Brick Wars's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tower Keepers ships an update every 3 weeks, Magic Brick Wars fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Tower Keepers versus Magic Brick Wars: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTower KeepersMagic Brick Wars
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (105 ratings)4.7 (4.8K ratings) — better
Positive reviews57.1% of reviews — better55.8% of reviews
Number of ratings1054.8K — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterSubscription
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS10 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size229 MB383 MB
Age rating9+12+
DeveloperNinja KiwiHalfbrick

Customer experience

Tower Keepers

All ratings104 ratings
Positive84.6%
Neutral3.8%
Negative11.5%
Written reviews231 reviews
Positive57.1%
Neutral12.1%
Negative30.7%

Magic Brick Wars

All ratings4,773 ratings
Positive94.2%
Neutral1.8%
Negative4.0%
Written reviews154 reviews
Positive55.8%
Neutral11.7%
Negative32.5%

User reviews

Tower Keepers

From 105 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Great fun game
  • 👍 Depth of play from beginner to high level
  • 👍 Nice campaign story with lots of missions and rewards
  • 👍 No paywalls to access all parts of the game
  • 👍 Supportive community

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Forced tutorial is too long
  • 🐛 Potions not available on iOS
  • 🐛 Game gets harder to progress without spending money
  • 🐛 Unbalanced PvP matchmaking
  • 🐛 Frequent ads

Magic Brick Wars

From 4.8K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Fast-paced gameplay
  • 🎨 Colorful and engaging visuals
  • 🤝 Competitive multiplayer experience
  • 👍 Unique brick-placement mechanic
  • 💎 Rewarding progression system

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Frequent crashes and stability issues
  • ⏱️ Slow matchmaking and long load times
  • 🔄 Unbalanced matchmaking and trophy system
  • 💰 Aggressive monetization and pay-to-win elements
  • 🤔 Lack of tutorial and unclear gameplay mechanics

Bugs and requests

Tower Keepers

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Forced tutorial is too long
  • Potions not available on iOS
  • Unbalanced PvP matchmaking
  • Crashes and freezes
  • Progress loss issues

Requested features

7 requests
  • Faster combat speed option
  • More character customization options
  • Improved PvP matchmaking
  • Reduce in-app purchase prices
  • Add more new content and events
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  • Fix progress loss issues
  • Improve stability and reduce crashes

Magic Brick Wars

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Game freezes during loading and matchmaking
  • Inconsistent performance on older devices
  • Inability to claim rewards from Jetpack Joyride
  • Progression data loss after updates

Requested features

5 requests
  • More diverse character and card selection
  • Improved guild and social features
  • Customization options for player profiles
  • Offline/single-player game modes
  • Better tutorial and onboarding process

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Tower Keepers

One-time10
  • Bag of Gold$1.99
  • Pile of Gems$4.99
  • Starter Pack$4.99
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  • Guild Marks$4.99
  • Daily Gems Pack$4.99
  • Artisan Points Pack$4.99
  • Pile of Gold$7.99
  • Sack of Gems$19.99
  • Barrel of Gold$29.99
  • Barrel of Gems$49.99
7 purchases

Magic Brick Wars

Subscriptions6
  • Halfbrick+7 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • Halfbrick+ (Early Adopter)6 Months trial$2.991 Month
  • Halfbrick+1 Month trial$2.991 Month
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  • Halfbrick+$2.991 Month
  • Halfbrick+4 variants$29.991 Year
  • Halfbrick+1 Year trial$29.991 Year
One-time1
  • Halfbrick+$99.99

Questions

Is Tower Keepers free?
Tower Keepers is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Magic Brick Wars free?
Magic Brick Wars is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Tower Keepers or Magic Brick Wars?
Magic Brick Wars is rated higher. Tower Keepers averages 4.3 out of 5 from 105 ratings, while Magic Brick Wars averages 4.7 from 4.8K ratings.
Do Tower Keepers or Magic Brick Wars have ads?
Neither Tower Keepers nor Magic Brick Wars shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Tower Keepers or Magic Brick Wars?
Tower Keepers ships an update every 3 weeks, and Magic Brick Wars fortnightly. Most recently, Tower Keepers was updated on November 6, 2026 and Magic Brick Wars on November 11, 2026.

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