Cylinders vs Invading Horde
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Cylinders
Stack blocks vertically to construct the tallest possible cylinder. Compete to achieve the highest score and challenge your friends to beat your achievements.
- Build cylinders vertically
- Reach highest score
- Challenge friends
- Stack blocks
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Build up the cylinders as high as you can! Reach the highest score and challenge your friends.
Invading Horde
Defend the Kingdom from an invading horde by strategically building towers and using magic. Earn stars and gems to upgrade your defenses and unlock new abilities to overcome increasingly challenging waves of enemies.
- Fast-paced tower defense action
- Strategic tower building
- Upgrade weapons, obstacles, and magic
- Unlock new towers and spells
- Cast magic spells
- Drop obstacles to slow enemies
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An Invading Horde has been spotted to the west of the Kingdom. The King has selected a lucky random subject to defend the Realm. You take on the role of the unfortunate farmer tasked with this great undertaking. Build defensive Towers to defeat the Invading Horde. Complete levels to earn Stars to upgrade your Weapons, Obstacles and Magic. Earn Gems to unlock more Towers, Obstacles and Magic. Features ● Fast paced Tower Defense action ● Quirky story line ● Pause the action to plan your strategy ● Cast Magic spells to smite the Horde ● Drop Obstacles in the road to slow down the Horde ● Unlock powerful new Towers, Obstacles, Items and Magic
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Invading Horde at 4.7 against Cylinders's 4.2. Invading Horde also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 5 days vs every 6 weeks). Cylinders's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 7) and ratings volume (1.3K vs 261). On price, review sentiment and iOS requirement 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
Both are free to download. Invading Horde sells 7 one-off in-app purchases. Cylinders asks for nothing beyond the download.
Invading Horde holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Cylinders has 1.3K ratings behind it against 261, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 58% of Cylinders's written reviews are positive against 57% of Invading Horde's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Cylinders ships an update every 6 weeks, Invading Horde every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on September 16, 2026 and September 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Cylinders | Invading Horde |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (1.3K ratings) | 4.7 (261 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 58.3% of reviews — better | 56.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1.3K — better | 261 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 12.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 54 MB | 144 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Khang Le | AlhoGames |
Customer experience
Cylinders
Invading Horde
User reviews
Cylinders
From 1.3K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Great game
- 💡 Fun to try to beat your high score
- 👍 Amazing game
- 👍 Fun and challenging
Room to improve
- 🐛 Accuracy issues
- 🐛 Leaderboard not working properly
- 🐛 Lags and glitches
- 🔋 Drains battery on Apple Watch
- 💡 Needs more colors and levels
Invading Horde
From 261 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Fun and enjoyable gameplay
- 😂 Humorous and catchy dialogue
- ⌚ Excellent performance on Apple Watch
- 💰 Good value for the price (free)
- 🎮 Addictive and engaging experience
Room to improve
- 🐌 Slow gameplay and boring pace
- 🕹️ Clunky and difficult controls
- 📉 Too easy and becomes repetitive
- ⏳ Game is too short
- 👎 Frustrating glitches
Bugs and requests
Cylinders
Reported bugs
3 issues- Accuracy issues when tapping the screen
- Leaderboard not showing scores properly
- Frequent lags and glitches
Requested features
3 requests- Add more colors and levels
- Fix leaderboard issues
- Improve accuracy and reduce lag
Invading Horde
Reported bugs
5 issues- Archers stop shooting after leveling up
- Crashes during the last wave of levels
- Crashes after 1 minute of playing Level 25
- Game crashes right before finishing a level
- Towers stop working when too many power upgrades are applied or support towers are nearby
Requested features
5 requests- Never-ending levels
- Ability to unlock more things
- Sync progress between Watch and iPhone
- More levels (100+)
- Chinese translation
In-app purchases
Cylinders
No in-app purchases
Invading Horde
- Gems pack 1$0.99
- Stars Pack 1$0.99
- Gems pack 2$1.99
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- Stars Pack 2$1.99
- Gems pack 3$2.99
- Stars pack 3$2.99
- Starter pack$4.99
Questions
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