Element TD vs PALINGENESIS
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Element TD
Build towers by combining elements to create unique defenses against waves of creeps. Explore countless strategies with a variety of towers, creep types, and game modes. Compete globally on leaderboards in this challenging tower defense experience.
- Elemental tower combinations
- 44 unique towers with upgrades
- 56 different creep types
- Global leaderboard
- Multiple game modes and difficulties
- 30 achievements
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Element TD returns in this tower defense game based on elemental combinations. The elements you choose determine the towers that you can build. Countless combinations offer more strategies to discover. Element TD provides hours of challenging gameplay to fans and new players alike. The level of depth and replayability are unparalleled among tower defense games; - Global leaderboard to compete against your friends and the world - 44 different towers with unique abilities and multiple upgrade paths - 56 different creep types to challenge your defenses - 5 different maps to mix up your tactics - 6 different elements (Light, Darkness, Water, Fire, Nature, Earth) - 4 different modes (Random, Chaos, Rush, God) - 5 different difficulty settings - 30 different achievements to complete - Family-friendly theme so everyone can play this defense game We are continually working to improve our tower defense. Please share your ideas and report bugs to our community (forums.eletd.com). Your contributions are invaluable to making this the best tower defense game.
PALINGENESIS
Experience an album as an interactive music video game. Explore animated worlds, each tied to a song, and uncover a developing narrative through your journey. This unique application blends hand-crafted animation with interactive gameplay.
- Interactive animated worlds
- Music-driven environments
- Unfolding narrative
- Hand-crafted animation
- Visual sequences
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PALINGENESIS is a music video game. The album by GRIGS unfolds as a series of interactive animated worlds, with each environment built around a different song. Created entirely by animator and musician John Paul Grigsby, PALINGENESIS brings together hand-crafted animation, interactive environments, and visual sequences that appear as you move through each world. As you progress through the album, a larger story begins to take shape through the environments and the moments you come across along the way. Listen to PALINGENESIS by GRIGS wherever you stream music. www.johngrigsby.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: PALINGENESIS at Free against Element TD's $0.99. PALINGENESIS also leads on rating (4.9 vs 4.0) and review sentiment (100% vs 72%). Element TD's advantage is iOS requirement (7.0 vs 15.0). On ratings volume, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
PALINGENESIS is free to download; Element TD costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
PALINGENESIS holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 18 and 11 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 72% of Element TD's written reviews are positive against 100% of PALINGENESIS's.
Element TD ships an update every 3 weeks, PALINGENESIS every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on September 28, 2026 and September 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Element TD | PALINGENESIS |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.0 (18 ratings) | 4.9 (11 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 72.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 18 — better | 11 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 7.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 183 MB | 741 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Element Studios | John Paul Grigsby |
Customer experience
Element TD
PALINGENESIS
In-app purchases
Element TD
No in-app purchases
PALINGENESIS
No in-app purchases
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