Comparison

War Tycoon vs A Gnome's Tower

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

Head to head
About

War Tycoon

Become a global arms dealer in this military capitalist simulator. Build your empire from the ground up, corrupting your way to the top of the global leaderboard. Make deals with countries and profit from wartime economies.

Highlights
  • Build a weapons dealing empire
  • Corrupt and build your network
  • Make deals with countries
  • Profit from wartime economies
  • Climb the global leaderboard
Features
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The world is at war, Someone has to supply all the weapons and ammo, why can't that someone be you? Well, now it can! Build your way up from the bottom the easy way, as a weapons dealer. Corrupt everything you touch, slowly build up your network and wealth, can you top the global leaderboard? As you climb the ranks and raise enough capital you will be able to make deals with countries. From China to the United States there is no time to sit around. They say wars strengthen economies, just remember to make sure you get your cut.

About

A Gnome's Tower

Features
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The horde is coming, and the only thing standing between them and your keep is a battalion of small, heavily armed, magnificently bearded battle gnomes. A Gnome's Tower is a tower defense campaign with real depth and zero filler: THE GNOMES Seven classes of gnome soldier — riflemen, mortar crews, frost mages, venom sprayers, sky gunners, flamethrowers, and war drummers whose beat speeds up every gnome around them. Upgrades never stop, and your gnomes visibly gear up with every rank: bandoliers, gold trim, war banners, auras. THE FORGE Fuse two gnome classes into a hybrid. Fuse the same class twice for its Prime form. Then breed your creations together and fate hands you a one-of-a-kind gnome no other player will ever own — with its own name, elements, gifts, and body. Bloodlines carry down through generations. Rarely, fate is generous: Mythics happen. THE CAMPAIGN Three worlds, each a fresh battlefield: the green roads of Greenvale, the frozen twin lanes of Frostreach, and the Moon itself — where a fourth road tears open mid-battle, uber engines costing a fortune await the brave, and victory means something. Then keep going in endless mode to see how deep your defense really runs. THE ELEMENTS Fire, frost, nature, storm, physical — every enemy fears something and shrugs off something else. Read the badges. Build accordingly. CURSOR STRIKES Meteor, frost nova, chain lightning — cast them yourself, right where the line is breaking. Boss-dropped Annihilation Runes wipe the field when all else fails. CO-OP (online, 2–5 players) Five roads converge on one shared Heart. Every defender guards their own road with their own gold — but lives are shared, leaks are everyone's problem, and the last stand happens together. Host with a 4-letter room code; family joins in seconds. A GLOBAL HALL OF FAME Your best run, ranked against every defender in the world. Waves are the only currency of honor. No accounts. No paywalls. Just the road, the horde, and the gnomes.

Screenshots

War Tycoon4 screens
A Gnome's Tower4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: A Gnome's Tower at none against War Tycoon's 6. A Gnome's Tower also leads on ads (none vs shown). War Tycoon's advantage is iOS requirement (12.4 vs 15.0). On price 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

Both are free to download. War Tycoon sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. A Gnome's Tower asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
War Tycoon versus A Gnome's Tower: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWar TycoonA Gnome's Tower
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (1.2K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews85.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings1.2K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 months—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.4 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size118 MB2 MB
Age rating12+9+
DeveloperCorey SmithMATTHEW ALAN SMITH

Bugs and requests

War Tycoon

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Orders should not be so hard to get
  • Game stopped working so I reinstalled it and all my data was gone
  • Prestige multiplier loop crashed my game at level 102

Requested features

4 requests
  • More things introduced like the old facebook game World at War
  • Update the graphics
  • Add helicopters, war ships/ aircraft carriers, armored vehicles (armored cars), tactical equipment (helmets, holsters etc.)
  • Update the rank system

A Gnome's Tower

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

6 purchases

War Tycoon

One-time6
  • 200 Diamonds$1.99
  • 560 Diamonds$4.99
  • 1200 Diamonds$9.99
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  • 3200 Diamonds$24.99
  • 6900 Diamonds$49.99
  • 16000 Diamonds$99.99
None

A Gnome's Tower

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is War Tycoon free?
War Tycoon is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is A Gnome's Tower free?
A Gnome's Tower is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do War Tycoon or A Gnome's Tower have ads?
War Tycoon shows ads; A Gnome's Tower does not.

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