HERO WARS Defense vs Rewinders
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
HERO WARS Defense
Engage in strategic defense by collecting heroes, items, and skills to power up your super stickman warriors. Upgrade your heroes, base, and abilities across an unlimited number of stages to protect your territory.
- Strategic base defense
- Hero and item collection
- Skill upgrades
- Hero leveling and customization
- Unlimited stages
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STRATEGIC DEFENSE: - Defend your base. - Collect various heroes, items, skills. - Make the super power heroes by Level-up! FEATURES: - You can create unique heroes. - Upgrade heroes, base, skills. - Unlimited numbers of stages.
Rewinders
Lead a squad of unique characters with special abilities in this top-down action shooter. Utilize a time machine to rewind rounds, respawn heroes, and create an army of past selves to overwhelm enemies. Experience fast-paced tactical gameplay with a casual single-player focus.
- Casual single-player action
- Unique Rewinders with special abilities
- Time-rewind mechanics
- Fast-paced tactical shooter
- Easy-to-learn gameplay
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Bend time. Replay yourself. Battle real players online. Rewinders is a top-down time-loop shooter from the creators of Clone Armies, now with competitive Multiplayer Arena. When a Rewinder falls, rewind time to spawn a new hero — then watch your past self replay every move alongside you, building an unstoppable synchronized army. Take the same time-bending tactics into online PvP and outsmart players around the world. Key Features: - Competitive multiplayer: battle real players online in PvP Arena - Time-loop strategy: rewind, respawn, replay - Top-down tactical shooter combat - Squad of unique heroes with distinct roles & abilities - Roguelike-flavored runs with rising tactical depth - Casual single-player learning curve, deep mastery ceiling - From the studio behind Clone Armies
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: HERO WARS Defense at 87% against Rewinders's 40%. HERO WARS Defense also leads on rating (4.6 vs 3.9) and ratings volume (2.2K vs 8). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. HERO WARS Defense sells 16 one-off in-app purchases and Rewinders sells 8 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
HERO WARS Defense holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: HERO WARS Defense has 2.2K ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 87% of HERO WARS Defense's written reviews are positive against 40% of Rewinders's.
HERO WARS Defense ships an update monthly, Rewinders every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | HERO WARS Defense | Rewinders |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (2.2K ratings) — better | 3.9 (8 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 87.5% of reviews — better | 40.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2.2K — better | 8 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 116 MB | 257 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Jongha Back | Elecube |
Customer experience
HERO WARS Defense
Rewinders
Bugs and requests
HERO WARS Defense
Reported bugs
3 issues- Double reward ads not working as intended
- Game crashes on launch for some devices
- Progression reset issues for some users
Requested features
4 requests- More playable characters and vehicles
- Sandbox mode to test out new units
- Improved reward system for ads
- Multiplayer or co-op mode
Rewinders
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
HERO WARS Defense
- +400,000 Gold$0.99
- Item. +360 Gems$0.99
- Game Pack iP-Costume$1.99
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- Game buy the item 01$1.99
- Game Buy Hero 06$2.99
- +2,000,000 Gold$3.99
- Game Pack 03$3.99
- Item. +1,800 Gems$3.99
- Game buy the item 02$3.99
- Game Pack 06$3.99
- Game Pack 05$4.99
- Game buy the item 03$5.99
- Game Pack 08$7.99
- +5,200,000 Gold$9.99
- Item. +4,800 Gems$9.99
- +12,000,000 Gold.$19.99
Rewinders
- Crystal Pack 1$1.99
- Crystal Pack 2$3.99
- Golden Pass$7.99
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- No Ads$7.99
- Crystal Pack 3$7.99
- Crystal Pack 4$14.99
- Crystal Pack 5$29.99
- Crystal Pack 6$59.99
Questions
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