Endless Frontier vs EF Defense
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Endless Frontier
Command an army of heroes in this idle RPG where you can battle titans and dragons. Tap through stages, build units, and advance even when offline. Engage in tactical PvP, collect relics, and level up your heroes with no limitations.
- Idle gameplay, level up offline
- Auto combat with unique units
- Over 100 characters to collect
- Tactical PvP multiplayer battles
- Guild battles and raids
- Pet system for enhanced abilities
- Tower of Trial challenges
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Command an army of heroes to battle against titans, dragons and more in Endless Frontier! Endless Frontier is the best in idle role playing games. Command your army of knights in a free and casual gaming experience, where you can advance and battle even when offline. Tap through the stages and build your units from over a hundred available characters. Endless battles put your strategy to the test, or you can sit back and watch your heroes fight through thousands of stages! Take the battle online with tactical PvP multiplayer games, collect hundreds of relics and ancient artifacts along the way and level up with no limitations in this thrilling free role playing game! The endless frontier awaits! ■ GAME FEATURES ■ Idle Gameplay! - Level up automatically, even when offline - New concept of leave-alone games: offline hikes! - Continue hiking up the stages, even if you’re out of battery! Brilliant Combat of 12 Unique Units! - Auto combat lets you sit back and enjoy the battle! - See the amazing special skills of your units! - Experience the fun and extravagant combat that will make you focus on the game! Easy Economy System - No tutorial required! - Easy quests that are fun to click on! - Earn gold and automatically level up your units! Revival System - Are the enemies too strong, making it difficult to pass the stage? - Get reborn to increase your strength - Use [Revive] to earn or strengthen more powerful units! Endless Scenario Battles! - Experience the magical fantasy battle background of 9,000 ceaseless stages! Over 100 Characters! - Get your own unique and powerful units from Humans, Elves, Undead, and Orcs! - Level up! Enhance! Evolve! Transcend! Unlock the necessary skills and abilities to strengthen your units however you want! PvP User Battles - Participate in fierce four-day league battles in the Battle Arena! - The final winner of the league is recorded on the Hall of Honor! Exiting Hiking Race - Fight in daily ranking battles! - Race to the highest stage in a 24-hour period! - You can earn useful rewards based on your rank. Guild Battle - Massive 200 vs 200 group battle! - Spectacular battle of heroes and their elite units representing each race! - Experience the huge scale and exciting guild battles! Guild Raid - Face a dominating force with unparalleled power that fills the screen! - Join forces with guild members to defeat the frightening world boss! Pet System - Clear the Spirit Highland to get one of over 50 powerful but cute pets! - Train, evolve and awaken your pet! - Awaken your hero’s pet to get your ultimate skill! Tower of Trial - Rise through the tower in the deck building game! - Enjoy developing tactics by mixing up your units! - Clear stages by utilizing the different strengths of races and units! Monster Farming - Earn artifact materials by defeating dungeon bosses! - Different dungeons are opened on different days, so check back each day! - Slay over 20 unique and powerful dungeon monsters! Hundreds of Rare Relics - Use the artifact materials you earn in dungeons to get powerful and rare artifacts! - Unleash powerful set effects by obtaining different artifacts with the same name! Unlock Treasure Chests - Users who don’t leave the game alone, but concentrate on the game can receive special gifts! - Click on the treasure chest that appears in stages to earn various resources! Unleash Magic Skills of the Knightage - Attack enemies with powerful magic spells! - The devil’s skills draw upon the power of lightning, rain and earth! - Choose massive and powerful magic attacks that fill up the entire screen! Enter the endless frontier and gather your heroes! Download now! Find out more information at https://www.facebook.com/endlessfrontierGlobal/
EF Defense
Defend the continent of Akaros by rallying unique heroes and powerful protectors. Engage in diverse combat styles beyond traditional defense, including conquest and arena battles, against a variety of challenging enemies.
- Unique heroes from various tribes
- Diverse battlefields with specialized traps
- Powerful Protectors with game-changing skills
- Multiple combat modes: Frontier, Arena, Grand Arena, Tower of Trials
- Variety of unique enemy types and attack patterns
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The Darkness surges upon the continent of Akaros, the land of abundance. Rally the Heroes of various tribes and form a strong defense for the showdown! 1. Unique Heroes of various tribes Heroes of varying tribes have gathered to defend the Akaros continent! Train unique and powerful Heroes to unlock their hidden abilities! 2. Diverse battlefields and powerful, specialized traps Leave behind the simple, boring backgrounds and collect growing maps that assist you in protecting the kingdom! A monster from beyond the ice wall will roar, and terrorize enemies and the arm of a god will appear through a portal to push enemies away, aiding you in your fight! 3. Protectors that protect the battlefield with powerful skills! Despite their cuteness, Protectors aren’t just the mascots, but possess the power to turn the tide of a battle! Collect Protectors that hatch from tiny eggs, take control of the battlefield, and protect their allies! 4. This isn’t just about Defense! Ditch the traditional model of just blocking for defense and experience all sorts of different styles of combat! The Frontier, to conquest the enemy bases beyond the defense that only protects the kingdom! The Arena, to win the honorable combat against powerful opponents for the position of the strongest! The Grand Arena, to fight across three different battlefields to claim victory! The Tower of Trials, to climb floor by floor, defeating the guardians of each stage! 5. A variety of unique enemies! Enemies, that only walk or fly from one side to the other? Too easy! [Frog Defense], where you face off against enemies that fall from the sky and skip floors. [Goblin Defense], where enemies appear on random floors through portals. [Ghost Elimination], where you face off against enemies that attack both the earth and the air. ■ Customer Support - You can receive more detailed guide by indicating your ID when sending us the inquiry. - The basic information are indicated automatically in the inquiry mail if sent via 1:1 Inquiry menu in Game Setting screen. - Customer Support: cs@managf.com - Official Facebook : http://www.facebook.com/efdefenseglobal/ ■ Note - By downloading or installing this app, you are considered to have agreed to the terms and conditions of Mana Game Factory. (Terms of Use & Privacy Policy: http://policy.managf.com/policy.html) - This game contains in-app purchases of items to help you with the game. - In-app purchases can be restricted through your device settings. For more information, please visit https://support.apple.com/ko-kr/HT204030.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Endless Frontier at 75% against EF Defense's 34%. Endless Frontier also leads on ratings volume (3.2K vs 58) and rating (4.5 vs 4.3). 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. Endless Frontier sells 22 one-off in-app purchases and EF Defense sells 11 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Endless Frontier holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Endless Frontier has 3.2K ratings behind it against 58, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 75% of Endless Frontier's written reviews are positive against 34% of EF Defense's.
Endless Frontier ships an update every 6 weeks, EF Defense every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Endless Frontier | EF Defense |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (3.2K ratings) — better | 4.3 (58 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 75.3% of reviews — better | 34.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3.2K — better | 58 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | 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 | 13.0 | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 155 MB | 237 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | ekkorr | MANA GAME FACTORY PTE. LTD. |
Customer experience
Endless Frontier
EF Defense
Bugs and requests
Endless Frontier
Reported bugs
3 issues- Lost progress and deleted accounts
- Crashes and freezes after updates
- Inability to access certain game modes
Requested features
4 requests- Ability to skip or speed up quests
- More customization options for units
- Improved matchmaking in PvP
- Expanded guild features and communication
EF Defense
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Endless Frontier
- Special offer on Fairy for $1$0.99
- Special offer on Priest for $1$0.99
- Dark Archer for $1 (1-time)$0.99
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- Transcend Ticket for $1$0.99
- PACKAGE 8$0.99
- Honor Unit Pet Package(U) 2$2.99
- Novice Knightage Package 1$2.99
- PACKAGE 1$2.99
- Spirit Highlands Boosting Pkg1$4.99
- PACKAGE 2$4.99
- Level UP Package$5.99
- Package of the Month 1$9.99
- Spirit Highlands Boosting Pkg2$9.99
- 2nd Secret Shop Pet Package$9.99
- 19th Honor Unit(O) Pkg3 (once)$9.99
- PACKAGE 3$9.99
- 19th Honor Unit(O) Pkg4 (once)$32.99
- PACKAGE 4$32.99
- 19th Honor Unit(O) Pkg5 (once)$49.99
- PACKAGE 5$49.99
- 19th Honor Unit(O) Pkg6 (once)$99.99
- PACKAGE 6$99.99
EF Defense
- EF Pack 1$0.99
- Defense Pack 1$0.99
- EF Pack 2$1.99
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- Defense Pack 3$2.99
- EF Pack 3$2.99
- EF Pack 4$4.99
- Defense Pack 4$4.99
- EF Pack 5$9.99
- Defense Pack 5$9.99
- EF Pack 7$19.99
- Defense Pack 9$29.99
Questions
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