Comparison

Durak vs Tower Tide

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

Head to head
About

Durak

Experience the popular Russian card game with extensive customization options. Configure rules, track your progress with statistics and achievements, and enjoy intuitive controls in both portrait and landscape modes.

Highlights
  • Configurable rules
  • Clear design
  • Statistics and achievements
  • Turn by double tap or swipe
  • Portrait and landscape mode
Features
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Durak is the most popular Russian card game. You can configure rules and settings whatever you like. Features: - a lot of configurable rules - clear design - statistics and achievements - turn by double tap or swipe - portrait and landscape mode

About

Tower Tide

Features
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Tower Tide is a fast 1v1 strategy and card battle game. Build a base in a hidden 60-second setup, send your troops down the routes you draw, and outsmart a rival captain in a five-minute battle on an island the Tide keeps reshaping. BUILD THE TOWER Bring a deck of eight cards: stubborn buildings, brave troops, and a few sneaky tactics. Grow six connected buildings from your Keep, orient your Walls, and draw the paths your Guards and Archers will march. COMMAND THE TIDE Every 30 seconds the Tide sinks or resurfaces part of the island. Lanes open, lanes close, and both plans have to adapt. Release trained garrisons at the perfect moment, open a secret Passage, drop a Pitfall, or rally your wave for the final rush. SMALL ISLAND. BIG TROUBLE. One minute to build. Four minutes to outsmart your rival. An accelerated overtime rush decides close games, and a rematch is always one tap away. PRACTICE, CAMPAIGN, AND ONLINE Learn the ropes against practice opponents, conquer the archipelago in Campaign, then take your deck into ranked online matches against other captains. FRIENDS, RIVALS, CAPTAINS Create or join a Fleet, chat with your crew, add friends, and challenge them whenever they come online. Chat filtering, reporting, and blocking help keep every Fleet fun and welcoming. Tower Tide is free to download. Gems can be bought in the in-game Market and spent on card offers, randomized chests, cosmetics, and Tide Pass. Chest drop odds are shown before purchase.

Screenshots

Durak4 screens
Tower Tide4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Durak at none against Tower Tide's 3. Durak also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). Tower Tide's advantage is update cadence (daily vs every 3 months). On price, ads 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. Tower Tide sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Durak asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Durak ships an update every 3 months, Tower Tide daily. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Durak versus Tower Tide: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDurakTower Tide
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.8 (77 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews41.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings77 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size171 MB111 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperIgor ChegodaevFlarmio

Bugs and requests

Durak

Reported bugs

12 issues
  • Ads cannot be closed
  • Ads cover game cards
  • Game requires internet connection
  • Card distribution is not random
  • Game crashes or freezes
Show 7 more
  • Game does not open after updates
  • Black screen on launch
  • Game freezes during gameplay
  • Cards automatically sent to discarded pile
  • Game hangs during redraw
  • Cheating in AI opponent
  • Uses already discarded cards

Requested features

4 requests
  • Option to disable ads
  • Multiplayer with friends
  • Online play option
  • Ad-free paid version

Tower Tide

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Durak

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Tower Tide

One-time3
  • 500 Gems$4.99
  • 1,200 Gems$9.99
  • 2,500 Gems$19.99

Questions

Is Durak free?
Durak is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Tower Tide free?
Tower Tide is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Durak or Tower Tide have ads?
Neither Durak nor Tower Tide shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Durak or Tower Tide?
Durak ships an update every 3 months, and Tower Tide daily. Most recently, Durak was updated on November 3, 2026 and Tower Tide on October 31, 2026.

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