Make a Mess vs Pill Fortress
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Make a Mess
Engage in a guilt-free destruction experience where you're rewarded for making a mess. Destroy various objects in different rooms to earn points and unlock new items. Simple controls make it easy to pick up and play.
- Destroy furniture and objects
- Unlock new balls with mess points
- 100 levels with varied rooms
- Simple slingshot controls
- Guilt-free destruction gameplay
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How do you feel about making a mess? Are you always punished for it? Well, now you can make A LOT OF MESS and you'll get REWARDED for it. Do not tell your parents! :-) Make a Mess is an addictive game you can play anytime, anywhere. You'll be given all sorts of objects in the game: furnitures, chandeliers, paintings, boxes, chairs, tables, lamps and your goal is to break all of them to complete a level. Each level has a different room with furnitures and objects for you to destroy. Break it all and make a lot of mess. The more mess you make, the more "mess points" you'll get. Then you can use those "mess points" to unlock other balls and it is INSANELY ADDICTING! The game controls are very simple. Drag to slingshot the ball in a direction you want. The more you drag, the faster the ball will slingshot. You can also slingshot while the ball is in the air. As a beginning, there are 100 levels to play with, but if you like this game, we can create a lot MORE. Do not forget to leave a review and show some love if you like this game. Let's make this game viral and make a lot of mess. Making a mess has never been more satisfying - guilt free! Download now, it's FREE of charge!
Pill Fortress
Defend your fortress against waves of viruses in this immune-themed base defense game. Strategically place and upgrade unique pill defenders to overcome evolving viral threats. Enjoy kid-friendly gameplay with vibrant 2D graphics.
- Dynamic pill placement
- Evolving viral threats
- Unlock new pill characters
- Vibrant 2D graphics
- Strategic upgrades
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Dive into Pill Fortress, a Base Defense game set in an immune-themed world. Defend your fortress against waves of viruses using strategic pill placements and tactical upgrades to max out your chances of survival. - Dynamic Pill placement on the Wall to better damage the viruses - Evolving viral threats over levels, with newer, meaner viruses to exterminate - Unlock powerful new Pill characters to help you defend the Fortress - Kid-friendly gameplay with vibrant 2D graphics Pill Fortress offers a simple yet engaging gameplay, perfect for quick entertainment or strategic mastery. Join the Defense effort and keep the viral invaders at bay!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Pill Fortress at 4.6 against Make a Mess's 2.6. Pill Fortress also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 7 months) and ratings volume (3.3K vs 5). Make a Mess's advantage is review sentiment (50% vs 33%) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 14.0). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Make a Mess sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Pill Fortress sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Pill Fortress holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 2.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pill Fortress has 3.3K ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 50% of Make a Mess's written reviews are positive against 33% of Pill Fortress's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Make a Mess ships an update every 7 months, Pill Fortress every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and November 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Make a Mess | Pill Fortress |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.6 (5 ratings) | 4.6 (3.3K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better | 33.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 3.3K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Every 2 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 | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 294 MB | 323 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Hristo Zhelev | Voodoo |
Customer experience
Make a Mess
Pill Fortress
Bugs and requests
Make a Mess
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Pill Fortress
Reported bugs
4 issues- Freezing during battles
- Progression loss on crashes
- Targeting/tracking issues
- Unresponsive ad screens
Requested features
5 requests- Offline mode
- More pill variety
- Improved boss difficulty
- Customizable controls
- Endless/challenge modes
In-app purchases
Make a Mess
- No Ads$1.99
Pill Fortress
- Very Small Nucleus Pack$0.99
- Small Nucleus Pack$2.99
- Starter Pack$4.99
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- Perma Speed Up$4.99
- No Ads$4.99
- Medium Nucleus Pack$5.99
- Perma Boosts$7.99
- Plasma Waves Pill$8.99
- Skills Pack$9.99
- Instant Video Rewards$29.99
Questions
Is Make a Mess free?
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Which has better reviews, Make a Mess or Pill Fortress?
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