Comparison

OverclockeTD vs Lowlife

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

Head to head
About

OverclockeTD

A synthwave-inspired tower defense game where you strategically place towers to eliminate enemies. Overclock your defenses for temporary boosts and protect your heart across multiple worlds and levels. Enjoy a free experience with optional additional content.

Highlights
  • Strategic tower placement
  • Overclocking for temporary power-ups
  • Synthwave 80s pixel art style
  • Multiple worlds and levels
  • Free to play with optional purchases
Features
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Build towers, protect your heart, overclock to be OP and enjoy the synth — in this 80s pixel synthwave inspired tower defense game. Strategically place towers to eliminate incoming enemy creeps. Overclock your towers to make them stronger for a short period of time, when you desperately need the extra firepower. Use the strengths of the different towers to your advantage to rise victorious! 7 worlds with a total of 33 levels await you for free and without ads! Get 3 more worlds with another 15 levels for a price of your choice! Can you defeat the enemies and protect your heart in all levels? OverclockeTD was selected as one of 16 'Favorite Swiss Made Games' on the App Store in Switzerland in August 2021.

About

Lowlife

Control a healer in a dystopian future, focusing on keeping your party alive against villains. Collect and upgrade healing scripts, trade items, and specialize your healer through skill trees. Compete on global leaderboards and team up for raid bosses.

Highlights
  • Heal party members in battle
  • Collect and upgrade healing scripts
  • Trade and shop for scripts
  • Specialize healer with skill trees
  • Compete on global leaderboards
  • Team up for raid bosses
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All you gotta do is heal. Take control of Lowlife and heal your downloaded Scripts as you scour a corrupt, dystopian future. Your goal is not to hurt the countless Villains you will face spanning across several Simulations and Raids, it is to keep your party alive so they can do the hurting - by any means necessary. Throughout the Healing Simulations, you will incept Memories which can be used to trade for new Scripts - or if you have downloaded Scripts with their own god-rolled skills, level them up with Memories or by taking them with you! Sell your extra Scripts in the Auction House for extra Memories to spend. Also shop for other worldwide players' listed Scripts to use for your own. There are 35 uniquely skilled subclasses of Scripts to be found, including Tanks and Melee DPS to place on your front line, Mages and Ranged DPS for your back line, and Shamans - a wildcard class that can be placed anywhere in your party setup. Lowlife places you in battle with a variety of weak and powerful Villains, equipped with only a variety of healing spells to keep everyone (and yourself!) alive. Spend your gained Parameter Points to build the perfect healer and fit your play style. Sprinkle a little of your personal playstyle on top by spending Node Points in one of three skill trees to build your perfect healer specialization. You'll need it to get the highest scores on the Global Leaderboards. Complete Quests and level up to gain access to a variety of Simulations with Bosses and challenges that await you. When you feel confident enough, team up online to take down a Raid Boss or two. Lowlife is free to play, unlimited, with no commercial breaks. Also works with no WiFi or internet connection (Auction House, Leaderboards, and Raids not available with no internet).

Screenshots

OverclockeTD4 screens
Lowlife4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Lowlife at every 6 days against OverclockeTD's every 2 months. Lowlife also leads on ratings volume (1.4K vs 9) and rating (4.7 vs 4.4). OverclockeTD's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 18.0). On price, review sentiment, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. OverclockeTD sells 6 one-off in-app purchases and Lowlife sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Lowlife holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Lowlife has 1.4K ratings behind it against 9, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 80% of OverclockeTD's written reviews are positive against 75% of Lowlife's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

OverclockeTD ships an update every 2 months, Lowlife every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on July 7, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
OverclockeTD versus Lowlife: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOverclockeTDLowlife
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (9 ratings)4.7 (1.4K ratings) — better
Positive reviews80.0% of reviews — better75.5% of reviews
Number of ratings91.4K — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 6 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS12.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size115 MB32 MB
Age rating9+9+
DeveloperJonas KrucherCoast Media House LLC

Customer experience

OverclockeTD

All ratings9 ratings
Positive88.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative11.1%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%

Lowlife

All ratings1,390 ratings
Positive94.2%
Neutral2.4%
Negative3.3%
Written reviews106 reviews
Positive75.5%
Neutral10.4%
Negative14.2%

Bugs and requests

OverclockeTD

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Lowlife

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Game overheating issues
  • Progression and save data not working properly
  • Auction house and marketplace bugs

Requested features

4 requests
  • Ability to view skill descriptions outside of combat
  • More detailed stats and information about scripts
  • Improved marketplace functionality and responsiveness
  • Option to reset game progress

In-app purchases

6 purchases

OverclockeTD

One-time6
  • Small Pledge$0.99
  • Premium: small amount$0.99
  • Medium Pledge$2.99
Show 3 more
  • Premium: medium amount$2.99
  • Big Pledge$4.99
  • Premium: big amount$4.99
5 purchases

Lowlife

One-time5
  • 5,000 Memories$0.99
  • 15,000 Memories$1.99
  • VIP Ticket$2.99
Show 2 more
  • 50,000 Memories$4.99
  • 100,000 Memories$7.99

Questions

Is OverclockeTD free?
OverclockeTD is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Lowlife free?
Lowlife is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, OverclockeTD or Lowlife?
Lowlife is rated higher. OverclockeTD averages 4.4 out of 5 from 9 ratings, while Lowlife averages 4.7 from 1.4K ratings.
Do OverclockeTD or Lowlife have ads?
Neither OverclockeTD nor Lowlife shows ads.
Which is updated more often, OverclockeTD or Lowlife?
OverclockeTD ships an update every 2 months, and Lowlife every 6 days. Most recently, OverclockeTD was updated on July 7, 2026 and Lowlife on September 24, 2026.

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