E.L.D. TD vs Defense Legend 4
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
E.L.D. TD
Engage in strategic tower defense by defending against alien hordes and attacking their teleports. Defeat bosses across various environments and unlock new weapons to overcome challenges. Combine turrets, skills, and strategies for a unique gaming experience.
- 20 HD Levels in 5 environments
- 10 upgradable Defensive Turrets
- 10 Attack Units
- 19 different Enemies and Bosses
- Sync progress across devices
- Multiple difficulty levels
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Enjoy this full strategic Tower Defence with something more. To complete each level you must defend from hordes of aliens and then attack their Teleports to stop them from coming. And, in the end, defeat the Bosses! Play the game in 3 difficult levels including Classic TD mode. Enjoy it's stunning animations for hours of gameplay. New weapons are unlocked winning battles but sometimes you'll need to unlock them earlier to complete some levels! Follow the in-game tips. Each level is perfectly balanced to ensure you the best gaming experience. Combine turrets, skills, strategies always in different ways to complete each level. Main features: - 20 HD Levels in 4 environments (Ice, Jungle, City, Mountain, Desert) + 20 Special Missions; - 10 Defensive Turrets upgradable in each sector (Power, Range, Fire Rate, ecc.); - 10 Attack Units; - 5 Defensive Special Weapons; - 19 different Enemies (Tanks, Mechs, Ships) + 19 Bosses; - 20 different Bases with their own Skills and Configurations; - 6 global Skills to improve your weapons; Sync your progress between all your devices. 5 languages available now (English, Italian, Spanish, French and German), and more to come. Leave us your feedback to help us improve the game. Good luck!
Defense Legend 4
Engage in a strategic battle against a formidable enemy in this tower defense game. Deploy heroes, upgrade defenses, and master various strategies across diverse terrains to protect your bases from aerial, land, and underground assaults. The war has escalated, demanding your utmost focus and tactical prowess.
- Direct hero combat
- Upgradeable cannons and skills
- Diverse territories with unique challenges
- Multiple strategic approaches
- Various game modes
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- BRIFT STORY: In this part, the war between the Human and the Dark moved to a fierce new phase. In previous parts, Human found out the way to stop and defeat The Dark’s attacks. However, the Dark having cunning schemes always changes and develops after each of their failures. Battle in Defense Legend 4 is a maximum challenge for the followers of Defense Legend. The Dark will send a large and powerful army to attack fully to our strategic bases. They attack from all sides from the air, land and underground… Besides extremely modern weapons, the Dark also uses magic enhancing their strength to destroy Human’ bases. - FUNCTIONS: Defense Legend 4 requests players to focus highly and give good strategies to defeat the Dark’s troops - Two heroes fight directly. Players are supported fully from the superhero team equipped more modernly. - Upgrade strongly cannons, develop special skills. - Various territories such as deserts and forests and iced lands. Each kind of territories gives different challenges. - Various strategies such as air forces, land and underground… - A lot of modes
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Defense Legend 4 at 4.4 against E.L.D. TD's 3.8. Defense Legend 4 also leads on ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (87 vs 5). E.L.D. TD's advantage is review sentiment (71% vs 38%) and update cadence (every 8 days vs monthly). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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
Both are free to download. E.L.D. TD sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Defense Legend 4 sells 33 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Defense Legend 4 holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Defense Legend 4 has 87 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 71% of E.L.D. TD's written reviews are positive against 38% of Defense Legend 4's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
E.L.D. TD ships an update every 8 days, Defense Legend 4 monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | E.L.D. TD | Defense Legend 4 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (5 ratings) | 4.4 (87 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 71.4% of reviews — better | 37.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 87 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 8 days — better | Monthly |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| 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 | 12.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 261 MB | 293 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Elisa Benini | Nguyen Hieu |
Customer experience
E.L.D. TD
Defense Legend 4
In-app purchases
E.L.D. TD
- 20 resources$0.99
- 40 resources$0.99
- Restart level +2 rep +2x money$0.99
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- Repair and Upgr. Towers to max$0.99
- 50 resources$2.99
- Lightning Tower + 30 resources$2.99
- Hellcircle Tower + 30 res$3.99
- 100 resources$4.99
- 200 resources$9.99
- 500 resources$17.99
Defense Legend 4
- FIRST TIME PURCHASE DISCOUNT$1.99
- beginer.pack.1$1.99
- unlock.machinegun.s$1.99
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- Daily Sell 3$3.99
- battlepass.elite$3.99
- defense4.money.ingame$3.99
- unlock.laser$3.99
- Gold Pack 1$3.99
- daily.sell.2$3.99
- box.reserve.defensex$5.99
- defense.legend.x.unlock.zita$5.99
- up.max.machinegun$5.99
- defense.legend.x.shop.energy3$5.99
- Unlock Satt$5.99
- up.max.superburn$7.99
- unlock.srocket$7.99
- unlock.lightning$7.99
- defense.legend.x.unlock.raptor$7.99
- defense.legend.x.unlock.satt$7.99
- up.machinegun.s$7.99
- Gold Pack 2$9.99
- defense.legend.x.unlock.smaugs$9.99
- unlock.light.ombs$9.99
- unlock.s.light$9.99
- up.max.roket$9.99
- Dream Team 01$15.99
- defense4.remove.ads.forever$19.99
- Defeat Boss$19.99
- defense.legend.x.shop.energy4$29.99
- defense4.battlepass.levelup$29.99
- Legend Package$39.99
- Super Power$49.99
- defense.legend.x.unlock.ben$49.99
Questions
Is E.L.D. TD free?
Is Defense Legend 4 free?
Which has better reviews, E.L.D. TD or Defense Legend 4?
Do E.L.D. TD or Defense Legend 4 have ads?
Which is updated more often, E.L.D. TD or Defense Legend 4?
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