Block Surfer vs Treasure Defender
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Block Surfer
Build a tower by stacking blocks to overcome obstacles and reach the end. Be careful not to fall off the edge in this fun surfing-style game.
- Stack blocks to build a tower
- Pass all obstacles
- Avoid falling off cliffs
- Cube surfing gameplay
- Fun and challenging
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Stack blocks to build your tower and pass all the obstacles. But beware, don't fall off the cliff! Surfing never has been so much fun.
Treasure Defender
Strategically defend your position by controlling a stickman with a joystick. Collect experience and gold from defeated enemies to upgrade your defenses, damage, and income. Choose upgrades wisely to overcome each level's challenges.
- Joystick controls
- Skill selection
- XP and gold collection
- Upgrade defenses
- Upgrade damage
- Upgrade income
- Strategic upgrade choices
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Come on, put up your best defense. You control stickman with joystick. Choose your skill wisely to get started. Collect xp that drops when you hit enemies. Some of the enemies drop gold. You need to collect these gold to upgrade. You will need gold to upgrade your defenses, damage and income. You must strategically choose the upgrades given to you for the level you pass. There's no reason for you to fail, we wish you good luck.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Treasure Defender at 5.0 against Block Surfer's 4.3. Treasure Defender also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (every 3 days vs every 2 weeks). Block Surfer's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (3 vs 1). On price 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. Block Surfer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Treasure Defender asks for nothing beyond the download.
Treasure Defender holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 1 respectively.
Block Surfer ships an update every 2 weeks, Treasure Defender every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Block Surfer | Treasure Defender |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 72 MB | 101 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Christoph Muller | omer cetin |
Customer experience
Block Surfer
Treasure Defender
In-app purchases
Block Surfer
- Remove Ads$2.99
Treasure Defender
No in-app purchases
Questions
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