Comparison

A4 vs Forge Defence

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

Head to head

Save A4 from haters

Free

🎮 Games

★ 4.6742 ratingsView app →

Forge Defence

Save the Forge from Monsters!

Free

🎮 Games

★ 4.8147 ratingsView app →

About

A4

Guide A4 and friends to escape relentless haters in a fast-paced running game. Collect likes and views to increase popularity, unlock new heroes and zones, and upgrade characters. Utilize powerful boosters to set new records and challenge friends.

Highlights

Escape from haters
Collect likes and views
Unlock new heroes and zones
Upgrade characters
Challenge friends
Use powerful busters

Features

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Help A4 and his friends to run away. Haters chase you! Run as fast as you can! As long as you can! Avoid haters and barriers on your path! Complete missions to open new Heroes and discover new zones. Unlock new characters! Discover new zones! Upgrade your characters to be better, faster, stronger! Challenge your friends: Collect more likes, more views. Become more popular! Use powerful busters to achieve higher results and records. Share your records and challenge your friends! The game works, but is not optimized for: iPad

About

Forge Defence

Construct a powerful tower forge to defend against waves of zombies and monsters. Develop a superior defense strategy to protect your forge and survive the onslaught. Good luck with your strategic tower defense!

Highlights

Build tower forge defense
Super defense strategy
Defend against zombies
Defend against monsters
Forge tower defense

Features

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Build your dream tower forge defence , make super defence strategy from zombie and monster attacks . Good luck with your forge tower defence !

Screenshots

A44 screens

Forge Defence3 screens

Verdict

The call

A4 and Forge Defence both sit at 4.6 stars, but that hides the real split: 86% of Forge Defence's written reviews are positive against 29% of A4's. A4's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs monthly) and ratings volume (742 vs 147). On price, rating, 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. A4 sells 11 one-off in-app purchases and Forge Defence sells 7 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Forge Defence holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: A4 has 742 ratings behind it against 147, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 29% of A4's written reviews are positive against 86% of Forge Defence's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

A4 ships an update weekly, Forge Defence monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level

A4 versus Forge Defence: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter	A4	Forge Defence
Price	Free	Free
Rating	4.6 (742 ratings)	4.8 (147 ratings) — better
Positive reviews	29.5% of reviews	86.5% of reviews — better
Number of ratings	742 — better	147
Update frequency	Weekly — better	Monthly
Ads	Yes	Yes
In-app purchases	Yes	Yes
Monetization	Free with in-app purchases	Free with in-app purchases
Devices	iPhone, iPod	iPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS	13.0	12.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size	324 MB	396 MB
Age rating	4+	9+
Developer	Ip investment	Challenges INC