Comparison

Chess TD vs Gullhall

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

Head to head
About

Chess TD

Engage in a strategic tower defense experience where you merge and upgrade hero cards to build powerful combinations. Defend your stronghold against an invading army through various game modes, including campaign, PvP battles, and dungeons.

Highlights
  • Merge and upgrade hero cards
  • Strategic tower defense gameplay
  • Campaign mode with daily missions
  • PvP Battle Mode
  • Dungeon escape system
  • Card collection and hero diversity
  • Guild and clan battles
Features
Read full description

Chess TD is a story about Toad Stool – The Mighty Wind, a kindness guy with an endless journey to prevent the Dark Lord and his army. During the journey, Toad Stool makes friends with a lot of strong characters and they have the same goal that saving the world. Chess TD will redefine the Tower Defend series with a lot of daily missions, weekly missions, monthly missions. Especially, a brand new campaign mode with a lot of features are waiting for you. Chess TD also have battle mode, where you can challenge and defeat other players Mix and create your most powerful deck combination to defend your stronghold. Collect cards and level up to upgrade your hero. Through battles to find the new card and combine to create a new hero. Endless journey in the big world. Dual with your partner and conquer the dungeon. Complete your collection with diversity cards hero. - Mix and match various kind of hero cards to create a combination that will help you winning other players in Battle Mode - Merge and level up your card hero and play with your partner to get through the dungeon in Dual Mode. - Player will create a new combination with a lot of heroes to defend and against the Dark Lord and his army in Campaign mode - Defend the stronghold from attacks of Dark Lord - Easy to get acquainted - Diverse hero system - Smart upgrade system - Global ranking system - Dungeon escape system - attractive tower climbing - Card collection - Customize tactics - Special PvP system - Diverse mission system with a lot of reward from hero card to gold - Special campaign system - Searching for resources has never been so easy in Chess TD - Many attractive gifts received - Create a guild and build up your empire - Clan battle and world battle - Communicate with players around the world - The difficulty increases with the progress of the game - New Feature like Dual Dungeon will be coming soon - Complete your collection and collect more cards. - Play Dungeon and finding your own cards hero - Free to Play Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/chesstdofficial Discord: https://discord.gg/FY8aBCujWD

About

Gullhall

Features
Read full description

Gullhall! Your Viking journey starts here. Can you and your friends become the most powerful Viking clan? Gullhall is a Viking strategy game. Here you fight alongside your friends in a magical world of Vikings. Create or join a clan, build your village, take on missions and quests, raise ships and train troops, and become the mightiest clan of them all. BUILD YOUR FARM Raise longhouses, smithies and shipyards. Gather silver, iron and provisions, and climb the ranks from thrall to chieftain. SAIL AND RAID Send your fleet on raids, besiege coastal forts, and take land on the map of the North. Every victory brings loot and honour home. STAND WITH YOUR CLAN Plan raids together in real-time chat, send your ships on joint expeditions, and conquer territory no one could take alone. HOLMGANG — ARCADE COMBAT Drop into fast-paced battles through forest, caves, frost and volcano. Fight bosses solo, or face other Vikings. SAIL BEYOND THE NORTH Trade with Miklagard, Dublin and Gardarike. Bring home silver, rare artefacts and stories worth telling. Free to play. Build your saga — and write your name into history.

Screenshots

Chess TD4 screens
Gullhall4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Gullhall at none against Chess TD's 14. Gullhall also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (weekly vs every 6 weeks). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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. Chess TD sells 14 one-off in-app purchases. Gullhall asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Chess TD ships an update every 6 weeks, Gullhall weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Chess TD versus Gullhall: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterChess TDGullhall
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (854 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews18.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings854 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksWeekly — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size491 MB33 MB
Age rating17+12+
DevelopervmogaRamtech AS

Bugs and requests

Chess TD

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Can't type in name on login screen
  • Game crashes on startup
  • Matchmaking with AI players instead of real people

Requested features

3 requests
  • Add more slots for characters
  • Improve online multiplayer experience
  • Introduce solo survival mode

Gullhall

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

14 purchases

Chess TD

One-time14
  • Pile of Diamonds$0.99
  • Wood Offer$0.99
  • Patron Pack$1.99
Show 11 more
  • Beginner Pack Sale$2.99
  • Scoop of Diamonds$4.99
  • Beginner Pack$4.99
  • Silver Offer$4.99
  • Heap of Diamonds$9.99
  • VIP Pass$9.99
  • Gold Offer$9.99
  • Seasonal Battle Pass$9.99
  • Pocket of Diamonds$19.99
  • Sapphire Offer$24.99
  • Bucket of Diamonds$49.99
None

Gullhall

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Chess TD free?
Chess TD is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Gullhall free?
Gullhall is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Chess TD or Gullhall have ads?
Chess TD shows ads; Gullhall does not.
Which is updated more often, Chess TD or Gullhall?
Chess TD ships an update every 6 weeks, and Gullhall weekly. Most recently, Chess TD was updated on October 24, 2026 and Gullhall on October 4, 2026.

Other comparisons