Comparison

Monsters War vs Five Elements Tower Defense

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

Head to head
About

Monsters War

Collect, evolve, and battle unique monsters in an epic tower defense game. Engage in fun battles across different realms and face numerous challenges. A VIP membership offers enhanced gameplay benefits.

Highlights
  • Over 20 collectible monsters with unique abilities
  • Epic tower defense battles
  • Cross-realm combat
  • Numerous challenges
  • VIP membership for enhanced gameplay
Features
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Collect, evolve and battle with unique monsters in one of the most epic tower defense game ever. FEATURES - Over 20 collectible monsters with unique abilities - Fun battles cross realms - Tons of challenges VIP MEMBERSHIP SUBSCRIPTION - VIP Membership offers monthly subscription for $19.99 which provides 1) Evolve units without watching ads 2) Remove all forced ads (interstitial ads) 3) Get x125 gems every day 4) Offer x1 free coin pack every day - Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. - This is an auto-renewable subscription. Payment will be charged to your Apple ID account at the confirmation of purchase - The subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. - You can manage your subscriptions and turn off auto-renewal by going to your Account Settings in the iTunes store after purchase. Link to our Terms & Privacy can be found here: http://divmob.com/privacy-policy.txt

About

Five Elements Tower Defense

Features
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Five Elements Tower Defense is built around one idea: every tower and every enemy belongs to an element, and the matchup decides the fight. METAL CUTS WOOD. WOOD DRAINS EARTH. Metal beats Wood, Wood beats Earth, Earth beats Water, Water beats Fire, Fire beats Metal. Attack the element you counter and you deal 1.5x damage. Attack the element that counters you and you drop to 0.7x. Elementless enemies ignore the cycle entirely — those you beat with position and timing instead. Each element brings its own effect from tier 1: Metal shreds armor, Wood poisons straight through it, Water freezes and slows, Fire burns, Earth stuns and empowers the towers around it. BUILD, UPGRADE, SPECIALIZE Eight tower types, three tiers each. At max tier every tower forks into one of two specializations — a permanent choice you cannot undo, so read the wave ahead before you commit. Selling refunds 60% of everything you put into that tower. KNOW WHAT IS COMING Twelve enemy types and six bosses. Armored enemies shrug off raw damage. Regenerators heal back what you cannot finish. Flyers ignore your maze and cross in a straight line. Splitters become two enemies when they die. Bosses shield themselves, summon escorts, or disable every tower in a radius, and enraged enemies cancel your elemental advantage outright. The next-wave preview shows exactly what is coming, and warns you when nothing you own can shoot at flyers. COMMAND THE FIELD YOURSELF Send a controllable hero anywhere on the map to body-block a lane. Your hero levels up during the run and revives at the rally point after falling. Recruit soldiers to hold a chokepoint. Call in an artillery strike on the densest cluster, or an Iron Curtain that drops every enemy on the field to a third of their speed. 23 MAPS, FIVE REGIONS, ONE ENDLESS ARENA Grassland, frost, ash, shadow and void, each with its own tileset and its own boss. Every campaign map is scored 1 to 3 stars on the lives you keep. Clear it, then unlock Heroic (tougher enemies, half the lives) and Iron (a single life, waves that never stop). Then step into the Endless Arena, where all six bosses rotate and the only question is how long you last. Global leaderboard included. SPEND YOUR STARS Stars buy six permanent talents: damage, gold income, starting lives, starting gold, skill cooldown and hero power. Prices climb, and there are never enough stars for all of them, so you commit to a direction — then refund and rebuild whenever you want. ALSO INCLUDED • Daily challenges that pay out mid-run • Achievements and lifetime stats • Cloud save across your devices • 15 languages, right-to-left included • Colorblind mode that recolors enemies and interface alike • Fast-forward, auto-wave, pinch to zoom, four targeting modes per tower • Plays offline — the game never blocks on the network Place the right tower. Hold the line.

Screenshots

Monsters War4 screens
Five Elements Tower Defense4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Five Elements Tower Defense at none against Monsters War's 12. Five Elements Tower Defense also leads on ads (none vs shown). 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. Monsters War sells 12 in-app purchases, starting at $19.99 per month. Five Elements Tower Defense asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Monsters War versus Five Elements Tower Defense: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMonsters WarFive Elements Tower Defense
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (2.6K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2.6K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size401 MB72 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperRedAntz StudioViet Anh Nguyen

Bugs and requests

Monsters War

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Arena mode not functioning
  • Inability to evolve characters due to ad issues

Requested features

4 requests
  • Ability to save game progress
  • More level variety
  • Character evolution with visual changes
  • Better description of character abilities

Five Elements Tower Defense

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

12 purchases

Monsters War

Subscriptions1
  • Monthly VIP Membership$19.991 Month
One-time11
  • Beginner Bundle$0.99
  • Bunch of Gems$1.99
  • Rise of Monster I$2.99
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  • Extra Bundles$4.99
  • Rise of Monster II$4.99
  • Battle Pass$4.99
  • Rise of the Epic$6.99
  • Sack of Gems$9.99
  • Event Pass$9.99
  • Legendary Offer$9.99
  • Chest of Gems$49.99
None

Five Elements Tower Defense

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Monsters War free?
Monsters War is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Five Elements Tower Defense free?
Five Elements Tower Defense is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Monsters War or Five Elements Tower Defense have ads?
Monsters War shows ads; Five Elements Tower Defense does not.

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