Builderment vs Swarm Defender
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Builderment
Build and automate complex production lines on an alien planet. Harvest resources, craft items, and research new technologies to send goods back to Earth. Expand your factories and optimize your resource extraction.
- Build factories on a massive scale
- Automate item crafting
- Use conveyor belts for transport
- Research new technologies
- Harvest diverse resources
- Expand production lines
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Builderment is a factory building game at heart. It’s all about crafting and automation. You start by harvesting resources and crafting items in factories. Use those crafted items to research new technology and recipes to craft ever more complex items. Earth has run out of resources... You have been sent to a distant planet to extract its infinite resources and craft items to send back to Earth. You'll need to establish a base on this planet to build factories and production lines to automate the assembly of items. Features * Build factories on a massive scale * Use conveyor belts to transport items between factories * Craft dozens of unique items * Research technology to build more advanced buildings * Expand to harvest every resource on the map
Swarm Defender
A new turret defense game where players swipe to manage battery connections to turrets. Power up defenses by creating multiple connections or conserve energy by breaking them. Recharge your battery by connecting to external energy sources to fend off an incoming swarm.
- Intuitive swipe controls
- Connect/disconnect battery
- Power up turrets
- Conserve battery
- Recharge battery
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Download Swarm Defender, the fun and new turret defense game where you swipe to make and break connections from your battery to your turrets. This game is great for those who enjoy managing resources and units to try and beat the odds! - Intuitive swipe controls to connect or disconnect your battery - Power up your turrets with multiple connections to increase your fire rate - Break connections to conserve your battery - Connect to other energy sources to recharge your battery Get Swarm Defender today, and help prevent the swarm from destroying your turrets!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Builderment at 4.6 against Swarm Defender's 3.8. Builderment also leads on ratings volume (3.3K vs 11) and update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 5 months). Swarm Defender's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 10). On price, review sentiment, ads 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. Builderment sells 9 one-off in-app purchases. Swarm Defender asks for nothing beyond the download.
Builderment holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Builderment has 3.3K ratings behind it against 11, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 87% of Builderment's written reviews are positive against 80% of Swarm Defender's.
Builderment ships an update every 6 weeks, Swarm Defender every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Builderment | Swarm Defender |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (3.3K ratings) — better | 3.8 (11 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 87.0% of reviews — better | 80.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3.3K — better | 11 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | Yes | 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 | 12.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 48 MB | 83 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Builderment LLC | Adknown |
Customer experience
Builderment
Swarm Defender
Bugs and requests
Builderment
Reported bugs
3 issues- Disappearing resources when moving storage
- Conveyor belt pathing issues and clipping
- Inconsistent resource production rates
Requested features
6 requests- Ability to run the game in the background
- Multiple research labs for parallel progression
- More varied and customizable map layouts
- Conveyor belt color-coding or labeling
- Overflow and smart splitter mechanics
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- Prestige mode or new game+ options
Swarm Defender
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Builderment
- Pile of Gems$2.99
- Pile of Gems$4.99
- Bunch of Gems$6.99
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- Bunch of Gems$9.99
- Sack of Gems2 variants$19.99
- Advanced World Settings$19.99
- Chest of Gems$29.99
- Chest of Gems$39.99
- Vault of Gems$79.99
Swarm Defender
No in-app purchases
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