Comparison

Castle Raid! vs Hero Stack Tower Wars

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

Head to head
About

Castle Raid!

Control your army by cutting grass and conquer enemy castles. Engage in interactive battles with impressive 3D graphics and strategically upgrade your forces to dominate the battlefield. Experience a unique blend of strategy and action.

Highlights
  • Interactive cutting gameplay
  • Army control through grass cutting
  • Castle raiding mechanics
  • Enemy battles
  • Army upgrades
  • 3D graphics
Features
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Cut the grass to control your army and battle the enemies to raid their castles! - Interactive cutting gameplay - 3D graphics - Upgrade your army

About

Hero Stack Tower Wars

Engage in a role-playing puzzle game that blends action and strategy to conquer challenging towers. Collect and evolve a vast array of heroes with unique abilities, upgrade their gear, and battle through diverse arenas filled with obstacles and powerful foes. Embark on an adventurous journey, complete quests, and join clans to defeat demons and claim victory.

Highlights
  • Unlimited levels and monsters
  • Vast collection of armor and weapons
  • Addictive puzzle gameplay
  • Daily and challenge quests
  • Eye-catching graphics and sound
  • Hero collection and evolution
  • Clan system for cooperative play
Features
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Hero Stack Tower War is a role-playing puzzle game that is an excellent combination of action, strategy and battle. Crush your enemies in battle arenas and rise to the top! Various battlefields with random obstacles and different demons to hone your strategy and skills. Collect and evolve hundreds of heroes with unique abilities and epic magic and fighting skills. Upgrade their equipment, marvel at their new armors, and strengthen your team. Explore maps, defeat powerful bosses and mighty magical creatures, build your storyline, accomplish all quests and embark on an adventurous journey! NOTABLE FEATURES: - Unlimited levels to conquer and monsters to defeat - Huge collection of amors, weapons, and other items to build your castle - Addicted gameplay with mind-bending puzzles to solve - Daily quests, challenge quests and more - Eye-catching graphics and amazing sound effects Assemble your forces and become a hero! Join other players in clans to crush all demons and claim the Hero Tower!

Screenshots

Castle Raid!4 screens
Hero Stack Tower Wars4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Hero Stack Tower Wars at 100% against Castle Raid!'s 26%. Hero Stack Tower Wars also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.4) and update cadence (every 4 days vs every 2 weeks). Castle Raid!'s advantage is ratings volume (80K vs 4). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Castle Raid! sells 13 one-off in-app purchases and Hero Stack Tower Wars sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Hero Stack Tower Wars holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Castle Raid! has 80K ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 26% of Castle Raid!'s written reviews are positive against 100% of Hero Stack Tower Wars's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Castle Raid! ships an update every 2 weeks, Hero Stack Tower Wars every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Castle Raid! versus Hero Stack Tower Wars: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCastle Raid!Hero Stack Tower Wars
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (80K ratings)4.8 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews26.2% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings80K — better4
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 4 days — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size282 MB317 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperVoodooManh Cuong

Customer experience

Castle Raid!

All ratings80,140 ratings
Positive84.4%
Neutral6.3%
Negative9.3%
Written reviews370 reviews
Positive26.2%
Neutral13.0%
Negative60.8%

Hero Stack Tower Wars

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Castle Raid!

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Game freezes at level 119
  • Upgrade/purchase issues
  • Progress loss after updates
  • Inability to progress past certain levels

Requested features

5 requests
  • More level variety
  • Faster raid/battle speed option
  • Better progression system
  • Improved castle/upgrade functionality
  • More detailed graphics

Hero Stack Tower Wars

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

13 purchases

Castle Raid!

One-time13
  • Small pack of coins$0.99
  • Small Pack of Gems$0.99
  • Unlock Fire Power$1.99
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  • Unlock Water Power$1.99
  • Unlock Wind Power$1.99
  • No Ads$3.99
  • Medium Pack of Coins$4.99
  • Skip'its Medium Pack$6.99
  • Unlock all powers$9.99
  • Premium Pass$9.99
  • No Ads bundle$13.99
  • Large Pack of Coins$14.99
  • Big Pack of Coins$39.99
6 purchases

Hero Stack Tower Wars

One-time6
  • Coin1$0.99
  • Coin2$1.99
  • Remove Ads$2.99
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  • Coin3$4.99
  • All Outfits$4.99
  • Ultimate Package$6.99

Questions

Is Castle Raid! free?
Castle Raid! is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Hero Stack Tower Wars free?
Hero Stack Tower Wars is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Castle Raid! or Hero Stack Tower Wars?
Hero Stack Tower Wars is rated higher. Castle Raid! averages 4.4 out of 5 from 80K ratings, while Hero Stack Tower Wars averages 4.8 from 4 ratings.
Do Castle Raid! or Hero Stack Tower Wars have ads?
Both Castle Raid! and Hero Stack Tower Wars show ads.
Which is updated more often, Castle Raid! or Hero Stack Tower Wars?
Castle Raid! ships an update every 2 weeks, and Hero Stack Tower Wars every 4 days. Most recently, Castle Raid! was updated on October 15, 2026 and Hero Stack Tower Wars on September 24, 2026.

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