Invading Horde vs Cookie Tapper!
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Invading Horde
Defend the Kingdom from an invading horde by strategically building towers and using magic. Earn stars and gems to upgrade your defenses and unlock new abilities to overcome increasingly challenging waves of enemies.
- Fast-paced tower defense action
- Strategic tower building
- Upgrade weapons, obstacles, and magic
- Unlock new towers and spells
- Cast magic spells
- Drop obstacles to slow enemies
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An Invading Horde has been spotted to the west of the Kingdom. The King has selected a lucky random subject to defend the Realm. You take on the role of the unfortunate farmer tasked with this great undertaking. Build defensive Towers to defeat the Invading Horde. Complete levels to earn Stars to upgrade your Weapons, Obstacles and Magic. Earn Gems to unlock more Towers, Obstacles and Magic. Features ● Fast paced Tower Defense action ● Quirky story line ● Pause the action to plan your strategy ● Cast Magic spells to smite the Horde ● Drop Obstacles in the road to slow down the Horde ● Unlock powerful new Towers, Obstacles, Items and Magic
Cookie Tapper!
Tap your way to cookie mastery on your wrist. Unlock satisfying animations, purchase numerous upgrades, and customize your cookies with various skins. Compete globally and join a friendly community.
- Satisfying click animations
- Numerous upgrades
- Variety of cookie skins
- Global leaderboard
- Multi-language support
- Regular updates
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Cookie Tapper - The iconic cookie-clicking experience, now on your wrist! This super polished and fully optimized for Apple Watch app brings the iconic game to your wrist. Enjoy the following features: - Satisfying click animations - Tons of upgrades to buy - Variety of cookie skins - Global leaderboard - Support for 7 languages - Constant updates and bug fixes - Friendly community Download now and start tapping cookies!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Invading Horde at Free against Cookie Tapper!'s $2.99. Invading Horde also leads on ratings volume (261 vs 10) and iOS requirement (12.1 vs 15.0). Cookie Tapper!'s advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 57%) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). On update cadence, ads, in-app purchases 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
Invading Horde is free to download; Cookie Tapper! costs $2.99 up front. Invading Horde sells 7 one-off in-app purchases and Cookie Tapper! sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Cookie Tapper! holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Invading Horde has 261 ratings behind it against 10, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 57% of Invading Horde's written reviews are positive against 100% of Cookie Tapper!'s.
Invading Horde ships an update every 5 days, Cookie Tapper! weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Invading Horde | Cookie Tapper! |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $2.99 |
| Rating | 4.7 (261 ratings) | 5.0 (10 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 56.5% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 261 — better | 10 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days — better | Weekly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 12.1 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 144 MB | 39 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | AlhoGames | Nils Steffmann |
Customer experience
Invading Horde
Cookie Tapper!
Bugs and requests
Invading Horde
Reported bugs
5 issues- Archers stop shooting after leveling up
- Crashes during the last wave of levels
- Crashes after 1 minute of playing Level 25
- Game crashes right before finishing a level
- Towers stop working when too many power upgrades are applied or support towers are nearby
Requested features
5 requests- Never-ending levels
- Ability to unlock more things
- Sync progress between Watch and iPhone
- More levels (100+)
- Chinese translation
Cookie Tapper!
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Invading Horde
- Gems pack 1$0.99
- Stars Pack 1$0.99
- Gems pack 2$1.99
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- Stars Pack 2$1.99
- Gems pack 3$2.99
- Stars pack 3$2.99
- Starter pack$4.99
Cookie Tapper!
- 12 Stars$0.99
- Cookie Tapper+$1.99
- 70 Stars$4.99
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- 250 Stars$14.99
Questions
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