Chess TD vs Random Cards
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Chess TD
A strategy game where heroes possess elemental attributes, changing gameplay mechanics. Utilize elemental advantages and hero upgrades to defeat monsters across various modes including Normal, Coop, and Campaign.
- Elemental hero attributes
- Hero upgrades
- Normal mode with trophies and Battle Pass
- Coop mode with chest tokens
- Campaign mode with different maps
- Multiple game modes
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Chess TD now comes with a new strategy: Element! Chess TD: Element is a new strategy game with brand new property. Heroes now has a elemental attribute, which completely changed the game mechanism. You can now make use of elements to defeat monsters easier. There are 5 elements: Light, Dark, Wood, Fire, Water. Each has it specialty, strong and weakness. There are also advantage between each element. You can make use of this advantage to make a weak Hero stronger to certain monsters. You can also upgrade the Heroes so it can be stronger. The more upgrades a Hero has, the better elemental power it has. There are 2 modes in the game, Normal and Coop. In Normal you can fight to win trophies and rewards and climb Battle Pass. Collect more trophies to get better rewards and also get higher Battle Pass reward. Each Battle Pass tier has 8 small tier. Complete the tiers to get better rewards. In Coop mode, you can collect chess tokens. The more chest tokens you can open token chests. Token chests can contains many rewards depends on the tier you are. Climb the higher tier to get more rewards! There is also campaign mode, in which you can travel across different maps and defeat strong monsters. Completing each map can get you rewards. The higher level campaign the stronger monsters you will encounter. Be sure to upgrade your heroes to the highest level possible! Challenge your strategy with Chess TD Element now!
Random Cards
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Random Cards: Tower Defense is a tower defense game where you must use your strategy to decide which cards you will use for the battle. Each card has its own strength and its own power. Keep in mind that in order to win, you will need to calculate all the actions. Play out different tower defense scenarios, make wise decisions, and improve your cards. Features: - Upgrade battle cards and hero abilities. - Collect cups and collect rewards in regular weekly events, VIP pass, open chests, get gold, diamonds, new cards, and heroes. - Each new card has its own unique ability. - Collect your unique deck to defend the tower.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Random Cards at none against Chess TD's 10. On price, update cadence, 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. Chess TD sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Random Cards asks for nothing beyond the download.
Chess TD ships an update weekly, Random Cards every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Chess TD | Random Cards |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.4 (5 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 25.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 490 MB | 426 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | vmoga | Edgar Aibatov |
In-app purchases
Chess TD
- Pile of Diamonds$0.99
- Wood Offer$0.99
- Patron Pack$1.99
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- Silver Offer$4.99
- Gold Offer$9.99
- Become VIP$19.99
- Sapphire Offer$24.99
- Bucket of Diamonds$49.99
- Emerald Offer$49.99
- Legendary Offer$99.99
Random Cards
No in-app purchases
Questions
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