Tesla Wars vs Finalist
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Tesla Wars
Engage in strategic tower defense gameplay, fending off relentless enemy attacks with your Tesla Tower. Utilize special weapons and upgrade your defenses to overcome diverse challenges and achieve victory.
- Strategic tower defense gameplay
- Defend against tanks and missiles
- Utilize special weapons
- Upgrade defenses and weapons
- Unlock achievements
- Compete on leaderboards
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Hours of zapping fun on your fingertips! Gather up all the strategic thinking and all the reaction speed you have to beat off the endless attacks of merciless enemies, tanks and missiles. Shoot the sole Tesla Tower charges to crush the land, air and even underground strikes. Bash the black swarm with a fun and powerful Special Weapons! Find out the perfect tactics to collect all the achievements and reward money. Anytime, anywhere Tesla Wars will keep you addicted THE GAMEPLAY HIGHLIGHTS - Unique world and the amazing game atmosphere. Hilarious sound effects and flashy graphics are here to hypnotize you - Breathtaking gameplay with an unbelievable number of levels. New challenges will keep you excited with the Tesla Wars - Spice up the action with new flavors. Each level you meet new enemies, new weapons and new tactics -Reverse the fight with the aces up your sleeve. Use the Special Weapons if zapping is just not enough - Boost your progress if you’re stuck. Use extra resources for energy refill, perimeter repairing and weapons upgrading - Challenge your friends. Get all the achievements and climb up to the top Game Center Leaderboards - Feel free to choose your way. Use different game profiles to try out various strategies
Finalist
Access leaderboards for the popular game, showing rankings for both current and past seasons. Stay updated on player performance and competitive standings.
- Current season leaderboards
- Previous season leaderboards
- Player ranking access
- Competitive standings
- Game statistics
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Quickly access leaderboards for THE FINALS, for both current and previous seasons.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Finalist at Free against Tesla Wars's $4.99. Finalist also leads on rating (4.0 vs 3.4) and in-app purchases (none vs 6). Tesla Wars's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (9 vs 3). On 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
Finalist is free to download; Tesla Wars costs $4.99 up front. Tesla Wars sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Finalist asks for nothing beyond the download.
Finalist holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 9 and 3 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 33% of Tesla Wars's written reviews are positive against 67% of Finalist's.
Tesla Wars ships an update fortnightly, Finalist every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Tesla Wars | Finalist |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 3.4 (9 ratings) | 4.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 9 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 202 MB | 74 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Pavel Tarabrin | Jan Eisenhuth |
Customer experience
Tesla Wars
Finalist
In-app purchases
Tesla Wars
- Small money package$0.99
- Medium money package$4.99
- Big money pack$9.99
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- Big money package$9.99
- Ultimate money pack$19.99
- Ultimate money package$19.99
Finalist
No in-app purchases









