Arcade Army vs Base Defense!
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Arcade Army
Strategically grow your defenses to avoid incoming enemies. Protect your base by expanding your army and fortifying your position.
- Grow defenses
- Avoid enemies
- Defend the base
- Expand army
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Avoid the enemies by growing your defenses!
Base Defense!
Lead your community, manage resources, and defend your base from enemies. Explore new areas to rescue civilians and expand your territory. Upgrade your character and hire workers to strengthen your defenses and conquer new bases.
- Base defense and expansion
- Resource management
- Enemy combat and boss battles
- Civilian rescue and community building
- Character upgrades
- Worker hiring
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In Base Defense! you will be responsible for defending and expanding your base Play as a leader and manage all resources, fight against enemies and even save civilians to create a living community. Explore for new areas to save more people. Shoot enemies and defeat bosses to conquer new bases. Upgrade your character, hire workers and much more!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Base Defense! at 4.7 against Arcade Army's 3.3. Base Defense! also leads on ratings volume (10K vs 3) and review sentiment (22% vs 0%). Arcade Army's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). On price, 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. Base Defense! sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Arcade Army asks for nothing beyond the download.
Base Defense! holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Base Defense! has 10K ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Arcade Army's written reviews are positive against 22% of Base Defense!'s.
| Parameter | Arcade Army | Base Defense! |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.3 (3 ratings) | 4.7 (10K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 22.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 10K — better |
| Update frequency | — | Weekly |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 171 MB | 282 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 12+ |
| Developer | FIVE BITS, INC. | Rollic Games |
Customer experience
Arcade Army
Base Defense!
Bugs and requests
Arcade Army
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Base Defense!
Reported bugs
3 issues- Workers and upgrades not functioning properly
- Progress not saving correctly
- Inconsistent and unreliable gameplay
Requested features
4 requests- Add sound and music
- Improve progression and longevity
- Reduce reliance on ads
- Fix bugs and optimize performance
In-app purchases
Arcade Army
No in-app purchases
Base Defense!
- No Ads$2.99
Questions
Is Arcade Army free?
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