Comparison

Border Wars vs Command & Defend

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

Head to head
About

Border Wars

Command a variety of military units, from infantry to tanks and artillery, in strategic battles. Manage your resources and deploy troops to destroy enemy bases or survive until reinforcements arrive. Experience intense trench warfare and large-scale tank battles.

Highlights
  • Command diverse military units
  • Trench warfare gameplay
  • Resource management
  • Strategic troop deployment
  • Destroy enemy bases
  • Survive enemy assaults
  • Tank and artillery combat
Features
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Commander, you are needed to take control of your soldiers in the new army games. You are able to command troops ranging from pistol wielding units to snipers, tanks, machinegun jeeps and artillery. Inspired from some of the best military games on mobile which will challenge your skills in battle simulator. Players of battle simulator and military games will love the trench warfare like style of each mission with warpips like strategy games. You can deploy your troops like trench battles but also manage money like classic RTS games. The gameplay is styled to play like ww2 and ww3 strategy games with trench warfare like mechanics. Fight on the borders of your country in a battle simulator of infantry units. Or command missions in the forests and fields of your country with trench defense. You must protect your home from the enemy in battles that take place in the harsh weather of the desert and finally you must command your troops in tank games where large tank battles take place in the city. The goal of each mission in the military games is to destroy the enemy base or survive until reinforcements arrive. To win you will need to manage your money carefully and perform strategic advancement to win all the campaign missions. Mini warriors can be called to the battlefield by pressing their button from the soldier panel. Money is earned by killing enemy soldiers. Make careful use of tanks and artillery to win the battlefield. At the end you will have to fight the enemy general and defeat him by destroying the boss tank. A lot of work and effort was put in developing this project so that it can be enjoyed and played like classic ww2 games and modern ww3 games combined. The gameplay of both these military games combined makes this a fun and one of the more challenging campaign games. I hope you will enjoy playing this and if you do please leave feedback here as it encourages me to add even more campaign missions to the game.

About

Command & Defend

Engage in a high-paced tower defense game with a modern warfare theme. Strategically deploy advanced weaponry to fend off relentless enemy waves and protect critical stakes. Unlock, upgrade, and adapt your arsenal to overcome evolving opponents.

Highlights
  • Unlock and upgrade state-of-the-art weaponry
  • Strategically place defenses
  • Adapt strategy against evolving opponents
  • Build an awesome arsenal of weapons
Features
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Command & Defend is a critically acclaimed, high-paced tower defense game. Set in a modern warfare theme, take control and strategically deploy high powered weapons against relentless enemies waves. You must not fail. Too much is at stake! * Unlock, upgrade & deploy powerful state of the art weaponry. * Strategically place your defenses, and create room for more. * Adapt your strategy during battle against evolving opponents. * Collect weapons and build an awesome arsenal.

Screenshots

Border Wars4 screens
Command & Defend4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Border Wars at 92% against Command & Defend's 16%. Border Wars also leads on rating (4.7 vs 4.4). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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. Border Wars sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Command & Defend sells 26 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Border Wars holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3.4K and 4.7K respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 92% of Border Wars's written reviews are positive against 16% of Command & Defend's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Border Wars ships an update every 4 weeks, Command & Defend fortnightly. Both last shipped on October 27, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Border Wars versus Command & Defend: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBorder WarsCommand & Defend
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (3.4K ratings) — better4.4 (4.7K ratings)
Positive reviews92.5% of reviews — better16.4% of reviews
Number of ratings3.4K4.7K — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeksFortnightly — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better14.0
Further details — not scored
Size188 MB1021 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperFaraz KhanVoodoo

Customer experience

Border Wars

All ratings3,309 ratings
Positive94.8%
Neutral3.1%
Negative2.1%
Written reviews506 reviews
Positive92.5%
Neutral3.0%
Negative4.5%

Command & Defend

All ratings4,517 ratings
Positive83.0%
Neutral9.0%
Negative8.0%
Written reviews293 reviews
Positive16.4%
Neutral12.3%
Negative71.3%

User reviews

Border Wars

From 3.4K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Good game
  • 👍 Well-oiled machine
  • 👍 Very good
  • 👍 Love it!!
  • 👍 Good game

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Pay To Pass Like Every Other Game
  • 🔋 Fun but numb
  • 🐛 Unbalanced
  • 🐛 Hard level
  • 🐛 Forces you to buy stars

Command & Defend

From 4.7K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Fun game
  • 👍 Good gameplay
  • 💡 Variety of towers

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Crashes frequently
  • 💰 Pay-to-win mechanics
  • 📺 Excessive ads
  • 🔒 Privacy concerns

Bugs and requests

Border Wars

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Artillery no longer works until the mission is over once you leave first person
  • Snipers getting random damage from stray bullets
  • Login screen freezes
  • Incompatible with older devices

Requested features

14 requests
  • Add more units and a new map
  • Add a map selection in sandbox and add a prop placer to sandbox and let us choose if we want 1 or 2 turrets or no turrets and if we want artillary or not and sandbox game modes Lecter when you can like pick how many enemy's need to be eliminated or if a base has to be destroyed or survive for long enough
  • Show the attack speed of each unit
  • Add more transport trucks so it isn't just the shotgun one and make the available in sandbox and some more tanks
  • Implement a cover system like in warfare 1944 and 1917
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  • Add a machine gun unit with a fast shooting gun such as m-60 machine gun and maybe a stronger recruit unit
  • Add barbed wire to slow down and/or damage units, bunkers that give units a stay or leave decision with a buff and possibly a machine gun, terraforming to create tight spaces or hills or ambush positions, sandbags with a buff, and watchtowers with more range but stay still unless put out of tower
  • Allow units to be removed in sandbox
  • Add a revive-for-gold option if you lose a mission
  • Add more combat effects like tanks slowly going into the ground when destroyed and helicopters crashing out of the map
  • Add a difficulty selection for the campaign
  • Add unit upgrades
  • Add a machine gun unit
  • Add more units like defensive and anti air ciw and modern vehicles

Command & Defend

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Crashes at specific levels
  • Ads still shown after purchase
  • Progression loss after crashes

Requested features

3 requests
  • More levels
  • Improved stability
  • Reduced ads

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Border Wars

One-time3
  • Buy 1000 Gold$1.99
  • Buy 500 Gems$1.99
  • Disable ADS$5.99
26 purchases

Command & Defend

One-time26
  • Handful of Gold$0.99
  • Major Pain Booster Pack$2.99
  • 1500 Coins for 2.99$2.99
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  • Mortar special offer!$4.99
  • Damage Multiplier offer!$4.99
  • Freezethrower special offer!$4.99
  • Electricity Tower offer!$4.99
  • Taser Tower special offer!$4.99
  • Laser Tower special offer!$4.99
  • Small Pile of Gold$4.99
  • No Ads Forever$4.99
  • 3500 Coins for 5.99$5.99
  • No Ads$6.99
  • Starter Pack special offer!$8.99
  • Speed Boost$9.99
  • Sniper special offer!$9.99
  • Air Strike special offer!$9.99
  • Starter Pack special offer!$9.99
  • Medium Pile of Gold$9.99
  • 10000 Coins for 11.99$11.99
  • 10K coins with No Ads$12.99
  • Cannon Evolution Offer!$19.99
  • Large Pile of Gold$19.99
  • Hill of Gold$49.99
  • Mountain of Gold$99.99
  • 100k Coins for 99.99$$99.99

Questions

Is Border Wars free?
Border Wars is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Command & Defend free?
Command & Defend is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Border Wars or Command & Defend?
Border Wars is rated higher. Border Wars averages 4.7 out of 5 from 3.4K ratings, while Command & Defend averages 4.4 from 4.7K ratings.
Do Border Wars or Command & Defend have ads?
Both Border Wars and Command & Defend show ads.
Which is updated more often, Border Wars or Command & Defend?
Border Wars ships an update every 4 weeks, and Command & Defend fortnightly. Most recently, Border Wars was updated on October 27, 2026 and Command & Defend on October 27, 2026.

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